Tag: LIS practice
Colleges and universities now struggle fulfill mission statements which include teaching information literacy skills to undergraduates. I suggest embedded librarianship (EL)—growing in popularity on campuses across the nation—as…
What is in a name? Why do we need naming conventions in the first place? A naming convention is one of those things that people take for granted….
Showcase Projects in Digital Archives (LIS 655-01) Presentation Student Names: Tali Chiyong Han, Eleanor Meyer, Genna Sarnak Title: Enriching the Jews in America Portal: A Metadata Harvesting Project Abstract: In…
This research project takes a look at the Biodiversity Heritage Library, which is a subject-specific open-access digital library created and maintained by a consortium of natural history and…
Contemporary large corporations such as IBM or Wells Fargo employ as many people as lived in the ancient city-state such as Alexandria, with its Great Library. Many large…
The Show Must Go On! American Theater in the Great Depression, is an exhibition created in LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives for the DPLA Digital Curation Pilot. The exhibition was launched on the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) in Spring 2014
My project is titled “Engaging from Behind the Desk: A Case Study of Different Reference Interactions at the Brooklyn Historical Society” and investigates the various types of reference…
This session will explore several uses of video for instruction in library settings. Students in LIS 680 created a few varieties of instructional videos and reflected on both…
An op ed and discussion about the school library as a third space.