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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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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...