http://www.arl.org/sparc/bm~doc/vufrpaa.pdf
Report to SPARC
Report to SPARC
By John Houghton With Bruce Rasmussen and Peter Sheehan
July 2010
Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University
Monday, August 9, 2010
Preprint Article: Google Scholar Users & User Behaviors: An Exploratory Study
Anticipated Print Publication Date: March 2011
From the Abstract
The University of Mississippi Library created a profile to provide linking from Google Scholar to library resources in 2005. Although Google Scholar does not provide usage statistics for institutions, use of Google Scholar is clearly evident in looking at library link resolver logs. The purpose of this project is to examine users of Google Scholar using existing data from interlibrary loan transactions and library website click-through logs and analytics. Questions about user status and discipline as well as behaviors related to use of other library resources, are explored.
Full Text, Published Version: The Open Access Availability of Library and Information Science Literature
by Doug Way, Head of Collection Development at Grand Valley State University
From the Abstract:
To examine the open access availability of Library and Information Science (LIS) research, a study was conducted using Google Scholar to search for articles from 20 top LIS journals. The study examined whether Google Scholar was able to find any links to full text, if open access versions of the articles were available and where these articles were being hosted. The results showed that the archiving of articles is not a regular practice in the field; articles are not being deposited in institutional or subject repositories at a high rate; and, overall, the percentage of available open access articles in LIS was similar to the findings in previous studies. In addition, the study found that Google Scholar is an effective tool for finding known LIS articles.
TLT Group: (Paper) Bookmarks for Nanovation
Frugal Innovations for Online Teaching/Learning
Share Improvements in Teaching/Learning
Method, Model, Metaphor
Please download, copy, print, duplicate, share!
Purpose: Enable and encourage individual faculty members to help a few more colleagues each to begin "low-threshold" improvements in teaching and learning with technology - effectively and rapidly. "Low-Threshold" improvements are reliable, accessible, easy to learn and share, non-intimidating, and low-cost.
They include many free online tools and services.
Computers in Libraries 2011 Call for Speakers: Strategic Focus & Value for Library Communities
Strategic Focus & Value for Library Communities
Whether we are planning or designing services for our library community, or delivering services of value to them, we have to align our community's needs, cultures, and opportunities. Learn about the latest trends affecting your community and your clients at Computers in Libraries 2011. The conference program is filled with ideas, innovative practices, tips and techniques for identifying community needs and opportunities as well as designing and delivering strategic and creative services that are of primary importance to our communities. The emphasis is on creating strategic value for our user communities and using new web tools to build innovative and priority services.
Information Today Inc., a key provider of technology conferences for more than twenty-five years with Internet Librarian and KMWorld, is pleased to announce the 26th annual Computers in Libraries – the most comprehensive North American conference and exhibition concentrating all aspects of library technology. Our theme, Strategic Focus & Value for Library Communities, encompasses all the challenges, solutions, technologies and practices that those working with computers in libraries or libraries in computers are dealing with today. The conference offers a multifaceted program designed to meet the needs of librarians, information managers, systems professionals, webmasters and web managers, content evaluators, intranet strategists, portal creators, and information specialists. The focus of the conference is on leading edge technology that allows us to bring strategic value to our user communities. It provides the latest information and practices for you to make informed choices for your community -- whether it is an academic, corporate, non-profit, public, or school library community.
Computers in Libraries caters to all interests and all levels of knowledge, offering four simultaneous tracks plus many workshops, networking opportunities, and an extensive exhibit hall. This year’s tracks and themes encompass: Community Building; Partnerships & Collaboration; Aligning for Maximum Value; People (skills, organizations, roles); Social Media, Learning & Literacy; Places (virtual & physical); Digital/Virtual Library Services; Research & Innovation; Integrating Systems & Strategies; Information Discovery & Search; Technology Planning; Managing Content & eResrouces; Web Tools & Leading Edge Technology; Intranets & Portals; Search Engines; Case Studies of Internet & Intranet Librarians as well as Digital Library Managers; Library Automation, Architecture & Infrastructure; Managing Information and Knowledge Assets, eLearning & Training, Web Design & Development, Streaming Multimedia, and more. Speakers are knowledgeable, authoritative and focus on practical applications, “how to” solutions, and case studies as well as technical and managerial issues. Please consider sharing your knowledge and ideas; send us a proposal to speak. Below are some of the topics we hope to cover, but don’t let this list limit your imagination! We look forward to hearing from you.
