This collection contains scholarly articles, reports and other publications authored by Library Services faculty and staff members at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
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Submissions from 2015
I Want ALL THE WORDS! How Gestalt Principles and Plain Language Can Help You Become an Effective Document Designer, Jennifer M. Turner and Jessica Schomberg
Submissions from 2014
The Video Lifecycle: Selection and Processing of Video Collections, Barbara J. Bergman, Jessica Schomberg, and Dorie Kurtz
An Adjunct Professor's Perspectives on the Skills LIS Students Need and How Practitioners and Educators can Collaborate to Provide Them, Robert L. Bothmann
Cataloging Media with RDA Session, Robert L. Bothmann
Cataloging Moving Images with RDA, Robert L. Bothmann
Cataloging Non-Musical Audio Recordings with RDA, Robert L. Bothmann
CAVM 5.5: An RDA Companion, Robert L. Bothmann
Hitting a Moving Target: Cataloging in the Age of Emerging Technologies, Robert L. Bothmann
We Go Together: LGBT Users' Needs and Librarians' Support, Robert L. Bothmann, Heather Tompkins, and Rachel Wexelbaum
So, You Want to Be a Library Director?, Joan Roca
Digital Projects Made Easy: It’s All about Partnerships, Daardi Sizemore, Anne Stenzel, and Heidi J. Southworth
So, I Can't Just Do Homework?: Training and Using Student Workers to the Fullest, Jessi Zimmerman, Joni D. Myers, and Anne Stenzel
Submissions from 2013
Review of Demystifying FRAD: Functional Requirements for Authority Data, Qiang Jin, Robert L. Bothmann
Review of Demystifying Serials Cataloging: A Book of Examples, Fang Huang Gao, Heather Tennison, and Janet A. Weber, Robert L. Bothmann
Review of Design, Development, and Management of Resources for Digital Library Services. Tariq Ashraf and Puja Anad Gultai, editors, Robert L. Bothmann
What a MESS! Implementing Licensed and Free Mobile Applications for Electronic Library Resources, Robert L. Bothmann, Casey Duevel, and Nat Gustafson-Sundell
We are Family: Queer Collections and Library Relationships, Robert L. Bothmann, Kim Edson, Karen Hogan, Toni Jensen, and Rachel Wexelbaum
3D Library Displays: Bridging the Gap Between Physical and Online Patrons and Resources, Robert L. Bothmann and Jennifer M. Turner
High School Textbooks and the Changing Narratives of Woman Suffrage, Kellian Clink
Report on Advising for Distance Students for Becky Copper Glenz, Dean of the College of Extended Learning, Kellian Clink
It's Not Armageddon: A Practical Guide to Using the New Cataloging Code, Mary Konkel, Adam Schiff, and Robert L. Bothmann
Refreshing Information Literacy: Learning from Recent British Information Literacy Models, Justine Martin
Submissions from 2012
The Public Library's Role in the Transition Towns Movement, Monika Antonelli
Greening Libraries, Monika Antonelli and Mark McCullough
Transfer Student Study, Angie Bomier, Ramon Pinero, and Kellian Clink
Cataloging Emerging Technologies, Robert L. Bothmann
Hitting a Moving Target: Cataloging in an Age of Emerging Technologies, Robert L. Bothmann
Hitting a Moving Target: Cataloging in the Age of Emerging Technologies, Robert L. Bothmann
Review of Essential Library of Congress Subject Headings, Vanda Broughton, Robert L. Bothmann
Review of The Library Catalogue as Social Space: Promoting Patron Driven Collections, Online Communities, and Enhanced Reference and Readers’ Services, Laurel Tarulli, Robert L. Bothmann
