Waterloo Library: Recent submissions
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WorldCat Local in a Health Sciences Environment: One Library's Experience
(2010-06-07)In 2009, Memorial University Libraries embarked on a pilot project with WorldCat Local (WCL), an available discovery layer. As of May 2010, WCL remains in internal testing and will likely be released it in beta form in ... -
Making Connections at the Personal & Curricular Levels
(2013-04-19)Making personal connections and building relationships. Connecting people to information at points of need is at the heart of what we do. As Health Sciences Liaison Librarians at the University of Waterloo, these Librarians ... -
More Knowledge on the Go: A Survey of Mobile Device Usage in Pharmacy
(2013-05-23)Although there are studies that explore the use of mobile devices by physicians and pharmacists, there has not been a study to date that examines the prevalence and usage patterns of mobile devices amongst pharmacy students ... -
The Evolving Role of Liaison Librarians: Supporting Researchers in the Systematic Review Process
(2014-06-16)From the summer of 2013 to early 2014, four University of Waterloo librarians surveyed Health Sciences faculty and PhD students to gather data on their current and future systematic review work. Data provided insight into ... -
Demystifying Open Access
(2010-06-01)The international Open Access (OA) movement is changing how journal literature is created, disseminated, and purchased. Individuals working in academic, public and special libraries are invited to this session for a ... -
Selecting the Selection Tool
(2010-06-01)Presentation slides as presented at the CHLA Conference, 2010, Kingston. Authors explain how the book ordering process at Memorial University works, discuss author experiences in evaluating electronic book selection tools, ... -
Automating Big Data Cleaning: An Example Using Local Bibliometric Data
(2017-04-06)The University of Waterloo recognizes bibliometric data as an important piece of evidence-based research assessment, and recommends bibliometric data as one measure, among many, for capturing research productivity trends, ... -
OMG I can IM the QEII: Networking Through chat
(2007-05-22)Presentation slides as presented at the Newfoundland and Labrador Library Association (NLLA) Conference, 2007. Outlines virtual library reference program in the context of the QEII, a chat program offered at Memorial ... -
What is #LODLAM?! Understanding Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives [and Museums]
(2015-01-29)This session provides an overview of linked data and then explains how it can be used in libraries and archives to share our unique data on the web and to enrich the user experience by using linked data ourselves. This ... -
Investigating BIBFRAME: New Bibliographic Framework Initiative
(2016-01-28)This item represents one section, as presented by Alison Hitchens, of the following presentation: Hitchens, A., Rudnik, A., Carr, C. (2016, January 28). Investigating BIBFRAME. Session presented at OLA Superconference, ... -
Bibliometrics and Research Impact at University of Waterloo: An Exciting Campus Partnership
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-03)In 2012, the Bibliometrics Working Group at the University of Waterloo, composed of the Library, the Office of Research, Institutional Analysis and Planning (IAP) and faculty representatives, began its work. In 2015, a new ... -
Missed connections: looking for everything in the archives
(Active History, 2017-06-26)Archivists are commonly asked by researchers to produce everything available about a particular topic. While understandable from a researcher standpoint, fulfilling the request is a challenge. Unlike library holdings, ... -
One box to search them all: Implementing federated search at an academic library
(Emerald, 2009)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present how, in May 2008, the Ad Hoc Committee on Federated Search was formed to prepare a preliminary report on federated searching for a special meeting of Librarians Academic ... -
Once you get them, how do you keep them? Millennial librarians at work
(Emerald, 2010)Purpose: To draw attention to the unique characteristics of Millennial librarians. These characteristics are related to larger issues having current and future relevance to Millennial librarians, colleagues of other ... -
Evolution of a summer research/writing workshop for first‐year university students
(Emerald, 2008)Purpose: To describe a framework for a summer research/writing workshop for new university students, and its evolution over time and across institutions. Design/Methodology/Approach: The University of Toronto at Scarborough ... -
Why libraries aren’t dead: open access and the evolving liaison role
(The Editorial Board of the Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 2011)This is the second in a series of commentaries from members of the Open Access Interest Group of Canadian Health Libraries Association / Association des bibliothèques (CHLA / ABSC). Devon Greyson’s inaugural contribution ... -
Seeing Double at Memorial University: Two WorldCat Local Usability Studies
(The Editorial Board of Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2011)Obtaining user feedback is valuable yet often overlooked, so when Memorial University Libraries launched OCLC’s WorldCat Local discovery tool for Fall 2010, usability testing was a logical next step. Two branches, each ... -
Reflective Peer Mentoring: Evolution of a Professional Development Program for Academic Librarians
(The Editorial Board of Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2014)For librarians engaged in teaching and learning, reflection has the potential to create opportunities to examine one’s instructional practice, identify and address challenges, and find new instructional pathways. It can ... -
Mobile Device Use in Pharmacy: A Multi-Institutional Study
(The Editorial Board of the Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 2015)Although there are studies that explore the use of mobile devices by physicians and pharmacists, there has not been a study to date that examines the prevalence and usage patterns of mobile devices amongst pharmacy students ... -
Collaborative archival practice: Rethinking outreach, access, and reconciliation using Wikipedia
(2017-04-28)Based on first-hand experience and concrete examples, the presentation outlines the use of Wikipedia as a tool for community engagement and as a way of improving the discoverability of archival content through collaboration. ...