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Title: "Free to All": Library Publishing and the Challenge of Open Access.
Creator: Vandegrift, Micah, Bolick, Josh
Abstract/Description: There is a significant and important responsibility as libraries move into the role of publishing to retain our heritage of "access for all." Connecting and collaborating with colleagues in the publishing industry is essential, but should come with the understanding that the library as an organization is access-prone. This article discusses the complexities of navigating that relationship, and calls for libraries and publishers to embrace and respect the position from which we begin. Finally,...
Show moreThere is a significant and important responsibility as libraries move into the role of publishing to retain our heritage of "access for all." Connecting and collaborating with colleagues in the publishing industry is essential, but should come with the understanding that the library as an organization is access-prone. This article discusses the complexities of navigating that relationship, and calls for libraries and publishers to embrace and respect the position from which we begin. Finally, the article forecasts several possible characteristics of what "publishing" might look like if libraries press the principle of access in this growing area.
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Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_library_faculty_publications-0011, 10.6084/m9.figshare.1088945
Format: Citation

Title: The "FSU Lives" Digitization Project.
Creator: Morris, Sammie, Smith, Plato
Abstract/Description: FSU Libraries Special Collections and Digital Library Center collaborated on development this presentation highlighting FSU Lives Class of 1955 digitization project along with digital preservation of faculty research as part of a guest lecture for Florida State University College of Communication & Information Spring 2011 Digital Libraries course (LIS5472) taught by Dr. Sanghee Oh.
Date Issued: 2011
Identifier: FSU_migr_digital_lib-0013
Format: Citation

Title: 24/7 Access: Crafted in 2010 and Built to Last.
Creator: Rosasco, Robyn, Epstein, Susan A.
Abstract/Description: Objectives Our library has provided 24/7 access for student study space since 2010. This service has functioned as anticipated with minor policy breaches in 2010 and 2013. The purpose of this study was to determine how well 24/7 access to our library is working, obtain student feedback on security procedures, and solicit ideas from all stakeholders for future improvements. Methods Stakeholders for 24/7 access to our academic health sciences library include both the service providers (library,...
Show moreObjectives Our library has provided 24/7 access for student study space since 2010. This service has functioned as anticipated with minor policy breaches in 2010 and 2013. The purpose of this study was to determine how well 24/7 access to our library is working, obtain student feedback on security procedures, and solicit ideas from all stakeholders for future improvements. Methods Stakeholders for 24/7 access to our academic health sciences library include both the service providers (library, student affairs, and security/legal personnel) and the service users (first- and second-year medical students and biomedical graduate students). To evaluate the effectiveness of the library's 24/7 access service, the authors conducted a series of free-response interviews with several service provider and user stakeholders to solicit the most detailed feedback possible. The authors also administered a brief survey to determine if students were satisfied with unstaffed access to library study space. The results of stakeholder feedback were used to evaluate the value of our extensive planning for 24/7 access to the library, our thorough and consistent implementation, and our responsiveness to the needs of our students. Results: Our library director invited (via email) 14 student/staff stakeholders to be interviewed by the primary investigator (PI) and co-PI. Three students and three staff members agreed to be interviewed; five interviews were conducted face-to-face and one was conducted by phone. In addition, our library director sent an email invitation to complete a 10-question survey to approximately 500 students; 114 surveys were completed. From the interviews and the survey, shared themes as well as several unique feedback items emerged. In general, the overwhelming response was that the 24/7 service meets the needs of students, providing a secure, consistent study area for students who do not choose to study in another College of Medicine study space, in another campus library, at home, or at another location. Specifically, 90% of the students were not concerned about safety/security issues in the library during unstaffed hours, 82% indicated that the library environment was conducive to studying during unstaffed hours, and 83% felt that the library's orientation on 24/7 policies and procedures has met their needs. Conclusions: Collecting formal feedback on our 24/7 service has validated the time spent in planning, implementation, and responding to student needs, and has also elicited several ideas for improving the 24/7 service. We plan to continue interviewing and surveying 24/7 stakeholders on a yearly basis to solicit current feedback and continually improve the service.
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Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_medlib_posters-0003
Format: Citation

Title: 4th International Digital Curation Conference - Minute Madness: Poster Session (slide # 8).
Creator: Smith, Plato
Abstract/Description: This poster session will use text, diagrams, and images to display the development of the application of The DCC Curation Lifecycle Model practices to preservation of Diatomscapes. Diatomscapes represents a collection of images of biological silica and includes diatoms ("microscopic, single-celled plants that thrive in freshwater, saltwater, brackish water and even semi-terrestrial environments" (Prasad, 2005)) and Radiolarians ("any of various marine protozoans of the order Radiolaria,...
Show moreThis poster session will use text, diagrams, and images to display the development of the application of The DCC Curation Lifecycle Model practices to preservation of Diatomscapes. Diatomscapes represents a collection of images of biological silica and includes diatoms ("microscopic, single-celled plants that thrive in freshwater, saltwater, brackish water and even semi-terrestrial environments" (Prasad, 2005)) and Radiolarians ("any of various marine protozoans of the order Radiolaria, having rigid siliceous skeletons and spicules" (Dictionary, 2008)).
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Date Issued: 2008
Identifier: FSU_migr_digital_lib-0002
Format: Citation

Title: Academic Librarians Participation in Shared Governance: Effects of Faculty Leaders' Motivational Type.
Creator: Turner, Brenda Gale White, Robbins, Jane, Schwartz, Robert A., Belton, Benjamin K., Genz, Marcella, School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study asks the question: Does the motivational type of faculty leaders, including Chief Academic Officers (CAOs), affect the participation of academic librarians in shared governance in higher education. The literature reveals that librarians' participation in shared governance is minimal and may continue to be so for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, obstacles from faculty and administration, self-exclusion, and academic credentials. The study surveys faculty leaders,...
Show moreThis study asks the question: Does the motivational type of faculty leaders, including Chief Academic Officers (CAOs), affect the participation of academic librarians in shared governance in higher education. The literature reveals that librarians' participation in shared governance is minimal and may continue to be so for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, obstacles from faculty and administration, self-exclusion, and academic credentials. The study surveys faculty leaders, including CAOs, from Alabama Council of Independent Colleges. Data collection includes part one of a commercially produced instrument, The Power Management Inventory (PMI,) and a modified University Shared Governance Survey (USGS) borrowed from a dissertation by Persson. The PMI investigates the motivational type of faculty leaders and groups them into one of three types ("affiliative," "personalized" or "socialized" power) as identified by motivational theorist, David C. McClelland. In this study, one (1) respondent ties two groups and is categorized as a "mixed" motivational type. The USGS asks opinions of faculty leaders regarding issue areas where academic librarians may be allowed to participate in shared governance. Issue areas include academic, financial and personnel, institutional, and student affairs. Demographic data is also collected. An Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was applied to determine if there are any statistically significant differences between faculty leaders' by motivational type and opinion. ANOVA testing revealed that there were no statistically significant differences between the faculty leaders' motivational groups and their opinions about academic librarians' participation in shared governance. Statistical significance was found when pairing opinion with gender on three questions from the institutional affairs issue area; question #2 F(1,40) = 4.08, p.
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Date Issued: 2004
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-1465
Format: Thesis

Title: Academic Libraries—Measuring Up: Assessment and Collaboration for Student Success.
Creator: Besara, Rachel, Kinsley, Kirsten Michele
Abstract/Description: Purpose: This paper aims to describe how the Florida State University Libraries used assessment data with other campus partners to gain funding and resources for new initiatives. When general funding sources were threatened, alternative funding sources from these campus partners were used to jump‐start new initiatives designed to enhance student success. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is a case study of how assessment data fueled the creation of a new late‐night peer‐tutoring...
Show morePurpose: This paper aims to describe how the Florida State University Libraries used assessment data with other campus partners to gain funding and resources for new initiatives. When general funding sources were threatened, alternative funding sources from these campus partners were used to jump‐start new initiatives designed to enhance student success. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is a case study of how assessment data fueled the creation of a new late‐night peer‐tutoring program at the Florida State University Libraries. The three main data conduits that inspired a new tutoring program were: an ethnographic study of undergraduate students, undergraduate courses with high failure/high enrolment/high drop rates, and an environmental scan of existing campus tutoring. Findings: – Sharing assessment data with key partners can leverage funding and resources for new initiatives. Social implications: In hard budgetary times, opportunities for funding and resources may arise when shared values between campus constituencies are met with assessment data. Libraries need to take a leadership role in gathering and sharing those data with other campus constituents in order to place libraries in a strategic position to receive alternative funding for shared initiatives. Originality/value: Other libraries may use this case as a model, sharing their assessment results with the campus community, especially with those campus constituencies where there is a relationship already in place, to garner further support for piloting innovative services.
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Date Issued: 2011
Identifier: FSU_migr_library_faculty_publications-0020, 10.1108/03074801111182012
Format: Citation

Title: Academic Library Service Consumer (User) Motivation Study Based on Expectancy Theory.
Creator: Lee, Seongsin, Bertot, John C., Flynn, Leisa R., Kazmer, Michelle, Koontz, Christie M., School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study is to provide a preliminary theoretical foundation of academic library service consumer motivation. To achieve this purpose, the study attempts to develop and test an academic library service consumer motivation model based on expectancy theory which was introduced by Victor H. Vroom (1964) and modified by Porter & Lawler (1968) and Campbell, Dunnette, Lawler, & Weick (1970). The proposed model was verfied using chat reference service as an example. This study has...
Show moreThe purpose of this study is to provide a preliminary theoretical foundation of academic library service consumer motivation. To achieve this purpose, the study attempts to develop and test an academic library service consumer motivation model based on expectancy theory which was introduced by Victor H. Vroom (1964) and modified by Porter & Lawler (1968) and Campbell, Dunnette, Lawler, & Weick (1970). The proposed model was verfied using chat reference service as an example. This study has the following four research questions: 1) What factors influence an academic library service consumer's motivational process to use library services?, 2) Are there relationships among the factors which influence an academic library service consumer's motivational process to use library services?, 3) What relationships exist among the factors which influence an academic library service consumer's motivational process to use library services?, and 4) Based on these relationships, can the academic library service consumer's motivational process be explained? To answer the research questions, correlational research method and confirmatory interview method were employed. The selected participants of this study were Information Studies graduate students at Florida State Unviersity who are registered in three master level online classess and General Informaiton Studies graduate students. They were asked to use the chat reference service at FSU libraries and answer to the questionnaire which was distributed through email. The collected data were analysed using correlation analysis (Kendall's tau-b) and multiple regression analysis. To support the results of statistical analysis, the collected interview data were also analysed. The findings are that academic library service consumer's motivational process can be influenced by three important factors such as 1) consumers themselves, 2) service providers, and 3) situational (environmental) factors. How well the service consumers perform the service depends on their past experience with the service. When they have much experience in using the service, consumers can perform the service very well. Service providers' role is also very critical in service delivery process. In addition to human factors (service consumers and service providers), surrounding environmental conditions are also important in service delivery process.
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Date Issued: 2007
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-3184
Format: Thesis

