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Collaboration is the key: Libraries, Archives, and Museums working together to digitize collections

archives May 14, 2012 Mandi Moning admin 0 Comments

The photo collection of the IU East Archives is available online at http://www.flickr.com/photos/iuelibrary but ideally would be searchable with metadata through the IU Digital Library Program. Certainly offering more collections online would increase their visibility, their usage, and hopefully encourage deeper research into the institutional history of Indiana University East. So what’s stopping us? Digitization is a very costly project. This includes the cost of a quality scanner, storage of digital files, and the training and time required for staff to properly scan archival materials based on scanning and metadata guidelines. The Indiana State Library, through the Indiana Memory project, has a solution for smaller archives struggling to digitize their collections. Connie Rendfeld, Digital Initiatives Librarian of the Indiana … Continued

Early College + IU East Campus Library = Career Quest!

early college April 23, 2012 Frances Yates, Heidi Huff, Programs fyates 0 Comments

What do athletic trainer, musician, video game artist, pediatrician, forensic science technician, mathematician, emergency medical technician, veterinarian, computer hardware engineer, multimedia artist, and administrative services manager have in common? They are all career possibilities explored by 7th graders as part of a career quest program facilitated by a partnership among Early College at the Richmond Schools, Ivy Tech, and the IU Campus East Library. Jackie Schlichte (Early College Director), Latrisha Jackson (Early College instructor and IU East graduate student), and Heidi Huff (IU East Library Instruction Coordinator) worked with 7th graders throughout the Spring semester to develop their research skills and focus on targeted information to help them make informed decisions about potential career choices. The culminating project was a … Continued

Streaming Video You Can Use

video March 26, 2012 Library Resources, Matt Dilworth mdilwort

We all enjoy using YouTube and other streaming video sites like it. It’s a great source for amusing movies of cats or music videos or kids waving sticks around like they’re in a Star Wars film. But wouldn’t it be great if this powerful tool could be used for your classes? Well, you’re in luck. IU East subscribes to hundreds of high quality academic streaming videos that you can use as sources for your papers, in oral presentations, or just to learn. First, go into IUCAT at http://www.iucat.iu.edu. Click ‘Guest Access’. Then, on the right side of the screen, click ‘DVD/Video Search’. On the main part of the screen, put a check in the box for ‘streaming’ (it defaults to … Continued

Research is our Business

e-resources, good information October 17, 2011 Library Resources, Matt Dilworth mdilwort

Are you starting research in a business topic? The library subscribes to a lot of business-oriented databases that would be good for you. For business news, try the EBSCO databases Business Source Premier, Corporate Resource Net, and Communications and Mass Media. You can limit your results to things like full text articles, peer-reviewed articles, and articles published in the last few years. For example, this search for corporate research into consumer behavior came up with over three hundred articles. You can also find SWOT analyses, like these for the Ford Motor Company. If you don’t find enough of what you need in EBSCO, other good business databases include ABI/INFORM or Business and Company Resource Center. Run similar searches in them for … Continued

Mental Health Awareness Month

psychology, reference databases May 9, 2011 Library Resources, Matt Dilworth, Research mdilwort

May is Mental Health Month, so library staff want to share some relevant resources in psychology and mental wellness. Online journals provide current, readily accessible articles. We subscribe to two major databases that cover psychological issues: ProQuest Psychology Journals and PsycINFO from EBSCOhost (see last week’s blog for more on EBSCO). Both are very user-friendly and have a wealth of full text information. If currency isn’t an issue, JSTOR can also be a powerful database, but it doesn’t feature articles from the last few years like ProQuest and EBSCO do. You also might want to use PubMed Central, the National Institute of Health’s free digital archive. Additionally, we also have a wide selection of books and e-books, a sampling … Continued