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A Book Review of A Friend In Hope: a Story About Hope's Journey with a Brain Tumour by M. Zammit & E. Dornbusch
Download2017-01-30
This is a book review of a storybook written originally in English by Marisa Zammit and illustrated by Erica Dornbusch under the title A Friend In Hope: a Story About Hope's Journey with a Brain Tumour. The author also reviews the French translation Mon amie Claire: L'histoire de Claire et de sa...
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A Community Study of the Bibliothèque Saint-Jean
2003-03-11
The significance of my capping exercise is valued according to its relevance with respect to librarianship as a field of study in the University of Alberta's School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) and as a lifelong professional pursuit. The relevance of A Community Study of the...
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Building Foreign Language Collections for the Communities We Serve
2013/26/04
Lacroix, Denis, Johnston, Lindsay, Bennett, Mary
The creation and management of foreign language collections present unique challenges for librarians who serve the information needs of a linguistically and culturally diverse population. Our panel of public and academic librarians will present our various approaches to working with foreign...
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Building the Spanish Juvenile Fiction Collection at the University of Alberta’s HT Coutts Education Library
Download2017-01-31
This article describes why and how the University of Alberta Libraries built a Spanish language children’s literature collection. Selection criteria, findability, visibility, and assessment are addressed in the context of this collection. Practical information is provided to help librarians build...
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Citation Analysis: A Tool for Collection Development and Enhanced Liaison Services
2012-11-21
Lacroix, Denis, Brown, Christine
This talk addresses the use of citation analysis as a tool for understanding the complex landscape of research publishing in the humanities and social sciences. The results of a current citation study at the University of Alberta Libraries will demonstrate the impact of a solid understanding of...
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2012-05-30
Brown, Christine, Lacroix, Denis
Objective:This session will explain how citation analysis can contribute to academic librarians’ understanding of the complex landscape of university researchers’ publishing choices. The need to understand publication output of humanities/social science researchers is even more pressing given the...
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2014-05-27
Introduction: This presentation describes the results of an innovative interprofessional partnership between the University of Alberta’s Libraries (UAL), Specialized Support and Disability Services (SSDS), Occupational Therapy, and Industrial Design, to assess library spaces for patrons with...
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2012
Hwang, Christina, Usova, Tania, Lacroix, Denis
Engaging students in the classroom is a challenge, but more so with the proliferation of technology, such as cell phones and laptops, that have served to distract students. In an effort to capture students’ attention in the classroom, many instructors have opted to use clicker technology. Mobile...
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Impact Factors, Citation Metrics, and Altmetrics (Or: Can Tweets be as Valuable as Good Impact Factor?)
Download2013-05-31
Lacroix, Denis, Hwang, Christina
The poster will provide an overview of traditional and newly emerging impact metric tools and how they are changing decision making processes in determining research impact. Evidence-based examples will be provided to equip subject librarians in addressing the needs of their faculty and...