Title: Access and Use Issues in Creating Collection Development and Management Policies: The Library/Archives Point of View.
Creator: Altman, Burt
Abstract/Description: Access and Use Issues in Creating Collection and Management Policies: The Library/Archives Point of View" discusses the importance of documentation in collection development and management policies for access to research materials in archives and special collections. These topics include repository responsibility, restrictions, fees and services, and citations; and (2) resource sharing statements for libraries and archives such as cooperative collection development, interlibrary loan, and...
Show moreAccess and Use Issues in Creating Collection and Management Policies: The Library/Archives Point of View" discusses the importance of documentation in collection development and management policies for access to research materials in archives and special collections. These topics include repository responsibility, restrictions, fees and services, and citations; and (2) resource sharing statements for libraries and archives such as cooperative collection development, interlibrary loan, and exhibition loan. Guidelines for borrowing and lending institutions are covered, in addition to the values of exhibit loan policies for Special Collections. There is also a link to examples of a general facility report, a condition report, and an exhibition loan agreement form.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_sca-0018
Format: Citation

Title: Acculturation Motives and Use of the Internet Among Chinese and Korean International Students in the U.S.
Creator: Kim, Min Jeong, McDowell, Stephen D., Bunz, Ulla, Jordan-Jackson, Felecia F., School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The current investigation explores how acculturation motives are reflected in Internet use among Chinese and Korean international students. The purposes of this study are two- fold. The primary goal is to help understand the way Internet activities are associated with acculturation motives. The secondary purpose is to explore how acculturation motives are fulfilled in two different type of Internet usage: English-language and native-language Internet. Acculturation motives are examined in...
Show moreThe current investigation explores how acculturation motives are reflected in Internet use among Chinese and Korean international students. The purposes of this study are two- fold. The primary goal is to help understand the way Internet activities are associated with acculturation motives. The secondary purpose is to explore how acculturation motives are fulfilled in two different type of Internet usage: English-language and native-language Internet. Acculturation motives are examined in terms of acquisition of new traits and maintenance of the heritage culture. This research employs acculturation theories and the uses and theoretical gratification perspectives to studying Internet use and acculturation motives. Following the nature of the study, in-depth interviews and observations were employed to examine the Internet use of thirteen Chinese and Korean international students in the United States. The study demonstrates that participants used the Internet the most for communication within the local communities and the home countries. Internet communication plays an important role in fulfilling acculturation motives in complementing limited interpersonal communications and in acquisition of social support. Socially active international students were more involved in the social utility of Internet activities, such as Facebook or instant messengers. Another important finding of this work revealed that there was no distinguishing difference in using English-language or native-language Internet, when it comes to acquisition of new traits and maintenance of the heritage culture. Unlike other traditional mass media, the linguistic and cultural nature of each Internet type was not closely related to fulfilling acculturation motives.
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Date Issued: 2010
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-3072
Format: Thesis

Title: Adolescents' Information Behavior When Isolated From Peer Groups: Lessons From New Immigrant Adolescents' Everyday Life Information Seeking.
Creator: Koo, Joung Hwa, Gross, Melissa, Turner, Jeannine, Lustria, Mia Liza A., Marty, Paul, School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate how isolated immigrant adolescents seek and use necessary information when they are not able to use significant information sources--their peer groups--in the period of transition before new peer groups are established. Method: To achieve the study's purpose, sixteen recently arrived (three years or less) Korean immigrant adolescents (12 and 18 years old) were recruited through snowballing and convenience samplings. For data collection, a...
Show morePurpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate how isolated immigrant adolescents seek and use necessary information when they are not able to use significant information sources--their peer groups--in the period of transition before new peer groups are established. Method: To achieve the study's purpose, sixteen recently arrived (three years or less) Korean immigrant adolescents (12 and 18 years old) were recruited through snowballing and convenience samplings. For data collection, a mixed method including survey and in-depth interview was employed through three research phases. First, participants' demographic profiles and their information use environments [IUEs] were described through survey and interview (Phase I: Survey/In-depth Interview). Second, participants' isolated status was measured with three measurement scales and the motivation and contextual backgrounds of the survey results were analyzed via interview (Phase II: Surveys/In-depth Interview). Third, isolated Korean immigrant adolescents' migration journey and their information needs and seeking behaviors were described in interviews (Phase III: In-depth Interview). Finding: In analyzing the study participants' everyday life information seeking and their contextual features, such as their isolated condition and motivation for migration, a preliminary understanding of isolated adolescents' information world was gained: how they interpret their current situations and daily hassles, seek (or do not seek), and utilize information to cope with their daily life problems, and evaluate their use of information, including library systems and interpersonal sources. In particular, three main information needs were found: ELIS Need 1--English language skills to facilitate learning activities in school in the United States; ELIS Need 2--Social skills to facilitate making friends and to become accustomed to American culture and normative behaviors; ELIS Need 3--Study skills to facilitate academic success in highly competitive educational environments in Korea. To fulfill their cognitive needs--ELIS Need 1 and ELIS 3--the participants usually sought parents, teachers, Internet sources, and DIY. For their socio-affective needs--ELIS Need 2, they used guidance or counseling from their parents or selected passive coping strategies, such as the ignorance of their reality or information-avoiding. Their main information needs were usually satisfied through the information sources provided by their family members--parents. Conclusion: Five main emergent themes were analyzed from the findings (six categories of findings) and pertinent theories/models to interpret these unique features were suggested and discussed: Parents attachment in information seeking and uses (Theme 1); Dependence on interpersonal information sources (Theme 2); Information Ground (Theme 3); Two-step flow (Theme 4); Passive information-seeking, information-avoiding and ignorance (Theme 5). Also, this study suggested some empirical alternatives and implications to improve isolated immigrants' information world: (1) Peer-mentoring program; (2) Immigrant parents' school involvement/parents' education; (3) Teachers' education of cultural competence skills; (4) Library PR; (5) Library outreach to whole immigrant family members as a unit. Finally, the contributions of the study in several key areas, the limitation of this study and future studies--to supplement the limitation of this study and to interpret the emergent unique social and information phenomena--were suggested and discussed.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-7452
Format: Thesis

Title: Adult Literacy Programs in Community Information Resource Centers in Florida: Comparative Case Studies.
Creator: Maatta, Stephanie Lee, Robbins, Jane B., Ralston, Penny, Burnett, Gary, Summers, F. William, School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This research sought to examine whether information literacy skills – being able to find and use information to resolve daily issues – are being blended into conventional literacy education; and whether low-literate adults use community information access centers, such as public libraries, to find information for conducting their everyday lives. Three adult literacy programs around the State of Florida participated in a series of case studies that explored the relationships between...
Show moreThis research sought to examine whether information literacy skills – being able to find and use information to resolve daily issues – are being blended into conventional literacy education; and whether low-literate adults use community information access centers, such as public libraries, to find information for conducting their everyday lives. Three adult literacy programs around the State of Florida participated in a series of case studies that explored the relationships between conventional literacy skills and information literacy skills. Multiple methods of data collection were used: 1) a program questionnaire completed by literacy program coordinators; 2) two in-depth interviews with each program coordinator; 3) document analysis of instructional materials, assessment materials, and student writings; 4) a group interview with four literacy tutors; and 5) two site observations at each of the three program sites. Results of this research suggest that adult literacy programs focus primarily on the foundations of reading, particularly those that follow the national models of literacy education, including Literacy Volunteers of America or Laubach Literacy International. The intent is to improve the reading levels of low-literate adults in order to provide them with tools to function in a text-based society. There is very little introduction to information resources or information technology. However, the participating sites recognize a need for adult learners to use the range of resources available for finding information and using it effectively to resolve everyday issues. The consensus among the three literacy programs is that most information resources are designed and written at an advanced reading level, and that the adults at the lowest reading levels are unable to use them. The findings also suggest that low-literate adults may be less likely to use community information access centers, such as public libraries, because they either do not have ready access to the information centers or do not know how to use the resources that are available. The lowliterate adults in this study were more likely to use personal networks or mass media, excluding newspapers, to find information for conducting everyday life.
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Date Issued: 2003
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-2816
Format: Thesis

Title: Adults Living with Type 2 Diabetes: Kept Personal Health Information Items as Expressions of Need.
Creator: Whetstone, Melinda, Gross, Melissa, Goldsmith, Ron, Burnett, Gary, Lustria, Mia Liza, School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study investigated personal information behavior and information needs that 21 adults managing life with Type 2 diabetes identify explicitly and implicitly during discussions of item acquisition and use of health information items that are kept in their homes. Research drew upon a naturalistic lens, in that semi-structured interviews were conducted in participants' homes. The rich narratives provide insights into situational relevance associated with kept health information items, the...
Show moreThis study investigated personal information behavior and information needs that 21 adults managing life with Type 2 diabetes identify explicitly and implicitly during discussions of item acquisition and use of health information items that are kept in their homes. Research drew upon a naturalistic lens, in that semi-structured interviews were conducted in participants' homes. The rich narratives provide insights into situational relevance associated with kept health information items, the uses thereof, and stated information needs. The descriptions of situational relevance were analyzed for themes of information keeping and use in context, as well as expressions of information need that were implicit to participants' situations. The study and its pre-test were conducted in a mid-sized city in the Southeast from April to September 2011. All pre-test (n = 3) and study participants were recruited from diabetes education classes, conducted at a diabetes center associated with a teaching hospital. The study participants were 38-79 years old (mean = 60 years, SD = 9.5) and the majority of participants were female (n = 15, 71%), white/Caucasian (n = 17, 81%), employed (n = 13, 62%), married (n = 11, 52%), insured (n = 18, 86%), and new to diabetes (diagnosis < 3 months n = 15, 71%). Participants kept 706 items in the home, but only a subset (n = 300) were used to manage life with Type 2 diabetes. The interviews focused on these kept and used items to guide the study, similar to the notion of critical incident, to address questions of personal context, information needs, and item uses. Results showed that participants primarily kept and used paper-based items, but digital items, e.g., bookmarked websites, were also used. Results also show that the categories found in literature for `Item Type' and for `Item Use' required expansion. Findings also revealed that individuals with Type 2 diabetes may keep and use health information items to manage life with diabetes within four primary contexts: activity, adjustment, challenge of living with diabetes, and emotion. Analysis of information keeping and use in context showed that kept information items, when examined within a lens of situational relevance, can provide insight into information needs that individuals with Type 2 diabetes may not readily identify.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-7657
Format: Thesis

