Faculty Research in Georgia Southern Commons
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Submissions from 2024
Academic Library Online Chat Services Under the Impact of Artificial Intelligence, LiLi Li and Kay Coates
Launching an Intranet in LibGuides CMS at the Georgia Southern University Libraries, Wilhelmina Randtke
Book Review of Ruin and Resilience: Southern Literature and the Environment by Daniel Spoth, Kevin J. Reagan
Connecting the Dots: Sharing Hidden Histories of Regional Inventors’ Patents, John Schlipp and Kris Kallies Kallies
Submissions from 2023
Mindfulness Practices in University and High School Settings: A Systematic Literature Review, Ruth L. Baker and Katia G. Karadjova-Kozhuharova
Applications of Analog Board Game Play in Higher Education Teaching and Learning: A Systematic Review, Nathaniel Lee Bareford
OER Discovery: Ensuring that OER Rise to the Top, Beth Burnett, Dawn N. Cannon-Rech, Rebecca Hunnicutt, and Jeffrey M. Mortimore
The Privacy Librarian Is In! How Privacy Issues Affect Researchers and Libraries, John Felts, Heather Staines, Tim Lloyd, Keondra Bailey, and Wilhelmina Randtke
Engaging With Campus and Community: Insights From a Traveling Exhibition, Tara Murray Grove, Clara Drummond, J. Adam Clemons, and Autumn Johnson
Positive Effects of Mindfulness Practices on Academic Performance and Well-being, Katia G. Karadjova-Kozhuharova and Ruth L. Baker
Trying Something New: Developing New Tools for Educational Resource Assessment, Jessica Minihan Rigg and Jeffrey M. Mortimore
Unbundling the Big Deal: Integrating Faculty Feedback with the “Use Adjusted Score”, Jeffrey M. Mortimore and Jessica Minihan
Centralized Corporate Power and Artificial Intelligence, Wilhelmina Randtke
Current and Ongoing US Government Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Ethics, Privacy, and Transparency: How to Participate, Wilhelmina Randtke
Google Analytics: Change from Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4, Wilhelmina Randtke
Launching a 3D Printing Program for Students: Recommendations and Best Practices for Libraries, Wilhelmina Randtke and Nathaniel Lee Bareford
Submissions from 2022
My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside the Personal Library of a Librarian, Nathaniel Lee Bareford
Intersectionality, ICD-11, and Black Women Librarians in the Midst of a Pandemic, Vivian F. Bynoe and Kay G. Coates
Mindfulness And Technology: Can They Be Two Sides Of The Same Coin?, Katia G. Karadjova-Kozhuharova and Ruth L. Baker
Culturally Grounded Approaches to Information Literacy Understanding: The Case of Bulgaria, Katia G. Karadjova-Kozhuharova and Tania Y. Todorova
3D Printing on a Shoestring: How to Avoid a Costly Ventilation Retrofit, Wilhelmina Randtke, Nathaniel Lee Bareford, and Alley Tooley
Submissions from 2021
Providing Access with Bookmobiles: A Chapter in the History of Georgia Libraries, Rebecca J. Hunnicutt
Connecting Special Collections to the Digital Humanities, Autumn Johnson
Escape the Show and Tell: Engaging Primary Source Literacy through Immersive Game-based Instruction, Autumn Johnson and Dawn Nikki Cannon-Rech
Middle School Student Empowerment Through The Sun Is Also a Star: An American Library Association Collaborative Grant Initiative Exploring the Immigrant Experience, Anne Katz and Vivian Bynoe
There’s No Place Like Home: Hosting Dynamic OER in the Library CMS, Jeffrey M. Mortimore and Dawn Nikki Cannon-Rech
Submissions from 2020
