Pub Date : 2021-11-10DOI: 10.21061/valib.v65i1.624
Sarah Gardner, Hillary Ostermiller, Elizabeth Price, D. Vess, A. Young
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Pub Date : 2021-05-28DOI: 10.21061/VALIB.V65I1.604
Joy L. Yaeger, Charles Jones, Hannah G. Covington
As online learning continues to expand, new avenues are being identified to support graduate learners in this environment. Regent University, a private institution located in the southeastern region of the United States, investigated Open Educational Resources (OER) options for providing asynchronous learning experiences to master key competencies, such as writing. After evaluating the OER market and networking with state and national level OER library leadership, these educators sought to build an OER alternative to Pearson’s MyWritingLab that would serve the needs of their developmental writing online graduate students. A small team of librarians and professors took steps to integrate this experience into the university’s UNIV 500: Foundations of Graduate Success course, evaluate its effectiveness, and create multimodal options for supporting this open learning opportunity.
{"title":"Open Solutions: Creating an OER Writing Lab","authors":"Joy L. Yaeger, Charles Jones, Hannah G. Covington","doi":"10.21061/VALIB.V65I1.604","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/VALIB.V65I1.604","url":null,"abstract":"As online learning continues to expand, new avenues are being identified to support graduate learners in this environment. Regent University, a private institution located in the southeastern region of the United States, investigated Open Educational Resources (OER) options for providing asynchronous learning experiences to master key competencies, such as writing. After evaluating the OER market and networking with state and national level OER library leadership, these educators sought to build an OER alternative to Pearson’s MyWritingLab that would serve the needs of their developmental writing online graduate students. A small team of librarians and professors took steps to integrate this experience into the university’s UNIV 500: Foundations of Graduate Success course, evaluate its effectiveness, and create multimodal options for supporting this open learning opportunity.","PeriodicalId":29991,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Libraries","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44698492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-19DOI: 10.21061/VALIB.V65I1.602
C. Woods
Changing careers in librarianship is not easy. Although they have many transferable skills, librarians trying to get a job in a different type of library may experience difficulties. This article aims to provide concrete steps to help anyone interested in making a career change.
{"title":"Making the Switch: Changing Careers in Librarianship","authors":"C. Woods","doi":"10.21061/VALIB.V65I1.602","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/VALIB.V65I1.602","url":null,"abstract":"Changing careers in librarianship is not easy. Although they have many transferable skills, librarians trying to get a job in a different type of library may experience difficulties. This article aims to provide concrete steps to help anyone interested in making a career change.","PeriodicalId":29991,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Libraries","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47843294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-04DOI: 10.21061/VALIB.V65I1.612
Barbara A. Ferrara, Susan La Paro, Billette Ripy, Jeffrey D. Kozak, H. Hannan, Elizabeth Kocevar-Weidinger, Kaitlyn M. Hodges, Jonathan Bradley, Kayla B McNabb, Alice Rogers, Sonia Alcántara-Antoine, W. Yarbrough, Dana Bomba, Stephen Hudson
The need to support learning and provide equal access to information does not stop when a health emergency arises. It becomes even more important, and as such, libraries of all types in the Commonwealth quickly responded to 2020’s emerging crisis by enhancing existing services and creating innovative new services, proving that once again, library staff are vital participants in providing for the well-being of patrons. This column explores how library workers and libraries in Virginia quickly adapted to restrictions imposed as the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread.
{"title":"Serving Our Communities: Virginia Libraries Respond to COVID-19","authors":"Barbara A. Ferrara, Susan La Paro, Billette Ripy, Jeffrey D. Kozak, H. Hannan, Elizabeth Kocevar-Weidinger, Kaitlyn M. Hodges, Jonathan Bradley, Kayla B McNabb, Alice Rogers, Sonia Alcántara-Antoine, W. Yarbrough, Dana Bomba, Stephen Hudson","doi":"10.21061/VALIB.V65I1.612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/VALIB.V65I1.612","url":null,"abstract":"The need to support learning and provide equal access to information does not stop when a health emergency arises. It becomes even more important, and as such, libraries of all types in the Commonwealth quickly responded to 2020’s emerging crisis by enhancing existing services and creating innovative new services, proving that once again, library staff are vital participants in providing for the well-being of patrons. This column explores how library workers and libraries in Virginia quickly adapted to restrictions imposed as the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread.","PeriodicalId":29991,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Libraries","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45403638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-28DOI: 10.21061/VALIB.V65I1.613
Jennifer Resor-Whicker
{"title":"A Year Unlike Any Other: A Letter to VLA’s Membership","authors":"Jennifer Resor-Whicker","doi":"10.21061/VALIB.V65I1.613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/VALIB.V65I1.613","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29991,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Libraries","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42594651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-15DOI: 10.21061/VALIB.V64I1.617
Virginia Pannabecker, Cori Biddle, Julia Feerrar, Barbara A. Ferrara, Susan La Paro, Sophie Rondeau, Lynda Wright
The Virginia Libraries Editorial Board is pleased to present volume sixty-four (Vol. 64), including a brief report on Editorial Board focus areas in 2020. While Virginia Libraries solicits and publishes articles on all topics related to libraries and information science, a focus on evidence-based approaches runs through the articles published in volume sixty-four. Each article includes methods, recommendations, or examples to consider for approaches at your library, along with ideas for further research.
