These past five weeks have taken us on a crash course of learning, including on a multitude of topics that I will admit I hadn’t thought of before (at least when thinking about our school’s collection). Was I aware of indexes? Yes. But had I thought of ensuring that we have access to them? NotContinue reading “Deep Data, Databases, and Dictionaries – oh my!”
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Making Reference a Priority
Reference collections and services are an integral part of any Library Learning Commons. The collection itself has traditionally been defined as a physical section of the library that holds print copies of materials that are not allowed to circulate outside of the library, to keep them on hand for client questions and research (University ofContinue reading “Making Reference a Priority”
Encyclopedia Death Match!
Although this assignment was officially supposed to be about evaluating one reference material in our collection, and then suggesting how we could upgrade that resource, with our instructor’s support I have shifted my lens slightly. Instead, I will evaluate two digital reference encyclopedias that we have access to in the division in which I amContinue reading “Encyclopedia Death Match!”
If we (re)build it they will come
The following blog post will go over my main takeaways and thoughts from the first theme of LIBE 467, which has focused on an introduction to reference services, the reference process, formats of reference materials, and their evaluation. I’m fairly certain that if you scroll back long enough on this very blog that you willContinue reading “If we (re)build it they will come”
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