{"id":19,"date":"2012-11-12T17:09:04","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T02:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/?p=19"},"modified":"2019-04-04T15:58:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T23:58:29","slug":"interview-with-mike-robinson-head-of-library-systems-consortium-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/2012\/11\/12\/interview-with-mike-robinson-head-of-library-systems-consortium-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Mike Robinson, Head of Library Systems, Consortium Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

On November 12, 9:00-10:00am, Deb the Librarian interviewed Mike Robinson, Associate Professor, Library Science, and Head of the Library Systems Department<\/strong> at the UAA\/APU Consortium Library about computer technology and online access to information at the Consortium Library.\u00a0 Library Systems includes 4 employees that oversee the functionality of the Library Catalog and online databases, Library computers and the software that is on them, and web design and development.\u00a0 They constantly work to enhance online service to students, and keep them all that is offered at the Library.<\/p>\n

How many computers does the library have for students to use?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

At this time there are 50 computers<\/strong> available in the Library!\u00a0 There are 5 computers for people from the community to log in and access the internet (beyond UAA resources) for one hour, but otherwise all of the databases that UAA and the State of Alaska pay for are available to students and guests alike!<\/p>\n

The Consortium Library also offers iPads and laptops that students can check out for in-library use<\/strong>.\u00a0 Library Systems ynamic department; they with the constant evolution of technology, increased need for software on Library computers, and responding to the demand for quick, easy access to library resources.<\/p>\n

How is the Library improving access to resources?<\/strong><\/p>\n

QuickSearch<\/strong>, the meta-search box on the Consortium Library’s home page at www.consortiumlibrary.org, was discussed.\u00a0 QuickSearch searches all of the records in the Library Catalog, including ebooks, and 80-90% of the Consortium Library’s subscription databases<\/strong>, which include the full text of articles.\u00a0 If you search QuickSearch, you will have the ability to limit your results to scholarly\/peer-reviewed articles, books, newspapers, dissertations, and reference sources.\u00a0 You can also save article or book records and email or print them in one of many popular citation style formats (APA, MLA, etc.).\u00a0 Another option is to export the records to your RefWorks account.\u00a0 This is a research management database that allows you to create folders to store the book and article information you use, and create a bibliography from that folder.<\/p>\n

I created a brief QuickSearch video,<\/strong> which you can view here: http:\/\/www.screencast.com\/t\/pvHmV3AC<\/a><\/p>\n

Subject Guides<\/strong>, which you can link to under the QuickSearch box at www.consortiumlibrary.org, include subject-specific web sites, article databases and other resources relevant to that topic.\u00a0 These are created by librarians that are liaisons to various UAA Departments.\u00a0 Take a look at the Subject Guides here:\u00a0 http:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/find\/subjects\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The Subject Guides have been created using LibGuides software.\u00a0 To see what LibGuides have been created by other university and public libraries, go to:\u00a0 www.libguides.com<\/a>.\u00a0 You’ll be amazed by the many subjects covered!<\/p>\n

Songs<\/strong> played:\u00a0 Information, by Dredg, Help, by Bananarama, and We Can Work it Out, by Stevie Wonder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On November 12, 9:00-10:00am, Deb the Librarian interviewed Mike Robinson, Associate Professor, Library Science, and Head of the Library Systems Department at the UAA\/APU Consortium Library about computer technology and online access to information at the Consortium Library.\u00a0 Library Systems includes 4 employees that oversee the functionality of the Library Catalog and online databases, Library … Continue reading “Interview with Mike Robinson, Head of Library Systems, Consortium Library”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-informania-interviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":992,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions\/992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}