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“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”

Two (Potential) Signs of Hope for Our Patrons

Gary S. AtwoodJanuary 26, 2011

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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Prediction One

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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What If…

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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Information Containers

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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Unpacking Our Information

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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So What?

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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What’s an API?

Application Programming Interface (API):

A particular set of rules and specifications that a software program can follow to access and make use of the services and resources provided by another particular software program that implements that API.

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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ChemSpider

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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WolframAlpha

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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Oregon Explorer

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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Journal of American History

Feed One: Historical Era

Feed Five: Time Period

Feed Two: Geography

Feed Four: Ethnicity

Feed Three: History Type

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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Repository of Outstanding Knowledge(ROOK)

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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Why Is This Important?Difficulties with Steps During the Course Related Research Process

From 2010 study

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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Prediction Two

“Point of Need” Searching

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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Pop Quiz

What tool do most students use when first starting to do research?

Q.

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Student Use of E-Resources

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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“Houston…We Have a Problem”

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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Citations in Google

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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Link Resolver

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Embedded Resources

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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Apps!

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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Library Apps

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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Microsoft Office 2015?

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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Physician’s Electronic Medical Record

Problem: Physicians were not using the hospital’s e-resources because they had to remember the URL to the digital library and use an additional log-in and password in their offices and at home.

Solution: Program the Physician’s Electronic Medial Record, which they access several times a day, with the necessary URLs and the abilty to automatically pass along credentials to the hospital’s e-resourcesResult: Usage of e-resources increased 255%

“Those Damn Librarians! Why Don’t They Just Fix This?”Gary S. Atwood

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Microsoft Office 2015?

Comments?Questions?

Thank You!