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Item Introduction to Wikidata The Wikipedia of Facts(American Theological Library Association, 2019-01-06) Anderson, CliffordThis paper briefly summarizes an in-conference workshop about Wikidata and its potential uses for scholarly communications in religious studies and theology.Item Library as Thesis Laboratory: A Workshop-Based Approach to How Librarians Can Support Writing and Research(American Theological Library Association, 2019-01-06) Osinski, Keegan; Smiley, BobbyABSTRACT Historically, librarians have supported instruction and curricular development primarily through information literacy sessions and individual consultation. But having identified a gap in the curriculum and academic experience between faculty expectations and student writing ability in the Divinity School at Vanderbilt, as well as a dearth of support for students through the thesis writing process, the library has set out to offer our skills and expertise to guide students through the research and writing of their final theses. This contribution provides an assessment of the inaugural class that took place in the spring semester of 2018, and covers the formation of the course, from conversations with students and planning with administrators to outlining the syllabus. We discuss the actual practice of the program, its successes and pitfalls, and our assessments of the results of this initial effort, as well as our plans for moving forward with the course. By reviewing and evaluating the course, our goal is to stoke conversation about how divinity libraries can identify gaps where their expertise and experience can be leveraged, and design novel ways for librarians to complement and augment existing curricular needs around writing and research.Item On Evolving the Operations of the Vanderbilt Television News Archive: Cloud Computing for Audiovisual Preservation(2019-09-11) Anderson, Clifford B.This presentation describes the ongoing process of moving the operations of the Vanderbilt Television News Archive (VTNA) to the “cloud.” After briefly sketching the history and services of the VTNA, the author discusses how its staff have ported essential operations related to capturing, storing, transforming, and describing the evening news to cloud-based systems. This presentation was originally delivered on September 11, 2019 as part of a NISO webinar titled “The Preservation and Archiving of Digital Media.”Item Anchors and Abstracts(2018-12-01) Duran, Jim; Anderson, CliffordThis project brought together libraries and archives involved in maintaining television news archives to consider the long term sustainability of their programs. The main activity of the grant was a two-day workshop held at Vanderbilt University to share knowledge about the challenges and potential avenues of collaboration for preserving television news. The workshop titled Sustaining Television News for the Next Generation took place on March 8-9, 2018 and included about thirty-five participants, representing university libraries, nonprofits, and digital cultural heritage groups.Item Building Institutional Repositories in Theological Libraries(American Theological Library Association, 2016-06) Anderson, Clifford B.; Lew, Charlotte; Warga, EdInstitutional repositories are mainstays of the open access movement. However, theological schools have been slower to adopt them than other institutions of higher education. We believe that theological schools may be hesitant to build institutional repositories because they do not fully understand the principles of open access, have not conceptualized workflows to populate repositories, and have not developed effective communities of practice. In this essay, we try to provide perspectives on these three sticking points.Item Relational Librarianship @ Your Library(American Theological Library Association, 2016-06) Anderson, Christopher J.; Osinski, KeeganWe believe that really getting to know the people in our communities - students, faculty, staff, and visitors - and building relationships with them are key components to their success in the library. Here, we'll offer some examples of what this "relational librarianship" looks like in our libraries (the Drew University Special Collections and Archives and the Vanderbilt University Divinity Library), and then open the floor to hear how you all build relationships with your communities.Item Data Curation 101 for Theological Librarians(2017-06-16) Anderson, Clifford B.; Smiley, BobbyCurating data is a new job skill for theological librarians. Apart from certain subfields that cross over with psychology and sociology, theological studies is not a data-driven discipline. Theological students have not needed to master statistics to study Augustine, Julian of Norwich, or Rosemary Radford Ruether. As theological researchers become interested in the digital humanities, they wind up producing data sets, which require description, preservation, and publication plans. The art of data curation is to guide researchers to sustainable and scalable practices of data sharing. Theological librarians have the opportunity to lead faculty and graduate students in these