Georgia Librarians Returning to Work In-Person during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kristen Bailey, Benjamin Bryson, Jessica Garner, Adam Griggs, Rebecca J. Hunnicutt, Jennifer Ivey, Tomeka L. Jackson, Gail Morton, Lee Olson, Jasmine Rizer, Janice Williams, Ashley Wilson, and Virginia C. Feher
Scholarly Communications Resources for Liaisons, Ruth L. Baker
Chapter 105. Paint Chip Poetry, Dawn Cannon-Rech
From Soup to Nuts: Expanding Liaison and Technical Services for OER Development, Dawn Cannon-Rech and Jeffrey M. Mortimore
Navigating the COVID-19 slipstream: A case study on living and managing access services during a global pandemic, Jessica Garner and Natalie Logue
Escape the Swamp: Integrating Immersive Gaming into Archival Programming, Autumn M. Johnson
Popping the Filter Bubble on Internet News and Recognizing Bias, Lauren McMillan and Vivian F. Bynoe
Embrace the Hive Mind: Engaging ILL and Research Services in Unsubscribed and OA Content Discovery, Jeffrey Mortimore, Ruth L. Baker, Rebecca Hunnicutt, Natalie Logue, and Jessica Minihan Rigg
Book Review - Coming of Age in a Hardscrabble World: A Memoir Anthology, Kristi L. Smith
Georgia Library Association-Technical Services Interest Group, Linh Uong, Rachel S. Evans, and Rebecca J. Hunnicutt
Georgia Library Association - Technical Services Interest Group, Linh Uong, Rachel S. Evans, Rebecca J. Hunnicutt, Kelly Ansley, and Bernard Bulemu
Submissions from 2019
Right Under Their Noses: Helping Patrons Identify the Resources at Their Fingertips, Jessica Garner and Jessica Williams
Let the Right Ones In: Supporting Patrons as Content Creators with LibGuides and LibGuides CMS, Jeffrey M. Mortimore and Ruth L. Baker
Submissions from 2018
Georgia Library Association - Coastal Georgia Library Collaborative Update, Vivian Bynoe
Thinking outside the box: a critical literacy collaborative, Vivian Bynoe and Anne Katz
Developing the Critical Literacy Abilities of Pre-Service Teachers, Vivian Bynoe, Anne Katz, and Patricia Coberly-Holt
Chapter 15: Library Orientations for Resident Assistants, Dawn Cannon-Rech
A (Short) Reading List to Make Your Gun Debate Smarter, Jessica Garner
‘Free Speech Absolutism’ is the 1A Debate De Jour, Jessica Garner
Looking at the Climate of Data Protection as GDPR Looms, Jessica Garner
Separate is Still Not Equal, Jessica Garner
The GDPR’s Facebook Break-Up, Jessica Garner
What Does Confucius Say About Intellectual Freedom?, Jessica Garner
Supporting Student-Led Content Creation in the Distance Learning Environment with LibGuides CMS, Jeffrey Mortimore and Ruth Baker
Essential Audits for Proactive Electronic Resources Troubleshooting and Support, Jeffrey M. Mortimore and Jessica Rigg
Program Model: Campus Bookmobile, Kristi Smith
Book Review - Buildings of Savannah, Kristi L. Smith
News - Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus, Kristi L. Smith
Program Model: Campus Bookmobile, Kristi L. Smith
Submissions from 2017
Georgia Library Association - Coastal Georgia Library Collaborative, Vivian Bynoe and Kristi Smith
We Can’t All Be Rock Stars: Reaching a Mass Audience with the Message of Library Privacy, Jessica Garner
Assess and Improve: A Case Study at Georgia Southern University Library, Clement Lau
Promoting a Service Culture Across Technical and Public Services: Lessons from Electronic Resource Access Troubleshooting and Support, Jeffrey M. Mortimore
Shaping Expectations: Defining and Refining the Role of Technical Services in New Resource Rollouts, Jeffrey M. Mortimore and Debra G. Skinner
Georgia Library Association - New Members Round Table, Kristi Smith