What a Queer Idea: LGBT Resources for Your Library, Robert L. Bothmann, Rachel Wexelbaum, Heather Tompkins, Jennifer Hootman, Danya Leebaw, and Karen P. Hogan
Getting the Whole Story: Getting the Best Federal, State & Nongovernmental Agencies' Websites to Your Users, Kellian Clink
Practical Strategies for Cataloging Departments, Rebecca Lubas and Robert L. Bothmann
International Students' Use of a Library's Media Collection, Jessica Schomberg and Barbara J. Bergman
Records Management @ MSU, Anne Stenzel
Submissions from 2011
Advising Task Force Report, Angie Bomier, Kellian Clink, Sarah Glaser, Sara Granberg-Rademacker, Sarah Koenen, Dan Kromer, and Jane McConnell
Batchloading MARC21 Records in Aleph, Robert L. Bothmann
Evolving Standards: Making the Leap to RDA, Robert L. Bothmann
MARC Edit Demo, Robert L. Bothmann
OCLC BibNote, MarcEdit, & File-90: Birds of a Feather, Robert L. Bothmann
RDA: Loss of GMD and Changes Regarding Type and Format, Robert L. Bothmann
Review of Cataloging Correctly for Kids: An Introduction to the Tools, 5th edition, edited by Shelia S. Intner, Joanna F. Fountain, and Jean Weihs, Robert L. Bothmann
Free Puppies: Integrating Web Resources into Online Catalogs, Robert L. Bothmann and Kellian Clink
Free Puppies: Integrating Web Resources into the Catalog, Robert L. Bothmann and Kellian Clink
When is the Personal not Professional? An Exploration, Kellian Clink
LibGuides Beta, Justine Martin and Casey Duevel
RDA: DOA or A-OK? A Town Hall Debate, Sarah Quimby, Stephen Hearn, Chris Goetz, and Robert L. Bothmann
Submissions from 2010
Making the Most of your Video Collections: Trends in Patron Access and Resource Sharing, Barbara J. Bergman
Analytic Linkages for Serials and 'Bound-withs' + WFF: Fixed Field Indexes and How To Use Them., Robert L. Bothmann
Cataloging Streaming Media, Robert L. Bothmann
Electronic Resources, Robert L. Bothmann
Evolving Standards: Making the Leap to RDA in Historical Context, Robert L. Bothmann
File-90 Bib Loader, Robert L. Bothmann
Review of Beginning Cataloging by Sheila S. Intner and Jean Weihs, Robert L. Bothmann
Test-Driving Resource Description and Access, Robert L. Bothmann, Mark Ehlert, Mary Huismann, and Sarah Quimby
Getting Around RDA, Sarah Quimby and Robert L. Bothmann
Submissions from 2009
RDA, FRBR, & FRAD: Making the Connection, Robert L. Bothmann
Review of Standard Cataloging for School and Public Libraries, Sheila S. Intner and Jean Weihs, Robert L. Bothmann
Review of Streamlining Library Services: What We Do, How Much Time It Takes, What It Costs, How We Can Do lt Better by Richard M. Dougherty, Robert L. Bothmann
Strategic Planning for E-Resources Management: Views from the Field, Robert L. Bothmann, Anna Hulseberg, and Sarah D.S. Monson
Transitions: Scaffolding Research Skills, Building Bridges, Creating New Knowledge, Kellian Clink
Exploring Best Practices for Identification, Assessment, Course Placement, Support Services, and Academic Monitoring of First Year Students whose ACT Writing Scores Indicate Needs for Skill Building, Kellian Clink and Amy Mukamuri
LibITS (Library+ITS): Cooperative Projects Lead to Successes, Margaret Lawrence, Joan Roca, and Wayne Sharp
How Do You Know That? An Investigation of Student Research Practices in the Digital Age, Randall McClure and Kellian Clink
Reference Universe, Pete McDonnell and Kellian Clink
Workflows for Outsourced Technical Services, Dianne L. Narum, Robert L. Bothmann, Christopher E. Getz, Mic Golden, and Paddy Satzer
Building a Sub-Saharan African Film Collection, Jessica Schomberg and Barbara J. Bergman
Submissions from 2008
