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E-Books in Ohio: What's a Librarian To Do?
Full text linkPresentation about managing PDA e-books given at the ALAO CMIG Workshop on March 22, 2013
Taming the Communication Beast: Using LibGuides for Intra-Library Communication
Full text linkPresentation given at the Library Technology Conference on March 16, 2011. Using LibGuides for communication between technical services and other library departments
Report on Session: Sailing the Digital Seas: Charting a New Course with CONTENTdm
No full textWith the transition of government publications from print to digital over the last decade, the State Library of North Carolina saw the need to implement a content management system for the state’s digital publications. The State Library formed a Digital Information Management Program (DIMP) in 2006 to address the challenge of managing their digital collections. The Library chose to utilize OCLC’s CONTENTdm software to manage their digital materials and associated metadata. The presentation described below outlined the processes and challenges in managing their collections with this software
Transfer 2.0 and Beyond! An Update
Full text linkPresentation given at the Charleston Conference on November 3, 2011. Information about Project Transfer (v. 2.0) for librarians and publishers
The City: A Place of Places Examining the Role of Place and Architecture Inside the Urban Fabric
No full textThe city is a composition of individuals. Every resident in a city builds their own place and is built by those places that surround them. It is this interaction of places that make the city unique; transforming the city into a place of places. The interaction of places transcends the cities physical constructs, such as shelter and safety, and instead creates a spiritual dwelling for the cities residences, and giving rise to community. This spirituality is not one of pure religious thought, but rather of the indicative nature of the humanity contained within every resident of the city. It is this humanity that is then reflected in the architecture of the city’s residents, and shapes not only the individual places of the residents, but the overall urban structure of the city as well. This project focuses on the understanding and exploring the link between place, architecture and humanity within an urban context by examining the act of place making, both in terms of physical construction (i.e. architecture) and metaphysical reasoning (why we build) for both individuals and communities. To accomplish this, four (4) case studies of urban areas, with a focus on both specific places as well as overall urban structure, will be examined looking at detailing the link of architecture, humanity and place
Experience Choreographed Through Light: Exploring the Emotive Nature of Daylighting
Full text linkWinston Churchill once said, “First we shape our buildings, thereafter, they shape us”. This speaks both to how we design a building, and to the effect that design has on us. The challenge that is presented to us as architects is to develop a design concept that combines both the technical and aesthetic requirements of an environment. This may sound simple enough, however designing spaces that are visually intriguing, comfortable, and psychologically satisfying is indeed a challenge. This paper discusses light as the most powerful material and design tool we have as architects, and one that is not always thought of first as a solution to many, if not all aspects of this task. By manipulating light in a way that harnesses moments of tranquility or creates an emotive experience, we transform a space. The intensity, focus, color, and even source of the light, has the ability to change the environment around us. This paper highlights case studies and research of successful spaces and experiences from around the world, challenging some common design practices of today. The relationship of light quality to the quality of our experience of place and space must be considered in the environments we create. How light is used to reveal, reflect, and enhance our environment is in direct relationship to place, culture, and individual needs. If we used natural light as the primary strategy in the design process, it would result in spaces to which we can relate to, experience, and emotionally connect with as participants of an environment, instead of merely occupants
Aquatecture: Designing Water Adaptable Architecture in Ko Kret, Thailand as a Flood Solution
No full textThis paper will address a new approach towards architecture reflecting on the consequences of the city’s land based building practice in ecology that is predominantly water based. There is a need for opportunities to work with the natural water ecology as a solution for future flooding. Flooding threatens lives, infrastructure, and the economy. In the past fifty years Thailand has moved away from water-based communities and designs, which is what is creating some of the problems and contradicting the water-based design Bangkok should be utilizing. Bangkok was once designed as a liquid-based system, designed with a multitude of natural and constructed waterways to help with the flow of water in the Chao Phraya delta. The klongs were used to manage the seasonal surpluses and deficits in water, based on the monsoon rains. As industry grew in Bangkok, the klongs grew into asphalt ‘highway’ transport systems for the city. The most common solution is to float and rise up with the flood waters. Floating structure is a solution for whole complexes to float, as opposed to the many single unit floating houses. Many of the public amenities and utilities will not float; therefore the city will no longer be fully functioning. New developments need to incorporate building marsh landscapes as a temporary solution for the temporary flooding. The next step in this new design process is to design for the city or country as a whole. A flooding solution is not to have a single building which can float, but rather a whole city that can remain functional with water. We need to evolve design to welcome water as a part of the system of a city and to work with in. Creating a new water based vernacular
Are E-book Big Deal Bundles Still Valuable? [slide deck]
No full textThe academic e-book market has undergone significant change in the last five years. E-book availability has greatly increased as library demand has grown, with an increasing percentage of library acquisitions preferring electronic rather than print format. E-book acquisition models like patron-driven acquisition and short-term loan have now become commonplace and available from a multitude of consortia, publishers and aggregators. With the wide availability of these models, is there still value in buying e-books through package deals?
To help answer this question, we will present the results of a usage-based analysis of Wiley e-books. Since 2012, Miami University Libraries have purchased Wiley e-book collections through a consortial OhioLINK contract. Previously purchased OhioLINK e-book collections have been accessible to patrons through both OhioLINK’s Electronic Book Center platform and the publisher platform. The Wiley e-book purchase deviates from previous practice by being available to patrons only on the publisher platform and our analysis is therefore focused on COUNTER e-book usage reports from the Wiley platform. We also augment the usage data with title-level information, such as subject and book type. This preliminary study focuses on the 2012 Wiley collection and its use over a three-year period (2012-2014) and will include data-driven findings presented in visually useful ways
Appalachia rising from the ruins: a design addressing cultural change in post-industrial appalachia
No full textRuins are expressions of tie. Their slow, almost indiscernible changes are much like our own aging and reminders of our own mortality. Ruins are not easily definable. They can be attached to personal recollection or collective memory. Growing up among the ruins of an Appalachian Ohio River town, an aesthetic of decay emanates from abandoned storefronts, factories, and civic buildings, while instilling an understanding of temporality, decline, and an acceptance of finality. But Appalachia preserves its past in order to prolong its memory’s decay. Appalachian culture embraces ruins as signifiers that solidify collective memory and arouse contemplative nostalgia. Ruins are preserved in order to memorialize the past, with the intention these spaces will become integrated in Appalachia’s new postindustrial culture