POSSIBLE TOPICS
(Suggestions only—the more creative the topic, the better!)
Building Strong Communities
Understanding Community Needs & Opportunities
Finding Partners in Tough Times
Tools for Spreading Information & Ideas
Creating Tomorrow’s Learning Environments
Connecting People & Technology
Creating Strategic Value
Top Tips for Teaching Adults
Future Net/Web strategies
User Generated Content
People Capabilities & Libraries
Innovative Ways to Connect with Clients
Blogs, Wikis & RSS: What’s New?
Gaming & Learning
Facebook, MySpace & LibrarySpace
Streaming Content to Mobile Devices
Library Performance Improvement
Managing Electronic Resources
Information Discovery & Visualization
Intranets & Portals in Action
Web Design & Usability
Folksonomies & Metatagging
Digitizing Collections
Making Interfaces Usable
Cool Web Tools
Streamlining Systems & Workflow
Information Architecture
Building Community Partnerships
Wireless strategies & the Library
Usability Testing for Web Sites
Web Development Tips & Tools
Writing & Publishing for the Web
New Technologies & Libraries of the Future
eBooks & eJournals: Acquiring & Managing
Co-ordinating Web Teams
Web Policies & strategies Streaming Multimedia
Aligning with Strategic Priorities
Creative Management Practices
Beyond 2.0 for Libraries
Innovation, Change & Libraries
Social Listening
Making Tough Choices
Mobile Computing
Gauging Customer Needs
Leading Edge Technologies
Experimenting & Learning
Social Media & Libraries
Strategic Library Competencies
Second Life & Libraries
Managing Digitally
Maximizing User Experience
Technology Planning
Next Gen OPACs
Building Technology Alliances
Building & Using Taxonomies
eLearning Strategies & Cases
Digital Rights Management
Managing Desktop Access
Virtual Library Services
Acquiring & Managing Content
Evaluating web resources: Tools
Personalization & Customization
Content Management Tools
Collaboration Software
Special & Virtual Libraries: Cases
Search Engine Tips & Tools
Teaching Tips for all ages
Distance learning technologies
Funding Technology
Digital Archiving
Lessons learned from Techies
Business Card Design Starter Kit: Showcase, Tutorials, Templates
Smashing Magazine Smashing Network Business Card Design: Better Than A Plain Ol’ Business Card
Elsevier Newsroom: CORRELATION FOUND BETWEEN INVESTMENT IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES AND GRANT AWARDS
August 9, 2010
CORRELATION FOUND BETWEEN INVESTMENT IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES AND GRANT AWARDS
http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/whitepapers/roi2/2010-06-whitepaper-roi2.pdf
http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/whitepapers/roi2/2010-06-whitepaper-roi2.pdf
New York, 9 August, 2010 – Elsevier, a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and solutions, today announced the results of a new international study that demonstrates the value of the academic library to the institution in improving grant proposal and report writing and in helping researchers attract grant income. Of the 8 institutions participating from around the globe, 6 demonstrated a greater than one-to-one (1:1) return in grant funding, with results ranging from 15.54:1 to 0.64:1. Equally significant is the result that 2 institutions showed a significant positive correlation between an increase in library investment over time and an increase in grant funding to the university.
Dr. Carol Tenopir, Director of the Center for Information and Communication Studies at the University of Tennessee, led a team of investigators over a 16-month period. “Libraries bring value and returns on institutional investments in many ways,” explains Dr. Tenopir. “Although the exact monetary amount of the returns in grants varies with the mission of the institution, our research shows that the collections and services of all university libraries help faculty write better grant proposals and articles and help them do better research.”
The results of the study, funded by Elsevier, are available through a newly published Elsevier Connect white paper, University Investment in the Library, Phase II: An International Study of the Library’s Value to the Grants Process (http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com).
“The results reinforce the contribution of libraries and information to the research enterprise,” notes Chrysanne Lowe, Elsevier’s Vice President of Customer Development and Engagement. “Universities have always known this, but it’s useful to see value articulated in terms of grant income ROI as well.”
