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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...
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Information Literacy at the Heart of Librarianship and Translation Studies: A Case Study of the University of Alberta Libraries
Information Literacy at the Heart of Librarianship and Translation Studies: A Case Study of the University of Alberta Libraries
Download2013-08-29
Since the University of Alberta’s (UA) Modern Languages and Culture Studies (MLCS) department actively integrated information literacy into its translation certificate programme five years ago, the university’s libraries (UAL) have moved from the periphery to the heart of the programme, teaching...
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2016-04-16
The purpose of this paper is to present a case study that considers the links between cost avoidance, lean design and sustainability in relation to two different library projects at University of Alberta Libraries (UAL) - the design of the Research & Collections Resource Facility and the...