Breakstone, Elizabeth
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The collection highlights some of the research being undertaken by Elizabeth Breakstone, former Assistant Professor and Reference Librarian, University of Oregon Libraries.
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Item Open Access Another Satisfied Customer? Understanding Student and Faculty Use of Digitized Primary Sources(2007-07-20T15:46:22Z) Briston, Heather; Breakstone, ElizabethFindings from interviews with faculty and students regarding their use of physical and digitized primary sources in teaching and learning.Item Open Access Content In, Content Out: The Dual Roles of the Reference Librarian in Institutional Repositories(2005) Jenkins, Barbara; Breakstone, Elizabeth; Hixson, Carol G.The development of institutional repositories has typically involved administrative and technical staff from libraries and campuses, with little input from reference librarians and subject specialists. Reference librarians have vital roles to play in helping to recruit authors to submit their content to institutional repositories, as well as in educating users to search such repositories effectively and retrieve the scholarly content from them. The experience that reference librarians have in searching a wide array of databases also enables them to provide a useful perspective on the design of effective search interfaces for institutional repositories. Experience at the University of Oregon demonstrates the efficacy of involving reference librarians in the design and development of an institutional repository from the beginning.Item Open Access Expanding the Focus of the IR: Scholars’ Bank at the University of Oregon(University of Oregon Libraries, 2005-07-07) Breakstone, Elizabeth; Briston, Heather; Hixson, Carol G.Item Open Access Librarians can look forward to an exhilarating future(Chronicle of Higher Education, 2005-09-30) Breakstone, Elizabeth