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In support of the University mission to advance teaching, research, student learning, and community engagement, the University Libraries embrace intellectual inquiry and innovation, nurture the production of new knowledge, and foster excellence in education through scholarly resources, active learning environments, cutting-edge technology, and exceptional service.
The University Libraries aspire to be partners in the scholarly and creative achievements of students, faculty, and staff, leaders in the academic library community, and contributors in the University’s efforts to become nationally known for academic excellence and positive community impacts.
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Hospital library closures and consolidations: a case series
(2019)Health sciences libraries are being closed or are under threat of closure, but little is published that looks at context and causes or alternative library service delivery models such as affiliations or consolidations. ... -
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Examining the Impact of the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy on the Citation Rates of Journal Articles
(PLoS ONE, 2015)Purpose To examine whether National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded articles that were archived in PubMed Central (PMC) after the release of the 2008 NIH Public Access Policy show greater scholarly impact than comparable ... -
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Publication Patterns of US Academic Librarians and Libraries from 2003 to 2012
(College and Research Libraries, 2017)This study investigated contributions to the peer-reviewed library and information science (LIS) journal literature by U.S. academic librarian (USAL) authors over a ten-year period (2003-2012). The results were compared ... -
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Editorial Board Thoughts: Arts into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics - STEAM Creative Abrasion, and the Opportunity in Libraries Today
(Information Technology and Libraries, 2017)By actively seeking out opportunities to bring art into traditionally STEM-focused activity, and vice-versa, we are deliberately increasing the diversity of the environment. Makerspace services and activities, to the extent ... -
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Research Data Management Services in Academic Libraries in the US: A Content Analysis of Libraries' Websites
(College and Research Libraries, 2017)Examining landscapes of research data management services in academic libraries is timely and significant for both those libraries on the front line and the libraries that are already ahead. While it provides overall ... -
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Makerspaces in Libraries: Technology as Catalyst for Better Learning, Better Teaching
(Ingenieria Solidaria, 2017)Across disciplines, the practice of education continues to evolve. Supporting organizations such as the library are responding by reworking existing practices while developing new ones. With roots grounded deeply in ... -
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Nine Years after Implementing the Unthinkable: The Cessation of Periodical Check-in at the University of Nevada, Reno
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)In 2001, librarians at the University of Nevada, Reno, carried out what some considered a radical experiment in the library world: an end to the check-in of print periodicals in exchange for allocating staff resources to ... -
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No Crystal Ball: Planning for Certain Future Cuts When the Future Is Uncertain
(Purdue University e-Pubs, 2014)This paper is a combined presentation from the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Many academic libraries have to make decisions about journal and database subscriptions ... -
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Transforming Technical Services: A Case Study at the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)Technical services in academic libraries face tremendous challenges to transform and move to the next generation of operations and services. Following an overview of the transformational changes affecting library technical ... -
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Capturing Electronic Journals Management in a Flowchart
(Taylor & Francis, 2007)In 2005, a team led by the Electronic Resources Access Librarian in the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries created a flowchart document illustrating the highly complex processes involved in considering, negotiating, ... -
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Standards for the Management of Electronic Resources (ER)
(Taylor & Francis, 2007)The increasingly networked, scholarly information environment requires librarians to use more and different standards in order to manage electronic resources (ER) well. Many key activities associated with the various stages ... -
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Usage of electronic journals and their effect on interlibrary loan
(Taylor & FrancisElsevier (former publisher), 2004)As libraries increase their electronic journal collections, would dependence on interlibrary loan decrease? This paper reports a case study at the University of Nevada, Reno, University Libraries (UNR) focusing on the usage ...
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