#LibGuides

[softsoundingsea]

How does web archiving impact collections development at universities? In this presentation from our 2018 Digital Scholarship Workshop, Regan Murphy Kao presented “Curating a Contemporary Collection: An Introduction to Stanford's Web Archive.

[mpchev]

just tried it with "fan studies libguide" and stumbled upon A Fan Studies Primer: Method, Research, Ethics by Paul Booth and Rebecca Williams which, judging by the table of contents available on jstor, i now might have to find and read cover to cover

and these also look very interesting:

The Critical Fan Toolkit's Literature Review

The Fan Studies Network's list of journals (both open-access and not)

Fan Studies Libguide from the Simmons College Library and Information Sciences

A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies by Paul Booth which i might also have to find and read many chapters of

Research Guide on Fan Studies from Oxford Bibliographies

Heyo it’s back to school time and here’s a research tip from your friendly neighborhood academic librarian.When searching for any topic on the internet just type in the word ‘libguide’ after your topic and tada like magic there will be several  beautifully curated lists of books, journals, articles, or other resources dealing with your subject. Librarians create these guides to help with folks’ informational needs, so please go find one and make a librarian happy today!!

[hannasheehan-mlisportfolio-2024]

Reference and Instruction

Project Title: Accessibility in Small Rural Libraries

Project Description: LibGuides are digital tools used by librarians, generally for other librarians and educators, to bundle information together for a specific area of study or interest. This LibGuide was developed as a tool for other librarians who would like to make their libraries more accessible - specifically in smaller, rural libraries. This guide includes general information about disabilities, a history about the Disability Justice Movement, resources for librarians, information about accessible policy in libraries, and digital resources for patrons who struggle to access their local library in person. 

Methods: My group mates and I were interested in creating a resource for librarians in small rural libraries who would like to accommodate patrons who have disabilities, but who might lack resources to do so. Rural librarians face tremendous pressure to serve their communities, often in libraries that are understaffed in areas where patrons commute over 2 miles on average to access services. Our LibGuide felt like an opportunity to create something helpful that would not only benefit librarians, but patrons who might struggle to access services in person. Our team met weekly while doing independent research and began organizing various tabs based on the type of resources we found. 

My Role: I compiled a descriptive bibliography, researched resources available for individuals who experience barriers while accessing print and web-based materials, and consulted on appropriate language and accessible web-design for the guide.I also included a history on the DIsability Justice Movement as I felt it was useful context for the ADA, WAG (Web Accessibility Guide) and other information presented throughout the guide. 

Learning Objectives Achieved: User-Centered Services

Rational: Working together, my group mates and I learned how to create a clear and thoughtful LibGuide and gained experience making decisions on how to create an educational information environment that promotes browsing, searching and discovery. Doing so required a lot of consideration of how this tool would be accessed by patrons, how users could most easily interact with this tool, and decisions about the amount of information that should be included. This project strengthened my ability to consider the needs of patrons while collecting and presenting information in a variety of different formats for different access points.

Learning Objectives Achieved: Research.

Rationale: To create an accurate and useful guide, my group mates and I sought out sources from a variety of places while fact-checking and considering credible sources. While not much is written about this particular topic in the field as it’s so specific, there are many case studies about separate components of what we were investigating. We were able to find sources about accessibility in libraries, needs of small rural libraries, statistics about library usership in rural places throughout the US and then connect all of this research into a cohesive argument that small rural libraries could benefit from support for accessibility initiatives. 

The research for this LibGuide also necessitated sensitivity and thoughtfulness about the needs of others. While I can assess my own needs as a low vision library patron, every individual’s needs vary. This is especially true when considering potential access needs, and taking these needs out of a familiar context. We chose to create this guide because we wanted to package information together in a way that would be helpful for our target demographic. This required looking at both academic sources and journals written by librarians about the needs of institutions, but also searching for credible sources written by academics and activists within the disability community at large describing needs that aren’t being met by libraries. This resulted in a diverse array of sources, findable in our Annotated Bibliography.

The guide can be viewed here. The final paper can be read here. 

While doing this research I became personally interested in libraries and archives that house disability Histories. I created an In-Progress Bibliography of these sources that can be found here. 

[archivlibrarianist]

"This toolkit is a curated collection of resources to equip academic library administrators and library professionals with the resources they need to advocate for the value, roles, and contributions of academic libraries to their campus communities. The toolkit was created in response to current and concrete pressures many academic libraries are facing including challenges related to budgets, workforce challenges, professional roles, and more."

