Browsing Libraries Scholarly Works by Title
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Academic law libraries and self-represented litigants
(2010)Self-represented litigants are growing in numbers and they are a concern in every sector of the legal community. These citizens use public institutions to do their legal research. In this article, I focus on academic ... -
The art nouveau book designs of Talwin Morris
(2004-06)This article provides an overview of Morris' career, placing his work within the context of technological changes in bookbinding. The article concludes that Morris' designs signify the popularity of Art Nouveau and its ... -
Bibliometric Analysis and Funding Success to Evaluate an Organization’s Research Grant Decisions
(2016-06-01)Title: Bibliometric Analysis and Funding Success to Evaluate an Organization’s Research Grant Decisions Objectives The Manitoba Medical Services Foundation (MMSF), a non-profit medical foundation that has provided ... -
Bleak House: The death of in-class undergraduate instruction in academic libraries
(2019-05-22)The nature of the university is changing, with increased commodification of teaching and research. This paper dissects the milieu responsible for shifting library priorities, evaluating core tenants like university vision ... -
Book Review: Foundations of Information Ethics
(Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2020)This review analyzes John T. F. Burgess and Emily J. M. Knox's Foundations of Information Ethics (2019). Foundations of Information Ethics is an excellent guidebook throughout its 156 pages. Burgess and Knox have gathered ... -
Bridging the Health Information Gap for Hospital Nurses
(2008)Objectives: To develop library services that support nurses in meeting their new professional continuing competency requirement and to connect nurses directly to quality information for practice and lifelong learning. ... -
Building a Community of Practice for Research Data Services: Experience of CLIR/DLF E-Research Peer Network & Mentoring Group
(Digital Library Federation, 2014-10)From March to October 2014, eight academic libraries in the United States and Canada participated in the CLIR/DLF E-Research Peer Networking & Mentoring Group (ERPNMG), a program that aimed at encouraging and building a ... -
Building Trust After the Labour Action: A Way Forward for a Nascent Bibliometric Service
(2020-06-26)Purpose: To provide an instructive case study on the role of academic librarians’ evolving role in the responsible and ethical stewardship of metrics for libraries wishing to provide support services for bibliometric and ... -
Caring for your bariatric patient: a resource guide to the literature on care of the morbidly obese.
(2011-01)In response to escalating obesity in Manitoba, Canada, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) formed a Bariatric Care Committee to address the issue of providing safe, efficient, and effective care for this population. ... -
Changes to Library of Congress Subject Headings Related to Indigenous Peoples: for use in the AMA MAIN Database
(Unpublished, 2015. Revi)Additions, changes and deletions to the Library of Congress Subject Headings relating Indigenous peoples. These changes were created for use by the Association of Manitoba Archives in their MAIN database of Manitoba archival ... -
Chunk and Chew: Nurses' Role in Helping Patients to Understand and Integrate Health Information
(2019-05-24)Objectives of this workshop are: -Apply health literacy skills in a 'universal precautions' approach -Demonstrate the 'teach-back' and 'chunk and check' method -Effectively integrate written and other education media ... -
Collection Usage Pre- and Post-Summon Implementation at the University of Manitoba Libraries
(Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2012-11-11)This study examines the use of print and electronic collections both before and after implementation of Summon at the University of Manitoba Libraries. Summon is a web-scale discovery service which allows discovery of ... -
Collective Agreements and the Freedom for Librarians to Research
(2018-04-23)The ability to conduct and disseminate research on any topic, even a politically sensitive one, is a component of academic freedom. The collective agreements, which govern the rights and responsibilities of librarians, of ... -
Competency Culture: An Innovative String of Pearls to Deliver Health Information to Nurses
(2006)Objective: To support Manitoba nurses in their new professional requirement to maintain competency. Setting: The College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba (CRNM) requires that licensed, practicing nurses in the province ... -
Creating, Delivering and Evaluating an Informatics Course
(Medical Library Association, 2021-05-24)Background: Due to changes in the scope and nature of care provided by pharmacists, all accredited Canadian Pharmacy programs were required to transition from a 4-year BSc to a 5-year PharmD by 2020. At the University of ... -
Current Awareness in the New Millenium: RSS
(Taylor and Francis, 2006)Keeping current is essential for both patrons and librarians in the health sciences. We receive electronic and photocopied tables of contents. We subscribe to relevant mailing lists, newspapers and magazines. We review ... -
Customer Priority Management: Reference Triage
(2016-04-14)Communication between reference staff in libraries is important in order to serve the patron/customer properly and promptly. Triaging a question from reference desk staff to subject experts involves both parties to be ... -
Developing Data Services Skills in Academic Libraries
(Association of College & Research Libraries, 2022-05)Research data services are increasingly offered by academic libraries. As a result, librarians may need to upskill to provide data services and build capacity. This study measures the current level of data services skills ... -
Developing Librarian Data Services Skills: An Assessment of Current Levels of Competency and a Plan for the Future
(Medical Library Association Annual Conference, 2021-05)Introduction: Research data services are increasingly offered by academic libraries. Librarians may need to upskill to provide sufficient services or to build capacity within their institution. This study measures the ... -
Digging Deeper into Virtual Reference Transcripts
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2015)Purpose The purpose of the study is to identify the information needs of patrons in a large Canadian academic library system by analyzing the types of questions asked through the Library’s “Ask A Librarian” system. The ...