Title: An Approach to Formalizing Ontology Driven Semantic Integration: Concepts, Dimensions and Framework.
Creator: Gao, Wenlong, Jörgensen, Corinne, Schwartz, Daniel, Douglas, Ian, Stvilia, Besiki, School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The ontology approach has been accepted as a very promising approach to semantic integration today. However, because of the diversity of focuses and its various connections to other research domains, the core concepts, theoretical and technical approaches, and research areas of this domain still remain unclear. Such ambiguity makes it difficult to develop a complete framework to evaluate and improve various ontology tools and systems developed for the purpose of semantic integration, and may...
Show moreThe ontology approach has been accepted as a very promising approach to semantic integration today. However, because of the diversity of focuses and its various connections to other research domains, the core concepts, theoretical and technical approaches, and research areas of this domain still remain unclear. Such ambiguity makes it difficult to develop a complete framework to evaluate and improve various ontology tools and systems developed for the purpose of semantic integration, and may also limit future in-depth study and system development due to the lack of a comprehensive review of present work and unsolved problems. This research reviewed the past research on semantic integration from the ontology driven perspective, and formalized its related concepts and elements into a framework with four major dimensions. By utilizing such a framework, this research identifies various necessary tasks for each dimension, therefore clarifying the major components for the ontology driven semantic integration, and such an approach could be a cornerstone for building an ontology of ontology integration research in the near future.
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Date Issued: 2012
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-4853
Format: Thesis

Title: Apps for Assessment: A Starting Point.
Creator: Besara, Rachel
Abstract/Description: Many mobile applications, also known as apps, are excellent instruments for gathering qualitative and quantitative data. This article is a starting point for those interested in gathering assessment data using mobile tools and provides assessment app type overviews and examples. With relatively little effort, libraries can take advantage of mobile apps and gather compelling assessment data more easily than ever before.
Date Issued: 2012
Identifier: FSU_migr_library_faculty_publications-0022, 10.1080/02763877.2012.678791
Format: Citation

Title: Assessment of Online Learners' Performance Using Effective Note-Taking in Chat in Online Learning (ENCO).
Creator: Kim, Joonmin, Burnett, Kathleen, Paradice, David, Kazmer, Michelle, Mon, Lorraine, School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of providing note-taking functionality to online chat logs on students enrolled in graduate online learning courses. This study provided participants in online learning courses with a new tool called Effective Note-taking in Chat in Online Learning (ENCO) that enables the participants to select any message lines in chat logs individually, save the lines, and retrieve the lines. This study examined users' test scores and time taken to complete...
Show moreThe purpose of this study is to examine the effect of providing note-taking functionality to online chat logs on students enrolled in graduate online learning courses. This study provided participants in online learning courses with a new tool called Effective Note-taking in Chat in Online Learning (ENCO) that enables the participants to select any message lines in chat logs individually, save the lines, and retrieve the lines. This study examined users' test scores and time taken to complete the tests provided in order to explore user learning performance and effectiveness. The experiment was conducted across two consecutive semesters using volunteers enrolled in six online courses of master's program in library and information science. After a pilot test with a focus group interview, a main experiment was conducted successfully in the following semester. The results of the main experiments were analyzed to examine whether ENCO improved learners' performance, effectiveness, and satisfaction using chat logs in online classes. Data from a total of forty-seven online graduate students were analyzed in the main study. The data included test scores and time spent to complete the tests. The results from this study indicate that ENCO use in one course was found to have significantly improved the test scores, and to have decreased test completion time in the other course. The results from focus group interviews showed that majority of the participants in the focus group evaluated ENCO as a helpful tool. Also, four categories of the test questions were analyzed by Bloom's Taxonomy. The results of the questions analysis imply that ENCO use in the categorized question analysis could be viewed from different perspective. Overall, ENCO was found to have potential for improving students learning performance, effectiveness, and satisfaction in online learning. The results of performance testing suggest that adapting a new tool or software to online learning systems may improve online learners' performance. More in-depth research about synchronous communication tools that include textual chat and audio/video enabled chat is recommended.
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Date Issued: 2010
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-3075
Format: Thesis

Title: Audience Use of New Media Applications on npr.org: An Exploratory Study.
Creator: Johnson, Kristine, McClung, Steven, Proffitt, Jennifer, Turner, Jeanine, Rayburn, Jay, School of Communication, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This dissertation is an exploratory examination of audience member use of new media technologies found on the NPR Web site, NPR.org. Data was gathered through the use of an online survey that was answered by individuals who belong to online fan groups of programs aired on NPR member stations. A total of 514 users of NPR.org and 100 non-users of NPR.org provided survey responses. The findings from this study suggest individuals use NPR.org to take control of their media experience, to be...
Show moreThis dissertation is an exploratory examination of audience member use of new media technologies found on the NPR Web site, NPR.org. Data was gathered through the use of an online survey that was answered by individuals who belong to online fan groups of programs aired on NPR member stations. A total of 514 users of NPR.org and 100 non-users of NPR.org provided survey responses. The findings from this study suggest individuals use NPR.org to take control of their media experience, to be entertained, for social interaction, and to gather information. Information gathering involves both accessing information on NPR.org as well as obtaining information from others. The NPR Web site was identified as a destination where people can access supplemental or complementary knowledge that was acquired elsewhere, including from NPR radio broadcasts. People prefer to use ―traditional‖ Web site technologies on NPR.org. These include written articles, streaming audio and video, podcasting, and links to local stations. Those who visit the NPR Web site to control their media experience and those who use the site to gather information perceive new media technologies on NPR.org as important. NPR.org visitors who are interested in taking control of their media experience prefer to use applications that are both useful and easy to use. The same viewpoint was found among those who visit the site for entertainment purposes. The research suggests listeners who have not visited NPR.org tend to be unaware of what the Web site has to offer, yet there is an indication these individuals have some knowledge of the social capabilities associated with NRR.org. The industry implications addressed in this study include a suggestion for the inclusion of full-length written articles on radio Web sites and to introduce visitors to new media that is both easy to understand and useful. It was also found that audience use of mobile phones for listening to radio content may be compromised due to data limitations implemented by mobile phone providers. Finally, the research indicates a need to update the variables used for uses and gratifications studies concerning new media technologies.
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Date Issued: 2011
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-3489
Format: Thesis

Title: Author Team Diversity and the Impact of Scientific Publications: Evidence from Physics Research at a National Science Lab.
Creator: Hinnant, Charles, Stvilia, Besiki, Wu, Shuheng, Worrall, Adam, Burnett, Gary, Burnett, Kathleen, Kazmer, Michelle M., Marty, Paul F.
Abstract/Description: In the second half of the 20th century, scientific research in physics, chemistry, and engineering began to focus on the use of large government-funded laboratories. This shift toward so-called big science also brought about a concomitant change in scientific work itself, with a sustained trend toward the use of highly specialized scientific teams, elevating the role of team characteristics on scientific outputs. The actual impact of scientific knowledge is commonly measured by how often peer...
Show moreIn the second half of the 20th century, scientific research in physics, chemistry, and engineering began to focus on the use of large government-funded laboratories. This shift toward so-called big science also brought about a concomitant change in scientific work itself, with a sustained trend toward the use of highly specialized scientific teams, elevating the role of team characteristics on scientific outputs. The actual impact of scientific knowledge is commonly measured by how often peer-reviewed publications are, in turn, cited by other researchers. Therefore, how characteristics such as author team seniority, affiliation diversity, and size affect the overall impact of team publications was examined. Citation information and author demographics were reviewed for 123 articles published in Physical Review Letters from 2004 to 2006 and written by 476 scientists who used the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory's facilities. Correlation analysis indicated that author teams that were more multi-institutional and had homogeneous seniority tended to have more senior scientists. In addition, the analysis suggests that more mixed seniority author teams were likely to be less institutionally dispersed. Quantile regression was used to examine the relationships between author-team characteristics and publication impact. The analysis indicated that both weighted average seniority and average seniority had a negative relationship with the number of citations the publication received. Furthermore, the analysis also showed a positive relationship between first-author seniority and the number of citations, and a negative relationship between the number of authors and the number of citations.
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Date Issued: 2012
Identifier: FSU_migr_slis_faculty_publications-0007, 10.1016/j.lisr.2012.03.001
Format: Citation

Title: Availability and accessibility in an open access institutional repository: A case study.
Creator: Lee, Jongwook, Burnett, Gary, Baeg, Jung Hoon, Vandegrift, Micah, Morris, Richard Jack
Abstract/Description: Introduction. This study explores the extent to which an institutional repository (IR) makes papers available and accessible on the open web by using 170 journal articles housed in DigiNole Commons, the IR at Florida State University. Method. To analyze the IR's impact on availability and accessibility, we conducted independent known-item title searches on both Google and Google Scholar (GS) to search for faculty publications housed in DigiNole Commons. Analysis. The extent to which the IR...
Show moreIntroduction. This study explores the extent to which an institutional repository (IR) makes papers available and accessible on the open web by using 170 journal articles housed in DigiNole Commons, the IR at Florida State University. Method. To analyze the IR's impact on availability and accessibility, we conducted independent known-item title searches on both Google and Google Scholar (GS) to search for faculty publications housed in DigiNole Commons. Analysis. The extent to which the IR makes articles available and accessible was measured quantitatively, and the findings that cannot be summarized with numbers were analyzed qualitatively. Results. Google and GS searches provided links to DigiNole metadata for a total of 145 (85.3%) of 170 items, and to full texts for 96 (96%) of 100 items. With one exception, access to either metadata or full text required no more than three clicks. Conclusions. Overall, the results confirm the contribution of the IR in making papers available and accessible. The results also reveal some impediments to the success of OA: including impediments linked to contractual arrangements between authors and publishers, impediments linked to policies, practices, and technologies governing the IR itself, and the low level of faculty participation in the IR.
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Date Issued: 2015
Identifier: FSU_migr_slis_faculty_publications-0027
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Title: Be Careful Little Eyes What You See: Factors Affecting Challenges to Materials in Private College Preparatory School Libraries.
Creator: Franklin, Renee E., Burnett, Kathleen, Schwartz, Robert A., Dresang, Eliza T., Wiegand, Wayne A., School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study examines the state of materials challenges in private college preparatory school libraries located in the Southeast United States. Prior to the study, the topic of challenges to school library materials had only been examined in the public school setting. Through the use of survey methodology and telephone interviews, this two-phase study sought answers to three research questions: (1) What is the status of challenges to materials in private college preparatory school libraries in...
Show moreThis study examines the state of materials challenges in private college preparatory school libraries located in the Southeast United States. Prior to the study, the topic of challenges to school library materials had only been examined in the public school setting. Through the use of survey methodology and telephone interviews, this two-phase study sought answers to three research questions: (1) What is the status of challenges to materials in private college preparatory school libraries in the southeast? (2) What is the status of outcomes of the challenges? (3) What are the factors that made a difference in influencing the outcome of the challenges? Ten (25%) research participants indicated having had challenges during the period under study. Five challenged books were retained, two were restricted, and three were removed from library collections. Interview responses indicated that influential factors may include school environment, complaint background, librarian characteristics, materials selection pressure, existence of a challenge committee, and librarian intervention. This study serves as a foundation upon which to build future research efforts in similar settings.
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Date Issued: 2006
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-4404
Format: Thesis