[aloyssobek]

banging my head against a wall with this assignment i've done all of the interesting parts to it and now i have to write 500 more words of justification that feel like bs but also this assignment feels like it should be worth more than 50% bc of the AMOUNT of stuff in it ik it's a masters assignment but the combined total word count for the two assignments for this subject i'm p sure is greater than 5000 words which is like. the standard amount for a masters level subject if experience IN MY OTHER MASTERS DEGREE THAT I GRADUATED FROM serves well

[jstor]

Gotta start 'em young. Or at any age, using this LibGuide.

[official-linguistics-post]

heya! just a quick question, feel free to ignore, but i was wondering if you had any tips for finding linguistic resources? i'm real intersted in middle and early modern english (as broad as both those may be) and i'm just struggling to find anything that isn't surface level "They kinda spoke like this" – i'd love to find something that goes deeper into the morphology and syntax, or any more specific linguistics than "sometimes... vowels..........".

this also extends to like.. casual linguistic discussion i guess, like youtubr videos and the like. i just have a hunger to learn More about middle and early modern english.

tl;dr: how does one find linguistic resources? this includes youtube videos, blogs, etc as well

thank you in advance, but no worries if you can't help !!

ah, you seek an entry point to the world of Academic References.

my first approach is always plumbing the depths of bibliographies. you can start with related wikipedia pages and head down to the "references" or "further reading" sections; you can pick up a textbook and see who the author cites; you can look for libguides on the subject; you can even search up annotated bibliographies!

(bibliographies are genuinely one of the greatest resources you can have to hand. when i read academic works, i devote a whole section of my notes to citations i want to follow up on for further information, and the rabbit hole can go on forever.)

getting hold of certain items can be a little tricky if you don't have access to an academic library, but many public libraries can help you with institutional access and interlibrary loan, plus jstor has a free option.

i'm less confident on a method for identifying informal resources...

[foreverdolly]

its always something with why you cant update seems pretty repetitive. dont say you will update, and then never do.

"its always something with why you can't update. seems pretty repetitive. don't say you will update, ( no need for the coma seeing as you aren't creating a pause or joining two sentences/ideas) and then never do. "

[sparklecryptid]

someone come tell me i can make this fucking libguides site for class

[covid-safer-hotties]

Hii!!! I wanted to ask since u post so many, and this doesn't have much to do with us blogs whole theme but do u like reading scientific papers? Cuz I do!! And no one else seems to like doing it....but u post so many interesting case reports that can be a bit jargon-y so I assumed u were used to it from reading pubmed stuff LOL

I'm trained as a librarian (unable to get a job as one because of underfunding in the hell-State I live in), so I'm very good at finding information and filling gaps. Med School's libraries often have libguides made for introducing topics to students, so I usually look one of those up when I'm stuck. I'm not an expert, so I often lean on the knowledge of doctors on Twitter and bluesky. Immune function is incredibly fascinating though, and I've done a lot of self-education on that topic since 2020.

[uispeccoll]

#MiniatureMonday

Happy Māori Language Week from Special Collections & Archives!

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Maori Language Week, is celebrated annually the week of September 14th to commemorate Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori, the Maori Language Moment, which stamps the presentation of the Maori Language Petition in New Zealand at 12 pm on September 14, 1972.

Te Reo Māori is the language of New Zealand's Indigenous Maori people. It is a part of the Austronesian language family and shares its roots with other island languages including Tahitian and Hawaiian. The celebration of Te Wiki is rooted deeply in efforts to revitalize the Māori language after years of the speaking and use of te reo was banned in schools. Today, te reo Māori is the official language of New Zealand, or Aotearoa as it is called by the Indigenous people. It has become increasingly used in New Zealand society, culture, and professional institutions. The Māori language has also become something of global interest, with the popularization of the language through its presence in music, film, television, and sports commentary.

In the United States, Polynesians as a whole make up less than half of a percent of the American population, with Māori people as one of the smallest migrant populations. Still, for those living abroad or interested in learning the language from afar, the language revitalization movement has certainly spread to the United States, along with its learning materials and resources.

There is a Māori proverb that reads ahakoa he iti he pounamu, "although it is small, it is greenstone." This refers to the importance of things small but precious, such as these miniatures!

The Reeds' Lilliput Māori dictionary and Reeds' Lilliput Māori proverbs live in Special Collections as part of the Smith Miniature Book Collection. These 5cm tall miniature books were published by A.W. Reed in the early 1960s, the dictionary in 1960 as part of a collection of miniature dictionaries made popular by other global publishers. The book of whakatauki, Māori proverbs, joined the mini-dictionary in 1964. Other language dictionaries include Spanish, French, and Romanian. Due to their size, it is likely that these books were made to entertain more so than educate. Still, they are certainly one of the many taonga, treasures, of Special Collections.

