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Ostriches, Minotaurs, Ghosts and Fossils in the Brave New Metadata World: Categorization & Linked Data

McGrath, Kelley (2017-03-31)

Linked data promises to make library metadata more accessible and powerful. The clearly-defined URIs will form chains that lead to new connections and insights. But is there a flip side to such sharply-delineated data? ...

Bibliographic and Item Data

McGrath, Kelley (Neal-Schuman, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2017)

Discusses common pitfalls to be aware of when preparing bibliographic and item data for migration to a new integrated library system (ILS) and suggests methods for mitigating potential problems. Topics covered include ...

Will RDA Kill MARC?

McGrath, Kelley (2011-01-08)

Response to the prompt: The end of the MARC formats has been predicted for years, but no serious alternative format has risen up to challenge MARC. Will the introduction of the new RDA code precipitate the demise of MARC? ...

Collaborative Digitization Projects: Opportunities to Enhance Teaching and Learning

Lim, Adriene (Information Technology and Libraries, 2003-06)

Many libraries assist faculty in the development of digital materials for instruction, with services ranging form scanning documents for electronic course reserves to providing digital production centers for faculty use. ...

"Playing at the Big Table": Betting on Transformative Change and Collaboration at the Frye Leadership Institute

Lim, Adriene; Lewis, Vivian; Baker, Neal (Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, 2015)

Fake News and Information Literacy: Creating Resources to Develop Source Evaluation Skills at the University of Oregon Libraries

Hernandez, Carolina (Oregon Library Association, 2017-08-01)

Against the Odds: Reflections on Asian American Identity and Multicultural, Shared Leadership in Academic Libraries

Lim, Adriene (Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2017-03-28)

The author of this essay describes her personal experiences as an Asian American woman, and the influence of these experiences on the multicultural, shared-leadership practice she brings to academic libraries. Drawing upon ...

Why not take a scientific approach to teaching information literacy skills?

Buxton, Kristin; Oberlies, Mary K.; Zeidman-Karpinski, Annie (Library Instruction West 2018, 2018-07-20)

This poster will give you a short background about the importance of active learning for helping all students, especially minorities, succeed in a classroom. We will consider how to apply COPIL and the TPI-ILI to our one-off ...

Presbyteral Ordination and the See of Rome

Crumb, Lawrence N. (SPCK Publishing, 1963)

The traditional minister of ordination is a bishop. However, during the late Middle Ages, several superiors of religious orders received papal permission to ordain their monks to the subdiaconate and diaconate. The principal ...

Thomas Cromwell and the English Universities

Crumb, Lawrence N. (Used by permission of The Anglican, 2018)

Thomas Cromwell was the second most powerful man in England throughout the 1530s, a decade of significant change in both church and state. The article describes his influence on the two English universities, and related ...

Uploadable Content: Collaboration in a Video Game Advisory Team

Harlan, Lydia; Cloo, Derek; Smith, Kate Louise; Zeidman-Karpinski, Annie (Association of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association, 2016-06)

A misunderstanding led to the creation of University of Oregon (UO) Libraries’ video game collection. We thought we were replicating the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign’s (UIUC) Library collection. One UO subject ...

Critically Interrogating Oregon History in the Archives: Spanish Heritage Learners in the PCUN Records

Woken, David (Oregon Library Association, 2017-10-06)

Critical librarianship has emerged over the past decade or so as one of the main thrusts of the library profession’s longstanding commitment to social justice. Growing from the application of insights from critical theory ...

Don’t Use a Hammer When You Need a Screwdriver: How to Use the Right Tools to Create Assessment That Matters

Zeidman-Karpinski, Annie; Turnbow, Dominique (Communications in Information Literacy, 2016)

Instruction librarians want clear data showing the effectiveness of our workshops as a way of demonstrating our value in education. This article uses instructional design approaches to show how to make specific changes ...

Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN)

Woken, David (Portland State University and the Oregon Historical Society, 2014)

Latino History Is Oregon History: Preserving Oregon’s Latino Heritage through the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste Archive

de la Cruz, Sonia; Kays, Stephanie; Woken, David (Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials, 2016)

Since the spring of 2011, the University of Oregon Libraries have been working closely with the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (Northwest Tree Planters and Farmworkers United, PCUN) to organize, preserve, and ...