Ethnography – the study of cultural groups and their practices – and ethnographic research methods are becoming increasingly prevalent in library assessment. Library users and potential users on a particular campus make ...

This presentation explains one libraries process for shifting entire floors of books to use only 3/4th of the shelf so there is room for new items to be shelved without a large shifting project.

This presentation walks you through configuring short loans in Voyager in order to reserve and checkout rooms in your library. It also walks you through using a CGI script to create a better calendar interface that shows ...

Alma makes Inventory easy. With a wireless barcode scanner and some creativity you can use Alma to indicate when an item was last found on the shelf, go right to the shelf spot of a grossly mis-shelved title, and make sure ...

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) is a widely used controlled vocabulary by libraries around the world, but like any controlled vocabulary, it comes with limitations. Catalogers need to be familiar with all sorts ...

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) is a widely used controlled vocabulary by libraries around the world, but like any controlled vocabulary, it comes with limitations. Come learn about other controlled vocabularies ...

With the fast paced advances in technology, many library patron services can be enhanced using both old and new technology. You can re-purpose outdated technology such as 1st generation iPads into wayfinding maps. Despite ...

In 2016 the University of Central Oklahoma Research and Learning Librarians recognized that there was a segment of the student population that were not library users. Many students might never venture to the physical library ...