Browsing Fondren Library Staff Presentations and Publications by Title
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Implementing DSpace at Rice: Lessons Learned
(2008)Slides from a presentation about Rice's DSpace installation given at the Texas Library Association's Digitization 101 pre-conference, April 2008. (Note: some of the slides were previously used in a presentation at Open ... -
Implementing Encoded Archival Description (EAD) : A quick start guide
(2008-10)An introduction to Encoded Archival Description (EAD), examples of its use today and possible future uses, and quick guide to the software, files, standards and general principles needed to implement EAD. First presented ... -
Information Portals: A New Tool for Teaching Information Literacy Skills
(2010)Librarians at Rice and Purdue Universities created novel assignments to teach students important information literacy skills. The assignments required the students to use a third-party web site, PageFlakes and NetVibes, ... -
Institutional Repositories
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International Treasures at the Woodson Research Center
(2008-11)A presentation introducing a sampling of the international rare books, manuscripts, and Rice University archives available at the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University. Given as part of the "International ... -
Internet and Reference Services: Implications for Academic Libraries
(1993)Awareness and availability of information resources on the Internet, the electronic network of networks, have soared in recent years. In the process of considering the potential benefits and costs of using the Internet to ... -
Introduction to Academic Blogging
(2009)Powerpoint slides from a February 2009 workshop on academic blogging. -
Introduction to Scholarly Communication
(2009)Presentation for The Future of Scholarly Communications A Forum for Houston Area Librarians, July 22, 2009, University of Houston (co-sponsored by UH, Rice and HAM-TMC Libraries). Also includes updated version for UNT ... -
Leading a Campus-Wide Conversation About Open Access
(2014)Open access (OA) scholarship—generally, scholarship made freely available online with minimal copyright and licensing restrictions—is a “hot topic” in academic libraries. Academic libraries are perfectly situated to lead ... -
Libraries at the Crossroads: Technology, Policy, Economics and Culture
(2010)Presentation delivered at the Houston Area Forum on the Future of Libraries, July 21, 2010. Revised version of a presentation first given at the CNI Fall 2009 meeting. -
Libraries at the hub as the federally funded research wheel turns to open
(2016-03-15)Academic libraries are strong partners in supporting researcher compliance with both funder public access policies and institutional open access policies, and are increasingly involved in research data management activities. ... -
Linked Open Data Modeling for Library Cartographic Resources
(2016-03)For centuries libraries have cataloged collections of maps, atlases, and geographic data resources using text-based systems such as bibliographies, the card catalog, and the online catalog. These catalogs of metadata, while ... -
Managing Information Overload
(2010)Gives an overview of information overload and discusses processes, habits and tools for managing it. Revised version of a presentation about information overload given in 2008. -
Metababble: A Clash of Metadata Cultures
(2009-06-22)A tension exists between making digitized resources available to users quickly and providing detailed, item-level metadata and semantic markup that make those resources more discoverable. The Our Americas Archive ... -
“Methodology for the Infinite Archive”: Exploring the Implications of Digital Resources and Tools for Literary Scholarship
(2009)Slides from an April 2009 presentation on digital humanities research at item A&M University. Remixes some elements from previous presentations. The title pays tribute to Bill Turkel's blog of the same name. -
More Pixels, Less Process: Decision making for minimal process digitization
(2008-08)Presenting a minimal process digitization approach for digitizing archival materials (at the folder level with minimal metadata), as compared to a more common full process approach at the individual item level with extensive ... -
Offering Infographic Short Courses to Meet Students' Interest
(2016-06-15)A library student survey done in spring 2015 at Rice University shows that both undergraduate students and graduate students are most interested in taking library short courses on creating infographics and data visualization. ...