Title: Building a donor base for college and university libraries: Exploiting archives as a foundation for development.
Creator: Woodward, Eddie
Abstract/Description: In today's economic environment, there are pressures to fundraise throughout all of the academic units at colleges and universities, including libraries. Unfortunately, however, there is no natural constituency for the academic library. While the library may have been instrumental in their successful academic career, alumni more often than not, feel no loyalty to it, as they might to their department, school, college, or even sports team. The school library, which may have...
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In today's economic environment, there are pressures to fundraise throughout all of the academic units at colleges and universities, including libraries. Unfortunately, however, there is no natural constituency for the academic library. While the library may have been instrumental in their successful academic career, alumni more often than not, feel no loyalty to it, as they might to their department, school, college, or even sports team. The school library, which may have served as the important cog in their academic success, is taken for granted in its apparent supporting role.
Until recently, solidifying a donor base was of little consequence to the academic library; college and university libraries got by with minimal fundraising, often assisted by friends groups that provide financial support via annual membership fees and occasional fundraising events. College and university libraries friends groups are frequently made up of current and retired faculty and librarians, who understand the important role of the campus library. The trick for academic libraries in the current economy is to bring in new life and new blood in support of the library.
A key to this concept is to connect the interests of potential donors with the goals and objectives of the library. Current and retired faculty and library staff understand the importance of the library and its mission; but how can the library communicate its mission in a way that attracts alumni and other community supporters?
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_library_faculty_publications-0005
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Title: Career Patterns of Women Librarians Who Were Early Adopters of the Internet.
Creator: Ladner, Sharyn Johnson, Robbins, Jane B., Martin, Patricia Yancey, Burnett, Kathleen, Dresang, Eliza, School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Librarians have not generally been viewed as valuable contributors in the information-age workplace, yet librarians have the professional training to organize and manage information in a variety of contexts and forms, a critical concern in the 21st century. How do we account for the marginalization of librarianship in today's information-driven world? Why are librarians seen as peripheral to our information-based economy? This research considers the problem by looking at career progression,...
Show moreLibrarians have not generally been viewed as valuable contributors in the information-age workplace, yet librarians have the professional training to organize and manage information in a variety of contexts and forms, a critical concern in the 21st century. How do we account for the marginalization of librarianship in today's information-driven world? Why are librarians seen as peripheral to our information-based economy? This research considers the problem by looking at career progression, undervaluation of librarianship within the context of other information professions, and professional identity of 20 women librarians who were early adopters of the Internet working in corporations and other organizational environments in which the library is not institutionalized. The research focuses on issues of expertise and gender by exploring how women with technological expertise (a male-identified skill) in a female-identified profession (librarianship) make sense of their experiences in the changing information workplace (a gendered realm). The study is positioned within the conceptual framework of Andrew Abbott's jurisdictional conflict model and interpreted from a feminist critical perspective using Joan Acker's theory of gendered organizations. Research participants were selected from a group of special librarians who were part of a study of Internet use in the early 1990s. Data were obtained through telephone interviews and web-based questionnaires. Narrative and thematic approaches were used to analyze and interpret the findings.
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Date Issued: 2004
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-3322
Format: Thesis

Title: The Clinton and George W. Bush Administrations' FOIA Policies: The Presidents' Influences on FOIA Policies.
Creator: Noh, Woojin, McClure, Charles, Burnett, Gary, Hinnant, Chris, School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to develop a better understanding of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) policy formulation and implementation by analyzing the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations' FOIA policies. The problem this study addresses is why the Clinton and Bush administrations pursued different FOIA policies even though it appears that "an informed citizenry" was a basic FOIA principle shared by federal FOIA employees through both administrations. This study...
Show moreABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to develop a better understanding of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) policy formulation and implementation by analyzing the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations' FOIA policies. The problem this study addresses is why the Clinton and Bush administrations pursued different FOIA policies even though it appears that "an informed citizenry" was a basic FOIA principle shared by federal FOIA employees through both administrations. This study assumes that the President's comments and statements greatly affect the actions and decisions of the Executive Branch. This study used the principal agent theory, which identifies "hierarchical control," "goal conflict" and "difficulty in monitoring" as significant concepts. To answer the research questions, this study employed multi-qualitative methods, which are mainly non-reactive or unobtrusive research methods including content analysis, secondary analysis and document analysis. The author collected quantitative data from the OIP newsletter, the FOIA Update (1993 to 2000) and the FOIA Post (2001 to 2006), distributed quarterly in paper format until 2000. The FOIA was not a main agenda item of the Clinton and Bush administrations, although both Presidents Clinton and Bush showed some interest in the FOIA. The president's role in FOIA policy formulation is more than symbolic; Presidents Clinton and Bush had different political philosophies regarding the FOIA. Clinton considered the FOIA an essential facet of democracy, whereas Bush considered that the FOIA could be limited for national security, effectiveness of government performance, and personal privacy; The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks seemed to have added impetus to extend the Bush administration's restrictive FOIA policy, accelerating the administration's drive to regain presidential power. The Ashcroft memorandum and the Card memorandum seemed to change the climate of FOIA implementation from encouraging information release to protecting national security information. The similarities in FOIA policy between the two administrations are issuing FOIA directives, user-friendly ways, and acknowledgement of the importance of national security, effective government performance, and privacy. The differences in FOIA policy between the two administrations are opposite FOIA initiatives, different political environments, and structural changes for FOIA organization. Finally, the main implications of this study are that the president's philosophy on the FOIA had effects on federal FOIA policies; high level officers and political appointees were also able to affect FOIA policy formulation and implementation; middle-level FOIA officers had a critical role in FOIA implementation, a dual role in which they served both as principal and as agent; FOIA culture seemed to affect federal departments' FOIA implementation; insufficient and poor guidance have been a major hindrance to FOIA implementation; and Congress is one of the most important principals in FOIA policy formulation.
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Date Issued: 2011
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-5074
Format: Thesis

Title: A Comparative Citation Analysis Study of Web-Based and Print Journal-Based Scholarly Communication in the XML Research Field.
Creator: Zhao, Dangzhi, Burnett, Gary, Dennis, Lawrence C., Logan, Elisabeth, Burnett, Kathleen, Belton, Benjamin Keith, School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The accelerated development of information technology, especially the rapid growth of the Web, is changing the circumstances and consequently the structures and processes of scholarly communication. Since the Internet as a powerful communication medium has radically improved the efficiency of communication, scholarly communicative activities are increasingly being conducted over the Internet: interacting with peers, searching for information, publishing research results, etc. As a result,...
Show moreThe accelerated development of information technology, especially the rapid growth of the Web, is changing the circumstances and consequently the structures and processes of scholarly communication. Since the Internet as a powerful communication medium has radically improved the efficiency of communication, scholarly communicative activities are increasingly being conducted over the Internet: interacting with peers, searching for information, publishing research results, etc. As a result, there is renewed interest in the study of scholarly communication to see the types of communication that are taking place and the similarities to what we have come to expect from print based communication. New data sources and tools for scholarly communication research are becoming increasing available on the Web as well. These data and tools have opened up the possibility of new topics of inquiry applying new methods leading to new theories (Borgman, 2002; Zhao & Logan, 2002). The present study explores this possibility through an author citation analysis of scholarly communication patterns in the extensible Markup Language (XML) research field using data both from the Web as indexed by Research Index (http://www.researchindex.com) and from print journals as indexed by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)s Science Citation Index (SCI). A series of citation analyses including author visibility analysis and author co-citation analysis have been conducted, and comparisons of results from the two data sources have been carried out controlling for data scope and citation counting method respectively, to identify the similarities and differences between Web-based and print journal-based scholarly communication as revealed by citation analysis and to reveal the capacity of scientific papers published on the Web along with existing citation indexing tools for Web publications as an alternative data source to the ISI databases for citation analysis studies. Meanwhile, publications and characteristics of three groups of highly visible authors have been examined and compared authors highly visible both on the Web and in journals, those only in journals, and those only on the Web, to ascertain the possible contributing factors to the differences identified from the two data sources. Based on these, the present study also explores possible improvements of data sources and tools on the Web and the requirements for a problem solving environment (PSE) for scholarly communication research. XML is one of the most promising research areas and also one of the research fields that has taken an early move to online publishing. Through a series of citation analyses of the XML research field, the present study identifies the ideas and thinkers that have influenced the conceptual development within the field, the sub-areas in this field that appear to be more active, and the interrelationship of the sub-areas and of core researchers. Findings from this study indicate that the XML research field is a coherent research field in which scholars are well interconnected through intellectual and social ties. Researchers in this field are communicating research results heavily on the Web, especially results from studies at the research front. The two groups of XML scholars who actively publish on the Web or in journals share very few publications, and are concerned with different issues. While all study XML related standards or specifications and XML database design and implementation, research on XML applications is a focus only in journals, and research into the Semantic Web and programming for and processing of XML data is better represented on the Web. It appears that while emerging specialties such as the Semantic Web are more visible on the Web, new trends in long-existing specialties such as Software agents are well represented in journals. However, these two groups have similar citing behavior and their collective view of author visibility and the intellectual structure of the research field is very similar as well. This is indicated by the very high correlation between author ranking by number of citations resulting from ResearchIndex and that from SCI when the same citation counting method was used. This is also suggested by the similar relative locations of specialties, to which both groups have contributed, on the maps resulting from Multi-Dimensional Scaling (MDS) of the two data sources. Conclusions can be drawn from the findings that evaluation of scholars and examination of intellectual structures based on the collective view of citers on the Web should be considered as equally valid as those based on citers view in journals, provided the discipline being studied is well-published on the Web. In order to gain a complete picture of the scholarly communication patterns in the XML research field, multiple data sources should be used rather than only the ISI databases or ResearchIndex. These findings also seem to evidence a two-tier system in scholarly communication that is believed by some scholars to be a probable future model of the scholarly communication system (Poultney, 1996; van Raan, 2001). In this model, the first tier is a free space which represents the scholarly enterprise in real time and is most likely to feature free Web-based publications, while the second tier is the world of more formal publications that is most likely to continue to be dominated by journals (van Raan, 2001, p. 61). In other words, in this model, research would largely be initially reported on the Web to obtain priority and fast recognition and then gradually distributed through other more formal channels such as journals to gain formal acceptance. Data sources and tools increasingly available on the Web have opened up the possibility of new topics of inquiry applying new methods leading to new theories. However, they currently do not cover as many disciplines and are not as easy to use as the ISI databases. These are some of the aspects in scholarly communication systems that need to be improved and to which citation analysis can contribute. A well designed problem solving environment (PSE) for scholarly communication research can be a solution. The preliminary exploration of such a PSE in the present study is a start and hopefully will lead to a full discussion in the future.
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Date Issued: 2003
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0530
Format: Thesis

