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Transparency in Library Leadership

By Jolene Nechiporenko   Libraries are an excellent example of organizations that can benefit from the leadership strategy of transparency.  “The first important issue that drives transparent behavior is communication and helping people get the facts straight in the beginning and without emotional uncertainty.” (Crumpton, 2011) Transparent leadership can reap benefits when used in communication. “Easy access to information means…

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October 17, 2015
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Assessing the Information-Seeking Behaviors and Needs of the Mormon Religious Studies Information Community

by Gregory K. Seppi   Abstract This paper investigates the information-seeking behaviors of the Mormon Studies Information Community, defined as scholars (professional and nonprofessional) interested in the history, culture, theology or other aspects of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and other related religious organizations, such as the Community of Christ (formerly the Reorganized Church of…

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October 17, 2015
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ALA Presidential Candidate Information Session

San Jose State University ALASC will be sponsoring a forum for the ALA Presidential candidates.  Please join us on Monday, October 26 at 6:00-7:00 pm Pacific Time. Below are the nominees and links to their candidacy announcements from the ALA website: Christine Lind Hage Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe James G. (Jim) Neal If you would like to find out more information…

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October 15, 2015
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Crowdsourced Tagging & Transcription for Cultural Heritage Institutions

by Michael Radmacher    Abstract Describing, managing and making content discoverable poses serious organizational challenges for libraries, archives, museums (LAMs), and researchers.  Describing scholarly research material is not a new field of practice for LAMs, however, tracking the key who, what, when, where and how descriptors for the ever expanding corpus of digital objects has proven to be an exceedingly…

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October 6, 2015
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