Browsing Fondren Library Staff Presentations and Publications by Author "Kolah, Debra"
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Can a UX Department Really Make a Difference?
(2017-04-03)When a library is truly invested in UX, with total awareness of and buy-in on user-centered thinking, its staff more readily embrace UX principles and have more empathy. However, creating a user-centric culture can be challenging as a solo UX Librarian. Wouldn't it be easier with a dedicated department? For this presentation, a panel of UX department ... -
Collecting to the Core--Physics
(2012)Column Editor’s Note: The “Collecting to the Core” column highlights monographic works that are essential to the academic library within a particular discipline, inspired by the Resources for College Libraries bibliography (online at http://www.rclweb.net). In each essay, subject specialists introduce and explain the classic titles and topics that ... -
Deepening the Conversation
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The Evolving World of E-Science, A report of the IATUL conference, 2010.
(2011)Debra Kolah attended a conference of the International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries at Purdue University. This is her brief report and recommendations. -
FIRES
(2010)The Houston Zoroastrian Association Library is the new center for the FEZANA Information Research & Education Systems. FIRES is a collection of Zarathushti books, manuscripts, literature, magazines and scholarly research. -
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, respectively, to create a dynamically updated portal to information they needed for their research and class projects. The use of ... -
Master Class: Mastering the Art of User Experience
(2015)Session Abstract: It's time to rethink what we know about gathering user data, going beyond surveys and other traditional methods to engage our users in deep conversations around the way they do research in order to develop tools and library resources that support user needs. This session will show you new ways to collect data, understand the stories, ... -
Science Librarians Analysis of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics: The Work of Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt, and Adam G. Riess
(2012-03-12)The Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011 was awarded to scientists from two different research collaborations that independently and contemporaneously discovered from observations of distant supernovae that the universe's expansion is accelerating. This article describes the winners publishing output, gives biographical information and a publishing analysis. -
Science Librarians Analysis of the 2011 Prize in Physics
(2012-03-12)The Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011 was awarded to scientists from two different research collaborations that independently and contemporaneously discovered from observations of distant supernovae that the universe's expansion is accelerating. This article describes the winners publishing output, and give biographical information. -
UX Toolbox:Using Ethnography to Design Library Services for Scientists
(2013)Ethnography of scientists can provide a rich framework to provide insights to create actionable results that inform library services for research scientists. Learn a brief history of ethnographic work done with scientist as subject. Learn some ways that you can incorporate rapid ethnography into your librarian workflow.