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2023 begins Monday, September 11, and concludes Sunday, September 17. Celebrate through songs, stories, conversations, or by learning some library-related Māori vocabulary! You can also visit the University of Iowa LibGuide on learning beginner's te reo Māori.

NGĀ KUPU WHARE PUKAPUKA LIBRARY VOCABULARY

pukapuka book

pūranga archive

whakaputunga collection

kaitiaki pukapuka librarian

wāhi tuku pukapuka reference desk

pānui to read

ako to learn

--From M Clark, Instruction GA

Reeds' proverbs (SMITH PL6465.Z77 .R44 1964) and Reeds' dictionary (SMITH PL6465.Z5 .R44 1960)

[hypokeimena]

Hey if you have like a ...resource list of fascism studies that youre using, id love to take a gander at it? I did my msc diss on neo fascism/far right politics and sadly i no longer keep up so much now that i do Boring Office Job but am still interested

honestly if you have resources we will take them - posting this in case anyone else has good resources or basic readings they are willing to share. julia from college (the one who is reading a lot of the actual fascist thought because my job is to eat huge quantities of terrible hp fanfiction, which i became able to digest by being bitten by a radioactive longfic in my youth) has mostly been looking around on various libguides and similar. so honestly if you have like. any kind of bibliography to jump off of so julia doesn't have to reinvent the wheel by reading direct fascist primary sources all the time (though this is also helpful bc there's huge quantities of like, portions of the hitler youth handbook i have seen repeated sincerely in hp fic that is written by otherwise progressive individuals. which is what the essay is about.) anyway if you have any sources i would appreciate that. and so would julia (see below)

[okayto]

A collection of resources for book repair

Various resources I've seen shared among library/archives workers. This is not my area of practice so I do not have personal experience.

Indiana University Libraries: Book Repair Manual, including both "repair treatments" and "enclosure treatments" along with a list of tools and a glossary.

Dartmouth Library: Preservation Services' A Simple Book Repair Manual.

Syracuse University Library's Department of Preservation and Conservation: @SULPreservation Youtube channel how-to videos.

Demco playlists (@DEMCOinc on Youtube) including many for different types of repairs; Demco also sells materials, and has many of their videos listed on their repair supplies section of their website.

KAPCO's Youtube videos (@Kapcokent3420) for repairs; KAPCO also sells materials.

Book Repair Basics for Libraries, PDF from presentation by Peter D. Verheyen and Marianne Hanley of Syracuse University. Includes some links to recommended websites and videos. (Some links are broken and require googling to find their current URL.)

Syracuse University Libraries' Preservation Department LibGuide, including terms, tools, and many, many links to other guides, videos and websites.

Northeast Document Conservation Center's Preservation Leaflet series of searchable preservation topics.

Randy Silverman/The American Institute for Conservation: Small, Not Insignificant: a Specification for a Conservation Pamphlet Binding Structure

DAS Bookbinding on Youtube: Single Section Conservation Pamphlet, using techniques described in Randy Silverman's article.

Alaska State Library's Conservation Book Repair: A Training Manual by Artemis BonaDona, which on page 134 includes a list of things to consider that can help you decide whether to repair and what to repair.

[gorey-gorella]

Your understanding of biology (e.g. "racial and sexual dimorphism") does not seem in line with the actual science. (Sources: sapiens. org/biology/is-race-real/ ; amnesty. org/en/latest/news/2018/10/its-intersex-awareness-day-here-are-5-myths-we-need-to-shatter/). You can acknowledge race without bunk science. In fact, ignoring race leads to colorblind racism. (Sources: fitchburgstate. libguides. com/c. php?g=1046516&p=7616506). The documentary "13th" has even more evidence of racial prejudice.

Intersex is a mutation and not natural in humans. Most still fit within the male/female binary. Even then, it doesn't make a whole new gender since there's no non-female/male characteristics.

💀 race is biologically real. That's like saying gender isn't biologically real.

So, you think race isn't biologically real, but you also think ignoring race leads to colour blindness?

No, it doesn't. I didn't think of race until my mother told me Indians would discriminate against my half-blackness(never happened).

Children who don't care for each other's race don't become racist. When you care about someone's race beyond a medical context, it divides people.

This fear mongering divides people.

[rgr-pop]

leading the horse (reference and instruction librarians) to the barn (focusing on collection management and liaison tasks) with a little carrot (buying fun clip on sign holders and bringing them to the reference meeting saying idk maybe you could play around with using these and qr codes to connect our print collection and students in the stacks to electronic resources libguides and course content)

[aloyssobek]

i thought this said have not save and was like really?? you published this in 2018???