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17 Interviews with Virginia Tech CALS Faculty: State of Research and How Information Professionals Can Help

Haugen, Inga (2016-12-07)

In the early months of 2016, Ithaka S+R, a not-for-profit service that helps the academic community navigate economic and technological change, asked various land grant universities to be a part of a national project ...

2013 NDLTD Survey of ETD Practices

McMillan, Gail; Stark, Shannon; Halbert, Martin (2013)

Our intention with this survey was to overcome the lack of baseline data about ETDs. Surprisingly, while ETDs have been available for over 15 years, no one has systematically collected general data about ETDs or the graduate ...

A Partnership Framework for Geospatial Data Preservation in North Carolina

Morris, Steve; Tuttle, James; Essic, Jefferson (JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV PRESS, 2009-12-01)

a proposed staffing formula for Virginia academic libraries

Metz, P.; Scott, E. A. (ACRL Publications, 1981-03)

Formulas and standards play a needed role in the allocation of library resources, but it is difficult to devise formulas that accurately reflect the various factors that shape a library's needs. This report summarizes the ...

A reputational study of academic publishers

Metz, P.; Stemmer, J. (ACRL Publications, 1996-05)

In both selecting individual titles and designing gathering plans, collection development librarians are strongly influenced by the perceptions they have about publishers. In the near absence of data that might indicate ...

A social history of madness or, who's buying this round - anticipating and avoiding gaps in collection development

Metz, P.; Foltin, B. (ACRL Publications, 1990-01)

Both the internal organization of collection development and the nature of science and scholarship lead to inevitable gaps in collection development. The discussion identifies both nondisciplinary and interdisciplinary ...

Academic Libraries: How do we put it all together, become agile, and adapt?

Walters, Tyler (Virginia Tech, 2018-11-07)

Across the Miles: Engagement Across Distance

Walz, Anita R.; Gilbert, Charla; Cash, Debbie (2015-05-08)

This professional practice session covers expansion and redefinition of student and faculty-focused library services between Virginia Tech’s main campus in Blacksburg and the National Capital Region, located five hours ...

Adaptable Course Materials: Creating an Open Textbook for Electromagnetics

Walz, Anita R.; Ellingson, Steven (2018-02-15)

We describe the purpose, process, and product of developing the open textbook. Electromagnetics, Volume 1 (Beta) by Ellingson (2018) is a faculty-authored, LaTeX based, customizable, and openly licensed textbook (licensed ...

Advancing OER & Open Education on Your Campus

Walz, Anita R. (2018-10-19)

Invited keynote presentation. This event was sponsored by Central Virginia Community College and Achieving the Dream Open Educational Resources Initiative.

Altmetrics

McMillan, Gail (2013-08-07)

This is a brief introduction to the topic of "alternative metrics" for University Libraries.

Analyzing current serials in Virginia: An application of hte Ulrich's Serials Analysis System

Metz, P.; Gasser, S. (Johns Hopkins Univ Press, 2006-01)

VIVA (the Virtual Library of Virginia) was one of the first subscribers to R. R. Bowker's Ulrich's Serials Analysis System (USAS). Creating a database that combined a union report of current serial subscriptions within ...

Appendices in relation to "Information Literacy Instruction Programs: Supporting the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Community at Virginia Tech" published in Library Trends

Goldbeck DeBose, Kyrille; Haugen, Inga; Miller, Rebecca K. (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016-10-07)

The following items in this record are the appendices that accompany an article published in the Winter 2017 issue of Library Trends. The six appendices include:
A: "Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise Information ...