A5013883441- Library Science and Administration
- Library Science and Information Literacy
- Library Collection Development and Digital Resources
- Web and Library Services
- Digital and Traditional Archives Management
- Research Data Management Practices
- International Law and Human Rights
- Human Rights and Development
- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Historical Gender and Feminism Studies
- Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law
- Digital Humanities and Scholarship
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Intellectual Property Law
- Library Science and Information Systems
- Information Science and Libraries
- Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery
- Gender Diversity and Inequality
- American Constitutional Law and Politics
- European Criminal Justice and Data Protection
- Regulation and Compliance Studies
- Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism
- Gender and Technology in Education
- Environmental law and policy
- Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
2021-2023
Film Independent
2022
Association of Research Libraries
1984-2019
Library of Congress
1984-2012
University of Chicago
2009
Northwestern University
2008
University of California, Santa Barbara
2002-2004
Smith College
1995-1996
Summary 1. The European Union's Water Framework Directive requires all water bodies to achieve ‘good ecological status’ by 2015 and this paper describes a rationale for defining based on diatoms, significant component of the biological quality element ‘macrophyte phytobenthos’. 2. A database benthic diatom samples collected over past 20 years was assembled. New sampling, specifically project, undertaken during 2004 supplement these data. In total 1051 were included in with matching...
ABSTRACT In the digital environment, we still have resources, staff, and facilities that combine in various ways to acquire provide information. These recombinations challenge traditional definitions of library organization. Students faculty now many options for conducting their work, which is only one; future libraries—and librarians—will thus be our ability differentiate ourselves through unique value added features. The not a single static entity, it becoming suite services users locate,...
MOOCs: An Opportunity for Innovation and Research Sarah M. Pritchard The acronym “M.O.O.C.” could be a candidate the most popular new word of 2012: massively open online courses, large scale form what we used to call education. One can’t scan newsletter or conference program related any aspect constituency higher education without seeing some reference MOOCs, whether it’s pro con just exploratory. Many universities are actively developing these courses with one for-profit non-profit ventures...
Special Collections Surge to the Fore Sarah M. Pritchard (bio) As libraries increasingly subscribe and have access same packages of easily replicated digital content as publishers’ portfolios merge converge, what will be features that differentiate help us assess quality information services available at a given institution? The sheer volume large general collections gradually less distinctive than such things professional consultation instruction, provision tools for management,...
Fundraising:Collaboration, Impact, and Assessment Sarah M. Pritchard (bio) Most academic libraries are actively involved in external fundraising, whether it's seeking private philanthropy, foundation support, government grants, or corporate sponsorships. This is not only a major responsibility of the director, it extends more to other library staff, including development officers, curators, public relations associate directors. The recent financial setbacks have had paradoxical effect, both...
Abstract The ARL Scholars Portal Working Group was established in 2000 to advance the concept of a collective research library presence on Web. On 1 May 2002, there public news release that Project being launched by several member libraries (a subset working group) collaboration with and Fretwell-Downing, Inc. (FD). This report summarizes work from its inception, including group's sense key portal features functionality. concludes recommendation Board discharge replace it new Applications.
Innovative Research in Academic Libraries:Do Editorials, Agendas, or Think Tanks Make a Difference? Sarah M. Pritchard (bio) Do practitioners and scholars of profession still pause for few moments scan the editorials at fronts journals? In digital environment, anecdotal evidence suggests that most readers come to journal through specific indexing tool search term links an individual article; or, if reader is looking table contents latest issue journal, he she scans all titles but probably...
Double-Blind Review: A Commitment to Fair Editorial Practices Sarah M. Pritchard (bio) In recent months there have been several articles, panels, and publishing projects that critique or propose new approaches the editorial practices involved in peer reviewing. The American Economic Association announced 2011 it would end double-blind manuscript reviews its various journals, saying “the practice will make easier for reviewers spot conflicts of interest, reduce administrative costs review...
Boundary-Crossing in the Age of Turf Sarah M. Pritchard (bio) A version this essay was presented at meeting Cultural Studies Association, Berkeley, CA, March 20, 2010 Despite hype that peer-reviewed journal is dying and does not fit today's modes scholarship, number journals flourishing; problems editing publishing them has become even more complex. The digital environment presents new challenges also throws into high relief some very old ones, for example copyright plagiarism. We are well...
Collaborating to Shape New Information Services Sarah M. Pritchard (bio) portal: Libraries and the Academy has as its mission address library information services in a campus-wide context, focusing on librarians’ engagement with learning services, joint technology initiatives, cross-disciplinary cross-functional research, faculty partnerships, scholarly publishing public policy. But encouraging research that results from innovative collaborations or shows integrative potential of libraries...
Building Institutions of Knowledge:Librarianship as a Maker-Space Sarah M. Pritchard Librarians build—they build collections, design services, plan buildings, set up organizations, create databases and catalogs indexes, construct taxonomies, curricula, establish professional schools, found journals. We actively shape our own profession, in turn we make the knowledge structures to organize information enable others find it link use it. We’re always changing these structures, tearing them...
The Rising Rate of Plagiarism, Careless Citation Practice, Bad Grammar, and Failure to Read (and I’m Not Talking About the Students) Sarah M. Pritchard In many editorials, we try highlight cutting-edge issues in higher education or information services, suggest areas for solid new research innovative analysis. This month’s statement, however, may be viewed by some readers as just a rant, fussing over something old tired. It is both. an exhortation our colleagues adhere traditional measures...
A Janus Perspective Sarah M. Pritchard (bio) The month of January suggests the traditional meaning two-faced god, looking both backward to old year and forward new. It also offers a rich series analogies with nature this journal broader library information profession. Appropriately enough, was not only god beginnings endings but gates doors—of portals. portal has sought position libraries as gateways in academy, it now steps across threshold its own, ending one era stewardship beginning...