scholarly journals In the News

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (7) ◽  
pp. 317
Author(s):  
David Free
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
California State University ◽  
State University ◽  
Ideal Position ◽  
East Bay

Welcome to the July/August 2020 issue of C&RL News. Whether students return to campus for the fall term or continue to learn at a distance, food insecurity will be a major concern for many. Lana Mariko Wood of California State University-East Bay argues that academic libraries are in an ideal position to respond and details some of the initiatives put into place at her library and others to respond to this ongoing crisis in her article “Empty shelves.”

California State University, East Bay

2013 ◽  
pp. 134-152
Author(s):  
Aline Soules
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Instructional Program ◽  
California State University ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
State University ◽  
Teachable Moments ◽  
East Bay ◽  
Time Basis

At California State University, East Bay, reference is one component of a comprehensive instructional program in information literacy. Based on this approach, the focus of reference is on teachable moments on a just-in-time basis rather than a means by which users, primarily students, are simply provided with answers to their questions. This chapter provides a description of the role of reference within that context and describes the various services offered.

scholarly journals Full Stream Ahead: Designing a Collection Development Workflow for Streaming Video Content

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Wahl
Keyword(s):  
Decision Tree ◽  
Video Streaming ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
California State University ◽  
Streaming Video ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
State University ◽  
Video Content ◽  
Streaming Videos

Academic libraries face many challenges in collecting and maintaining streaming videos, particularly as demand for this unique format continues to increase. At the Oviatt Library at California State University, Northridge, it was determined that streaming video activity needed to be examined and that there was a strong need to develop a workflow for incoming video requests. A Video Streaming Decision Tree Committee composed of librarians and staff from various units within the library including collection development, acquisitions, cataloging, and music and media. Its charge was to create a decision tree workflow for incoming streaming video requests. The committee designed and implemented a detailed decision tree that accounts for many of the complexities of streaming video. This paper discusses various factors involved with collection development for streaming video and provides a detailed description of the committee’s workflow for the format.

Building an Inclusive, Accessible, and Responsive Campus at California State University East Bay, 2010-2015

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-63
Author(s):  
Dianne Rush Woods ◽  
Sarah Taylor ◽  
Duke Austin ◽  
Julie Beck ◽  
Ken Chung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Personal Communication ◽  
California State University ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
Institutional Research ◽  
State University ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
East Bay

California State University East Bay (CSUEB), opened in 1959 with 300 students on one campus. Since then, it has grown to serve over 14,000 students on three campuses. The motto of our university is “Per Aspera Ad Astra”, or “Through Adversity to the Stars”. This is an apt motto given that our university is the most racially and ethnically diverse campus in the continental United States (The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2014), and 61% of our undergraduate students are the first in their families to earn a college degree (Office of Institutional Research, personal communication, March 9, 2015). Our students are also highly diverse in terms of age, ability status, parenting experience, immigration background, sexual orientation, gender, religion, and much more. Though the diversity of our campus provides ample opportunities for faculty, staff, and students to be exposed to multiple perspectives, we have learned that intentional efforts are required to build an inclusive, accessible, and responsive community. This article describes strategies we have employed over the past five years across three broad areas: (a) support for student learning, engagement, and retention; (b) professional development; and (c) policies around inclusion and access. Preliminary evaluation of these efforts suggests that we have made significant progress in building an inclusive campus that supports student learning, respects all members of the campus community, and facilitates our continuing engagement in this work.

scholarly journals Student Use of Library Computers: Are Desktop Computers Still Relevant in Today's Libraries?

2012 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
California State University ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Technology Support ◽  
State University ◽  
Desktop Computers ◽  
San Marcos

<p>Academic libraries have traditionally provided computers for students to access their collections and, more recently, facilitate all aspects of studying. Recent changes in technology, particularly the increased presence of mobile devices, calls into question how libraries can best provide technology support and how it might impact the use of other library services. A two-year study conducted at California State University San Marcos library analyzed student use of the computers in the library, both the library’s own desktop computers and laptops owned by students.  The results found that, despite the increased ownership of mobile technology by students, they still clearly preferred to use desktop computers in the library. It also showed that students who used computers in the library were more likely to use other library services and physical collections.</p>

Epic Cruelty: On Post-Pandemic Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-136
Author(s):  
Rick Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
African Americans ◽  
The United States ◽  
California State University ◽  
The State ◽  
State University ◽  
White Supremacist ◽  
Systemic Racism ◽  
Disaster Capitalism

As today’s catastrophic Covid-19 pandemic exacerbates ongoing crises, including systemic racism, rising ethno-nationalism, and fossil-fuelled climate change, the neoliberal world that we inhabit is becoming increasingly hostile, particularly for the most vulnerable. Even in the United States, as armed white-supremacist, pro-Trump forces face off against protesters seeking justice for African Americans, the hostility is increasingly palpable, and often frightening. Yet as millions of Black Lives Matter protesters demonstrated after the brutal police killing of George Floyd, the current, intersecting crises – worsened by Trump’s criminalization of anti-racism protesters and his dismissal of science – demand a serious, engaged, response from activists as well as artists. The title of this article is meant to evoke not only the state of the unusually cruel moment through which we are living, but also the very different approaches to performance of both Brecht and Artaud, whose ideas, along with those of others – including Benjamin, Butler, Latour, Mbembe, and Césaire – inform the radical, open-ended, post-pandemic theatre practice proposed in this essay. A critically acclaimed dramatist as well as Professor of English and Playwriting at California State University, Northridge, Mitchell’s published volumes of plays include Disaster Capitalism; or Money Can’t Buy You Love: Three Plays; Brecht in L.A.; and Ventriloquist: Two Plays and Ventriloquial Miscellany. He is the editor of Experimental O’Neill, and is currently at work on a series of post-pandemic plays.

scholarly journals California State University

1986 ◽  
Vol 70 (493) ◽  
pp. 71-73
Author(s):  
Walter F. Beckman
Keyword(s):  
California State University ◽  
State University
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