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Increasing the competitive edge and impact of the Library's people, services, and technologies: Research from the Field | Sat June 25 | 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Morial Convention Center - Room 287
IRBs and Mystery Shopper Methodology: Objections and Solutions, Dr. Ann Curry, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta | Students as Research Subjects: Issues and Recommendations, Jeonghyun Kim, University of North Texas | What Does the IRB Want? An Insider’s View, Sarah W. Sutton, PhD, Serials/Electronic Resources Librarian, Mary and Jeff Bell Library
Four-Star Research | Sun June 26 | 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Morial Convention Center - Room 268
Assessment Proficiency Rates at the School Level Demonstrate Positive Effects of State-licensed School Library Media Specialists on Student Achievement, Mirah Dow, School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University | Reference Questions as an Authentic Assessment of Information, Roseanne Cordell & Linda Fisher, Franklin D. Schurz Library, Indiana University South Bend | Experiencing Communication Overload: A Phenomenological Study of Academic Reference Librarians at Research Universities, Sean Burns & Jenny Bossaller, School of Information Science & Learning Technologies, University of Missouri
Research to Understand Users: Issues and Approaches | Sun June 26 | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Morial Convention Center - Room 354
What’s Skill Got to Do with It?: A Comparison of Information Literacy Skills and Self-Views of Ability in First Year College Students, by Melissa Gross and Don Latham, School of Library and Information Studies, College of Communication and Information , The Florida State University | Closing the Gap: Determining library help-seeking preferences of adult learners – a case study of graduate social work students at a liberal arts university, by Lizah Ismail, Marywood University Library | Understanding Our Users: Assessing Researcher Needs in Cultural Anthropology, Shawn Miller & Linda Daniel, Duke University
New Minds, New Approaches | Sun June 26 | 1:30 PM| 3:30 PM | Morial Convention Center - Room 398
SPACE, POWER AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY: A Multicase Examination of the Public Library as Organization Space, Matthew Griffis, PhD LIS Candidate, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario, Canada) | Mixed Emotions: The Affective Experience of Librarians During Virtual Reference Instructional Work, Susan Wengler, Ph.D. Student and Teaching Assistant, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | Complementary and alternative health information on the web: Credibility assessment from an older adult perspective, Maria C. Tan, MLIS Candidate, BSc.OT, MSc. (Health Promotion Studies), School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING: come and get involved!
Library Research Round Table Committee Meeting (LRRT) | Mon June 27 | 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Marriott at Convention Center - Creole Queen room