Recent Additions

• Incorporating Ebooks into Humanities Scholarship: Results from a Combined Survey and Use Study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (A LibValue Study) 

  Wiley, Lynn; Chrzastowski, Tina; Zancanella, Jean-Louise (2013)

  This presentation will provide data from an IMLS funded “LibValue” study undertaken at our Library. The study’s outcomes focus on assessment of the humanist’s perception and use of ebooks, and assessment of the library’s ...

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  MPEG-4 video (298MB)
• Digitizing Serialized Fiction 

  Hess, Kirk M. (2013)

  This project evaluated methods for indexing serialized fiction in the University of Illinois' digital newspaper collection and was first presented at Digital Humanities 2013. The project evaluated traditional indexing and ...

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  Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 (4MB)
• Book ownership in Chautauqua County, Kansas, 1875 

  Weible, Cherie' L. (2013)

  In 1875, the state of Kansas conducted a census which included questions about private and public libraries.  This research focuses on books enumerated in Chautauqua County, Jefferson Township, and their owners.

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  MPEG-4 video (241MB)
• Formative evaluation of near-semantic search interfaces 

  Hahn, James F. (2013)

  This talk reports findings from a usability study of an experimental near-semantic search interface, presenting user preferences for exploring semantic recommendations. The resulting catalog search engine, Deneb 2.0 is in ...

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  Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 (15MB)
• Mapping Library Contributions to Internationalization on U.S. Campuses 

  Witt, Steve (2013)

  The presentation will cover preliminary survey results aimed at establishing baseline data on the contributions of U.S. Academic Libraries to campus internationalization.  The overall aim of this research is to help to ...

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  MPEG-4 video (282MB)