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The Path of Least Resistance: Optimizing Metadata Practices Through User ...

Journal of Library Metadata (2024)

Andrea Payant, Liz Woolcott, Paul Daybell, Becky Skeen, et al.

As part of a multi-faceted research project examining user engagement with various types of descriptive metadata to improve metadata services, ...

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A Tale of Two Levels: Analyzing the Discoverability and Impact ...

Journal of Archival Organization (2022)

Paul Daybell, Andrea Payant, Liz Woolcott, Becky Skeen, et al.

As part of a multi-faceted research project examining user engagement with various types of descriptive metadata, Utah State University Libraries ...

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Missing the MARC: Utilization of MARC Fields in the Search ...

Cataloging & Classification Quarterly (2021)

Liz Woolcott, Andrea Payant, Becky Skeen and Paul Daybell

Utah State University Cataloging and Metadata Services (CMS) unit analyzed MARC record discoverability within the libraries’ discovery layer, Encore, using ...

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A Peek Behind the Curtain: A Case Study for Technical ...

Catalogue & Index (2019)

Paul Daybell, Andrea Payant and Becky Skeen

The Cataloging and Metadata Services (CMS) unit at Utah State University (USU) Libraries is exploring new outreach activities for technical ...

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Lean On Me…But More Importantly, Let Me Lean On ...

Utah Libraries - News (2016)

Paul Daybell

Recently I was burning the midnight oil in my office trying to catch up on a litany of delayed library ...

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Collaboration and Filling the Gap

Utah Libraries - News (2016)

Paul Daybell

Libraries are constantly looking for ways to engage with their communities and this can often lead to collaborative efforts with ...

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ARSL Annual Conference 2015: Bringing Rural Librarians Together in the ...

Utah Libraries - News (2015)

Paul Daybell

On July 16th an email from ULA graced my inbox reading “Hurry! Grant deadline is tomorrow!” Because this sounded so ...

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Diving in Head-First! (Shirtless, Holding a Damsel-In-Distress, and Clinching a ...

Utah Libraries - News (2015)

Paul Daybell

A few months ago I approached my Director about the possibility of submitting a proposal for the upcoming 2015 ULA ...

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What Do You Geek?

Utah Libraries - News (2013)

Paul Daybell

Libraries across Utah are getting their “geek” on as part of the community public awareness campaign known as the “Geek ...

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UALC Annual Professional Development Retreat

Utah Libraries - News (2013)

Paul Daybell

On August 9, librarians from across the state gathered at Utah Valley University’s library for the Utah Academic Library Consortium’s ...

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A Wee International Excursion: Utah Library Students Meet Colleagues Across ...

Utah Libraries - News (2012)

Paul Daybell

Recently, three Utah MLS students travelled to Scotland as part of a course at Emporia State University‘s School of Library ...

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Strengthening Your (Dublin) Core for Stronger User Discoverability (and Possibly ...

Utah Library Association Annual Conference (2023)

Andrea Payant, Paul Daybell, Liz Woolcott and Becky Skeen

Utah State University Libraries Cataloging and Metadata Services unit investigated user search behavior using web log analysis to determine how ...

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Library After Hours: Reinventing the First-Year Experience, One Epic Party ...

Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU) (2023)

Katie Strand, Niki Fullmer and Paul Daybell

What if we could transform student perceptions of the academic library in one night? Our library orientations may be the ...

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It's Time for an EAD Glow Up! How to ...

Conference of Intermountain Archivists (2023)

Paul Daybell, Liz Woolcott, Kelly Rovegno, Andrea Payant, et al.

USU Libraries investigated discoverability of local Encoded Archival Description (EAD) finding aids using different levels of description. The research team ...

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The Revised DACS Principles in Action: Applying Modern Practice to ...

Conference of Intermountain Archivists (2023)

Ryan Lee, Rebecca A. Wiederhold, Becky Skeen, Paul Daybell, et al.

Since SAA revised DACS's archival description principles from 8 concepts into 11 reworked value statements in 2019, archivists have wondered ...

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We're Bringing Spacers Back: Secondary Processing at Utah State ...

Conference of Intermountain Archivists (2023)

Kelly Rovegno, Heather Housley, Paul Daybell and Becky Skeen

Processing can be an iterative process but finding time and resources to re-evaluate existing collections is difficult, especially with backlogs ...

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Analyzing Discoverability in an MPLP World: How Levels of Description ...

Digital Library Federation Forum (2022)

Anna-Maria Arnljots, Paul Daybell, Kurt Alan Meyer, Andrea Payant, et al.

Libraries and archives have differing opinions on how much effort to put into content description. Yet, descriptive practices meant to ...

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Level Down to Level Up: The Impact of Item-Level Description ...

Society of American Archivists Research Forum (2022)

Paul Daybell, Andrea Payant, Becky Skeen and Liz Woolcott

Utah State University Libraries Cataloging and Metadata Services unit investigated the discoverability of local Encoded Archival Description (EAD) finding aids ...

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On Your MARC, Get Set, Code!

American Library Association–Core Forum Webinar (2022)

Anna-Maria Arnljots, Paul Daybell, Kurt Alan Meyer, Andrea Payant, et al.

How are MARC records performing in our search environment? This presentation will look at the process and results of a ...

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