Journal•ISSN: 0275-777X
Indiana Libraries
Indiana Library Federation
About: Indiana Libraries is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Information literacy & Library instruction. It has an ISSN identifier of 0275-777X. Over the lifetime, 358 publications have been published receiving 750 citations.
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TL;DR: All restrooms and drinking fountains are wheelchair accessible and most of the buildings on campus are equipped with lifts.
Abstract: Handicapped parking is available on campus. Handicapped parking is available for a fee in the following lots: Ignacio Lot Located on the North side of Building 500 on East 19th Ave. Georgetown Lot Located in the Northeast corner of 19th Ave and Uvalda Ct. See the following web page for more information http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/departments/FacilitiesManagement/ParkingMaps/Parking/Pages/Vi sitorParking.aspx . All restrooms and drinking fountains are wheelchair accessible.
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TL;DR: The Schurz Library at Indiana University South Bend set up an effective profile and utilized different features within MySpace and Facebook to promote itself to students as discussed by the authors, which was the first time a library set up a profile on Facebook.
Abstract: According to a survey conducted by Eszter Hargittai, an assistant professor of communications studies and sociology at Northwestern University, students often ignore messages coming from their colleges as they consider them a form of spam (Carnevale, 2006). If students are not using campus e-mail to keep up with their friends and classmates, how do they communicate with each other? The answer is that they instead use MySpace and Facebook. Both MySpace and Facebook are social networking websites that provide personalized and interactive services based on users’ interest and activities on the Web. Each of them features the opportunity to meet friends through networking and services like blogs, photos, and interest-based events and groups, etc. According to the 2006 Anderson Analytics GenX2Z Annual College Brand Survey, MySpace and Facebook ranked as the top two websites among college students (Weinbery, 2006). Comparing with 2005, MySpace had a 258% increase for the number of visits, while Facebook received a 41% increase for the number of visits (Weinbery, 2006). With an increasing number of students using MySpace and Facebook, many libraries around the country started to experiment with MySpace and Facebook. In May 2006, Franklin D. Schurz Library at Indiana University South Bend set up accounts in both MySpace and Facebook. This article will discuss how the Schurz Library set up an effective profile and utilized different features within MySpace and Facebook to promote itself to students.
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TL;DR: In a recent public forum at a small New Jersey library, local citizens expressed a desire to go beyond traditional library programming so they could interact with each other about local concerns no longer communicated through trusted local media as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: At a recent public forum at a small New Jersey library, local citizens told strategic planners that they were pleased with their access to a diversity of resources and programs offered by the library. But they also voiced concerns about the loss of access to local information now that the community’s biweekly newspaper ceased publication. Moreover, they expressed a desire to go beyond traditional library programming so they could interact with each other about local concerns no longer communicated through trusted local media. No doubt, forum attendees recognize the essential role of information to participation in community life -a role well-articulated by the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy (Knight Commission, 2009). In its 2009 report, the Commission stated, “The time has come for new thinking and aggressive action to ensure the information opportunities of America’s people, the information health of its communities, and the information vitality of our democracy” (Knight Commission, 2009, p. 1). In an era when citizens yearn for more participation in civic life, traditional news media have abandoned local communities in New Jersey and beyond. Understandably, some have turned to libraries to fill the information and engagement voids left in their communities.
17 citations
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TL;DR: In his book, Steven Johnson argues that digital based strategy games are actually enhancing the authors' problem solving skills, as well as IQs.
Abstract: In the past few years there has been a renewed push towards viewing games and gaming differently, most notably in the popular culture book, "Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today's Pop Culture is Actually Making us Smarter" by Steven Johnson( 2005). In his book, Johnson argues that digital based strategy games are actually enhancing our problem solving skills, as well as IQs. He also laments the lack of solid research into how game design changes these skills, and calls for further research from cognitive scientists and educators.
15 citations