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Human Rights Reference Sources: A Critical Annotated Bibliography (with Chad M. Kahl), Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian (2010)

The area of human rights has had significant attention both nationally and internationally in the...

 

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The Case for Chick Lit in Academic Libraries, Collection Building (2008)

The purpose of this article is to prove that chick lit is a legitimate and...

 

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Teaching, Learning and Research: Linking High School Teachers to Information Literacy, Research Services Review: RSR (2004)

The Compton Teacher Information Literacy Institute (CTILI) is a teacher professional development program funded by...

 

Reports

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Assessing Teaching and Learning with Digital Collections (2007)

This document is part of a successful grant proposal to assess the teaching and learning...

 

Presentations

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Promoting Active Learning through Undergraduate Economics Journals (with Robert Leekley and Michael Seeborg), American Economic Association Conference (2012)

We draw upon our own experience to discuss the use of undergraduate student journals to...

 

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Intellectual Entrepreneurship & Library Publishing Programs, Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success (2011)

This presentation was given as part of the Library Publishing Services workshops sponsored by the...

 

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Collecting Campus Culture: Collaborations and Collisions (with Meg Miner), Association of College & Research Libraries, Fifteenth National Conference (2011)

This presentation will discuss the catalyst, development and implementation of The Ames Library's institutional repository...

 

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Completing the Research Cycle: The role of libraries in the publication and dissemination of undergraduate student research (with Merinda Hensley and Sarah Shreeves), Association of College and Research Libraries, Fifteenth National Conference (2011)

Since the publication of Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities (Boyer Commission...

 

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Illuminating Undergraduate Scholarship and Creative Activity: The Illinois Wesleyan Experience, Giving Undergraduate Research a Worldwide Voice: Institutional Repositories as Publishers (2011)

This presentation provides a balanced view of the successes and challenges in collecting and showcasing...

 

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From Education to Preservation: Emerging Institutional Repository Services in the Scholarship Lifecycle: Peer Review & Publishing, American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) (2010)

Co-presented with Shawn Martin (University of Pennsylvania), Ann Hanlon (Marquette University) and Bill Anderson (Georgia...

 

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Digital Commons Initiatives at The Ames Library, Midwest Chapter, Music Library Association (2010)
 

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Evaluating the Impact of the Swahili Expressive Arts Collection, Midwest CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting (2010)

This presentation is an overview of the results of a study completed in Fall of...

 

Digital Commons Meeting at ALA Midwinter 2010 (with Berkeley Electronic Press, Jean-Gabriel Bankier, Courtney Smith, Russ Bailey, Terri Fishel, Connie Foster, Marilyn Billings, and Shawn Martin), Digital Commons Events (2010)

If you manage or work with a Digital Commons implementation, please join the discussion at...

 

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Capturing Student Content: The IWU Story, Sponsored by the Berkeley Electronic Press at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) National Conference (2009)
 

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Analog, Digital and In-Between: Managing Transitions in the Media Center, ACRL/LAMA Spring Virtual Institute, "Leading from the Middle: Managing in All Directions." (2008)

In 2004, Ames Library staff and librarians collaborated to create a Strategic Plan that would...

 

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Focus on Students in the Institutional Repository: Building Bridges from the Past to the Future (with Karen Schmidt), National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE) Summit (2008)

Illinois Wesleyan University (IWU) has launched an institutional repository that focuses on student research papers,...

 

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Analyzing the Dynamics of Race with Information & Visual Literacy (with Kira Hudson Banks), ACRL Arts Section / Instruction Section, American Library Association Annual Conference (2007)

This session will focus on the collaboration between a librarian and professor of psychology for...

 

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Community Connections for Teacher Information Literacy (with Lisa Payne), Association of College & Research Libraries Eleventh National Conference (2003)
 

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Handout for Community Connections for Teacher Information Literacy (with Lisa Payne), Association of College & Research Libraries Eleventh National Conference (2003)

This handout was distributed during the poster session of the same name.

 

Work in Progress

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The Undergraduate in the Repository: Connecting the Dots, Key to Unlocking Scholarship: Institutional Repositories (2011)

The focus of this session will be on how the institutional repository can be used...

 

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Digital Commons @ IWU Report, 2007-2009, Administrative Reports (2010)