4,751 research outputs found
Interview with Ronald Sukenick, author
No full textRonald Sukenick is the author of Up, The Death of the Novel, Other Stories, and the experimental novel, Out. In this interview Sukenick discusses the development of his fiction in light of his own experiences. Interviewed by Charles Russell, research specialist for the UW-Milwaukee Center for Twentieth Century Studies.GrayscaleSoun
A Framework for Studying Organizational Innovation in Research Libraries
No full textThe objective of this paper is two-fold: to propose a theoretical framework and model for studying organizational innovation in research libraries and to set forth propositions that can provide directions for future empirical studies of innovation in research libraries. Research libraries can be considered members of a class of organizations referred to here as institutional nonprofits. As such, these organizations inherit many of the innovative properties that are associated with the broader sector of service organizations. However, institutional nonprofits have unique characteristics that distinguish them from other service organizations such as government agencies and for-profit service firms. In this paper, institutional theory is used to explain the forces that are acting on the research library. Research from organizational learning, structural contingency theory, and typologies of service organizations are used to establish a more encompassing innovation framework. Based on the literature review, the theoretical framework, and empirical studies, this paper presents a process model and propositions that characterize how the research library might innovate. These propositions can be tested in empirical studies to develop a fuller understanding of innovation in research libraries.The published version of this article is available at: http://crl.acrl.org/content/73/6/525.full.pdf+htmlPeer reviewe
Information Retrieval in Domain Specific Databases: An Analysis to Improve the User Interface of the Alcohol Studies Database
No full textAcademic libraries are becoming more directly involved in the design and publishing of electronic information resources, including bibliographic databases, electronic journals, and digital archives. As a result, librarians are dealing with many user interface design issues that computer scientists and information specialists in other fields have encountered. Transaction log analysis can provide a rich source of information on user behavior and insights as to how user interfaces can be improved. This article describes the methodology and results of the log analysis for the Alcohol Studies Database (ASDB), a domain-specific database supported by the Center of Alcohol Studies and Rutgers University Libraries (RUL). The goals of this study were to better understand user search behavior, to analyze failure rates, and to develop approaches for improving the user interface.Peer reviewedThis article was published in College & Research Libraries, May 2003. The published version is open access and available at: http://crl.acrl.org/content/64/3/229.abstrac
Article by Ronald Atkins
No full textPhotocopied article by Ronald Atkins about new releases by Mike Westbrook, Chris McGregor, Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea and Edward Wilkerson. The author describes shortly each recording
Unifying Frameworks for Library and Information Science: An Analysis of Three Perspectives
No full textThis article argues that there are emerging new roles for academic librarians and that a more focused discussion on the theoretical foundations of Library and Information Science (LIS) will provide guidance for both the discipline and the profession. The analysis herein examines a possible theoretical foundation or framework for LIS from three perspectives: the philosophy of information, social epistemology, and cybersemiotics. The primary advocates of these three perspectives are L. Floridi, J. Shera, and S. Brier respectively. This analysis addresses three questions: how does each perspective view LIS?, can the perspectives clarify the relationship between librarianship and information science, and can one of these perspectives suggest how the profession of academic librarianship should transform itself to meet the demands of the scholar in the 21st century? The analysis will proceed along four dimensions: a) knowledge and information, b) the focus on society and the individual, c) the meaning and structure of information, and d) how a unifying framework of LIS might deal with the practice of librarianship.Paper submitted for the course Communication, Information, and Media Processes (Professors Mokros, Kantor, and Pavlik), December 13, 2007
E-Books and New Library Service Models: An Analysis of the Impact of EBook Technology on Academic Libraries
No full textEffectively introducing e-books into a library has significant implications on our users, our existing services, and how we do business. The capabilities and the limitations of the e-book and related technologies are therefore used in this paper to provide a framework for examining the implications of this technology on service in academic libraries. It is the author’s view that we must understand not only the technology but also the end-to-end process that will transform the capabilities of the technology into an effective service.Peer reviewe
The Impact of Reference Desk Queries on Undergraduate Scholarship
No full textThe goal of this research is to understand what impact, if any, the usage of the academic library reference desk has on undergraduate scholastic performance. Part of the motivation for this study is the dramatic drop in reference desk usage in most academic libraries over the past ten years. If the use of the reference desk does not improve scholarly performance of undergraduates, it is important to understand how reference librarians might better advance undergraduate scholarship. This study will therefore explore the reasons why undergraduates do not use the reference desk and what new services or facilities within the library they view as important. The results of this study have important implications not only for undergraduate study but also for the profession of academic librarianship.Paper submitted for the course Research Foundations (Professor James E. Katz), December 13, 2007
English Advice Manuals Online at Rutgers: A Partnership in a New Course Using Digital Books and Web Technology
No full textThe authors’ experiences in launching a new course at Rutgers University is described. The new honors course resulted from a collaboration between the History Department and Rutgers University Libraries (RUL) in which academic instruction, a unique source of digital books, and web/internet technology were brought together to provide a new learning experience for undergraduates. Students used the Early English Books Online (EEBO) collection at RUL and were challenged to learn as much as possible in a single semester about some facet of early English advice manuals. The course objectives, technology platform, and student experiences are discussed.This is the authors' accepted version. This article is (c) Emerald Group Publishing and permission has been granted for this version to appear here (http://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu). Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - See more at: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/authors/writing/author_rights.htm?PHPSESSID=mbnk18gfsk19l52rkuk6esht34#sthash.6mqTQJqx.dpufPeer reviewe
Digital Preservation: Architecture and Technology for Trusted Digital Repositories
No full textDeveloping preservation processes for a trusted digital repository will require the integration of new methods, policies, standards, and technologies. Digital repositories should be able to preserve electronic materials for periods at least comparable to existing preservation methods. Modern computing technology in general is barely fifty years old and few of us have seen or used digital objects that are more than ten years old. While traditional preservation practices are comparatively well-developed, lack of experience and lack of consensus raise some questions about how we should proceed with digital-based preservation processes. Can wepreserve a digital object for at least one-hundred years? Can we answer questions such as “Is this object the digital original”? or “How old is this digital object”? What does it mean to be a trusted repository of digital materials? A basic premise of this article is that there are many technologies available today that will help us build trust in a digital preservation process and that these technologies can be readily integrated into an operational digital preservation framework.The published version of this article is available at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/june05/jantz/06jantz.htmlPeer reviewe
A union list of New Jersey annual publications in the library collections of the New Jersey Historical Society and Rutgers University
No full textA fully subject indexed guide to hundreds of annual publications held at the New Jersey Historical Society and Rutgers University Libraries.compiled by Ronald L. Becker, E. Richard McKinstr
- …
