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Item Internet and Reference Services: Implications for Academic Libraries(Emerald, 1993) Radcliff, Carolyn; Du Mont, Mary; Gatten, JeffreyAwareness and availability of information resources on the Internet, the electronic network of networks, have soared in recent years. In the process of considering the potential benefits and costs of using the Internet to access library catalogues, academic libraries discovered the existence of a new world of scholarly communication and remote information access. To take advantage of the valuable resources that are available, primarily through the efforts of research institutions and mostly in the United States, many university and college librarians are now addressing the issues of connecting to the Internet: learning to use the network, identifying resources, and educating and training users.Item Images of Women in Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy, 1970, 1980, and 1990: A Comparative Content Analysis(VOYA, 1993-04) Du Mont, Mary J.Item The Evolution and Reaffirmation of a Library Orientation Program in an Academic Research Library(Emerald, 1995) Du Mont, Mary J.; Schloman, Barbara F.In 1981, James Rice proposed that there are three levels of library instruction: library orientation, library instruction, and bibliographic instruction.1 Library orientation provides an introduction for users to the physical library layout and selected resources and services. The more subtle objectives are to reduce user anxiety, motivate subsequent use, and promote the availability of helpful service. In Rice’s model, the second level provides a more extensive explanation of specific library materials and the third is the offering of formal courses in bibliography. One can argue that this model is dated and no longer reflects the instructional programs carried out by academic libraries. Today’s emphasis is increasingly placed on the process of information seeking and management, in addition to the organization of knowledge and libraries. This article focuses on Rice’s first level—library orientation—and the continuing viability of its role as the foundation piece of a library’s instructional program, especially in an electronic environment.Item Taking Note: Assessing the Performance of Reference Service in Academic Music Libraries: A Progress Report(Music Library Association, Inc., 2001-09) Christensen, Beth; Du Mont, Mary; Green, AlanItem Reading with a Tender Rapture: Reveries of a Bachelor and the Rhetoric of Detached Intimacy(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003) Spiro, Lisa"Reading with a Tender Rapture" examines readers' responses to Donald Grant Mitchell's best-selling sentimental work Reveries of a Bachelor (1850). This article was based upon a chapter in my dissertation, "Bachelors of Arts: Bachelorhood and the Construction of Literary Identity in Antebellum America" (2002). Copyright @ 2003 The Johns Hopkins University Press. This article first appeared in Book History, Volume 6, 2003, pages 57-93.Item Marketing Marvel: Extending the Life of a Scribner's Bestseller(2004) Spiro, Lisa; Center for Digital ScholarshipItem Institutional Repositories(2005) Henry, Charles; Digital Library InitiativeItem Texas Digital Library Application Profile for ETDs(2006) Surratt, Brian E.; Little, Alisha; Mitchell, Anne M.; Thomale, Jason; Flannery, Melinda Reagor; Technical ServicesThis MODS application profile for electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) describes the best practices for descriptive metadata for member of the Texas Digital Library (TDL). This document defines the mandatory minimum elements for ETDs. Besides these elements, other valid MODS elements may be included in ETD records. Other optional subelements and attributes are described throughout the document.Item Doing Digital Scholarship(2008) Spiro, Lisa; Digital Library InitiativePaper presented at Digital Humanities 2008 (Oulu, Finland). Focuses on a project to practice digital scholarship by relying on electronic resources, experimenting with tools for analyzing and organizing digital information, and representing ideas through multimedia.Item Using Visualization in the Classroom(2008) Spiro, Lisa; Center for Digital ScholarshipPresentation given at the Teaching with Technology brown bag, Rice University, October 15, 2008Item Why TEI? How Text Encoding Facilitates Research and Analysis(2008) Spiro, Lisa; Center for Digital ScholarshipDiscusses how TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) can be used by archives and special collections libraries. Defines TEI and provides background on XML. Provides examples of how TEI can facilitate text analysis, placing keywords in context, preservation, nuanced searching, and more. Briefly explores how to implement TEI.Item The Global Library(2008) Spiro, Lisa; Center for Digital ScholarshipPresentation about the global reach of digital libraries, given as part of the "International Treasures" panel at Fondren Library, November 2008.Item Visualizing Texts, Modeling History: Possibilities for Digital Scholarship in the Humanities(2008) Spiro, Lisa; Center for Digital ScholarshipPresentation given for scholars in hemispheric American studies, October 8, 2008Item "Research, Not Re-Search": Managing Research with Zotero(2008) Spiro, Lisa; Center for Digital ScholarshipReview of Zotero, a Firefox based research tool.Item Dissertation 2.0: Remixing a Dissertation on American Literature as a Work of Digital Scholarship(2008) Spiro, Lisa; Center for Digital ScholarshipItem Implementing DSpace at Rice: Lessons Learned(2008) Spiro, Lisa; Center for Digital ScholarshipSlides from a presentation about Rice's DSpace installation given at the Texas Library Association's Digitization 101 pre-conference, April 2008. (Note: some of the slides were previously used in a presentation at Open Repositories 2007).Item Introduction to Scholarly Communication(2009) Spiro, Lisa; Center for Digital ScholarshipPresentation for The Future of Scholarly Communications A Forum for Houston Area Librarians, July 22, 2009, University of Houston (co-sponsored by UH, Rice and HAM-TMC Libraries). Also includes updated version for UNT School of Library and Information Sciences All-School Day, April 24, 2010Item Digital History: Tools for Research and Teaching(2009) Spiro, Lisa; Center for Digital ScholarshipPresentation for the History Barrel (Rice U. graduate students in history), October 19, 2009Item Digital Tools for Research and Teaching in Anthropology(2009) Spiro, Lisa; Center for Digital ScholarshipPresentation on digital research tools for Rice University's anthropology department, October 27, 2009Item Introduction to Academic Blogging(2009) Spiro, Lisa; Center for Digital ScholarshipPowerpoint slides from a February 2009 workshop on academic blogging.