A Bookstore in a Library (1935-1965): The Bull’s Head Book Shop and the History of Recreational Reading in US Academic Libraries

Since academic libraries began to open their doors to students in the late 19th to early 20th century, librarians have engaged in nearly continuous discussion of the college student’s need for leisure reading materials, the broad benefits of reading such material, and the declining rate of American literacy. Given that budget is one of the most frequently cited obstacles to providing browsing collections or leisure reading materials in academic libraries today, understanding strategies used by librarians in tight times in the past may be informative for present-day academic librarians. This thesis addresses whether/to what extent the incorporation of the campus trade book store, the Bull’s Head, into the university library at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1935, at the height of the Great Depression, was one such strategy.Master of Science in Library Scienc

Research to Support Research: Gathering Information for a Health Science LibGuide on Qualitative Methods

WHY A QUALITATIVE RESOURCE GUIDE? -Increasing patron requests for help finding qualitative sources, information about methods, places to publish -Poor indexing of qualitative research in health science databases -Most online guides for qualitative methods are actually design for specific classes, not general use -Health science researchers’ lack of familiarity with changing qualitative terminology across fields -Increased interest in qualitative methods in the health science

Meeting a Mosaic of Research Needs: Constructing a Resource Guide for Qualitative Researchers

In response to requests, staff at an academic health sciences library assessed the need for a new online resource for users and librarians. Qualitative research resource needs identified include compilation of local resources and services; resources to understand, evaluate, retrieve, write, and publish qualitative research; resources about integrating qualitative research into systematic reviews; and resources for emerging areas such as implementation science

“Where you stay?”: Transnational identity in sugar plantation worker cemeteries, Pahala, Hawai\u27i

From the late 19th to the early 20 th centuries, immigrant laborers from countries worldwide were brought to Hawai\u27i by Euro-American plantation owners in need of a large and inexpensive labor force. Segregated by ethnic/national group in plantation-provided housing, the workers were provided with segregated burial spaces as well. Immigrants such as those who worked on Hawaii\u27s sugar plantations have typically been seen by social scientists as aiming either to assimilate completely into their host countries, or to retain their ethnic or national practices as completely as possible. The framework of transnationalism addresses actions, relationships and ideologies which pass recursively across national borders, and allows researchers to view immigrants as situated in a global context which includes both their home and host countries. Applying the framework of transnationalism to the three ethnically segregated cemeteries in the former plantation community of Pahala on the Island of Hawai\u27i, this dissertation examines how and whether the global status of immigrant workers\u27 home countries affected their expression of transnational identity in Hawai\u27i. Of the three, the Japanese cemetery is analyzed most extensively, in terms of the correlation of ethnic/transnational identifiers on the gravestones and Japan\u27s concurrent high or low status on the global stage. Because the data from the Chinese and Methodist/Filipino cemeteries is less complete, they could not be analyzed in this way. The Chinese cemetery is analyzed in terms of its lack of maintenance, and the relationship between its neglect and China\u27s low global status during much of the 19 th and 20th century. The Methodist/Filipino cemetery is analyzed in terms of the association of Methodism and American colonial activities in the Philippines. The findings from all three cemeteries are used to demonstrate the degree to which immigrant workers on the plantations did not operate in terms of either home or host countries. Rather, the treatment immigrants received and the options open to them in Hawai\u27i were shaped by the status of their home countries on the global front

“Where you stay?”: Transnational identity in sugar plantation worker cemeteries, Pahala, Hawai\u27i

From the late 19th to the early 20 th centuries, immigrant laborers from countries worldwide were brought to Hawai\u27i by Euro-American plantation owners in need of a large and inexpensive labor force. Segregated by ethnic/national group in plantation-provided housing, the workers were provided with segregated burial spaces as well. Immigrants such as those who worked on Hawaii\u27s sugar plantations have typically been seen by social scientists as aiming either to assimilate completely into their host countries, or to retain their ethnic or national practices as completely as possible. The framework of transnationalism addresses actions, relationships and ideologies which pass recursively across national borders, and allows researchers to view immigrants as situated in a global context which includes both their home and host countries. Applying the framework of transnationalism to the three ethnically segregated cemeteries in the former plantation community of Pahala on the Island of Hawai\u27i, this dissertation examines how and whether the global status of immigrant workers\u27 home countries affected their expression of transnational identity in Hawai\u27i. Of the three, the Japanese cemetery is analyzed most extensively, in terms of the correlation of ethnic/transnational identifiers on the gravestones and Japan\u27s concurrent high or low status on the global stage. Because the data from the Chinese and Methodist/Filipino cemeteries is less complete, they could not be analyzed in this way. The Chinese cemetery is analyzed in terms of its lack of maintenance, and the relationship between its neglect and China\u27s low global status during much of the 19 th and 20th century. The Methodist/Filipino cemetery is analyzed in terms of the association of Methodism and American colonial activities in the Philippines. The findings from all three cemeteries are used to demonstrate the degree to which immigrant workers on the plantations did not operate in terms of either home or host countries. Rather, the treatment immigrants received and the options open to them in Hawai\u27i were shaped by the status of their home countries on the global front

User Inspired: A LibGuide to Support Qualitative Searchers and Researchers

Background & Purpose: In response to an increasing number of user requests, a health sciences librarian and a library science graduate research assistant at a major southeastern university set out to discover and collect resources to support searching, researching, and publishing--with an emphasis on qualitative research. Requests have included help finding sources of training and support across campus and assistance searching for qualitative research, evaluating qualitative studies, reporting qualitative research, and finding appropriate publication venues. Locally, significant support and a number of training opportunities ranging from credit courses to short courses to assistance with methodology and analytical software exist but are widely scattered across campus and not always easy to find, particularly for those not already familiar with qualitative terminology. More broadly, a number of high quality web-based resources exist to assist in searching for, evaluating, and publishing qualitative research. Additionally, articles that focus on searching for qualitative research in specific databases exist in the health professions and related literature. Methods: To meet the needs of qualitative researchers and searchers--and the librarians who support them--we want to make the resources we've found easily findable and accessible. We chose the LibGuides platform commonly used on our campus, and we will promote the guide to our library liaisons and our Research Hub librarians who connect researchers with experts and tools. Outcome: When complete, the guide will include such resources as search filters and strategies, writing conventions for reporting qualitative research, qualitative analysis software and training resources, a list of health science related journals that publish qualitative research, guidelines for evaluating qualitative studies and integrating them into systematic reviews, and links to on-campus resources for researchers who want further training or support in qualitative methods (including consultants, departments/centers, and qualitative analysis software/computing)