Programs That Pop - Bookmobile for a Day, Kristi Smith
News-Armstrong State University, Kristi Smith and Vivian Bynoe
Programs That Pop-Bookmobile for a Day, Kristi L. Smith
Submissions from 2016
FYE 1220: Good Grief, Ruth Baker
A Reference Gem, Kay G. Coates
How Are We Really Doing?: Using Assessment to Improve Library Services at Georgia Southern University, Clement Lau
Submissions from 2015
Banned Books Week Virtual Read-Outs, Ruth Baker
LibGuides: Online Subject and Research Guides, Ruth Baker
National Library Week, Ruth Baker
Meet Your New Liaison for the College of Education: Kay Coates, Information Services Librarian, Kay G. Coates
Submissions from 2014
Designing LibGuides as Instructional Tools for Critical Thinking and Effective Online Learning, Ruth L. Baker
Final Report of the Georgia Southern University Ad Hoc Committee on Student Ratings of Instruction, Helen W. Bland, James Harris, James Jupp, William B. Levernier, Nan S. LoBue, Trent W. Maurer, James S. Reichard, Sonya S. Shepherd, and Rebecca Ziegler
Scholarly Information Discovery in the Networked Academic Learning Environment, LiLi Li
Review of Reflecting on the Future of Academic and Public Libraries by Peter Hernon and Joseph R. Matthews, W. Bede Mitchell
Submissions from 2013
America’s Music, Ruth Baker
Banned Books Week, Ruth Baker
Bridging Cultures/Muslim Journeys, Ruth Baker
Developing a Topic-Centered First-Year Seminar with an Emphasis on Information Literacy at a Large Regional University, Wendy L. Chambers, Lisa Smith, Jessica N. Orvis, and Christopher Caplinger
A Note on Civil Disobedience and Professional Ethics Codes, W. Bede Mitchell
Zach S. Henderson Library Newsletter, W. Bede Mitchell, Ann Hamilton, Sonya S. Shepherd, and Fred W. Smith
Techno-Stress in the Higher Education Environment, Sonya S. Shepherd
New and Emerging Technology in Education, Sonya S. Shepherd and M. D. Richardson
The Increasing Momentum of Technological Change in Higher Education, Sonya S. Shepherd and Michael D. Richardson
Submissions from 2012
Using Library Resources and Technology to Develop Global and Collaborative Workspaces, Sonya S. Shepherd
A Comparison of Searching Functionality of a Vu-Find Catalogue Implementation and the Traditional Catalogue, Debra G. Skinner
Submissions from 2011
Collective Serials Analysis: The Relevance of a Journal in Supporting Teaching and Research, Jason Dewland and Jessica Minihan Rigg
Online Teaching: Perceptions of Faculty at a Research University, Charles B. Hodges, Raleigh Way, and Sonya S. Shepherd
Review of The Ethical Archivist by Elena S. Danielson, W. Bede Mitchell
The Globalization of Higher Education through the Lens of Technology and Accountability, Howard C. Woodard, Sonya S. Shepherd, Mindy Crain-Dorough, and Michael D. Richardson
Submissions from 2010
GLA Honors State's Best at COMO Conference, Lori L. Gwinett
Citizen Ambassadorship on Behalf of Libraries, Ann Hamilton
Review of Archives Power: Memory, Accountability, and Social Justice by Randall C. Jimerson, W. Bede Mitchell
Selection and Cataloging for an Automated Retrieval Collection: Viewpoint of a Cataloger, Debra G. Skinner
Access Answers, Fred W. Smith
Access Answers, Fred W. Smith
Access Answers: A Digest of LISTSERVs of Interest to Access Services, Fred W. Smith
Access Answers: A Digest of LISTSERVs of Interest to Access Services, Fred W. Smith
News from the field: Access Services Conference 2009, Fred W. Smith
On-Demand Paging and Retrieval in a Semiautomated Environment at Georgia Southern University: The First Two Years, Fred W. Smith