Phased Research Approach
A first phase of the study was conducted as a pilot with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2008. In the pilot, a model for calculating a return-on-investment, or ROI, ratio was developed. Phase 2 (results announced today) replicated and then refined the original model. The research team found that among the participants the ROI return varies according to the goals of the institution, the funding environment of the institution’s country, and the availability of data provided by the institution.
Dr. Tenopir and Paula Kaufman, Dean of Libraries at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, are currently leading a team on a third study phase -- a 3 year project to expand on this research to include other aspects of ROI. This third study phase is being funded through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (“Lib-Value,” grant number LG-06-09-0152-09).
"Return on investment in the grants process is one important and convenient way to quantify the value of the academic library, but it underestimates the total value of the library to the university,” says Dr. Tenopir.
This next phase of the research will look at ways to measure the value, outcomes, and ROI for the full range of library products and services to a variety of stakeholders. The library’s contributions to functional areas of teaching and learning, research, and socialization will be identified and presented as a series of tools, reports, and literature reviews which university administrators and library leaders alike will find of value.
About the Center for Information and Communications Studies
Established in 1989 at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, the Center for Information and Communication Studies (CICS) is the primary research arm of the College of Communication and Information (CCI). The Center has a dual mission. Its first mission is to maintain an active applied research program in collaboration with private and public organizations, governmental agencies, and corporations by providing technical solutions, educational materials, and research expertise in the areas of information systems and database design/evaluation, cyber security, information usage, bioinformatics, effective communication, scientific communication, science publishing, and information management. Its second mission is to support a research culture within CCI by focusing on assisting CCI faculty in all four schools of the College (Advertising/Public Relations, Communication Studies, Information Sciences, and Journalism & Electronic Media) with their externally funded research grant process, from inception to management. http://www.cci.utk.edu/cics/
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier’s online solutions include ScienceDirect, Scopus, Reaxys, MD Consult and Nursing Consult, which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite and MEDai’s Pinpoint Review, which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.
A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a world-leading publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
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The Washington Informer: HBCUs Featured at the Kennedy Center - 105 HBCU’s ON THE KENNEDY CENTER STAGE, SEPTEMBER 19, 2010
HBCU’S Singing As One to Create a National Voice Linking Legacy, Traditions to the Future to Showcase America's Treasures
A national initiative of 105 talented voices representing Historically Black Colleges and Universities, (HBCUs) is the nation’s first national collegiate choral group, initiated with the support of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, corporate and federal agency partners. The support continues for a 3rd season. The Kennedy Center is committed to support a Nation Treasure, the 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
It is an honor to provide a significant platform on Sunday, September 19, 2010 at the Kennedy Center to share the HBCU music legacies and talent through the voices of 105 selected students. This is a significant platform to support diversity and inclusion for HBCU students and faculty. The National HBCU Concert Choir features the strongest talent of 105 students from the community of the 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
The Kennedy Center platform provides the opportunity for HBCU leaders to collaborate to provide skill development, one student from each of the 105 HBCUs to gain advance training in many areas and perform on America’s most renowned cultural center stage, The Kennedy Center. This lifetime experience is a great enhancement to student and conductor’s professional development and resumes.
The 105 VOH program showcases both talent and leadership abilities of the selected conductors and 105 gifted students as One Voice. We are astonished the voices/students represent majors across all fields of study. The 105 Voices of History programs extends beyond a Kennedy Center performance, it includes advance training and an educational program agenda that supports student workshops with corporate leaders assistance in diversity, leadership, economic empowerment and healthy lifestyles that support performance excellence at a national level.
It is an honor to share with a diverse audience the legacies of the HBCUs choral talent through student voices, musical selections, choral classics, African American composers, spirituals and gospels proved to be a tour de force showcasing versatility in arrangement, interpretation and execution. The National Concert is “A Salute to Performance Excellence ...singing as one to create a national voice.” The choir’s theme is “Lifting Voices for Leadership, Diversity, Health, and Economic Empowerment.” The awesome mass choir brings joy to the audience and receives constant ovations for their stupendous choral music.
In today’s diverse society, it is imperative that leadership development and healthy lifestyles are integrated in all fields of studies and life preparation to achieve performance excellence. It is vital in elevating diversity /inclusion to showcase the rich HBCU musical tradition and legacy of choral singing, writing and performing to be available to all audiences and generations to come. It is our hope that the 105 Voices of History will attract young students and stimulate their desire to pursue a higher education while engaging them in the arts.