{"title":"Evidence-Based Approaches: Volume 64 of Virginia Libraries","authors":"Virginia Pannabecker, Cori Biddle, Julia Feerrar, Barbara A. Ferrara, Susan La Paro, Sophie Rondeau, Lynda Wright","doi":"10.21061/VALIB.V64I1.617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/VALIB.V64I1.617","url":null,"abstract":"The Virginia Libraries Editorial Board is pleased to present volume sixty-four (Vol. 64), including a brief report on Editorial Board focus areas in 2020. While Virginia Libraries solicits and publishes articles on all topics related to libraries and information science, a focus on evidence-based approaches runs through the articles published in volume sixty-four. Each article includes methods, recommendations, or examples to consider for approaches at your library, along with ideas for further research.","PeriodicalId":29991,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Libraries","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43895441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.21061/valib.v65i1.622
Nan Carmack
{"title":"Collecting for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Best Practices for Virginia Libraries","authors":"Nan Carmack","doi":"10.21061/valib.v65i1.622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v65i1.622","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29991,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Libraries","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67764608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-29DOI: 10.21061/valib.v64i1.598
Stephen G Krueger, L. Ward
In recent years, the cost of textbooks has risen drastically, making it an important issue for everyone involved in higher education. Accurate and specific information on the cost of textbooks is needed to effectively address the situation. Over the summer of 2018, a librarian and an undergraduate student at a small liberal arts college assessed the textbook costs at their institution, using methodology developed by community colleges doing similar research. Based on course catalogs, bookstore records, and other resources, they calculated the costs for students in different disciplines over four years of study. These costs were impacted by major, courses chosen, and where materials were purchased. Patterns included higher prices in the sciences than in the humanities, as well as more expensive textbooks at the college bookstore than at other sources. Estimated total textbook costs varied widely (from under $100 to over $7,000 for four years of study), leading the researchers to conclude that no single average was representative of any one student’s experience.
{"title":"Assessing Textbook Costs at a Small College","authors":"Stephen G Krueger, L. Ward","doi":"10.21061/valib.v64i1.598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v64i1.598","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, the cost of textbooks has risen drastically, making it an important issue for everyone involved in higher education. Accurate and specific information on the cost of textbooks is needed to effectively address the situation. Over the summer of 2018, a librarian and an undergraduate student at a small liberal arts college assessed the textbook costs at their institution, using methodology developed by community colleges doing similar research. Based on course catalogs, bookstore records, and other resources, they calculated the costs for students in different disciplines over four years of study. These costs were impacted by major, courses chosen, and where materials were purchased. Patterns included higher prices in the sciences than in the humanities, as well as more expensive textbooks at the college bookstore than at other sources. Estimated total textbook costs varied widely (from under $100 to over $7,000 for four years of study), leading the researchers to conclude that no single average was representative of any one student’s experience.","PeriodicalId":29991,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Libraries","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49225835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-06-08DOI: 10.21061/valib.v64i1.597
Cori Biddle, Vickie Montigaud-Green
This study sought to use citation analysis to gauge the effectiveness of library instruction, in the form of research consultation, for 12 sections of a 100 level Oral Communication course at a small private liberal arts institution. Librarians analyzed the source bibliographies of informative and persuasive speeches in order to determine if students were able to apply strategies from their informative speech consultation to later assignments. This article outlines the strategy used to analyze student sources, issues encountered with citation analysis as a research strategy, and impacts of librarian consultation and faculty influence on the sources that students chose to cite in assignments.
{"title":"A Measure of Success? Utilizing Citation Analysis to Evaluate Consultation Strategies in Oral Communication Courses","authors":"Cori Biddle, Vickie Montigaud-Green","doi":"10.21061/valib.v64i1.597","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v64i1.597","url":null,"abstract":"This study sought to use citation analysis to gauge the effectiveness of library instruction, in the form of research consultation, for 12 sections of a 100 level Oral Communication course at a small private liberal arts institution. Librarians analyzed the source bibliographies of informative and persuasive speeches in order to determine if students were able to apply strategies from their informative speech consultation to later assignments. This article outlines the strategy used to analyze student sources, issues encountered with citation analysis as a research strategy, and impacts of librarian consultation and faculty influence on the sources that students chose to cite in assignments.","PeriodicalId":29991,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Libraries","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43712378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-06-02DOI: 10.21061/valib.v64i1.600
K. Vaughan, S. Warlick
Academic libraries serve a wide range of students, faculty, and staff with diverse needs for library accessibility, including people with temporary and chronic disabilities. The social model of disability frames an approach to library support for this population that is grounded in social justice and the library’s role in minimizing barriers to library access. Promoting accessible library services and spaces via the library’s website is an important component. This study analyzed the library websites of forty Virginia four-year academic institutions to identify current practices in the state for including an accessibility or disability services webpage or online policy statement. This content was found on eleven library websites. Naming conventions, location in the site architecture, and an analysis of content were explored. Based on this analysis, the authors conclude with two sets of recommendations for libraries wishing to edit or create their own accessibility services page for their website.
{"title":"Accessibility and Disability Services in Virginia’s Four-Year Academic Libraries: A Content Analysis of Library Webpages","authors":"K. Vaughan, S. Warlick","doi":"10.21061/valib.v64i1.600","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v64i1.600","url":null,"abstract":"Academic libraries serve a wide range of students, faculty, and staff with diverse needs for library accessibility, including people with temporary and chronic disabilities. The social model of disability frames an approach to library support for this population that is grounded in social justice and the library’s role in minimizing barriers to library access. Promoting accessible library services and spaces via the library’s website is an important component. This study analyzed the library websites of forty Virginia four-year academic institutions to identify current practices in the state for including an accessibility or disability services webpage or online policy statement. This content was found on eleven library websites. Naming conventions, location in the site architecture, and an analysis of content were explored. Based on this analysis, the authors conclude with two sets of recommendations for libraries wishing to edit or create their own accessibility services page for their website.","PeriodicalId":29991,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Libraries","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49330315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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