These publications, written by Western Libraries’ librarians and researchers, examine information storage, sharing and retrieval along with the academic librarians’ roles in relation to stakeholders and institutions. Topics include digitization, library management, open access, and researcher needs.
Submissions from 2010
Not on the Same Page: Undergraduates’ Information Retrieval in Electronic and Print Books, Selinda Adelle Berg, Kristin Hoffmann, and Diane Dawson
The Quest for Full Text: An In-Depth Examination of Pubget for Medical Searchers, Robin Featherstone and Denise Hersey
Are Bibliographic Management Software Search Interfaces Reliable?: A Comparison between Search Results Obtained Using Database Interfaces and the EndNote Online Search Function, Megan Fitzgibbons and Deborah Meert
Recognizing Opportunities: Conversational Openings to Promote Positive Scholarly Communication Change, Adrian K. Ho and Daniel R. Lee
Information Workers in the Academy: The Case of Librarians and Archivists at The University of Western Ontario, Melanie Mills
Submissions from 2009
Integrating Research into LIS Field Experiences in Academic Libraries, Selinda Adelle Berg, Kristin Hoffmann, and Diane Dawson
Collecting for Digital Repositories: New Ways to Disseminate and Share Information, Susanne Clement, Adrian K. Ho, and Feng Shan
Basecamp, Robin Featherstone
Enhancing Subject Access to Electronic Collections with VuFind, Robin Featherstone and Lei Wang
Information Literacy and Research-Intensive Graduate Students: Enhancing the Role of Research Librarians, Marni R. Harrington
Rough Waters: Navigating Hard Times in the Scholarly Communication Marketplace, Adrian K. Ho
Measuring Quality in Chat Reference Consortia: A Comparative Analysis of Responses to Users’ Queries, Deborah L. Meert and Lisa M. Given
It Takes a Village to Raise a Tent: A Case Study in Pitching the Academic Library to Incoming Undergraduate Students, Melanie Mills and Marisa Mitchell
A Comparative Evaluation of EBSCO Business Source Complete and ProQuest ABI/Inform, Nicole Nolan
Harnessing the Power of Education Research Databases with the Pearl-Harvesting Methodological Framework for Information Retrieval, Robert W. Sandieson, Lori C. Kirkpatrick, Rachel M. Sandieson, and Walter Zimmerman
Data in Development: An Overview of Microdata on Developing Countries, Kristi Anne Thompson
Torturing Nurses With Data: Building a Successful Quantitative Research Module, Kristi Anne Thompson
Submissions from 2008
Library Roles in Disaster Response: An Oral History Project by the National Library of Medicine, Robin M. Featherstone, Becky J. Lyon, and Angela B. Ruffin
Making the Switch from Print to Online: Why, When and How?, Adrian K. Ho and Joe Toth
Library Research Skills: A Needs Assessment for Graduate Student Workshops, Kristin Hoffmann, Fred Antwi-Nsiah, Vivian Feng, and Meagan Stanley
Submissions from 2007
Content Recruitment for Institutional Repositories (IR’s), Adrian K. Ho and Joe Toth
Cancon on the Web: A Survey of Freely-Available Musical Canadiana, Lisa Rae Philpott
MLA in Pittsburgh, PA, Lisa Rae Philpott and Suzanne Meyers Sawa