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MedGen: NCBI’s Portal to Information on Medical Conditions with a Genetic Component
(2020-10-30)MedGen serves as a portal to information on genetic aspects of human health and disease. Created and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), it aggregates clinically-relevant content from ... -
Structured Collection Notes and Dashboard for Electronic Collections Management
(International Group of Ex Libris Users, 2020-09)The University of Washington Libraries uses a variety of metadata sources, including the Alma CZ, the OCLC KB, vendor records, and manual cataloging, to provide access to ebook and streaming media collections. Information ... -
Happy Together?: Communication & Collaboration Between Technical Services and IT
(American Library Association, 2020-06)Case study of interdepartmental collaboration between UW Libraries IT and Technical Services (Acquisitions and Cataloging) departments. -
Navigating Support Models for OER Publishing: Case Studies from the University of Houston and the University of Washington
(2020-08-10)The purpose of this paper is to describe programs that support Open Educational Resources (OER) publishing in academic libraries. Insights, opportunities, and challenges are shared in relation to the broader Open Education ... -
Technical Services Work Orders That Really Work
(SUNY Librarians Association, 2019-02)Designing work orders for technical services departments can be daunting to understand and apply on the first try. This presentation provides guidance on creating acquisitions, cataloging, and preservation work orders that ... -
All the A’s and One C: Using Access, Alma, Analytic and APIs to Streamline Cataloging
(Ex Libris Users of North America, 2019-05)This presentation details how the University of Washington Libraries is using Alma, Alma APIs, Alma Analytics, and Microsoft Access to screen the quality of incoming catalog records in order to shunt titles to the appropriate ... -
Clarifying the Choices: E-Resource Metadata Strategies & Criteria
(Ex Libris Users of North America, 2019-05)In a landscape of multiple metadata sources for E-Resource collections including the Primo Central Index, Alma’s Central KnowledgeBase, OCLC WorldShare Collection Manager, vendor record sets, locally curated metadata, and ... -
Workflow for Providing HathiTrust Access for Brittle Books
(American Library Association Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Creative Ideas in Technical Services Interest Group, 2020-06-11)HathiTrust provides limited access to online versions of works for member libraries when current or previously held print copies fall under Section 108 conditions: when print copies of works are damaged, deteriorating, ... -
Restructuring the Cataloging Policy Committee to Tackle Backlogs and Support the Strategic Plan
(American Library Association, 2019-06)In 2018 the University of Washington Libraries revamped its Cataloging Policy Committee, a group that primarily discussed national cataloging policies, into the Cataloging Policy and Practice Committee. The new iteration ... -
Providing alternative subject headings for controversial Library of Congress subject headings in the Alliance shared ILS
(Orbis Cascade Alliance, 2019-12)Discussion paper from the Orbis Cascade Alliance Cataloging Standing Group on addressing controversial Library of Congress Subject Headings (specifically focused on the LCSH “Illegal Aliens”) in the Alliance shared ILS ... -
Recommendation to Implement an Alliance-wide Alternative to the LCSH “Illegal Aliens” Subject Terminology
(Orbis Cascade Alliance, 2020-06)Recommendation from the Orbis Cascade Alliance Cataloging Standing Group and Network Zone Manager that the Alliance establish a central mechanism for replacing the Library of Congress Subject Heading “Illegal Aliens” with ... -
Recommendation to Implement an Alliance-wide Alternative to the LCSH “Illegal Aliens” Subject Terminology
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Accessibility during a pandemic
(2020-06-19)Presentation on UW Libraries e-resources accessibility keyboard testing project during the COVID-19 pandemic for the ALA ALCTS Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries Interest Group at the 2020 ALA Annual ... -
Prioritizing Diversity in Collections Backlogs
(2020-01-06)Presentation on developing strategies for reducing and managing cataloging backlogs, and prioritizing the discoverability of materials that represent voices of historically underrepresented communities at the University ... -
Visual Literacy for Libraries: A Practical, Standards-Based Guide
(ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2016)This book provides librarians and instructors with the tools, strategies, and confidence to apply visual literacy in a library and higher education context. Readers will not only learn about ways to develop students' visual ... -
Variation on a Theme: A Pilot to Collect Electronic Recordings of Degree-Culminating Student Recitals
(2019)Just as dissertations are a requirement for most PhD programs, culminating recitals are a degree requirement for students in the University of Washington School of Music Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Performance program. ... -
Digital Storytelling
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The Urban Serving University
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Assessment at the University of Washington Libraries
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