The 2010 National Honorary Chairs for the Kennedy Center Performance are; Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, President Emeritus, Morehouse School of Medicine; Ms. Phylicia Rashad, Howard University Graduate and Renowned Actress; Honorable Rodney Slater, Former US Secretary of Transportation and currently with Patton Boggs; Mr. Ernest Green, Principal, Madison Asset Group; Ms. Cathy Hughes, CEO and Chairman TV / Radio One; Ms. Jessye Norman, Renowned Opera Singer and Howard University Graduate, Honorable Joan Pratt, Baltimore City Comptroller. The 2010 event chair is Mr. Floyd W. Green III, AETNA- Head of Community Relations. The Kennedy Center program 2008 / 2009 and 2010 Distinguished National Partners: Aetna Foundation, Delta Air Lines and Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores.
The Kennedy Center 2010 concert will feature a student special soloist “The Voice of the 105 Voices”. The Concert host is Dr. Shirley Caesar, music legend, 11 Grammy Awards, 18 Dove Awards, 14 Stellar Awards, Most Visible Gospel Singer in the World and an HBCU Graduate Shaw University. The guest artist in song with 105 Voices is Kim Burrell, Stellar Award Winner and Featured on BET Sunday Best and Multiple Grammy Award Nominee. The concert will open with student voices from the US Naval Academy and others representing the armed services.
The program will highlight, legendary-Dr Shirley Caesar, Kim Burrell known as the New Generation "Ella Fitzgerald" in song with the 105 future voices and leaders to make a new mark in HBCU history. The concert highlights include the award of multiple scholarships presented on the Kennedy Center stage. The inaugural 105 Voices of History Choir Concert was held in September 2008 at The Kennedy Center, before a sold out audience of 2,400 people, hosted by Phylicia Rashad, with harpist Jeff Majors as guest artist. The 2009 Concert Host; Mr. Tom Joyner and guest artist was Take 6.
The choir is trained and directed by HBCU Conductors. Each annual performance, four HBCU Conductors are chosen and given the honor to be featured as National Conductors to present the 105 Voices on the Kennedy Center stage.
The 2010 Conductors Team; National Conductors: Dr Wayne Barr - Tuskegee University, Director D'Walla Simmons Burke-Director Winston Salem State, Dr. Curtis Powell - Delaware State University and Professor Jeremy Scott Winston, Ray Charles Distinguished Chair, Wilberforce University. The 2010 conductors training team to prepare the choir included, Dr. Eric Conway, Director of Choral Activities, Morgan State University, Professor Grover Wilson, North Carolina Central University, Dr. Gloria Quinlan, Director, Huston-Tillotson University, Professor Willenham Cortez Castilla, Jackson State University, Professor Marcus Rhodes, Director of Choral Activities, Florida A&M University, Dr Nettles, Tennessee State University and Professor Johnella Edmonds, Virginia State University, Dr Malcolm Breda, Xavier University.
National Student Advisor: Mr. Damon Dandridge, Director of Choral Activities, Cheney University and Ms. Muriel Garr, VP SunTrust Bank, 105 Voices Choral Program Director Professor Royzell L. Dillard, Hampton University and National Advisor and Student Featured Voice Adjudication - 105 Voices of History: Dr. James Weldon Norris, Choral Activities and Professor of Music, Howard University. Upon the conclusion of the concert and Washington experience, student return to their campuses as ambassadors promoting healthy lifestyles and encouragement to peers and others to achieve excellence.
The day prior to the concert, the HBCU National Health Walk is held in support of building commitment for healthy lifestyles for performance excellence throughout the HBCU community. HBCU Alumni, organizations and church health ministry’s walk build walk as one in support of building national camaraderie and voice for “105 Ways to Healthy HBCU Scholars, Campuses and Communities”. The organization and individual kicks off the morning with the US Navy team and line dancing exercise. The walk launches at the US Capital and convenes at the Lincoln Memorial, a historical path for people of color. Upon the conclusion of the walk, teams of 105 members receive a scholarship donation to support their efforts to assist HBCU students to stay in college. This initiative partners include Aetna and US Navy.
Partners Achieving Solutions, CDC (PAS) the p is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization that focuses providing training and opportunities that will create access to open new doors for people of color. We are committed to fostering partnerships and resource development through the inclusion of a broad and diverse spectrum of people, corporations, and foundations, in the public and private sectors. PAS focuses on diversity/inclusion, leadership, performance excellence, and positive lifestyles in order to promote the legacy of HBCUs and communities.
