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Government Libraries; Medical Libraries; Exhibits; Academic Libraries; Library Services; Selection; Planning; Institutional Cooperation; Marketing; Program Budgeting

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Libraries are constantly challenged to find ways to demonstrate their value to their institutions. Can hosting a National Library of Medicine (NLM) exhibition increase a library's impact? In 2012 the University of Toledo engaged their constituents by hosting and developing programming for the NLM exhibit Harry Potter's World: Renaissance Science, Magic and Medicine. The process is synthesized into five stages: choosing, visioning, finding allies, budgeting, and marketing. Recommended practices for each stage are presented. Measures of impact (attendance, views, tweets, feedback) are discussed. Author concludes that hosting NLM exhibitions can be cost effective ways to advance a library's mission, improve visibility and user's perceptions. (Contains 6 figures.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Library Services; Government Libraries; Public Libraries; Surveys; Foreign Countries; Pretests Posttests; Interviews; Questionnaires

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As a public library, a public good, provides many external benefits for the community it belongs to, its public value needs to be carefully assessed. More specifically, the Korean Government demands information on the public value that ensues from the establishment of the Gwangju branch of the National Library. This paper therefore attempts to measure its public value by using the contingent valuation method and reporting the results of the contingent valuation survey. We adopted a strategy to use two split samples for on-site and off-site areas, which refer to one area surrounding the library and another that does not, respectively, and as such, the study focuses on the scale parameter of the contingent valuation model. The estimated value for the scale parameter is statistically significant at the 1% level. The statistical test of the hypothesis that the mean willingness to pay estimate for the on-site area is not different from that for the off-site requires estimating the mean willingness to pay separately for each area. The mean willingness to pay estimates for the on-site and off-site area are KRW 3330.5 (GBP 1.7) and KRW 3572.9 (GBP 1.8) per household per year, respectively. The national value expanded to relevant residents is about KRW 60bn (GBP 30m) annually for five years. The results are expected to be useful for policy makers in determining the economic feasibility of the branch. (Contains 6 tables.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Foreign Countries; Conferences (Gatherings); Library Services; Focus Groups; Agenda Setting; Value Judgment; Library Research; Advocacy; Strategic Planning; Performance Factors; Evaluative Thinking; Government Libraries

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On May 31st 2012 the ACTive ALIA Group and Australian Government Libraries Information network (AGLIN) ran a national symposium on the topic of "Value of Libraries". Approximately 80 attended this event which was designed to challenge librarians with conversations that focused on economic and other means of demonstrating our value--value from the perspective of our user community and advocacy skills. The program contained a set of ideas to stimulate thinking: (1) Have you thought about what is the value proposition for your clients? (2) In these times of financial restraint how can you position your library to deliver the services that really matter to your organisation? (3) How can you be a part of your organisation that makes a difference and communicates your value? and (4) Do you want to survive? Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Health Services; Architecture; Schools; Cooperation; Museums; Government Libraries; Public Libraries; Electronic Libraries; Library Networks; Foreign Countries; Partnerships in Education; Institutional Cooperation; Libraries

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Collaboration in the digital domain offers an opportunity to provide enhanced digital services and extended reach to the community. This article adopts a service-oriented perspective through which it considers environmental drivers for digital library collaboration; discusses emergent collaborative partnerships across UK educational institutions, social services, health services, private industry, and cultural sectors; considers associated challenges; and identifies best practices. Existing and potential synergistic relationships are explored across the broader cultural sector--in particular, with the respective processes of libraries, museums, archives, arts and broadcasting organizations comprehensively identified and mapped (commonality), and the relationship to service-oriented architecture highlighted. The degree of digital service collaboration is also explored through an indicative review of Scottish public library websites, encompassing thirty-two regional library networks and including the National Library. Collaboration is found to be evident but limited in the digital domain, with strategic and architectural recommendations made. (Contains 2 figures and 6 footnotes.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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African American Community; Cultural Pluralism; Government Libraries; Public Libraries; Professional Associations; Library Services; Librarians; Immigrants; Library Science; Citizenship; Moral Values

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Jane Maud Campbell's career demonstrated her commitment and passion for library services with immigrants and minorities as one of the first advocates for multiculturalism in librarianship. She began her career working in the Newark Public Library and soon was employed as the librarian of the Passaic Public Library. She was the first woman employed by a state library commission to serve the needs of immigrants in Massachusetts. A prolific writer and champion of immigrants' rights within the American Library Association, she served for a brief time on the ALA Committee on Work with the Foreign Born in its initial years. She spent the later years of her career as a public librarian in Lynchburg, Virginia, during a period of segregation in the South. She worked around the edges of the law to make library service available to the African American community of Lynchburg. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Foreign Countries; Government Libraries; Medical Libraries; Information Literacy; Databases; Library Instruction; Users (Information); Evidence; Medical Services; Models; Information Skills

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The National Medical Library of Cuba is currently developing an information literacy program to train users in the use of biomedical databases. This paper describes the experience with the course "Cochrane Library: Evidence-Based Medicine," which aims to teach users how to make the best use of this database, as well as the evidence-based medicine concept for making better decisions about medical care. During the course, the Big 6[TM] Model is also introduced for finding and organizing the evidence-based medical information; it also enables students to create information products (electronic bulletins) that will allow the presentation of search results as well as promoting information for healthcare in the future. (Contains 1 figure.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Research Tools; Web Sites; Electronic Publishing; Online Courses; Government Libraries; Electronic Libraries; Professional Associations; Information Literacy; Internet; Library Associations; Conferences (Gatherings); Library Instruction; Librarians; Web Browsers; Social Networks; Higher Education

