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Comparing Medical Emergency Preparedness in U.S. Public and Academic Libraries
(Taylor & Francis (Public Services Quarterly), 2022-12)This study sought to determine what medical emergency resources and training are provided in U.S. public and academic libraries, how public versus academic preparedness compares, and what reasons may contribute to decisions ... -
Leveraging Collections to Support Instructional Needs
(American Association of School Libraries, 2021-10-23)Looking to better connect your collection to your campus’ instructional needs? Join us on a journey exploring opportunities to position your collection to support diverse learners, learning environments, and instructional ... -
Learning Analytics and Privacy: A Library Perspective
(Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 2021-07-26)This column discusses learning analytics in higher education, including the involvement of academic libraries, privacy concerns, and some elements to consider when developing and deploying learning analytics systems ethically. -
Rethinking the Role of Circulation Staff in Academic Libraries
(Taylor & Francis, International Information & Library Review, 2021-04)The traditional functions of Access Services shrink as many academic libraries see physical circulation rates continue to decline, but the need for staff trained in customer service skills does not diminish. This column ... -
Scholarly Communication Outside the R1: Measuring Faculty and Graduate Student Knowledge and Interest at a Doctoral/Professional University
(Pacific University Libraries (Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication), 2021)This study explores the baseline knowledge and interest of faculty and graduate students at a Carnegie-classified Doctoral/Professional University regarding different components of scholarly communication. A survey was ... -
Impostor Phenomenon and Skills Confidence among Scholarly Communications Librarians in the United States
(ACRL (College & Research Libraries), 2021)This survey-based study sought to measure the experience of impostor phenomenon among library personnel supporting scholarly communications in academic libraries in the United States. Additionally, the survey sought to ... -
Featured Library: Newton Gresham Library, Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX)
(Informed Librarian, 2019-11)An informational article about the Newton Gresham Library, Special Collections, and a class project. This project involved students from a public history class to interact with primary research materials to learn more about ... -
Austin MacCormick: A Champion for Texas Prisoners
(Journal of South Texas, 2020)Austin Harbutt MacCormick (1893-1979) spent much of his professional career serving as a proponent of prison reform. Beginning with his 1915 college graduation essay focused on the subject and continuing throughout the ... -
What Do You Want from Us? Evaluating Student Interest in Technology-Based Services in Academic Libraries
(College & Research Libraries, 2019)Following two previous studies in 2010 and 2013, this study intends to identify current trends of Sam Houston State University students’ technology and communication needs and preferences regarding library services and ... -
Where’s the EASY Button? Uncovering E-Book Usability
(2019)E-book platforms have multiplied among vendors and publishers, complicating not only acquisitions and collection development decisions, but also the user experience. Using a methodology of task-based user testing, the ... -
Beyond Citation-Counting: Metrics and Altmetrics for Demonstrating Scholarly Impact
(2019-03-19)As librarians, we understand how a citation shows the influence of one scholarly work on another. But citations are only one way to gauge the impact that scholarship has in its field and in the wider world. Starting from ... -
Institutional repository promotion: Current practices and opinions in Texas academia
(New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2019-04-26)Promoting an institutional repository (IR) to both faculty and end-users can be challenging. We surveyed academic libraries with an IR in Texas, and asked both library administrators and IR managers about their efforts to ... -
Biz of Acq - LibGuides: Changing the Game for Technical Services Procedures & Policies
(Against the Grain, 2015-09)While librarians are stereotypically excellent at preserving and ensuring access to library materials for patrons, there tends to be noticeable lack of instructions when it comes to documenting their own workflows and ... -
Patron Preferences: Recreational Reading in an Academic Library
(The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2017-01)Research background and method In 2014, Sam Houston State University Library librarians distributed a survey to students, faculty and staff to better understand how the university community was using library materials for ... -
Ready, Set, Hire! Perceptions of new technical services librarian preparedness
(Library Leadership & Management, 2015)Previous studies have investigated technical services librarian job availability and preparedness, but have not compared library administrators’ and librarians’ assessments of entry-level technical services librarian ... -
Higher Education and Emerging Technologies: Student Usage, Preferences, and Lessons for Library Services
(Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association (Reference & User Services Quarterly), 2011)This study examines the utilization and preference of popular Internet and communication technologies among students at Sam Houston State University (SHSU), a Carnegie Research Doctoral university in East Texas. The ... -
To Whom Are We Listening? Measuring the Pulse of Geography Education Research, 2010
(Gilbert M. Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education, 2017)This study analyzes citations from thirty-six articles published in volume 34 (2010) of the Journal of Geography in Higher Education (JGHE). This is one of the dominant publications in the suite of international journals ... -
Faculty-Librarian Micro-Level Collaboration in an Online Graduate History Course
(Elsevier (Journal of Academic Librarianship), 2013-11)This paper describes a micro-level faculty-librarian collaboration implemented at the authors' state university to address students' information literacy deficiencies in a graduate-level history research methods course. ...
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