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A Path for Moving Forward with Local Changes to the Library of Congress Subject Heading “Illegal Aliens”
(2021-08-04)In 2014, the Library of Congress (LC) rejected a proposal to change headings in the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) that refer to undocumented immigrants as “Illegal aliens.” Two years later, a Subject Analysis ... -
Performance Measurement in Libraries
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Persona Development and Use, or, How to Make Imaginary People Work for You
(2010-10)In the spring of 2009, the University of Washington (UW) Libraries User Experience (UX) Group embarked on a project to create personas, which are “detailed descriptions of imaginary people constructed out of well-understood, ... -
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 ... -
Professional Training in License Term Mapping to ERM Systems
(Digital Library Federation, 2008-01)In 2006–2007, the DLF partnered with the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) to develop and present several workshops for mapping license language to Electronic Resource Management systems. The following report reviews ... -
Project RAILS: Lessons Learned about Collaborative Rubric Assessment of Information Literacy Skills
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015)Rubric assessment of information literacy is an important tool for librarians seeking to show evidence of student learning. The authors, who collaborated on the Rubric Assessment of Informational Literacy Skills (RAILS) ... -
Promoting sustainable research practices through effective data management curricula
(2015-03-28)Managing research data effectively is critical to producing high quality datasets that support data preservation, sharing, reuse, and reproducible research. Academic librarians are increasingly playing a role in providing ... -
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 ... -
Public Health Outreach Forum: lessons learned
(Medical Library Association, 2001-10)The accompanying article in this report, ‘‘Public Health Outreach Forum: Report,’’ describes the planning process and the program that constituted a forum held at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) on April 4 to ... -
Public Scholarship
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Quantifying Cross-Disciplinary Research in the Health Sciences: A Bibliometric Analysis Using Author Affiliations
(2016-04-19)Develop a bibliometric method to quantify cross-disciplinary research activity. -
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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REFRAMING THE FRAMEWORK: SITUATED INFORMATION LITERACY IN THE MUSIC CLASSROOM
(2018-05-22)Perhaps the story of your orientation to information literacy is similar to mine. It begins with some confusion: "Information literacy? What is that, exactly?" After a course or two in library school on teaching or ... -
Research 101
(University of Washington, 2005)Research 101 is an interactive online tutorial for students wanting an introduction to research skills. The tutorial covers the basics, including how to select a topic and develop research questions, as well as how to ... -
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 ... -
The Role of Library Assessment
(Seventh International JISC/CNI Conference, 2008) -
SACO Participants' Manual
(Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 2001)The SACO Participants' Manual provides easy-to-use guidance for libraries proposing new Library of Congress subject headings and LC classification numbers and for libraries submitting change proposals for existing subject ...