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This article presents reports from the 2011 Missouri Library Association Annual Conference held on October 5-7, 2011. The first report, entitled "Online Information Literacy Instruction: Challenges and Strategies," was presented by Kristine Stewart and Kyle Denlinger, University of Missouri-Columbia. Stewart and Denlinger talk about their experiences in converting a face-to-face information literacy course into a purely online course and sections that blend online materials with weekly face-to-face classes. They discussed the creation process and techniques that have been useful to them. The second report, entitled "Behind the Cloud: Networking Basics for Librarians," was presented by Robert Hallis, University of Central Missouri. Hallis introduced concepts associated with moving to "the cloud." He covered vocabulary, networking equipment, and diagnostics. The third report, entitled "The World of Book Blogs," was presented by Joy Weese Moll. Moll shared information about book blogs as a rich source of book reviews and their associated jargon and also recommended many websites related to the book blogging world. The fourth report, entitled "Firefox as a Research Tool," was presented by Brad Meyerhoff, MOREnet. The fifth report, entitled The ABCs of XYZs: Reaching Out to 20/30-Somethings," was reported by Rebecca Clarke and Heather Cottle-Dillon of the Springfield-Greene County Library and Sharla Lair, Missouri State Library. Next is the report entitled "Promoting Ebooks to Reluctant Users: Reasons for User Dissatisfaction and Challenges of Overcoming Technology Resistance" by Andrew J. M. Smith and Sheila O'Hare, Emporia State University. The seventh report, entitled "Catch Them while You Can! Embedding Librarians and Resources to Enhance Patron Services," by Cynthia Dudenhoffer and Carrie Flaspohler, Central Methodist University. Next is the report titled "Web 2.x Tools to Make You Look Cool 3: Tools for Tomorrow" by Cynthia Dudenhoffer, Central Methodist University. Lastly, the report titled "Strengthening Your Digital Library Branch" by Brandy Sanchez, Lauren Williams, and Kirk Henley, Daniel Boone Regional Library, shared tools and techniques they use to shape their library's website into a successful digital branch library of its own. (Contains 25 notes.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Language Processing; Syntax; Semantics; Government Libraries; Natural Language Processing; Expertise; Confidentiality; Sentences; Metric System; Privacy; Ambiguity (Semantics); Barriers; Linguistic Theory; Comparative Analysis; Concept Mapping; Validity; Medicine; Clinical Diagnosis

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Domain adaptation of natural language processing systems is challenging because it requires human expertise. While manual effort is effective in creating a high quality knowledge base, it is expensive and time consuming. Clinical text adds another layer of complexity to the task due to privacy and confidentiality restrictions that hinder the ability to share training corpora among different research groups. Semantic ambiguity is a major barrier for effective and accurate concept recognition by natural language processing systems. In my research I propose an automated domain adaptation method that utilizes sub-language semantic schema for all-word word sense disambiguation of clinical narrative. According to the sublanguage theory developed by Zellig Harris, domain-specific language is characterized by a relatively small set of semantic classes that combine into a small number of sentence types. Previous research relied on manual analysis to create language models that could be used for more effective natural language processing. Building on previous semantic type disambiguation research, I propose a method of resolving semantic ambiguity utilizing automatically acquired semantic type disambiguation rules applied on clinical text ambiguously mapped to a standard set of concepts. This research aims to provide an automatic method to acquire Sublanguage Semantic Schema (S3) and apply this model to disambiguate terms that map to more than one concept with different semantic types. The research is conducted using unmodified MetaMap version 2009, a concept recognition system provided by the National Library of Medicine, applied on a large set of clinical text. The project includes creating and comparing models, which are based on unambiguous concept mappings found in seventeen clinical note types. The effectiveness of the final application was validated through a manual review of a subset of processed clinical notes using recall, precision and F-score metrics. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Copyrights; Cooperation; Web Sites; Electronic Publishing; Preservation; Government Libraries; Internet; Archives; Electronic Libraries

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Recent years have seen an explosion of the number of institutions involved in or beginning to think about web archiving. Many National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) members, as well as other universities, historical societies, and state and local governments, have recognized the need for and importance of preserving a variety of web content for future generations. These institutions continue to explore collaborations with partners as the demands for already stretched resources increase. Through the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) program and the NDSA, the Library of Congress (LC) has explored the preservation of born-digital news content, including citizen journalism, and is currently working on the development of a blog preservation plug-in that would enable content creators to easily opt in for preservation. There is also a growing trend in personal archiving. Nonspecialists are learning how to archive their own digital output--websites, blogs, photos, and more--as a digital legacy of their own family history for future generations. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Special Libraries; Research Libraries; Foreign Countries; Library Materials; Library Services; Government Libraries; Computer Software

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This paper reports on the results of an overlap study of Australian research library collections. The study used OCLC's WorldCat Collection Analysis software to mine data recording Australian holdings on the WorldCat database. The data is analysed according to the results obtained for six "groups" which represent various coalitions of academic, national/state, and special libraries. The data is focussed on the incidence and distribution of overlap and unique items, and the analysis considers the implications for the future management of the nation's research collections. (Contains 10 tables.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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