They accomplish their program objectives by utilizing proven success and support through partnerships. PAS links the arts to various educational platforms and training in other vast areas to utilize skills across various arenas as well as to enhance career opportunities. Through this mission, they positively impact creative thinking and healthy lifestyles to support a balance life to achieve excellence.
Through its programs, PAS impacts recruitment and retention of students of color, as they are drawn into the arts and their participation in the Kennedy Center performance and other programs. Student development through the 105 Voices initiative supported by PAS and Kennedy Center performance, will impact diversity and enhance student leadership skills as they become advocates for healthy living in pursuit of higher education and the arts for all young people in this country.
This student and faculty opportunity can only be achieved through committed partner support; Distinguished National Partners: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, AETNA, Delta Air Lines, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc, Significant Partners: Ashley Stewart Foundation Equals Three Communications, Inc., First Priority Trailways, Inc. Marriott International*Men’s Warehouse*President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities, Northrop Grumman, ODNI/IC Centers of Academic Excellence, Outback Steakhouse Corporation (OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC), Sodexo, SunTrust Bank, The National Endowment for the Arts, Wells Fargo, The Coca-Cola Company, Thompson Hospitality U.S. Navy, Van McCoy Music, Inc., Verizon, Xerox Foundation and Supporting Partners Dorothy I. Height Community Academy PCS (Public Charter School),Enterprise Rental Car, Les Bonne Amies.
The 2010 Concert: Sunday, September 19, 2010
3rd Annual HBCU Kennedy Center Concert
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20566
105 Selected Students Representing the 105 HBCUs
“Celebrating Historically Black Colleges and Universities Legacies and Talents.”
European Classical, Spirituals, Gospel and Jazz.
Partners Achieving Success, CDC
105 Voices of History
12301 Longwater Drive, Bowie, MD 20721
Office: 301-390-8332 • Fax: 301-390-3292 •
www. hbcuchoirs-105.org
Magna Online Seminar Online Classroom: Beyond Course Design: Planning for Successful Facilitation
Featured Higher Education Presenters: Carole Robinson, Ed.D. and Joan Van Duzer, M.S. Ed.
Date: Wednesday, 10/20/10
Time: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM CDT
You can log on to the seminar anytime, all day long, on Wednesday, October 20.
Cost: $189 ($214 after 10/13/10)
Three easy ways to register!
Phone: 800-433-0499 / 608-246-3590
An audience favorite returns–and with a BONUS! Magna Online Seminars is bringing this popular program back for our audience members who missed it the first time around. To help you take advantage of this fact-filled seminar and learn how to empower instructors and enhance online learning, we're offering it with expanded connection options. You can log on to the seminar anytime, all day long, on Wednesday, October 20–whenever it's most convenient for you!
The curriculum for your online course is finished, but a strong curriculum is only half of the equation. To be successful in online education, you must also pay attention to the manner in which your course is facilitated.
As online learning grows in popularity, the reputation of your institution depends on how you meet this new challenge. As a university, you want to:
• Ensure student success and satisfaction,
• Conduct meaningful peer evaluations,
• Communicate clear expectations for instructors,
• Provide a strong, useful tool for self-evaluation, and
• Create an organized approach to teaching online–no reinventing the wheel each session!
The solution? Assessing Online Facilitation (AOF)–an essential tool for instructional organization, self assessment and peer evaluation.
In our 90-minute seminar, you’ll learn about the AOF and how it can be used to empower instructors and enhance online learning.
You’ll leave this seminar knowing:
• The key criteria that influence student satisfaction and learning.
• How to meet these criteria in an online (as opposed to face-to-face) environment.
• The different roles of an online facilitator: pedagogical, social, managerial and technical.
• Specific techniques that improve online teaching effectiveness.
• The value of a Facilitation Activity Record in structuring successful repeated facilitation.
• How to guide peer evaluation of facilitator performance in the online classroom.
This seminar includes generous take-home materials, including all of the checklists and forms you will need to fully implement the AOF system at your university.
Who should attend
• Faculty
• Instructional Designers
• Distance Ed Managers
• Faculty Development Team
• Faculty Evaluation Team Members
• Department Leadership
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