Title: A Comparison of Sensory Learning Modes and Adaptive Study Strategies in College Students.
Creator: Wetzel, Sheryl A., Burnett, Gary D., Seel, Norbert M., Marty, Paul F., School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Survey responses from 1,962 students attending Florida State University during the Spring 2007 semester were analyzed for a preferred sensory learning mode, number and variety of study methods, a match between sensory learning mode and sensory preference within the study habits, and passive versus deep learning processes. The students were found to demonstrate a sensory learning mode preference, but did not report using study habits that matched this sensory mode. Most of the students were...
Show moreSurvey responses from 1,962 students attending Florida State University during the Spring 2007 semester were analyzed for a preferred sensory learning mode, number and variety of study methods, a match between sensory learning mode and sensory preference within the study habits, and passive versus deep learning processes. The students were found to demonstrate a sensory learning mode preference, but did not report using study habits that matched this sensory mode. Most of the students were found to employ too few study methods to allow for the development of true study strategies, were found to use memorization as a primary study method, and to utilize passive learning rather than deep learning processes.
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Date Issued: 2007
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0424
Format: Thesis

Title: Competing Standards in the Education of School Librarians.
Creator: Church, Audrey P., Dickinson, Gail K., Everhart, Nancy, Howard, Jody
Abstract/Description: Education for school librarians traditionally blends elements from the fields of LIS and education. A thorough preparation in both professions is necessary since school librarians hold state teaching certification in K-12 library media. A variety of standards from professional organizations guide school librarians in performing their multi-faceted roles, and accordingly inform the curricula of school librarian preparation programs. However, the plethora of standards may actually make it more...
Show moreEducation for school librarians traditionally blends elements from the fields of LIS and education. A thorough preparation in both professions is necessary since school librarians hold state teaching certification in K-12 library media. A variety of standards from professional organizations guide school librarians in performing their multi-faceted roles, and accordingly inform the curricula of school librarian preparation programs. However, the plethora of standards may actually make it more difficult to determine what standards to include in LIS curricula, and when to include them in educating future school librarians. The implications of competitive aspects of inclusion of each of these standards in school librarian education programs are discussed.
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Date Issued: 2012
Identifier: FSU_migr_slis_faculty_publications-0021X
Format: Citation

Title: Connecting Faculty Researchers to Librarians via Departmental Associates.
Creator: Epstein, Susan A., Rosasco, Robyn
Abstract/Description: Librarians have provided reference and research support for faculty to varying degrees for many years, and librarian support is needed more than ever today with the rapidly evolving nature of library resources and online information. Learning about faculty research needs and determining ways to support their research is an ongoing challenge facing librarians. This article describes a library program that uses academic department administrative personnel to connect with faculty researchers and...
Show moreLibrarians have provided reference and research support for faculty to varying degrees for many years, and librarian support is needed more than ever today with the rapidly evolving nature of library resources and online information. Learning about faculty research needs and determining ways to support their research is an ongoing challenge facing librarians. This article describes a library program that uses academic department administrative personnel to connect with faculty researchers and helps clarify the roles that librarians, faculty, and administrative personnel play in the research process.
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Date Issued: 2015
Identifier: FSU_migr_medlib_publications-0003, 10.1080/02763877.2014.978246
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Title: Connecting to Collections in Florida: Current Conditions and Critical Needs in Libraries, Archives, and Museums.
Creator: Jorgensen, Corinne, Marty, Paul F., Braun, Kathy
Abstract/Description: This article presents results from an IMLS-funded project to evaluate the current state of collections in Florida's libraries, archives, and museums, current practices to preserve and conserve these collections, and perceived needs to maintain and improve these collections for future generations. The survey, modeled after the Heritage Health Index national survey, demonstrated that many of Florida's collections are in desperate need of conservation and preservation and indicate a clear need...
Show moreThis article presents results from an IMLS-funded project to evaluate the current state of collections in Florida's libraries, archives, and museums, current practices to preserve and conserve these collections, and perceived needs to maintain and improve these collections for future generations. The survey, modeled after the Heritage Health Index national survey, demonstrated that many of Florida's collections are in desperate need of conservation and preservation and indicate a clear need for an increased effort to guarantee the continued safety of and access to these collections. In addition to providing data on Florida's collections, the results of this study have national implications that will help researchers, professionals, administrators, government agencies, and the general public better understand the nature of collecting agencies and the long-term requirements for the continued preservation and conservation of the nation's natural and cultural heritage.
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Date Issued: 2012
Identifier: FSU_migr_slis_faculty_publications-0009, 10.1086/667437
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Title: Consumer Health Information Behavior in Public Libraries: A Mixed Methods Study.
Creator: Yi, Yong Jeong, Latham, Don, Glueckauf, Robert, Stvilia, Besiki, Mon, Lorri, School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Previous studies indicated inadequate health literacy of American adults as one of the biggest challenges for consumer health information services provided in public libraries. Little attention, however, has been paid to public users' health literacy and health information behaviors. In order to bridge the research gap, the study aims to investigate users' self-perceived health information behavior according to their health literacy abilities. The proficiency levels of health literacy were...
Show morePrevious studies indicated inadequate health literacy of American adults as one of the biggest challenges for consumer health information services provided in public libraries. Little attention, however, has been paid to public users' health literacy and health information behaviors. In order to bridge the research gap, the study aims to investigate users' self-perceived health information behavior according to their health literacy abilities. The proficiency levels of health literacy were determined by the scores of the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy Ability (S-TOFHLA). The study applied Sense-Making theory and self-perception theory for understanding users' self-perceived ability to find, evaluate, and use health information. The study employed self-administered surveys as a principal quantitative method and semi-structured in-depth interviews as the follow-up qualitative method. The study used non-parametric tests and descriptive statistics to analyze the data from surveys, and content analysis using open-coding, axial-coding, and theory notes to analyze the data from interviews. According to the findings of surveys, 98.5 percent of study participants had proficient levels of health literacy, and most of them perceived their abilities to find, evaluate, and use health information as high. There were some significant associations between health literacy and user demographic characteristics such as gender and the level of education. In comparison with a majority of the study participants' proficient health literacy and perception of their abilities, most of the interviewees encountered considerable barriers to using health information services in public libraries. Since users do not have sufficient knowledge about assessing the quality of health information, and have difficulty in making a treatment decision based on the health information they found, public libraries need to promote user education or health literacy workshops, particularly by collaboration with health-related organizations in a community. The study suggests that public libraries can contribute to public health of their communities by enhancing the health literacy of users and overcoming challenges of health information services by better understanding their health information behavior.
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Date Issued: 2012
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-5290
Format: Thesis

Title: Core Competencies for Subject Librarians at the Florida State University Libraries.
Creator: Schoonover, Dan, Kinsley, Kirsten M., Colvin, Gloria, Julian, Renaine, Buck Kachaluba, Sarah A., Vandegrift, Micah, Wharton, Lindsey, McKnight, Jenni, Wyckoff, Trip
Abstract/Description: In response to changing roles of subject librarians, Florida State University Libraries identified three basic, overarching values of the subject librarian program, and flowing out from those values, five core competencies. The values—engagement, advocacy, and collaboration—are a priority of all subject librarians and help to define a common identity. The core competencies—research services, scholarly communication, use of digital tools, teaching, and collection development and access—are...
Show moreIn response to changing roles of subject librarians, Florida State University Libraries identified three basic, overarching values of the subject librarian program, and flowing out from those values, five core competencies. The values—engagement, advocacy, and collaboration—are a priority of all subject librarians and help to define a common identity. The core competencies—research services, scholarly communication, use of digital tools, teaching, and collection development and access—are benchmarks for superior service.
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Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_library_faculty_publications-0023
Format: Citation

Title: Culture and Information Needs in Web-Based Learning: An Instrumental Case Study of Multilingual Graduate Students.
Creator: Dagli, Arif, Burnett, Kathleen, Driscoll, Marcy, Kazmer, Michelle, Burnett, Gary, School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Web-based learning is rapidly expanding as a method of delivery in higher education. Nationally and internationally, more and more graduate degree programs are using this delivery method as a viable alternative to traditional campus based face-to face education. Educators need to examine the extent to which information needs of students are being met in web-based contexts. Because the majority of students enrolled in web-based courses do not live near enough to their host institution to take...
Show moreWeb-based learning is rapidly expanding as a method of delivery in higher education. Nationally and internationally, more and more graduate degree programs are using this delivery method as a viable alternative to traditional campus based face-to face education. Educators need to examine the extent to which information needs of students are being met in web-based contexts. Because the majority of students enrolled in web-based courses do not live near enough to their host institution to take advantage of traditional information resources, they may not have the same opportunities to meet their information needs. Therefore, careful assessment and examination of student information needs is very critical to provide appropriate student services and to ensure student success. In addition, more research is required to explore the information needs of specific populations, such as multilingual students studying in web-based contexts. This instrumental case study was concerned with culture and information needs of multilingual graduate students in web-based learning contexts. Specifically, it aimed at answering the following research questions: 1) How and in what ways do multilingual graduate students in web-based degree programs perceive that their culture affects the way they meet their information needs in web-based learning contexts? 2) What do multilingual graduate students in web-based degree graduate programs perceive as their information needs? 3) What are the main characteristics and primary uses of information to satisfy multilingual graduate students' needs? The study used the Comprehensive Model of Information Seeking by Johnson (1997) as a theoretical foundation. The target population for this study was multilingual students who had partaken in a graduate level web-based learning degree program and/or course. This research employed semi-structured interviews as the primary data gathering technique. The findings of the study indicate that there were two types of factors influencing multilingual graduate students in web-based course contexts: a) factors relating to students' demographics and direct experience with the context and b) factors relating to the context in which web-based courses are delivered, such as course related factors, technical factors, time related factors, and course resource-related factors. Major findings of the study include that certain cultural elements directly affect the ways multilingual graduate students meet their information needs in web-based courses as they pursue their graduate degrees: Language; geographic location; level of education; communication and interaction skills and styles; length of stay in host country; and cultural proximity to culture of host country. Some cultural elements do not affect the students directly; they have indirect effects on the students, such as social class, nation of origin, and age. Finally, race or ethnicity, and gender were reported to have played no direct role in fulfilling their information needs in web-based courses. Other findings of the study include that students perceive that there are three types of information needs: a) information needs of the students relating to the University, b) information needs of the students relating to the program, and c) information needs of the students relating to courses. The participants were asked to characterize the types of information they used and describe all information sources that they utilized to satisfy their needs in web-based courses. Online library resources and course websites were two most often used information sources. Additionally, physical libraries, including the University libraries, local university, public, or community college libraries were used by the participants to meet their information needs. Textbooks and printed materials were among the other most often used information sources by the study participants. Finally, each participant was asked to identify and provide examples of information use activities where they met their information needs in their web-based courses. Students had to fulfill their information needs in three types of activities both synchronously and asynchronously: 1) class discussions individually or collectively; 2) individual assignments; and 3) group projects and assignments. In conclusion, an overview of this instrumental case study, limitations of the study and implications for the theoretical framework and information practices are presented. Recommendations for future research are made.
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Date Issued: 2005
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0858
Format: Thesis

