How Projects in Special Collections Help Students Find Their Faith and Voice

In this session, Bob Turner and Carisse Berryhill share their experience of using archives as a component of a class in Stone-Campbell History at Harding School of Theology. Berryhill teaches the course as an adjunct professor. As the library director, Turner has partnered with her to receive items that students wish to study and then donate to the Meredith Restoration History Archive.

Collaboration and Integration

The University of North Florida (UNF) transitioned to Canvas as its Learning Management System (LMS) in summer 2017. This implementation brought on opportunities that allowed for a more user-friendly learning environment for students. Working with students in courses which were in-person, hybrid, or online, brought about the need for the library to have a place in the Canvas LMS. Students needed to remember how to access and locate library resources and services outside of Canvas. During this time, the Thomas G. Carpenter Library’s online presence was enhanced, yet still not visible in Canvas. It became apparent that the library needed to be integrated into Canvas courses. This would enable students to easily transition between their coursework and finding resources and services to support their studies. In addition, librarians who worked with students, looked for ways for students to easily find library resources and services online. After much discussion, it became clear to the Online Learning Librarian (OLL) and the Director of Technical Services and Library Systems (Library Director) that the library needed to explore ways to integrate more with Canvas.

Open Access Initiative – why, and are we willing to try?

In the very early days of the Open Access movement (the concept had, in fact, just been coined at that time) former library director at UiT Helge Salvesen held the introductory speech at a seminar called "Open Online Access to Research", organised by the Norwegian Council for Higher Education, in Oslo, November 2003. In his speech, Salvesen describes the forms of Open Access now known as Gold OA and Green OA, emphasising the need for institutional repositories and other kinds of infrastructure to facilitate openness and transparency in research.

Sweden made a new deal

Sweden has made a new deal with the publisher Elsevier. The previous agreement with Elsevier was terminated in 2018, as the Bibsam Consortium & Elsevier were unable to reach a solution that met both parties' requirements for prices and open access. In this episode, we talk to Wilhelm Widmark, Library Director at Stockholm University, who has also been a part of the negotiation team. He shares his thoughts on the new deal and how Sweden has experienced being without an agreement since 2018. The host of this episode is Erik Lieungh. This episode was first published 3 December 2019.

Library renovation

The journey started at a 2016 meeting of the college’s Learning Resources Committee, which I chair as Library Director, A student representative casually commented that our Library looked “dated”. Not that we actually WERE dated, we have electronic resources, 24/7 remote access, printers, scanners, wireless, and a state-of-the-art Library Management System. However, through the eyes of our young student, the Library looked “like something from the 1970s.” Anyone who has lived through that decade’s will know that was not meant as a compliment. The student’s criticism prompted the Dean of Academic Affairs, who sat in on the meeting, to ask when the Library had had its last “facelift.” That was an easy one to answer - as far as I knew…never. And I’ve been here over 20 years. Just like that, a renovation was born. How hard could this be? I would query the students on what a suitable update might look like, get a budget, buy some new furniture, and go back to the business of being a librarian rather than an interior designer. Spoiler alert: not so fast.

KEBIJAKAN PENGADAAN BAHAN PUSTAKA PERPUSTAKAAN AKADEMI KESEHATAN ASIH HUSADA SEMARANG

<p><span style="color: #242021;"><span class="fontstyle0">This scientific paper discusses one of the development of library collection policy is the procurement of library materials at the Academy of Health Library Asih Husada Semarang. The purpose of this paper is to understand the procurement policy process of library materials at the Academy of Health Library Asih Husada Semarang. The method of procuring library materials at the Academy of Health Library Asih Husada Semarang done through purchases and donations. This paper uses interviews with the<br />library director and field visits directly. The results of the paper indicate that the policy of procurement of library materials has been replicated by the Academy of Health Library of Asih Husada Semarang has been written, but not yet officially formulated, therefore after the procurement process of library materials is completed, evaluated once every year at the end of December through the Foundation Annual Work Meeting</span><strong><span class="fontstyle2">.<br /></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #242021;"><strong><span class="fontstyle3">Keywords </span></strong><span class="fontstyle4">: </span><span class="fontstyle0">collection development, library material procurement policy, procurement method of library materials</span></span></p>