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LITA Annual Report for 2014-2015
No full textAt the end of their term, each Library & Information Technology Association (LITA) President submits an annual report summarizing the accomplishments completed during their year. This annual report was written by Rachel Vacek, the 2014-2015 LITA President.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/163323/1/LITA-2015-AnnualReport.pdfDescription of LITA-2015-AnnualReport.pdf : PDFSEL
Smoothing the Path of the Research Journey: Designing for User Experience Excellence in Academic Libraries
No full textPanelists include: Kat Palmer, Innovation Manager, Emerald Publishing; Iris Bierlein, User Experience Specialist, New York University Library; Rachel Vacek, Head of Design and Discovery, University of Michigan Library. Moderator is: Meredith Schwartz, Executive Editor, Library JournalLeading scholars and librarians have used assessment techniques from personas to eye tracking to pin down just what are the best practices in user experience design for academic libraries. But different campuses have different needs, and as technology changes–and user expectations evolve in response–great UX remains a moving target. This webinar will cover the essential UX tools to designing an excellent experience for your own unique users–and share some key takeaways from sponsor Emerald’s own research.Emerald Publishing and Library Journalhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/138151/1/Library Journal - UX Webinar slides - Rachel Vacek.pdfDescription of Library Journal - UX Webinar slides - Rachel Vacek.pdf : Presentatio
How Two Women Embraced Their Path to IT Management
No full textThis is the post-print of the book chapter.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/167149/1/vacek-hagedorn-8_10_17-final.pdfDescription of vacek-hagedorn-8_10_17-final.pdf : This is the post-print of the book chapter.SEL
Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)
No full textThis is a chapter on ALA's LITA division in the Encyclopedia of Library and Information SciencesThe Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) is a division of the American Library Association (ALA), established in 1966. Through publishing, programs, training, national conferences, and strategic partnerships, LITA educates, serves, and reaches out to its members, ALA members and divisions, and the entire library and information technology community through the promotion and implementation of library automation and technology.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/146755/1/vacek-LITA-chapter.pdfDescription of vacek-LITA-chapter.pdf : pdf of encyclopedia chapte
Author interview: Q&A with Rachel O’Neill on Seduction: men, masculinity and mediated intimacy
No full textIn this author interview, we speak to Rachel O’Neill about her recent book, Seduction: Men, Masculinity and Mediated Intimacy, which offers an ethnographic study of the ‘seduction industry’. In the interview, she discusses the seduction industry as part of a continuum of mediated intimacy, the ways in which neoliberal rationalities are shaping masculine subjectivity today, how the book relates to contemporary discussions surrounding consent and women’s sexual agency and the particular challenges of undertaking this fieldwork. If you are interested in this interview, you can read a review of Seduction on LSE RB here. Q&A with Rachel O’Neill, author of Seduction: Men, Masculinity and Mediated Intimacy (Polity, 2018
Theology in Queer Perspective
No full textA panel discussion held on Zoom on April 13, 2023. Panelists include Dr. Pamela R. Lightsey, the Rev. Dr. Justin Sabia-Tanis, and Dr. Karri L. Whipple Alldredge. Introduction by the Rev. Dr. Heather Hartung Vacek, moderated by Dr. Julia M. O'Brien, the Rev. Dr. Beth Toler, and Rachel Compton-Monell, closing by the Rev. Dr. Vanessa Lovelace. Digital video recording (mp4). Duration: 1 hour, 48 minutes, 9 seconds
Episode 3: Rachel Wightman, CSP Staff and Author
No full textIn this episode, CSP\u27s Associate Director of Instruction and Outreach, Rachel Wightman, shares about her new book, Faith and Fake News: A Guide to Consuming Information Wisely, including how she became interested in the topic, what led to the creation of this book, and why this topic is so important today
Rachel Swarns Book Event: The 272
No full textA conversation with Rachel Swarns, author of The GU272: The Families Who Were Enslaved And Sold To Build The American Catholic Church (Penguin Random House 2023). The conversation was moderated by Georgetown Professor Adam Rothman and hosted by Georgetown's Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies
Theodore Clement Steele: A Lecture by Rachel Perry
No full textJoin author and curator Rachel Perry for a lecture on the life and artwork of Theodore Clement (TC) Steele. Perhaps the most well-known artist of the “Hoosier Group,” Steele created impressionist portraits and landscape paintings from his studio in Nashville, Indiana.https://scholarship.depauw.edu/peeler_event/1084/thumbnail.jp
Letter from Rachel Kawasaki to Dorothy Nakamura and Helen Nakamura Napoleon, July 21, 1991
No full textCorrespondence from Rachel Kawasaki to Dorothy Nakamura and Helen Nakamura Napoleon regarding information about Japanese American claims in the U.S. Court of Appeals.The Japanese American Archival Collection documents the people, places, and daily life of Japanese Americans, primarily those who lived in the once thriving community of pre-war Florin in the Sacramento region, as well as the conditions in American incarceration camps during World War II. The approximately 7,000 original items include personal and official letters, photographs, diaries, arts and crafts, newsletters, textiles, camps artifacts, yearbooks and other publications
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