Presentation given on the Knowledge Bank at The Ohio State University Libraries' Scholarly Resources Integration Department Meeting on October 4, 2007.

Accounting of the virtually unknown art pottery of Albert C. Armstrong's Ogontz Pottery at Lakeside, Ohio. Includes photographs of Armstrong's semi-matte glaze works.

A large bifacial flint blade made of fresh-water chert and found in Harrison Co., Ohio, is illustrated. The specimen is now in the collections of the Ohio Historical Society, donated by the heirs of R. Max Gard, Lisbon, Ohio.

The learning library is a construct based on the sociocultural theories of Lev Vygotsky and Jean Lave. These theories hold that learning happens through social interaction, that learners move through increasingly complex ...

There is very little public data on usage of digitized library collections. New methods for promoting and sharing digitized collections are created all the time, but very little investigation has been done on the effect ...

Measurement System Analysis (MSA) provides decision makers with a useful suite of tools for understanding whether variation should be attributed to an assessment system itself or the actual item or program being assessed. ...

The utilization of online systems has necessitated many changes in technical services including the following: 1. Increased cooperation among libraries is obvious; 2. Card catalogs have been closed or frozen; 3. The focus ...

Query letters may offer an effective way to increase author engagement in the scholarly communication process, yet they are not a common practice in library and information science (LIS). A survey and interviews were ...

Objective – This study explores whether there is a correlation between academic library leaders’ support for professional development and their employees’ professional self-esteem and motivation to participate in professional ...