Scholarship and Professional Work Copyright (c) 2013 Butler University All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers Recent documents in Scholarship and Professional Work en-us Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:46:52 PST 3600 From the Editor http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/42 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/42 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:09:49 PST Summer may not be the best time to write about impact and influence. If you're heading for a long weekend at the Oregon coast (or at "the lake," for those of you on the eastern side of the state), I won't hold it against you if this issue of the Alki doesn't make it into your beach bag. Or it may be the perfect time to consider your influence on others and their impact on you. A good friend (and long-time high school librarian) once told me that "learners reflect." The phrase has stuck with me. Consider these articles to be opportunities for reflection as you stretch out on the chaise longue.

]]> Julie Miller From the Editor http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/41 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/41 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:09:46 PST Have you read Rita Dove's poem, "The First Book"? It's one of my favorites, a deceptively short and simple poem about the transformative power of reading. "Open it," Dove writes. "Go ahead, it won't bite./Well, maybe a little."

]]> Julie Miller From the Editor: You Might Find You Get What You Need http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/40 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/40 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:09:45 PST When the O-Jays sang their hit song "Give the People What They Want" in 1975, they could have had no idea that thirty-three years later it would become one of the theme songs for Barack Obama's presidential campaign. The sentiment resonates as strongly now as it did then. As any political leader knows, the challenge is to determine just what the people want, and then to have the resources, means, and will to deliver it.

]]> Julie Miller From the Editor: Strategies for Renewal and Re-engagement http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/39 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/39 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:09:43 PST At the 2008 WALE conference in Olympia, I gave a presentation titled "Moving Forward in Your Job (Even if You Want to Stay in One Place)." I thought fifteen, maybe twenty, people who were fairly new to library work and interested in changing position classifications would show up. Surprisingly, the room was packed. I spoke from an administrator's point of view about two aspects of employees: level of competence and degree of engagement with their work. Some employees have low competence but high engagement ("newbies" fall into this category); others have high competence and high engagement (AKA "shining stars"). Can you guess how almost all members of the audience identified themselves? If you guessed "high competence, low engagement," you're right. A lot of people in that room were well on their way to burn-out - and they were looking for a way to re-engage with their jobs.

]]> Julie Miller From the Editor: Top Five Reasons to Be the Alki Editor http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/38 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/38 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:09:39 PST The Alki editor is by definition a member of the core constituency - "writers and editors of scholarly books and journals" - of the Chicago Manual of Style, adept at the placement of commas before the conjunctions of compound sentences and after items in a series (see Section 6.18 through 6.56 of the 15th edition). Not sure whether a pronoun agrees with its antecedent? Section 5.35 has the answer. Unclear about the capitalization of a position title? Section 8.21 covers it.

]]> Julie Miller Catalyst for Collaboration: EWU Libraries and Career Services Partner on a Renew Washington Grant http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/37 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/37 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:09:37 PST "Targeted Competitive Hard Times Grant Now Open," read the header of the email. "The purpose of this grant cycle is to provide grant funds to help libraries initiate new services, enhance existing services, conduct outreach and partnership efforts, or complete other activities that are identified as important to the library in addressing the needs of people needing access to employment-related information, resources, and services."

]]> Julie Miller National Library Legislative Day 2011 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/36 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/36 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:09:34 PST Here's a reference question for you: What do the names Cannon, Dirksen, Hart, Longworth, Russell, and Rayburn have in common? If you answered "names of the Congressional office buildings in Washington, DC," you get a gold star! We got to know these names well when we attended the National Library Legislative Day 2011 on May 9-10 as the WLA delegates representing Washington libraries.

]]> Julie Miller et al. First Time on the Hill: My Big Adventure as a Member of the WLA Legislative Team http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/35 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/35 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:09:28 PST Last spring, WLA President Tim Mallory sent out an urgent message to WLA members: State Librarian Jan Walsh and WLA Federal Relations Co-coordinator Rand Simmons, both stalwart advocates for Washington libraries at the annual legislative days, were unable to attend Library Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C. on June 29. Team Washington, the WLA advocacy team, needed volunteers to go on visits to Washington's legislators on Capitol Hill. I was going to ALA, paying my own way due to the state budget freeze for public employees, and - as luck would have it - had no committee meetings or essential programs to attend on June 29. So I took a deep breath, typed a brief message to Tim (something like, "Put me on the list"), and hit send. Thanks to the confidence and charisma of team leader Kristie Kirkpatrick, great information from the folks at the Washington State Library, and the training provided by ALA, I learned a lot and had a great experience. Here's a chronicle of my adventure as a first-time advocate on the Hill.

]]> Julie Miller Growing Our Own: PNLA Leads Library Leadership Institute http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/34 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/34 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:09:26 PST Picture it: You have been selected, along with thirty-one other library staff, from a pool of applicants from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, and Washington and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. You arrive at a retreat location away from family, friends, and colleagues. You will be joined by eight seasoned mentors, library leaders who have also been selected for this experience, as well as by two institute leaders with a long commitment to developing strong libraries. For the next five days, you will learn, listen, discuss, and experience, with one purpose: to develop your potential.

]]> Julie Miller et al. Community, Collaboration, and the Cowboy Cha-Cha: An Interview with ALA President-elect Camila Alire http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/33 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/33 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:09:25 PST ALA President-elect Camila Alire was the keynote speaker at the WALE 2008 annual conference in Olympia, WA. I first met Camila several years ago when she was Dean of Libraries at the University of New Mexico. When I heard she was coming to the WALE conference, I e-mailed to ask if she was willing to be interviewed for Alki. She graciously agreed.

