MROAR: Mount Royal Open Access Repository

Search results

Search Results

Displaying (1 - 20 of 91)

Bookmarks

Pages

Title: Test two: (object policy)
Contributor(s): John I. Doe (author)
Date issued: 2022-06-03; 2022-06-03
Description: test abstract
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: Test One: (embargo)
Contributor(s): Jane I. Doe (author)
Date issued: 2022-06-03; 2022-06-03
Description: Test abstract
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: Practicing information literacy:: Practicum students negotiating information practice in workplace settings
Contributor(s): Sara Sharun (author); Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Mount Royal University (funder)
Date issued: 2021; 2021
Description: This study explores practicum students' experiences of information literacy (IL) in work placement settings and describes the various ways they experience IL while learning in these settings. Using phenomenography to conduct and analyze interviews with practicum students in health and community programs at an undergraduate university, this study finds that in practicum settings, learners understand and practice IL not only from their perspectives as students but also as employees and future professionals. This exploration of student IL experiences in learning contexts beyond the classroom presents insights that can inform and strengthen IL curriculum and pedagogy for students in...
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: Collections Are Our Relatives Disrupting the Singular, White Man’s Joy That Shaped Collections
Contributor(s): Jessie Loyer (author)
Date issued: 2021; 2021
Description: The way cultural memory institutions (libraries, archives, and museums) confer authority pits Western concepts like copyright and access against Indigenous legal orders; rage then, is an appropriate response when we consider items in collections as more than objects and rather, as relatives that are barred from being in relationship with us. The chapter centres Indigenous thought on the concepts of collecting and authority and calls for a more nuanced understanding of how we might be in relation to each other. The chapter is structured around first querying collections: the selfish impulse of collecting and the absences in collections, as well as the coloniality of the archive and rage....
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: University Rankings: How Well Do They Measure Library Service Quality?
Contributor(s): Jackson Brian (author)
Date issued: 2015
Description: University rankings play an increasingly large role in shaping the goals of academicinstitutions and departments, while removing universities themselves from the evaluation process. This study compares the library-related results of two university ranking publications with scores on the LibQUAL+™ survey to identify if library service quality—as measured within the LibQUAL+™ dimensions affect of service, information control, and library as place—is related to the standings. The results suggest that some indicators used to rank universities favor libraries with more highly rated physical facilities, while largely ignoring the impact that other services have on library quality
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: 140 Characters in search of a purpose
Contributor(s): MacMillan Margy (author)
Date issued: 2016
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: Evidence Summary: The Library of Congress, Dewey Decimal, and Universal Decimal Classification Systems are Incomplete and Unsystematic
Contributor(s): Merkley Cari (author)
Date issued: 2011
Description: Objective – To determine the extent to which knowledge is currently addressed by the Library of Congress (LCC), Dewey Decimal (DDC), and Universal Decimal (UDC) classification systems. Design – Comparative analysis of the LCC, DDC, and UDC systems using Zin’s 10 Pillars of Knowledge. Setting – The Faculty of Philosophy and Science at a Brazilian university. Subjects – Forty one subject-related classes and 386 subclasses from the first two levels of the LCC, DDC, and UDC systems. Methods – To evaluate the LCC, DDC, and UDC systems, the researchers employed the 10 Pillars of Knowledge, a “hierarchical knowledge tree” developed by the lead author of this study (p. 878). According to the...
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: From zookeepers to safari guides – The evolution of library instruction.
Contributor(s): MacMillan Margy (author)
Date issued: 2004
Description: Presentation for Association of Library Technicians Conference.
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: Evidence Summary: PubMed is Slightly More Sensitive but More Time Intensive to Search than Ovid MEDLINE
Contributor(s): Merkley Cari (author)
Date issued: 2011
Description: Objective — To compare the results of searching the MEDLINE database through Ovid and the free online version of PubMed administered by the National Library of Medicine for randomized controlled trials on the subject of the drug methotrexate (MTX) for patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. Design — Comparative analysis of search results. Setting — Searches conducted by researchers affiliated with Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand, and the University of Toronto and the University Health Network in Toronto, Ontario. Subjects — A total of 3966 search results obtained from Ovid MEDLINE and PubMed. Methods — This study employs an Ovid MEDLINE search strategy originally created for...
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: Evidence Summary: Music Information Seeking Behaviour Poses Unique Challenges for the Design of Information Retrieval Systems
Contributor(s): Merkley Cari (author)
Date issued: 2010
