Building pathfinders with screen capture tools

This article outlines freely available screen capturing tools, covering their benefits and drawbacks as well as their potential applications. In discussing these tools, the author illustrates how they can be used to build pathfinding tutorials for users and how these tutorials can be shared with users. The author notes that the availability of these screen capturing tools at no cost, coupled with their ease of use, provides ample opportunity for low-stakes experimentation from library staff in building dynamic pathfinders to promote the discovery of library resources

Assessment tool or edutainment toy

The use of Clickers as a tool for library instruction has been growing in popularity because library instructors view this technology as a mechanism to foster interactivity within library instruction sessions in order to increase overall student engagement. However, a newly emerging area of interest for library instructors is the use of Clickers as a tool for library instruction assessment. This paper posits some of the viewpoints of various instructors using Clickers including the viewpoints of library instructors. The central question considered in this paper is whether Clickers are an effective and feasible tool for library instruction assessment. This examination extends further in considering the value of Clicker systems against the value of traditional paper-based methods for library instruction assessment. An example of a substantial library instruction assessment initiative at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries is provided as a case for consideration of the current feasibility of Clicker systems for library instruction assessment. Additionally, differing configurations for Clicker systems are outlined as are various alternatives to Clickers currently available in the interest of presenting scalable options for library instructors

Multi-Criteria Decision Modeling for Best Value Selections in Target Value Design Integrated Project Delivery

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) combined with Target Value Design (TVD) is a better way to deliver value for the client than traditional guaranteed maximum price (GMP) methods. With traditional GMP delivery methods, the interests of the parties are often at odds. The goal of IPD is to align all party interests in order to achieve a win-win scenario. Due to the aligning nature of IPD and the fact that each party’s success is dependent on achieving the project objectives as a whole; a non-biased, transparent, decision-making process is necessary in order to deliver the project objectives within the constraints of the TVD. Thus delivering the expected value for the client and ensuring that all parties achieve project success. The need for this transparent decision-making process is compounded by the fact that a “target” based system rapidly declines to a less than optimal state if there is no unbiased decision-making process in place. If we treat the entire lifespan of a project as the complex system that it is, we can begin to take advantage of the hierarchical nature of complex systems. The goal of this paper is to show that by modeling the life span of a project through a multi-criteria decision making model, built on a hierarchical framework will allow you to find a non-inferior solution to your TVD. I’m proposing to use Hierarchical Holographic Modeling (HHM) as the framework for an Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) multi-criteria decision-making model complete with post-optimality analysis as the preferred project management method

Business community outreach: Exploration of a new service role in an academic environment

A recent special issue of the Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship focusing on business librarianship and entrepreneurship includes many case studies detailing entrepreneurship outreach initiatives from academic libraries. The introductory article, Entrepreneurship Outreach: A New Role for the Academic Business Librarian by Karen MacDonald, outlines entrepreneurial outreach initiatives in the issue, stating that they “describe three very different approaches libraries have taken to align themselves with a key mission of the university – economic development” (MacDonald, 2010, p. 159). This chapter elaborates on this previous work in describing the exploration of a new role in business community outreach as a whole, which includes but is not limited to, entrepreneurship outreach

Enhancing OPAC records for discovery

This article proposes adding keywords and descriptors to the catalog records of electronic databases and media items to enhance their discovery. The authors contend that subject liaisons can add value to OPAC records and enhance discovery of electronic databases and media items by providing searchable keywords and resource descriptions. The authors provide an examination of OPAC records at their own library, which illustrates the disparity of useful keywords and descriptions within the notes field for media item records versus electronic database records. The authors outline methods for identifying useful keywords for indexing OPAC records of electronic databases. Also included is an analysis of the advantages of using Encore\u27s Community Tag and Community Review features to allow subject liaisons to work directly in the catalog instead of collaborating with cataloging staff

Supporting Community Transformation: Becoming a Community-Engaged Academic Library

Community engagement and service as third mission Targeting who to engage in community Community organization needs Academic library community services Benefits of community engagement Challenges of community engagement Supporting infrastructure Community engagement strategies Supporting community engagement initiatives of academic institution Co-curricular experiential learning community projects Service learning courses Small business development centers Developing academic library community outreach initiatives Going out to the community Bringing the community in the library Business by the book workshop series Following up & closing the loop Communicating the value of community engagement initiative

Business community outreach: Exploration of a new service role

Benefits of Business Outreach: - Promotes value of library in a community - Increases awareness of library services in a community - Provides opportunities for external fundraising - Connects library to other community agencies - Increases library awareness of community services - Provides opportunities for programming activitie

Crowdsourcing Course Design: Tapping the Collective Intelligence of Campus Stakeholders

Background • UNLV General Education Reform – led to First Year Experience Course in College of Business • Course taught by advisors in College Of Business • Collaboration between Librarians and BUS103 • Libraries hosted Faculty Institute for First Year Seminars – Collaborative course design with business instructors, civic engagement and student success professionals, technology specialists, and librarian

Reaching Out to Business Communities: Best Practices for Libraries

Origin of Book Project • Presented about Business Community Outreach – Reference Renaissance Conference: August 2010 • Approached by Managing Editor of Libraries Unlimited – Asked to submit proposal for a book • Proposal accepted and book contract signe

Clean, green, and not so mean: Can business save the world?

No matter how you define it, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a hot topic. From community investing to business ethics to environmental sustainability and beyond, proponents of CSR view the business landscape through a lens that focuses less on profitability and more on the greater good. “Doing well by doing good” is the business world’s new mantra. Concepts of CSR, green business, social entrepreneurship, and peace through commerce have become a focus of research and are inspiring the next generation of businesspeople. The 2010 BRASS Program gave attendees an expert’s view of certain niches within the broader realm of ethical or socially responsible business practices