Title: The Description and Indexing of Editorial Cartoons: An Exploratory Study.
Creator: Landbeck, Christopher Ryan, Jörgensen, Corinne, Hawkes, Lois, Kazmer, Michelle, Marty, Paul, Stvilia, Besiki, School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: While access to images in general has improved in the last 20 years, due to both advances in electronic storage and dissemination and to improvements in the intellectual provisions of them, access to editorial cartoons lags behind access to other types of images. While there have been piecemeal or ad hoc efforts to organize large cartoon collections, these efforts have been based on the wants and needs of the organizers, publishers, or collectors. The purpose of this research was to gather...
Show moreWhile access to images in general has improved in the last 20 years, due to both advances in electronic storage and dissemination and to improvements in the intellectual provisions of them, access to editorial cartoons lags behind access to other types of images. While there have been piecemeal or ad hoc efforts to organize large cartoon collections, these efforts have been based on the wants and needs of the organizers, publishers, or collectors. The purpose of this research was to gather information about user's descriptions of editorial cartoons. Specifically, it gathered terms and phrases provided by users to describe a set of editorial cartoons, both in an image tagging environment and in a simulated query environment. The population for this research was a blended sample; one population consisted of academics in fields that were assumed to have an interest in the research itself, and who were seen as likely to give a full, rich description of each image. The second population consisted of non-degree holding participants, against which the first results could be compared. The images used in this study were political cartoons from the five most recent Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonists. Content analysis of the cartoons' descriptions placed each description into one of Jörgensen's 12 Classes of image description, and the frequencies of each Class in this study were compared to similar studies. The results of this research show that while editorial cartoons can be described using Jörgensen's 12 Classes, they are described in very different ways than are other images. It was found that the Class ABSTRACT CONCEPTS was far more dominant when describing and searching for editorial cartoons than was so for other types of images; the Class LITERAL OBJECT was dominated by the attribute Text in both scenarios; VIEWER REACTIONS play a far larger role for these images than for others; and four Classes that are at least somewhat useful in searching for other types of images were almost unused when searching for editorial cartoons. Demographic variables show major differences in behavior among those of different education levels in tagging, and among different political views and genders when querying. Confirmatory interviews with image professionals and editorial cartoonists showed that the results would be of some use when implemented in the field. The results of this research would help inform efforts to index any image where the meaning of it was more important than the image content, and may help to describe all types of non-textual records of history and commentary.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-5469
Format: Thesis

Title: Developing an Academic Medical Library Core Journal Collection in the (Almost) Post-Print Era: The Florida State University College of Medicine Medical Library Experience.
Creator: Shearer, Barbara, Nagy, Suzanne
Abstract/Description: The Florida State University (FSU) College of Medicine Medical Library is the first academic medical library to be established since the Web's dramatic appearance during the 1990s. A large customer base for electronic medical information resources is both comfortable with and eager to migrate to the electronic format completely, and vendors are designing radical pricing models that make print journal cancellations economically advantageous. In this (almost) post-print environment, the new FSU...
Show moreThe Florida State University (FSU) College of Medicine Medical Library is the first academic medical library to be established since the Web's dramatic appearance during the 1990s. A large customer base for electronic medical information resources is both comfortable with and eager to migrate to the electronic format completely, and vendors are designing radical pricing models that make print journal cancellations economically advantageous. In this (almost) post-print environment, the new FSU Medical Library is being created and will continue to evolve. By analyzing print journal subscription lists of eighteen academic medical libraries with similar missions to the community-based FSU College of Medicine and by entering these and selected quality indicators into a Microsoft Access database, a core list was created. This list serves as a selection guide, as a point for discussion with faculty and curriculum leaders when creating budgets, and for financial negotiations in a broader university environment. After journal titles specific to allied health sciences, veterinary medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, library science, and nursing were eliminated from the list, 4,225 unique journal titles emerged. Based on a ten-point scale including SERHOLD holdings and DOCLINE borrowing activity, a list of 449 core titles is identified. The core list has been saved in spreadsheet format for easy sorting by a number of parameters.
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Date Issued: 2003
Identifier: FSU_migr_medlib_publications-0002
Format: Citation

Title: Developing Archival Information Package (AIP) for Florida Digital Archive (FDA) using Metadata Encoding Transmission Standard (METS): Digital curation data management for undergraduate honors theses (UHT) at Florida State University.
Creator: Smith, Plato, Viera, Alicia
Abstract/Description: The Florida State University (FSU) Libraries partnered with the Honors in the Major department in 2004 to begin providing onlineaccess to FSU undergraduate honors theses (UHT) . Over the years, data management processes, platform selection, workflow improvements, andpolicy developments have changed to improve the curation lifecycle of UHT at FSU. Some of these changes included representation information normalization, format conversion, content migration, copyright management, and digital...
Show moreThe Florida State University (FSU) Libraries partnered with the Honors in the Major department in 2004 to begin providing onlineaccess to FSU undergraduate honors theses (UHT) . Over the years, data management processes, platform selection, workflow improvements, andpolicy developments have changed to improve the curation lifecycle of UHT at FSU. Some of these changes included representation information normalization, format conversion, content migration, copyright management, and digital preservation. This project used The DCC CurationLifecycle Model as a conceptual framework for guiding the idea, development, curation activities, and workflow processes for the preservation of FSU UHTs from 2004-2010. The Metadata Encoding Transmission Standard (METS) was used for the development of Submission Information Packages (SIP) for preservation in the Florida Digital Archive (FDA) using Dark Archive in the Sunshine State (DAITSS) version 2 which entered production April 2011.
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Date Issued: 2011
Identifier: FSU_migr_digital_lib-0012
Format: Citation

Title: Developing Humanities Collections in the Digital Age: Exploring Humanities Faculty Engagement with Electronic and Print Resources.
Creator: Buck Kachaluba, Sarah A., Evans Brady, Jessica, Critten, Jessica
Abstract/Description: This article is based on quantitative and qualitative research examining humanities scholars' understandings of the advantages and disadvantages of print versus electronic information resources. It explores how humanities' faculty members at Florida State University (FSU) use print and electronic resources, as well as how they perceive these different formats. It was carried out with the goal of assisting the authors and other librarians in choosing between electronic and print formats when...
Show moreThis article is based on quantitative and qualitative research examining humanities scholars' understandings of the advantages and disadvantages of print versus electronic information resources. It explores how humanities' faculty members at Florida State University (FSU) use print and electronic resources, as well as how they perceive these different formats. It was carried out with the goal of assisting the authors and other librarians in choosing between electronic and print formats when performing collection development responsibilities.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_library_faculty_publications-0007
Format: Citation

Title: Developing small worlds of e-science: using quantum mechanics, biological science, and oceanography for education and outreach strategies for engaging research communities within a univeristy.
Creator: Smith, Plato, Schwerzel, Sharon, Weatherholt, Tamara
Abstract/Description: The poster will use text, diagrams, screenshots, models, and developing e-science digital collections at Florida State University (FSU) Libraries as an experimental approach in developing a digital preservation management policy strategy that promotes current and future use of FSU Libraries digital assets. Scientific research from quantum mechanics, biological science, and oceanography research disciplines will be used as digital collection development and preservation models for education...
Show moreThe poster will use text, diagrams, screenshots, models, and developing e-science digital collections at Florida State University (FSU) Libraries as an experimental approach in developing a digital preservation management policy strategy that promotes current and future use of FSU Libraries digital assets. Scientific research from quantum mechanics, biological science, and oceanography research disciplines will be used as digital collection development and preservation models for education and outreach strategies for engaging disciplinary research communities at FSU. The project will explore the use of standards-based description and the ingest, access, data management, and preservation functional entities of the open archival information system (OAIS) reference model as they relate to digital collection development and preservation of early works on quantum mechanics by Paul A.M. Dirac such as his 1926 hand-writing dissertation and other keen insights from primary source materials on quantum mechanics, biological science images of biological silica, and oceanography technical reports. Select materials from these research disciplines will be digitized, cataloged, and made available online via libraries public access catalog (OPAC), OCLC WorldCat, and DigiTool institutional repository (IR) along with being preserved via the Florida Digital Archive (FDA) and/or MetaArchive. The poster will reference Purdue's work on digital curation profile development for research discipline-specific communities and propose a theory of metatriangulation that maps the Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS) CCSDS 650.0-P-1.1 (Pink Book) Issue 1.1 August 2009, The DCC Curation Lifecycle Model, and Boyers Model of Scholarship in the development of a digital preservation management policy strategy for interdisciplinary consideration and research community engagement. The poster will exhibit FSU Libraries' local collaboration with the Department of Biological Science, Department of Oceanography, Special Collections and Dirac Science Library; regional collaboration with Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA); and national/international collaboration with MetaArchive Cooperative for data management and/or preservation.
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Date Issued: 2010
Identifier: FSU_migr_digital_lib-0010
Format: Citation

Title: Developing Southern Libraries to Influence the Life of the African-American User: An Exploratory, Archival Analysis.
Creator: Johnson, Aisha Montae, Marty, Paul F., Sinke, Suzanne M., Burnett, Kathleen M. (Kathleen Marie), Burnett, Gary, Florida State University, College of Communication and...
Show moreJohnson, Aisha Montae, Marty, Paul F., Sinke, Suzanne M., Burnett, Kathleen M. (Kathleen Marie), Burnett, Gary, Florida State University, College of Communication and Information, School of Library and Information Studies
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Abstract/Description: Library history provides a biographical account of libraries, which includes information concerning the establishment, benefactors, significant collections, services rendered, outstanding achievements, and other points of interest. However, records of library service to African Americans in the South prior to 1900 are rare or non-existent. Not until the early 20th century did the Julius Rosenwald Fund Library Program begin to offer library service to the black and white residents in the rural...
Show moreLibrary history provides a biographical account of libraries, which includes information concerning the establishment, benefactors, significant collections, services rendered, outstanding achievements, and other points of interest. However, records of library service to African Americans in the South prior to 1900 are rare or non-existent. Not until the early 20th century did the Julius Rosenwald Fund Library Program begin to offer library service to the black and white residents in the rural South. Through the analysis of archival documents, this dissertation explores the impact of the library program on Southern libraries and the role of the library in the life of the African-American user. In its attempt to educate the reader about the early African-American struggle for library access, this study highlights the lack of emphasis on library history research in the field of Library and Information Science (LIS) and its risk of losing a valuable sub-discipline. In addition, the field potentially forfeits invaluable insight and understanding of library service to African Americans in the 20th century. This could jeopardize future planning for adequate service to underrepresented populations. Using archival analysis, the study utilizes preset categories to investigate library practices of Rosenwald-funded libraries with anticipation for unanticipated concepts to emerge. This exploratory, archival analysis unveils the variety of approaches and practices the Julius Rosenwald Fund Library Program incorporated to improve library service not only to African-Americans users, but to the entire American South.
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Date Issued: 2015
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-9363
Format: Thesis

