Rev up Your Résumé: Determining Factors in the Race for an Academic Library Position

Like Indianapolis 500 drivers preparing for the race, LIS students today are gearing up for a job search in a tight market. We are examining how certain choices impact a graduate’s success in the job market. Our survey of recent graduates determines the extent to which program rankings, coursework, activities, and internships provide a competitive edge in the academic library job market

Data Mining the Liberal Arts

Data mining is one of the tool sets that has been enlisted to help make sense of the massive amount of data that has been collecting over the past few years. Most people associate its use with targeted marketing and government oversight. However, they can also provide scholars in the liberal arts with powerful tools to discover new insights and questions. In this talk, I will discuss some ways in which researchers have recently used data mining to uncover new knowledge in some diverse areas

Detection of Weak Ties

In a small world social network, strong and weak ties exist that define tightly clustered areas and isolated links between them. Granovetter provided an heuristic that strong links have a higher common neighbor count than weak ones. The problem of identifying weak links is the central focus of this paper. The proposed metric vett will be shown that within certain constraints of a (modified) small world network the accuracy of the proposed method is 100%

Letter from Florence S[cripps] Kellogg to John Muir, 1913 Oct 18.

[1]Altadena, Oct. 18-1913[letterhead]Dear Mr. Muir:-You must think me very unappreciative of your lovely book with your autograph, but indeed I\u27m not. I was away all summer, spending most of it with Winnie Skylark in Detroit - she was so pleased with her copy - & didn\u27t know until a short time ago that my book was waiting for me here at Mary\u27s. She05580 [2]went east this summer also. Thank you very much, dear Mr. Muir. I\u27m proud to have the authographed book of your boyhood days. We are all pretty well. Mr. K. is running the Call in S.F. & is up there most of the time. Dorothy & I are going there Monday to be with him a few days.Ellen is busy with her painting & Wm with his school. When shall we have the pleasure of seeing you down here?With best regards,affec. yoursFlorence S. Kellogg

Two Heads Are Better Than One: Librarian-Faculty Collaboration to Support Student Topic Development

Research has shown that first-year college students often struggle in developing research paper topics (Head, 2013). Compared to high school assignments where they typically had little choice in a research focus, college freshmen find themselves confronted with an overwhelming number of possible directions. In order to support first-year writing students in the selection and development of research paper topics, a librarian and professor developed an asynchronous system of support. Using Google Spreadsheets, students post potential topics and receive suggestions and links to relevant library resources from their professor and librarian. This presentation will detail the development of this partnership and attendees will learn how to create formatted Google Spreadsheets, avoid potential problems, and identify the benefits of this technology to support students in topic development. Head, A.J. (2013, December 5) Learning the ropes: How freshmen conduct course research once they enter college. Project Information Literacy Research Report. Retrieved from http://projectinfolit.org/images/pdfs/pil_2013_freshmenstudy_fullreport.pd

Henri Temianka Correspondence; (kellogg)

This collection contains material pertaining to the life, career, and activities of Henri Temianka, violin virtuoso, conductor, music teacher, and author. Materials include correspondence, concert programs and flyers, music scores, photographs, and books.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/temianka_correspondence/4025/thumbnail.jp

Henri Temianka Correspondence; (kellogg)

This collection contains material pertaining to the life, career, and activities of Henri Temianka, violin virtuoso, conductor, music teacher, and author. Materials include correspondence, concert programs and flyers, music scores, photographs, and books.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/temianka_correspondence/4028/thumbnail.jp

Letter from Florence Scripps Kellogg to John Muir, 1913 Jun 13.

La JollaJune 13th 1913.Dear Mr. Muir:-Thank you for your note & the offer of your autographed book. I should love to have it, & I was just longing to have your autograph in my copy. Winnie Skylark\u27s address is 30 Kirby Ave. W. Detroit, Mich. & she will be delighted05473 I know to have you remember her with your lovely book.This is commencement week at the Bishop\u27s school & I came down to spend a little of it with dear Dorothy. She comes home tomorrow.We are planning to spend two weeks in July on my cousin\u27s ranch high in the mountains inColorado, & anticipate a glorious time in the open, & afterwards Dorothy & I are going on to Detroit to spend a little time with Winnie.I hope you will have a pleasant & happy summer. Are you going to Yosemite again?With kindest regards I am afectionately your firendFlorence Scripps Kellog

Henri Temianka Correspondence; (kellogg)

This collection contains material pertaining to the life, career, and activities of Henri Temianka, violin virtuoso, conductor, music teacher, and author. Materials include correspondence, concert programs and flyers, music scores, photographs, and books.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/temianka_correspondence/4029/thumbnail.jp