Electronic Resources, Robert L. Bothmann
Rethinking Tech Services, Angi Faiks, Robert L. Bothmann, Leslie McPhail Peterson, and Virginia Dudley
Strategic Planning for Electronic Resource Management, Melissa Holmberg and Robert L. Bothmann
Cataloging of Audiovisual Materials and Other Special Materials: A Manual Based on AACR2 and MARC 21, Nancy B. Olson, Robert L. Bothmann, and Jessica Schomberg
Submissions from 2007
Video Collecting for the Sometimes Media Librarian: Tips and Tricks for Selecting, Purchasing, and Cataloging Videos for an Academic Library, Barbara J. Bergman, Victoria Peters, and Jessica Schomberg
From Database to ILL Request: Making the Connection with OpenURL, Robert L. Bothmann
Mapping Graduate Research, Robert L. Bothmann
Meeting the Needs of Special Format Catalogers: Ideas for Professional Organizations, Robert L. Bothmann
Review of Integrating Print and Digital Resources in Library Collections edited by Audrey Fenner, Robert L. Bothmann
Review of Selecting and Managing Electronic Resource by Vicki L. Gregory, Robert L. Bothmann
Using Indexing to Leverage Our Catalog Data for Users: Indexing ‘Tweaks' & Fixed Fields., Robert L. Bothmann
Using Indexing to Leverage our Catalog Data for Users: Indexing 'Tweaks' & Fixed Fields, Robert L. Bothmann and Mary Ann Greenwald
Assessing Undergraduate Interlibrary Loan Use, Polly P. Frank and Robert L. Bothmann
Self-Study as Self-Knowledge: Integrating Shared Governance and Planning Structures in the Self-Study Process, Donald Larsson, Joan Roca, and Scott Olson
Submissions from 2006
Keyword Indexing of Fixed Field Character Positions... Technical Services Answer to Anything You Ever Wanted to Know about Records with Coded Information that is Positionally Defined, Rebecca Bell, Robert L. Bothmann, Mary Ann Greenwald, and Alan Rykhus
Review of Electronic Journal Management Systems: Experiences from the Field, edited by Gary Ives, Robert L. Bothmann
Review of E-Metrics for Library and Information Professionals: How to Use Data for Managing and Evaluating Electronic Resource Collections by Andrew White and Eric Djiva Kamal, Robert L. Bothmann
The Historical Geography of Good Thunder, Minnesota, 1870-2005, Robert L. Bothmann
Librarians and Gumshoes, Kellian Clink
RateMyProfessors.com: Gossip or Useful Information, Kellian Clink
Thinking Outside the Box: Innovative Specialized Educational Technologies, Lynnette Engeswick, David Esping, Todd Pfingsten, Joan Roca, and Wayne Sharp
Plagiarism in Science and Technology Master's Theses: A Follow-Up Study, Melissa Holmberg and Mark McCullough
Submissions from 2005
Singing Like a Fish, Part 1: Access, Use and Production of Multimedia in Academic Assignments, Barbara J. Bergman, Meghann Matwichuk, and Monique Threat
Singing Like a Fish, Part 2: A Select Annotated Digital Media Webliography, Barbara J. Bergman, Meghann Matwichuk, and Monique Threatt
Review of The Thesaurus: Review, Renaissance and Revision, edited by Sandra Roe and Alan Thomas, Robert L. Bothmann
E-Journal Management and Access Methods, Robert L. Bothmann, Melissa Holmberg, and Becky Schwartzkopf
E-Journal Management and Access Methods, Melissa Holmberg and Robert L. Bothmann
Currents and Convergence: The ACRL 12th National Conference Wrap-Up, Julia Kelley, Joan Roca, and Ross Thrasher
Anti-Plagiarism Tools: Scirus v. Google, Mark McCullough and Melissa Holmberg
Using the Google Search Engine to Detect Word-for-Word Plagiarism in Master's Theses: A Preliminary Study, Mark McCullough and Melissa Holmberg