Title: Development of a New Academic Digital Library: A Study of Usage Data of a Core Medical Electronic Journal Collection.
Creator: Shearer, Barbara, Klatt, Carolyn, Nagy, Suzanne
Abstract/Description: OBJECTIVES: The current study evaluates the results of a previously reported method for creating a core medical electronic journal collection for a new medical school library, validates the core collection created specifically to meet the needs of the new school, and identifies strategies for making cost-effective e-journal selection decisions. METHODS: Usage data were extracted for four e-journal packages (Blackwell-Synergy, Cell Press, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, and ScienceDirect)....
Show moreOBJECTIVES: The current study evaluates the results of a previously reported method for creating a core medical electronic journal collection for a new medical school library, validates the core collection created specifically to meet the needs of the new school, and identifies strategies for making cost-effective e-journal selection decisions. METHODS: Usage data were extracted for four e-journal packages (Blackwell-Synergy, Cell Press, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, and ScienceDirect). Usage was correlated with weighted point values assigned to a core list of journal titles, and each package was evaluated for relevancy and cost-effectiveness to the Florida State University College of Medicine (FSU COM) population. RESULTS: The results indicated that the development of the core list was a valid method for creating a new twenty-first century, community-based medical school library. Thirty-seven journals are identified for addition to the FSU COM core list based on use by the COM, and areas of overlapping research interests between the university and the COM are identified based on use of specific journals by each population. CONCLUSIONS: The collection development approach that evolved at the FSU COM library was useful during the initial stages of identifying and evaluating journal selections and in assessing the relative value of a particular journal package for the FSU COM after the school was established.
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Date Issued: 2009
Identifier: FSU_migr_medlib_publications-0001, 10.3163/1536-5050.97.2.005
Format: Citation

Title: The Development of Information Technology Curricula Guidelines and Skill Standards: Toward a Theory of the Emergence of Computing Degree Programs.
Creator: Subramaniam, Manimegalai M., Burnett, Kathleen, McDowell, Stephen, Burnett, Gary, Fleischmann, Kenneth, School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: This study begins the endeavor to develop a middle range theory on the emergence of computing degree programs by investigating the social interaction factors that influenced the development of information technology (IT) curricula guidelines and skill standards in the United States (US). The major goal of this dissertation study is to identify and describe the social interaction factors that influenced the development of new curricula guidelines and skill standards for IT degree programs, and...
Show moreThis study begins the endeavor to develop a middle range theory on the emergence of computing degree programs by investigating the social interaction factors that influenced the development of information technology (IT) curricula guidelines and skill standards in the United States (US). The major goal of this dissertation study is to identify and describe the social interaction factors that influenced the development of new curricula guidelines and skill standards for IT degree programs, and to determine how these factors relate to the purposes and missions of the educational institutions they serve. The two initiatives studied in this dissertation were pursued by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – Computer Society through the Special Interest Group in IT Education (SIGITE) and the National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies (NWCET) The SIGITE developed the IT curricula guidelines and NWCET developed the IT skill standards. To develop the list of factors, documents produced and used during these initiatives were examined. The social interaction factors that triggered the development of IT curricula guidelines and skill standards for four-year degree programs were scrutinized. The method used to investigate this phenomenon was the grounded theory methodology (GTM) based on the work of Strauss & Corbin (1998). Interviews were conducted with representatives of the initiatives to confirm that the findings reflected their perceptions of the social interaction factors. The four major social interaction factors that influenced the development of IT curricula guidelines by the SIGITE include: birth of a professional organization, the need to nurture IT as a discipline, student interest in IT, and cultural and technical changes taking place at that time. The four major social interaction factors that were found to influence the development of IT skill standards by NWCET are partnerships, technology worker shortage, mobility, and qualification gap. There were six major differences between these two initiatives, including the use of alternative curriculum development strategies, the amount of funding available, the focus of their support systems, the party demanding IT education, their contribution to IT education and the focus on mobility. This study examined the differences between the products produced by these two initiatives to support the two institutional orientations that they serve: community colleges and four-year universities or colleges, thus providing useful indicators to both types. This study also provided a checklist of social interaction factors to be considered by individuals or organizations involved in the future development of newer versions of curricula guidelines and skill standards. The checklist also may facilitate cross-organizational learning and attention to factors that were not considered by the individual organizations. Some of the limitations of this study were addressed in the final chapter. Recommendations were provided to continue the study of the emergence of IT degree programs, the emergence of other computing degree programs, and emergence of new areas of inquiry by presenting a tentative research plan.
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Date Issued: 2007
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-1518
Format: Thesis

Title: Diatomscapes Exposé – How Faculty and Digital Librarian Collaborate to Promote and Preserve the Passion of the Research (CP3R) for Digital Futures.
Creator: Smith, Plato
Abstract/Description: The paper aims to introduce the framework outlined in The Digital Curation Centre (DCC) Curation Lifecycle Model for the development of a systematic approach for preservation of images of biological silica collected from the southern part of the US. The paper also aims to demonstrate the progressive collaborative relationship between researcher and digital librarian in developing and preserving images of biological silica for open access and digital preservation.
Date Issued: 2010
Identifier: FSU_migr_digital_lib-0004
Format: Citation

Title: Digital Commons: FSU's Institutional Repository (IR).
Creator: Morris, Sammie
Date Issued: 2011
Identifier: FSU_migr_sca-0001
Format: Citation

Title: Digital Convergence and the Information Profession in Cultural Heritage Organizations: Reconciling Internal and External Demands.
Creator: Marty, Paul F.
Abstract/Description: Nearly twenty years ago, W. Boyd Rayward became one of the first academics to examine how electronic information and the functional integration of libraries, archives, and museums has affected, and will affect, the information profession. In doing so, he laid the groundwork for an entire research agenda on the topic of digital convergence, where the increased use of, and reliance on, digital resources in libraries, archives, and museums has increasingly blurred the traditional distinctions...
Show moreNearly twenty years ago, W. Boyd Rayward became one of the first academics to examine how electronic information and the functional integration of libraries, archives, and museums has affected, and will affect, the information profession. In doing so, he laid the groundwork for an entire research agenda on the topic of digital convergence, where the increased use of, and reliance on, digital resources in libraries, archives, and museums has increasingly blurred the traditional distinctions between these institutions. This paper explores how Rayward's early work in this area influenced the development of this topic over time, focusing on how information professionals in cultural heritage organizations can and should reconcile their internal perceptions of identity with the external expectations of their users, particularly those who do not or cannot clearly distinguish between different institutions or the information resources they manage. In a world where the traditional assumptions we take for granted about information organization and access in libraries, archives, and museums are simply not shared by our users, the future of the information profession depends on the ability of cultural heritage information professionals to transcend the traditional boundaries between libraries, archives, and museums to meet information needs in the digital age.
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Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_slis_faculty_publications-0021, 10.1353/lib.2014.0007
Format: Citation

Title: Distance Learning Students' Perceptions of the Online Instructor Roles and Competencies.
Creator: Abdulla, Ahmad G., Hart, Thomas L., Garretson, Peter P., Bertot, John C., Kazmer, Michelle M., School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: One of the most important roles of the online instructor is to insure successful teaching by keeping students' interactions and discussions focused on topic, adding knowledge and expertise, and maintaining group harmony. Therefore, the success of online learning depends on the instructors' ability to acquire new competencies, rather than mastering the technology. Despite the growth in online instructor competency related studies, there is a lack of research regarding the instructors' roles...
Show moreOne of the most important roles of the online instructor is to insure successful teaching by keeping students' interactions and discussions focused on topic, adding knowledge and expertise, and maintaining group harmony. Therefore, the success of online learning depends on the instructors' ability to acquire new competencies, rather than mastering the technology. Despite the growth in online instructor competency related studies, there is a lack of research regarding the instructors' roles and competencies from the distance learning students' perspective. This study was an attempt to explore distance learning students' perceptions of the roles and competencies defined by experts in the field. A comprehensive list of roles, outputs, and competencies of online instructors were provided to the students in order to rate the importance of each role and competency. It was the purpose of this study to compare the findings of this study with the findings of pervious studies. The population of this study included all distance learning graduate students (n = 328) currently enrolled in the School of Information Studies at Florida State University. Forty-two percent (n = 140) of the original student population of 328, completed and submitted the online survey. Roles and competencies were ranked by their importance; ranking was also achieved by taking the average of competency means across roles and competencies. Results for the top ten competencies in overall importance, based on highest mean rating are: Content Knowledge, Facilitation (discussion) Skills, Organizational Skills, Planning Skills, English Proficiency, Presentation Skills, Interpersonal Communication Skills, Learning Styles and Theory, Teaching Strategies/models, Skills with Internet Tools for Instruction. The findings also determined that when compared to previous competency studies, there was a significant difference between students' perceptions and experts' perceptions regarding the most important online instructor competencies. Experts rated social competencies (interpersonal communication skills) number one in the list of top ten most important online instructor competencies; on the other hand, students rated intellectual competencies (content knowledge) number one in their list of top ten. However, both experts and students concurred regarding managerial competencies, because both rated at least four managerial skills in the list of top ten competencies. Distance learning students' responses indicated that instructors should give careful attention to the development and improvement of their intellectual, social, managerial, and technical roles and competencies. The importance of paying attention to the technical and managerial roles, in addition to intellectual and social competencies of the online instructor, were emphasized as critical factors for the success of discussion and interaction in the online environment. This dissertation has helped bridge the gap between the perceptions of distance education experts and distance learning students by providing a comprehensive list of important online instructors' roles and competencies. Due to the rate of change in technologies used to deliver instruction and related changes in higher education, it is recommended to do another study to identify more roles and competencies. This study should be expanded to include the perceptions of students in different disciplines and other countries.
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Date Issued: 2004
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0014
Format: Thesis

Title: Distributed knowledge in an online patient support community: Authority and discovery.
Creator: Kazmer, Michelle M., Lustria, Mia, Cortese, Juliann, Burnett, Gary, Kim, Ji-Hyun, Ma, Jinxuan, Frost, Jeana
Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_slis_faculty_publications-0012, 10.1002/asi.23064
Format: Citation