]]> Julie Miller From Sweet Sushi to Classic Cars: Outreach Ideas at the Library Program Showcase http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/32 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/32 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:09:24 PST A new type of program debuted at the 2008 joint Washington and Oregon library associations conference: showcases. These display sessions featured innovative, unusual, or highly successful programs from Oregon and Washington libraries. Each of three showcases had a different theme, including outreach, training and instruction, and innovative and grant-funded programs. As I approached the Hilton's Discovery Gallery on Thursday morning, I knew the outreach showcase hosted by Candise Branum and Gordon Turner was a hit. Colorful displays lined the gallery, which was buzzing with librarians sharing ideas for outreach to user groups.

]]> Julie Miller Library Lights Out: EWU's Living Learning Communities Sleep Over at JFK Library http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/31 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/31 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:09:18 PST Last February I received an unusual phone call. "What would you think about a group of students spending the night at the library?" asked Dr. Jeff Stafford, associate dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Eastern Washington University. "Tell me more," I replied. Shortly thereafter, I received a written proposal from Patricia Wahler, the community advisor (CA) for a student living learning community (LLC) at Morrison Hall at Eastern Washington University. Library Lights Out was Wahler's idea. "The Living Learning Communities of Morrison Hall would like an opportunity to utilize the Eastern Washington University library for a community-building program while incorporating educational aspects over the course of a Friday night," her proposal began.

]]> Julie Miller Baiting the Hook: Building Faculty Collaboration to Improve Student Information Literacy http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/30 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/30 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:09:15 PST On Sept. 17, 2009, EWU Libraries hosted a workshop that drew 27 faculty from across disciplines (four of the six colleges of EWU were represented) and with varying classroom experience (full professors worked alongside newbie teaching assistants) to focus on improving student information literacy. How did we do it?

]]> Julie Miller The Library Student Liaison Program at Eastern Washington University: A Model for Student Engagement http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/29 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/29 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:09:06 PST Teach students to love the library.

-John N. Gardner, Executive Director of the Policy Center on the First Year of College, told to academic librarians at the 2003 Association of College and Research Libraries conference.

The unspoken conclusion in Gardner's challenge to academic librarians to "teach students to love the library" is or become irrelevant. Recent research shows the importance of student engagement, particularly in the first year of college, to student success and retention in higher education.

]]> Julie Miller "Reinventing the Library" at Eastern Washington University: An Intensive Strategic Planning Experience with Faculty http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/28 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/28 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:09:04 PST In the spring of 2006, Eastern Washington University Libraries received an institutional strategic planning grant to hold a two-week strategic planning institute with faculty members representing the six colleges at Eastern Washington University (EWU). The purpose of the institute, titled “Reinventing the Library,” was to articulate a five-year vision for the role of the library within the university. The institute was held at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library on the Cheney campus of EWU from July 24 through August 4, 2007, and was planned and facilitated by Dean of Libraries Patricia Kelley. Thirteen faculty members, including two members of the library faculty, participated. The curriculum for “Reinventing the Library” included presentations by guest speakers on national and institutional trends affecting EWU Libraries, group discussion, and planning activities. In the last days of the institute, participants achieved consensus on the future role of the EWU Libraries and drafted a vision statement. The institute has had a significant impact on library planning and operations.

]]> Julie Miller Transforming a Curriculum Center for the 21st Century at Eastern Washington University Libraries http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/27 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/27 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:09:02 PST Teacher education is a vital component of Eastern Washington University’s (EWU) mission and history. In 2006, after several years of decline in collections and usage of its curriculum center, EWU Libraries made a commitment to transform it into a center for twenty-first century educators. The center has changed greatly in a short time with five conditions facilitating the center’s rapid transformation from an outdated, infrequently used corner of the library to a vibrant and busy hub. These conditions for change include: a librarian who acts as catalyst; a visioning process; essential structures upon which to build; the ability to reallocate resources, and the underlying element in this transformation: organizational leadership. Next steps in the transformation will include systematic assessment of resources and services, increased access to instructional technologies, and development of collaboration spaces.

]]> Julie Miller et al. Course-Integrated information literacy instruction in introduction to accounting http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/24 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/24 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:36:37 PDT Two groups of students, enrolled in Introduction to Accounting, volunteered to participate in a pedagogical study to assess course-integrated information literacy instruction. Only one group had received information literacy instruction in an earlier business course. Academic librarians provided three instruction sessions, and students completed a semester-long case to evaluate a company as a potential investment. The results suggest that information literacy skills can be learned for application in subsequent coursework. This research also provides some evidence of significantly greater improvement in information literacy and significantly higher perceptions of course-integrated instruction benefits by students who had not received the previous instruction.

]]> Anne Kelly et al. Students' Perceptions of Their Information Literacy Skills in the Media Center http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/23 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/23 Wed, 12 May 2010 05:41:43 PDT This article cites a study on evaluating information literacy skills in students at media centers. The pre-test survey asked all freshman English students to critique their abilities before they received any formal instruction from the media center team. This enabled researchers to identify areas of research. The five main research areas were, point access, information skills when researching a topic, databases, the Internet and technology. These results indicated that it's not just the collection of print and non-print resources that influence students' use of the media center.

]]> Bonnie J. Grimble et al. Promotions with student-athletes: Are you in compliance? http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/20 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/20 Thu, 06 May 2010 12:23:55 PDT Even if you are not a basketball fan, you have probably heard of the NCAA. And if you are an academic librarian, odds are you work at one of the institutions where athletic teams compete under the guidance of the NCAA operating bylaws. But did you know these bylaws can have a direct impact on your library promotions?

]]> Teresa Williams Funding Opportunities for Young Investigators In Radiology http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/19 http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/librarian_papers/19 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:04:34 PDT For many investigators in radiology, one of the most frustrating steps of conducting research is the search for funding sources.

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