practices, steering them away from storing their data on thumb drives, network shares, and Dropbox to preserving their research in data repositories in standard formats with shared identifiers. A big task, no doubt!Item Outsourcing and Offshoring in Special Collections: From Theory to Practice(American Theological Library Association, 2012) Anderson, Clifford B.As the programs of special collections departments become more ambitious, the challenges of provisioning them become more complex. Whereas expectations of special collections librarians were once fairly uniform, position requirements are all over the map these days. Among other things, we may be expected to develop collections, process papers, arrange exhibitions, coordinate conferences, correspond with donor and grant agencies, publish scholarly articles, mark up finding aids, scan source materials, configure content management systems, and develop attractive digital interfaces. These increasing ambitions require us to think differently about how we approach not only our work but also the boundaries of our organizations. The question should not be what is most expedient but what is the most effective way to accomplish this range of tasks.Item Journey of Transformation(2013-11-01)Item Redefining What "Technical" Is: New Roles for Technical Services(Vanderbilt University, 2013-09-23) Winjum, Roberta J.An abundance of technical work still exists in libraries. This presentation, from the OVGTSL meeting in Richmond, KY, May 15-17, 2013, outlines how the changing environment has impacted the functions and workload of staff in Technical Services. It covers Technical Services’ role in the library, future directions, new assignments, and the transition process for staff possessing valuable technical skills.Item Evolution of an Online Publication: The Revised Common Lectionary(Vanderbilt University, 2010-07-08T13:27:03Z) Hook, William John, 1953-Item Why catalog?(Vanderbilt University, 2008) Lasater, Mary CharlesItem Authority Control Meets Faceted Browse: Vanderbilt and Primo(Vanderbilt University, 2007) Lasater, Mary CharlesDiscusses attempt to combine MARC metadata and TV News archive metadata into Primo.Item Vanderbilt Visions: An Exercise in Collaboration(Vanderbilt University, 2008-12-30T14:57:53Z) Stewart-Mailhiot, Amy; Lannom, Lee Ann; Brown, MelindaFive months before the Fall 2007 semester the Committee on Undergraduate Information Literacy (CUIL) and Vanderbilt Libraries were notified their proposal to present one of the weekly sessions for Vanderbilt Visions, the university's first-year orientation program, was accepted. Through a collaborative effort, over 30 staff from 5 libraries, the Center for Teaching, the Writing Studio and the Learning Resource Center worked together to design and present a session that focused on intellectual engagement at Vanderbilt and explored the differences between college and high school research. This was the first opportunity for the Libraries to work with our campus partners on such a large-scale project. Several challenges the planning and development group faced included: * Developing a multi-media program that would meet cross-disciplinary needs for students enrolled in 4 undergraduate schools * Ensuring that the diversity of the Vanderbilt community was reflected in the presentation * Determining the best way to present this session to 1700 students utilizing available staff resources * Introducing staff with differing levels of technical expertise to new technologies * Asking staff to take on a new, large-scale project scheduled for the 3rd week of fall semester - a time that is traditionally very busy This presentation will focus on how we met these challenges, what we learned from working with our campus partners, what we would do differently next time, and the unexpected benefits to our experience.Item "How to Embed a Librarian" Reflections Paper(Jean and Alexander Heard Library, 2007-05) Foutch, Leslie J.Item How to Embed a Librarian(LOEX Press, 2008) Foutch, Leslie J; Griffith, Brian; Lannom, Lee Ann; Sommer, Deborah; Weiner, SharonLibrarians were embedded in two Vanderbilt University courses in 2006. As part of an integrated approach, the librarians proposed an "embedded librarian" for a freshmen course of 106 students offered at Peabody College of Education and Development. A librarian audited the course and attended all lectures. As a member of the class, she was informed about the assignments and learned about the instructor's expectations and idiosyncrasies. She scheduled optional workshops that were tailored to the students needs. At the Owen Graduate School of Management, an embedded librarian worked with undergraduate students from a variety of non-business majors at Vanderbilt. They participated in the intensive 4-week "Accelerator" summer program. The purpose of embedding a librarian was to instill business information fluency and to stress the value of information in academic and real-world situations. Highlighting their experiences, the embedded librarians and a course professor will present their observations and discuss expected outcomes. They will give advice for those who want to institute this program in their own institutions.