UNC Greensboro & Kanopy

These slides from an ASERL webinar present the UNCG experience with the Kanopy streaming video site.This presentation was part of a larger presentation entitled, "ASERL Members' Experiences with Kanopy Streaming Video", a ASERL Webinar, co-presented with Grant Powell, Kanopy, Jeff Eller, Wake Forest University, and Chris Palazzollo, Emery University

Watch This: Promoting Streaming Video on Campus

Promoting streaming video is important in ensuring use of the resource. These presentation slides cover the UNCG experience with promoting a variety of streaming services to faculty and the wider campus community.This presentation was part of a larger presentation called Watch This: Promoting Streaming Video on Campus, a Lyrasis Webinar, presented with Steven Milewski, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Data-Driven Collection Development: The Approval Plan in Today's Academic Library [Notes]

Data-Driven Collection Development: The Approval Plan in Today's Academic Library [Notes]]]> 2019 English http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/C_Fischer_Data_Notes_2019.pdf oai:libres.uncg.edu/25612 2019-05-09T13:31:13Z ASU Effects Of Vehicle Microdialysis Solutions On Cutaneous Vascular Responses To Local Heating NC DOCKS at Appalachian State University Smith, Caroline <![CDATA[Microdialysis is a minimally invasive technique often paired with laser Doppler flowmetry to examine cutaneous microvascular function, yet presents with several challenges, including incompatibility with perfusion of highly lipophilic compounds. The present study addresses this methodological concern, with an emphasis on the independent effects of commonly used vehicle dialysis solutions to improve solubility of pharmacological agents with otherwise low aqueous solubility. Four microdialysis fibers were placed in the ventral forearm of eight subjects (4 men, 4 women; 25 ± 1 yr) with sites randomized to serve as 1) control (lactated Ringer’s), 2) Sodium carbonate- bicarbonate buffer administered at physiological pH [SCB-HCl; pH 7.4, achieved via addition of hydrochloric acid (HCl)], 3) 0.02% ethanol, and 4) 2% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). After baseline (34°C), vehicle solutions were administered throughout a standardized local heating protocol to 42°C. Laser Doppler flowmetry provided an index of blood flow. Cutaneous vascular conductance was calculated and normalized to maximum (%CVCmax, sodium nitroprusside and 43°C local heat). The SCB-HCl solution increased baseline %CVCmax (control: 9.7 ± 0.8; SCB-HCl: 21.5 ± 3.5%CVCmax; P = 0.03), but no effects were observed during heating or maximal vasodilation. There were no differences with perfusion of ethanol or DMSO at any stage of the protocol (P &gt; 0.05). These data demonstrate the potential confounding effects of some vehicle dialysis solutions on cutaneous vascular function. Notably, this study provides evidence that 2% DMSO and 0.02% ethanol are acceptable vehicles with no confounding local vascular effects to a standardized local heating protocol at the concentrations presented

Implementing and assessing use-driven acquisitions: a practical guide for librarians [book review]

With a changing publishing environment, flat or reduced collections budgets, lack of space for physical collections, and the convenience of conducting research with electronic resources, many libraries are looking at ways to provide access to titles without committing to a purchase unless there is guaranteed use of an item. Implementing and Assessing Use-Driven Acquisitions: A Practical Guide for Librarians, from the series Practical Guides for Librarians, is a detailed survey of available purchasing models for use-driven acquisitions (UDA), which the authors define as “any method of collection development in which content is loaned, purchased, or accessed based on actual need instead of anticipated need” (p. 156). They provide a clear overview of the options offered by publishers and other providers with a detailed explanation of each model described

Electronic Resources Pricing: A Variety of Models

Building and maintaining library collections is increasingly complex. Determining pricing for physical resources actually housed in the bricks and mortar facility is relatively simple. In contrast, libraries must select electronic resources that range from databases to online journals to e-books, and these information tools are purchased using pricing models that tax every library with their variability. Are we to be charged by use, individual title, or package? Is our institution quoted a charge based upon enrollment as a whole or the number affiliated with the program for a specialized resource? The possibilities seem to be growing as libraries, publishers, subscription vendors, aggregators, and others continue to respond to the changing information resource and access environment

Group Therapy: Managing OA Journals

Experienced librarians respond to a question on how academic libraries can best provide links to open access journals from the web page or catalog

JSTOR EBA (and DDA) at UNCG [Slides]

Slides from the presentation of the library portion of a JSTOR webinar held Thursday, February 28, 2019. Valerie Yaw, Assistant Marketing Director for JSTOR, started the session with What We've Learned from EBA. The second part of the session was JSTOR EBA (and DDA) at UNCG, posted here

Data-Driven Collection Development: The Approval Plan in Today's Academic Library [Slides]

Slides and notes from a presentation given May 2, 2019. This ACRL/Choice webcast looks at GOBI approval plans and demand driven acquisitions (DDA) programs as a means of automatically receiving print and electronic book resources for academic library collections with UNC Greensboro and Texas A&amp;M as examples

Our New Digital Archive Collections [slides]

Slides from a presentation given July 28, 2020 for the UNCG University Libraries Virtual Learning Community

Joining the Library Profession: Getting Hired, Attending Regional Conferences, and Finding a Mentor [Slides]

Attending regional conferences is a valuable professional development opportunity for graduate students in library and information science as well as librarians new to the profession. These presentation slides are from this panelist's portion of a NASIG/North Carolina Serials Conference webinar