Description: Objective – To better understand music information seeking behaviour in a real life situation and to create a taxonomy relating to this behaviour to facilitate better comparison of music information retrieval studies in the future. Design – Content analysis of natural language queries. Setting – Google Answers, a fee based online service. Subjects – 1,705 queries and their related answers and comments posted in the music category of the Google Answers website before April 27, 2005. Methods – A total of 2,208 queries were retrieved from the music category on the Google Answers service. Google Answers was a fee based service in which users posted questions and indicated what they were...
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: Openly Obsessed: Open Educational Resources Policy in Western Canada & Conceptualizing Openness in Higher Education
Contributor(s): Christiansen Erik G. (author)
Date issued: 2017
Description: This lightning talk was given during an afternoon event hosted by the MRU Library Scholarship Sub-Committee on December 12, 2017. It discusses the progress of two research projects on open educational resources (OER) - one of OER policy in Western Canada and the other on the challenges introduced by openness in higher education.
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: Unconventional classrooms, unconventional methods: Conducting scholarship of teaching and learning research in places you don't expect
Contributor(s): MacMillan Margy (author)
Date issued: 2010
Description: Handout from Centennial Symposium on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: Evidence summary : public library training program for older adults addresses their computer and health literacy needs
Contributor(s): Merkley Cari (author)
Date issued: 2012
Description: Objective – To evaluate the efficacy of an e-health literacy educational intervention aimed at older adults. Design – Pre and post intervention questionnaires administered in an experimental study. Setting – Two public library branches in Maryland. Subjects – 218 adults between 60 and 89 years of age. Methods – A convenience sample of older adults was recruited to participate in a four week training program structured around the National Institutes of Health toolkit Helping Older Adults Search for Health Information Online. During the program, classes met at the participating libraries twice a week. Sessions were two hours in length, and employed hands on exercises led by Master of...
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: Evidence Summary: Enhanced Catalogue Records Positively Impact Circulation but Are Not Used to Their Potential in Patron Searching
Contributor(s): Merkley Cari (author)
Date issued: 2012
Description: Objective – To determine how content-enriched catalogue records impact the circulation rates of print resources in four subject areas, and to investigate how this additional metadata influences OPAC searching and item retrieval. Design – Analysis of circulation data, bibliographic records, and OPAC search logs. Setting – A library at a four-year undergraduate residential college in the North-eastern United States. Subjects – Bibliographic records for 88,538 titles; data from 7,782 circulation transactions; and 130 OPAC search strings and related circulation data. Methods – In the first part of the study, bibliographic records for print items published since 1990 were extracted from the...
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: Evidence Summary: The Launch of a Joint Library/Writing Centre Online Course on Academic Integrity
Contributor(s): Merkley Cari (author)
Date issued: 2013
Description: A Review of: Greer, K., Swanberg, S., Hristova, M., Switzer, A. T., Daniel, D., & Perdue, S. W. (2012). Beyond the web tutorial: Development and implementation of an online, self-directed academic integrity course at Oakland University. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 38(5), 251-258. doi: 10.1016/j.acalib.2012.06.010
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: Mapping landmarks in the Territory
Contributor(s): MacMillan Margy (author)
Date issued: 2016
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: Dirty secrets revealed : Journal publishing and marketing, impact factors and access to scholarship
Contributor(s): MacMillan Margy (author); Gibb Kalen (author); Hayman Richard (author); May Francine (author); Vanderwerff Madelaine (author)
Date issued: 2014
Description: A spirited discussion of what’s happening behind the scenes as journals respond to developments in scholarly communication. How are traditional journals responding to open access, how are they maintaining prestige in a changing environment and how can you really tell where articles will have the widest reach.
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: Everything is Shareable: Why Open Educational Resources are Critical to Lifelong Learning and the Sharing Economy
Contributor(s): Christiansen Erik G. (author)
Date issued: 2016
Description: This presentation is from a workshop on open educational resources (OER). This workshop was part of the Code4Lib Alberta Conference, on November 24, 2016. It provides an overview of OER in the context of the open education movement while emphasizing practical considerations when using/creating OER. The audience participated in an OER search activity and added their findings to the live slide deck.
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: Methods for studying the use of public spaces in libraries
Contributor(s): May Francine (author)
Date issued: 2011
Description: This review examines selected methods for studying the use of public spaces in libraries, including mental mapping, observation, questionnaires and interviews. Although use of space research often features more than one method of inquiry, observation (in its various forms) is a key method. Information gathered from use of space research can be used for a variety of purposes from feeding into design and renovation projects to contributing to library promotion and funding initiatives.
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Title: Program integrated instruction: Putting the pieces together.
Contributor(s): MacMillan Margy (author)
Date issued: 2003
Description: Presentation for Atlantic Provinces Library Association.
Appears in collection(s): University Library