Search
Now showing items 1-8 of 8
Interpreting American Ethnic Experiences: The Development of the Balch Library Collections
(2016-10)
The Balch Institute was a library and museum dedicated to immigration and ethnic history, based in Philadelphia. This article analyzes the development of its print and manuscript collections, from its first accessions in ...
The Politics of Ethnic Heritage Preservation in Canada: The Case of the Multicultural History Society of Ontario
(University of Texas Press, 2012)
This article examines the constitution of the collections of the Multicultural History Society of Ontario between 1976 and 1982 in the context of the Canadian policy of multiculturalism. Set up as an independent nonprofit ...
Millennial Generation Students Search the Web Erratically, with Minimal Evaluation of Information Quality
(University of Alberta Learning Services, 2013)
A Review of: Taylor, A. (2012). A study of the information search behaviour of the millennial generation. Information Research, 17(1), paper 508. Retrieved from http://informationr.net/ir/17-1/paper508.html
Teaching Students How to Research the Past: Historians and Librarians in the Digital Age
(Society for History Education, 2012-01)
The article discusses innovations in information and communication technologies and examines their impact on the teaching of history, as well as student learning. Particular focus is given to ways in which the practices ...
Documenting the Immigrant and Ethnic Experience in American Archives
(Society of American Archivists, 2010)
This paper examines the development of ethnic and immigrant archives in the United States since the 1960s. It focuses on the dramatic evolution of "ethnic archiving"—the processes and objectives involved in documenting the ...
Gender, Race, and Age of Librarians and Users Have an Impact on the Perceived Approachability of Librarians
(University of Alberta Learning Services, 2013)
A Review of: Bonnet, J. L., & McAlexander, B. (2012). Structural diversity in academic libraries: A study of librarian approachability. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 38(5), 277-286. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2012.06.002
Archival Representations of Immigration and Ethnicity in North American History: From the Ethnicization of Archives to the Archivization of Ethnicity
(2014)
This article traces the representations of ethnicity and immigration in mainstream American and Canadian archives since the 1950s. It identifies three main periods of evolution of these ethnic archives: the era prior to ...
Beyond the Web Tutorial: Development and Implementation of an Online, Self-Directed Academic Integrity Course at Oakland University
(Elsevier, 2012-09)
Intentional and unintentional plagiarism cases occur frequently and present unique pedagogical challenges for librarians, who often are deemed responsible for ensuring that undergraduates gain a solid understanding of ...