Papers by Christian Burris
The Black Librarian in America: Reflections, Resistance, and Reawakening <b>The Black Librarian in America: Reflections, Resistance, and Reawakening</b> , Edited by Shauntee Burns-Simpson, Nichelle M. Hayes, Ana Ndumu, and Shaundra Walker, Lanham, MD, Rowman & Littlefield, 2022, 288 pp., $105... Technical Services Quarterly, Oct 1, 2023
Electronic books, better known as e-books, first arrived in the early 1970s as digital versions o... more Electronic books, better known as e-books, first arrived in the early 1970s as digital versions of their print counterparts (Loan, 2015). Since then, they have become an invaluable component of the publishing market as publishers and similar providers have offered e-books to consumers on a variety of platforms. For academic libraries, electronic books have been a resource to offer specific materials to patrons at their point of need, but there have also been have been concerns about these formats (Mune, 2016). For instance, providers have used proprietary software that requires additional effort on the part of the user in order to read them. Also, software could be required for specific devices that could limit how a patron can access a specific item for reading purposes.
» To submit you must login; if needed you can register using the link in the header. » We use the... more » To submit you must login; if needed you can register using the link in the header. » We use the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition, 2003). » We have a rolling deadline, articles are juried when received. » Publication of approved articles is in about 3-9 months depending on space available.
Oliver Pesch is the Chief Product Strategist at EBSCO Information Services. In addition, he serve... more Oliver Pesch is the Chief Product Strategist at EBSCO Information Services. In addition, he serves as co-chair of NISO’s (National Information Standards Organization) SUSHI (Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative) Standing Committee and the Executive Committee for Project COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources) as well being a member of several standards committees. Mr. Pesch previously served as the NISO Board of Directors chair in the 2008-2009 term and as interim director for part of 2014. As an advocate for library standards, he has articulated their importance both through his “Spotlight on Serials Standards” column in Serials Librarian and in his frequent speaking engagements at conferences across the country.
Dr. Michel Dumontier is one of three Vision Speakers at the upcoming NASIG annual conference in J... more Dr. Michel Dumontier is one of three Vision Speakers at the upcoming NASIG annual conference in June 2017. He is the Distinguished Professor of Data Science at Universiteit Maastricht in The Netherlands. His current professional activities include serving on the editorial board for Semantic Web Journal, co-chair for the World Wide Web Consortium Semantic Web in Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group (W3C HCLSIG), and the Scientific Director for Bio2RDF, an open source biological database. You can also follow Dr. Dumontier on Twitter as @micheldumontier.
Profile of DeEtta Jones, Vision Speaker at the 34 th Annual NASIG Conference Christian Burris, Pr... more Profile of DeEtta Jones, Vision Speaker at the 34 th Annual NASIG Conference Christian Burris, Profiles Editor DeEtta Jones was one of the Vision Speakers at the 2019 Annual Conference. She serves as the founder of DeEtta Jones and Associates, which offers in-person and online leadership programs as well as consulting services including management training, D&I strategy, leadership team development, organizational change management, executive coaching, and communication strategy. Her areas of expertise include equity, diversity, and inclusion along with organizational effectiveness and assessment.
and is completing a second master's degree in IT Management and Leadership from the University of... more and is completing a second master's degree in IT Management and Leadership from the University of Illinois Springfield. She also holds a graduate certificate in Human Resource Management and a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. I completed my interview with Ms. Waterhouse by email on May 18, 2020.
She is a knowledge manager at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (Iriss... more She is a knowledge manager at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (Iriss) in Glasgow, Scotland, where her area of concentration is the use of information literacy capacities for identifying and using different forms of evidence and knowledge in professional practice. She is also a researcher-librarian interested in issues around information, agency, and equity. I completed my
Nettie Lagace is the associate director for programs at NISO (National Information Standards Orga... more Nettie Lagace is the associate director for programs at NISO (National Information Standards Organization). She earned her B.A. in Political Science and History at Wellesley College and her M.I.L.S. at the University of Michigan. Before arriving at NISO, she was the business information librarian and webmaster at the Baker Library for Harvard Business School as well as a project librarian, project manager, and project director at Ex Libris.
Paoshan Yue is the head of electronic resources and acquisition services at the Mathewson-IGT Kno... more Paoshan Yue is the head of electronic resources and acquisition services at the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center for the University of Nevada, Reno. A longtime member of NASIG, she recently served as the chair of the Web-Based Infrastructure Implementation Task Force (WBIITF), charged with examining the online needs for the entire organization. I conducted my interview with Paoshan Yue by email on Sunday, May 13, 2018. Could you describe the charge of the Web-Based Infrastructure Implementation Task Force?
Uploads
Papers by Christian Burris