Title: The Domain Shared by Computational and Digital Ontology: A Phenomenological Exploration and Analysis.
Creator: Compton, Bradley Wendell, Burnett, Kathleen, Dancy, Russell, Burnett, Gary, Wiegand, Wayne, School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this dissertation is to explore and analyze a domain of research thought to be shared by two areas of philosophy: computational and digital ontology. Computational ontology is philosophy used to develop information systems also called computational ontologies. Digital ontology is philosophy dealing with our understanding of Being and human existence in terms of the digital. While computational ontology accounts for reality as that which is disclosed to us by natural science...
Show moreThe purpose of this dissertation is to explore and analyze a domain of research thought to be shared by two areas of philosophy: computational and digital ontology. Computational ontology is philosophy used to develop information systems also called computational ontologies. Digital ontology is philosophy dealing with our understanding of Being and human existence in terms of the digital. While computational ontology accounts for reality as that which is disclosed to us by natural science—reality independent of human experience—digital ontology always begins with and refers back to the human being in its analysis of Being. The methodology in this dissertation is phenomenology. Both computational and digital ontology are represented using instrumental case studies. The findings consist of essential components shared by computational and digital ontology, the modes in which they appear, and philosophical questions to explore in future research. Ultimately, this dissertation concludes that there is a domain shared by computational and digital ontology in spite of some fundamental differences between the two.
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Date Issued: 2009
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-3484
Format: Thesis

Title: Educational Preparation of Entry-Level Professional Librarians Employed by Florida Research Libraries.
Creator: Elgohary, Amgad A., Robbins, Jane, Garretson, Peter, Summers, F. William, Hart, Thomas, School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Although there are numerous studies, conferences, and journal articles devoted to the topic of library education, extensive debates remain regarding both the purpose and effectiveness of library education as a tool in helping prepare entry-level professional librarians. A major part of the debate is the question of whether, in general, library schools are meeting the demands of the job market for librarians and information specialists. The purpose of this study was to investigate the...
Show moreAlthough there are numerous studies, conferences, and journal articles devoted to the topic of library education, extensive debates remain regarding both the purpose and effectiveness of library education as a tool in helping prepare entry-level professional librarians. A major part of the debate is the question of whether, in general, library schools are meeting the demands of the job market for librarians and information specialists. The purpose of this study was to investigate the preparation of entry-level research librarians. It will describe the relationship between formal library education and work in research libraries from the perceptions of entry-level librarians and their supervisors. The main goal of the study is to help library and information studies schools to prepare future research librarians and equip them with in-demand knowledge and skills. The results of the study would be of benefit for administrators and educators at library and information studies schools who are concerned with preparing MLIS students to work in research libraries. In order to answer the five research questions designed for this study, two web based surveys were used to collect data from 45 entry-level research librarians in Florida, and 18 heads of departments at the same libraries. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Findings of the study validated 28 required competencies for entry-level research librarians. Perceptions of research librarians indicated that schools of library and information studies in the U.S. have helped their recent graduates, who work in research libraries, in acquiring 64% of the required competencies. In addition, findings indicated that increasing internship requirements and adding more management instruction are the most important methods for library schools to consider in preparing future research librarians. Finally, the study elicited the perceptions of both groups regarding the expected required competencies for entry-level research librarians from 2005 to 2010. Recommendations for library schools regarding the educational preparation of entry-level research librarians are provided.
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Date Issued: 2003
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0578
Format: Thesis

Title: The Effect of Digitally Shortening and Lengthening Pauses on Listening Comprehension.
Creator: Reid, Ronald Gregory, Genz, Marcella D., Bourgeois, Michelle S., Belton, Benjamin Keith, Conaway, Charles Wm., School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of digitally shortening and lengthening pauses on listening comprehension. Using digital audio software, pauses within the Brown, Carlsen, Carstens (BCC) Listening omprehension Test were modified to create a control group version (unaltered) and three experimental versions: pauses lengthened by 300 msec; pauses shortened by 150 msec; and, pauses shortened by 300 msec. Effects of these pause length treatments on listening comprehension were...
Show moreThe purpose of the study was to determine the effect of digitally shortening and lengthening pauses on listening comprehension. Using digital audio software, pauses within the Brown, Carlsen, Carstens (BCC) Listening omprehension Test were modified to create a control group version (unaltered) and three experimental versions: pauses lengthened by 300 msec; pauses shortened by 150 msec; and, pauses shortened by 300 msec. Effects of these pause length treatments on listening comprehension were measured for each of the five individual BCC sections and for composite scores. Subjects were 144 college students enrolled in undergraduate psychology classes. Means of numbers of incorrect responses were used in analysis of variance and Kruskal-Wallis calculations. Results demonstrated statistical significance for two BCC test sections, Section C (Recognizing Transitions) and Section D (Recognizing Word Meanings). For Section C, lengthening pauses by 300 msec yielded a significant difference between mean numbers of incorrect responses at the .05 level. For Section D, the control group condition (with unaltered original pause lengths) yielded a significant difference between mean numbers of incorrect responses at the .10 level. For certain sections of the test, it was concluded that that presentation rate could be increased (via pause length shortening) without loss of comprehension—in other words, that listening efficiency could be increased. Designated as primary beneficiaries of the research were clients of the National Library Service (the producers of "Talking Books") and distance learners using audio-enhanced web-based materials. Recommended were further studies involving different pause lengths, subjects and stimulus materials, as well as the development of software that allows users to select from a variety of offered pause lengths.
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Date Issued: 2003
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-1902
Format: Thesis

Title: Efficiencies for Quality Control of Repurposed Metadata.
Creator: Glerum, Annie
Abstract/Description: Quality control of bibliographic data is essential in assuring ETDs are both discoverable and accurately described. This poster session outlines semi-automated methods for achieving accurate transcription of bibliographic data in theses and dissertations for both digital repository and catalog records. Earlier methods involved digital repository staff manually inputting bibliographic data then cataloging staff copying that data from the digital repository website into a MARC template along...
Show moreQuality control of bibliographic data is essential in assuring ETDs are both discoverable and accurately described. This poster session outlines semi-automated methods for achieving accurate transcription of bibliographic data in theses and dissertations for both digital repository and catalog records. Earlier methods involved digital repository staff manually inputting bibliographic data then cataloging staff copying that data from the digital repository website into a MARC template along with additional information from the PDF. With the new workflow, manual transcription of bibliographic information found in the PDF is replaced with automated extraction of the PDF data. The extracted PDF data and the ProQuest metadata are used as common source data for XSLT (eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) programs to generate metadata for both the digital repository (Bepress) and the catalog (MARC21XML). Common modular XSLT programs are included in both transformations, and common XML reference tables provide an index of shared data values. The advantage of this new method is that it combines the quality control of transcription taken directly from the PDF with the time efficiency of automated repurposing of ProQuest metadata. By using common data sources, transformations, and reference tables, the metadata is accurate and consistent for both the digital repository and the catalog. And since staff time is greatly reduced, the ETDs are made available to patrons more quickly.
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Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_library_faculty_publications-0014
Format: Citation

Title: Ernestine Rose and the Harlem Public Library: Theory Testing Using Historical Sources.
Creator: Skinner, Julia C., Gross, Melissa, Koslow, Jennifer Lisa, Burnett, Gary, Urban, Richard J., Florida State University, College of Communication and Information, School of Library...
Show moreSkinner, Julia C., Gross, Melissa, Koslow, Jennifer Lisa, Burnett, Gary, Urban, Richard J., Florida State University, College of Communication and Information, School of Library and Information Studies
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Abstract/Description: This dissertation focused on the 135th Street branch of the New York Public Library, located in the Harlem neighborhood. It focused on the library under the leadership of Ernestine Rose, who was the head librarian from 1920-1942. During this time, the library became a community center with diverse and vibrant programming, and an important influence on the Harlem Renaissance. This study focuses on a longer time period than has been examined previously, and also introduces theory testing to the...
Show moreThis dissertation focused on the 135th Street branch of the New York Public Library, located in the Harlem neighborhood. It focused on the library under the leadership of Ernestine Rose, who was the head librarian from 1920-1942. During this time, the library became a community center with diverse and vibrant programming, and an important influence on the Harlem Renaissance. This study focuses on a longer time period than has been examined previously, and also introduces theory testing to the document analysis, which is an underused method of historical analysis in Information Studies currently. This study uses the theory of Information Worlds, which contextualizes information behaviors within the social worlds individuals inhabit, and introduces the Change in Historic Institutions model, which provides a framework for describing change events.
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Date Issued: 2015
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-9684
Format: Thesis

Title: ETD Access and Discovery: Enhancing Public Access and Discovery of the Research at Florida State University.
Creator: Smith, Plato
Abstract/Description: ETD 2006 U.S. Regional Conference: Revealing the Potential of ETDs co-presentation at the University of Missouri-St. Louis on October 27, 2006 with Michael Kaplan of Ex Libris discussing DigiTool digital assets management system.
Date Issued: 2006
Identifier: FSU_migr_digital_lib-0015
Format: Citation

Title: Evaluative Metadata in Educational Digital Libraries: How Users Use Evaluative Metadata in the Process of Document Selection.
Creator: You, Soeun, Kazmer, Michelle M., Dennen, Vanessa, Marty, Paul F., Stvilia, Besiki, School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this research was to contribute to an important research and practice issue, how users use evaluative metadata (i.e., end-user ratings, annotations, opinions, usage, and experts' recommendations) when searching for documents in educational digital libraries. The dissertation built a model of the predictive judgment process to develop design principles for digital library systems with evaluative metadata. Multiple methods were employed in the research design: (1) a questionnaire...
Show moreThe purpose of this research was to contribute to an important research and practice issue, how users use evaluative metadata (i.e., end-user ratings, annotations, opinions, usage, and experts' recommendations) when searching for documents in educational digital libraries. The dissertation built a model of the predictive judgment process to develop design principles for digital library systems with evaluative metadata. Multiple methods were employed in the research design: (1) a questionnaire gathered demographic information, the subjects' computer/Internet/web knowledge, information needs (tasks), search keywords, and topic knowledge; (2) a think-aloud protocol was used to collect data about cognitive processes, in this case document selection; (3) semi-structured interviews gathered information about subjects' thoughts about their behavior; (4) the researcher wrote field notes (observation); and (5) Camtasia software was used to record the trace of each subject's metadata usage. The participants were 14 graduate students from School of Library and Information Studies in Florida State University. Four tasks were given to them in a laboratory setting. Tasks were two types 1) for finding teaching materials as an instructor, and 2) study materials as a student. The analyses were based on data from surveys, searching experiments, and post interviews. The data included 366 reviewed items in the search results of 60 searches. The results showed the user's positive inclination toward the evaluative metadata during searching in MERLOT. The research identified the reasons for scanning and examining evaluative metadata elements in the predictive judgment process. In addition, three ways to use evaluative metadata in the predictive judgment process were showed. The research also found the factors which influence the usage of the evaluative metadata: Users' cognitive, Function of the Digital Libraries, Situational, and Task. Finally, the revised predictive process model was presented including three stages of the predictive judgment (Scanning/Examining, Judgment, and Decision), the factors which affect the usage of evaluative metadata, and relevance criteria when the participants searched documents in MERLOT. The findings of the research provide implications for advancing empirical research for evaluative metadata and user-centered relevance study, and improving the design of the educational digital libraries.
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Date Issued: 2010
Identifier: FSU_migr_etd-0864
Format: Thesis

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