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Items in this collection represent public presentations made by UMKC University Libraries faculty and staff, either alone or as co-authors, and which may or may not have been published in an alternate format. Files may contain more than one file type.
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Item Where is that [dang] file? Why we should care that UM maintains our digital future(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018) Rodriguez, SandyHistorically, libraries and archives have been situated at the center of knowledge preservation and creation, serving a distinct role to preserve and provide access to the historical record for research and study. Given the many challenges of preserving or providing long-term access to digital content, sustainable preservation of digital content takes technology, resources, and organizational infrastructure to address. This presentation outlines the challenges of preserving digital content, what it takes to preserve digital content, the cost of doing nothing, the current state of digital preservation at the University of Missouri—Kansas City, and a call to action for the University of Missouri system.Item Using 360-Degree Cameras for Self-Assessment in Skills-Based Courses(2017) Ajmi, AyyoubThe proliferation of digital photography, which can capture and process high-resolution images with low-cost consumer cameras, brought panoramic imaging technology to the mass very quickly. Today’s 360-degree cameras are capable of capturing the entire surrounding environment and provide an immersive experience to the viewers on web-browsers and virtual reality headsets. While these new cameras are often advertised to sport and outdoor enthusiasts, their functionalities, portability, and price make them an ideal tool to capture interactive and high-paced exercises in a learning environment setting. In this paper, the author shares his experience using 360-degree cameras for self-assessment in legal education. Skills-based courses such as Advocacy Trials, are often hard to capture using regular cameras. Having a panoramic video of a student interaction in the courtroom can provide an unprecedented viewpoint for critique purposes and self evaluation.Item They Can't Kill Us All(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017) Curtis, ScottItem The Distance Between Us(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017) Curtis, ScottItem Where Do They Look?: Music Information Seeking Behavior in the Digital Age(2017) Newcomer, Nara L.; Music Library Association 86th Annual MeetingPresentation given at the Music Library Association annual conference, February 24, 2017, Orlando, Florida. Discovering new musical works is an important activity for musicians. The increasing proliferation of online tools for music discovery has implications for the information seeking behavior of today’s music library users. Many students and faculty have grown accustomed to the ready access provided by websites such as YouTube and the International Music Score Library Project. How does the online environment shape the information seeking behavior of current music library users? How do students and faculty discover new musical works they didn't know about before, and what is the music library’s role in this process? Ms. Newcomer will share the results of her case study investigating factors that shape music students’ source choices. By the end of this session, attendees will have a better sense of the information seeking behaviors of the music library users they work with. Attendees will leave with ideas for ways to respond to these behaviors, which have the potential to impact a wide array of music library services, from collection development and systems support to reference and instruction.