SLIS Student Poster Presentation from 2009 Spring through Current
2009 Spring
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Censoring Metadata: Digitization and Third Party Rights
The Children’s Internet Protection Act and the Role of the Public Library in Society
Giving Children an Even Better Head Start: Library Services for Babies Support
Emergent Literacy Initiatives and Give Caregivers the Tools to Raise Readers
The Reader in the Text: The Potential of Revisionist Fairy Tales in Reader-Response
Research
The Planning Process in the Public Library: Bringing Community Members to the
Planning Table
“Library Wars”: Commercial vs. Open Access Models of Mass Digitization
Librarians’ Responsibility toward Gay and Lesbian Adolescents and toward Children
Raised by Same Sex Couples
Teaching Information Literacy in the World of Reality Television and the Interactive
Internet
The Impact of Math Anxiety on Information Behavior
Information Literacy Meets Authentic Inquiry: Changing the Shape of Library
Instruction
The USA PATRIOT Act and Library Policy: Negotiating the Public and Private Spheres
Promoting Use of Electronic Databases through Library Website Design
Gaming for Public Libraries
Librarian Anxiety: Are Library Programs Teaching Their Students to Teach?
Dynamic Cambus Route Map
2009 Fall
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The Public Library and Young Adult Services
Networking Between Elite Readers and Librarians and Private Collections in Seventeenth
Century Europe
Do Assignment-Specific Research Guides Help Students Find Appropriate Information?
Customizing Librarians’ Resources Collection with XML
The Trouble with English: Teaching Information Literacy to ESL Students
Virtual Reference in Community College Libraries: Challenges and Opportunities
Building a World-Wide Community of WiderNet Users
Music Discovery and Libraries
Implementation and Development of Mobile Interfaces for Online Library Presences
Institutional Repositories Revisited
Digitizing Vaudeville: The Keith Albee Collection
ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards and Its Disciplinary Applications:
Accomplishments and Limitations according to Information Literacy Theories
Job-Related Information Seeking of College Seniors
Reading Race: The Blue Triangle Branch of the YWCA
Information Needs and Uses of Disaster Relief Workers
2010 Spring
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One-to-One Computing Initiatives: Success Factors for Optimal Learning
High School Vocational Students Lacking Literacy Skills Can Benefit From Sustained
Silent Reading
Technology Use in Libraries: A Comparative Study of Survey Technique Outcomes
Improving Adult Literacy Programs
Testing Collaboration: Bringing the Leigh Hunt Collection Together
Oliver Optic, Popular Culture, & Librarianship in the 19th Century
Teacher Librarians and the Adolescent Remedial Reader
Digital Rights Management and Assassin’s Creed: Solutions and Responses from an
Industry
Evolving Protection: Aligning Antibullying Policies to Encompass Cyberbullying
What Are the Ramifications of the NIH Public Access Policy on Health Science
Scholarly Communication?
Implementing an Electronic Medical Record System in Rural Haiti – A Response to
Disaster
Matchmaker, Digital Matchmaker: Reader’s Advisory in the 21st Century
Age-Based Motives and Use of Technology: Early Indicators of School Library Use
1:1 Laptop Initiatives: Going Beyond the Technology to Create Academic Success
Library Programs and Collections at Alternative Schools
How Redefining the Secondary Library Can Help Students Achieve: Lessons Learned
About Student Engagement
Content Creators
Embedded Librarianship: Perceptions in the Engineering Field
Supporting Mathematics Instruction with Internet Technology
Access Versus Technology: School Librarians Bridging the True Digital Divide in Rural
Schools
Are Our Librarians Ill Equipped?
Graphic Novels and Manga: Best Practices for the Library Readers
Not Playing With a Full Deck: How are the Fortunes of Schools and School Libraries
Lost in the Shuffle of Legalized Gambling?
Opportunities and Challenges for Information Sharing in Second Life: A Study of
Community Virtual Library
Around the World in 2.0 Ways
A Look at Users Satisfaction with Answers Received from the Reference Desk
Health Information in the Cloud
The Uses of Shelfari Groups
Students of Poverty: How School Libraries Can Help Bridge Learning Gaps
Mortality and Online Account Management
School Libraries Student Advisory Boards
New Strategies for Helping High School Students Confront Challenging Tasks
Student Generated Projects in the School Library Using VoiceThread as a Tool for
Content Area Learning
Information Nomads
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E-Government: Beyond the Customer Service Model
Building a School Library Program to Meet the Needs of Bilingual Students
Podcasting and Engagement: A Theory and An Application Unite
Off the Streets and Into the Library
Wikipedia vs. World Book Online
Are Special Collections Users Special? A Pilot Study at The University of Iowa
2010 Fall
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Library Support for Group Inquiry: What does it really take?
Technology Refusal
The Spectrum of OA Awareness across the Sciences and Humanities
Participatory Culture and Learning: A Literature Review
2011 Spring
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Sex Ed on Teen’s Terms: Exploring Young Adult Non-Fiction Collections
Teacher Librarians Role in Implementing and Using Assistive Technology
All Together Now: Integrating Information Literacy Programs into Small Campus
Environments
The Case for Audiobooks in Secondary Classrooms
A Conceptual Framework Model for Information Literacy Instruction: Pedagogical Tool
and Guided Student Framework
Reading Scores of ELL Students – Can the Library Help?
Collaborative Partnerships between Teacher Librarians and Classroom Teachers: What
are the Best Ways to develop this Partnership in Order to Best Support the Curriculum?
Reading and Writing Images: Developing Visual Literacy through Picture Books
Cellular Phones as Information Tools in Education: A Review of Current Practices
Peer Recommendations’ Impact on Reading Motivation
Why do School Libraries Need to Implement Flexible Scheduling?
Much More Than Just Checking Out Books: The School Librarian as a Reading Teacher
Bibliophiles Online: The World of Reading Social Media
Teachers and Teacher Librarian Collaborate to Integrate Technology into Units of
Instruction
“At-Risk” for What?: A Discourse Analysis of the “At-Risk” Label in LIS Literature
Evaluating Library Services: A Case Study of the Religious Studies Portal Within the
eGranary Digital Library
Collaboration: The Missing Piece
Letters from Sagan: The Information Needs and Behaviors of American Officers at
Stalag Luft III
Old is the New New: Artifacts of Printing History in Special Collections
Celebrating Women’s Suffrage in Iowa: A Case Study in Digital Project Management
for the Iowa Women’s Archives
How Would a Teen Space Benefit a High School Library?
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The Preservation and Sustainability of Digital Humanities Projects in Theory and
Practice
Winning Practices: How Teacher Librarians Can Best Advocate Their Position to a
Principal
“Too Long, Didn’t Read”: Creating a More Engaging Informational Exhibit
The Accelerated Reader Program: Does it Accelerate Students’ Motivation to Read?
Promoting Social Reading Conversations between Students – A Teacher Librarian’s Role
The Presence of Web 2.0 Reference and Social Networking Tools on ARL Websites
Integrating E-Book Technology in K-12 School Libraries
Christian Fiction: Reaffirming the Faith
Teacher Librarians – Members of the Winning Team in Improving Test Scores
Iowa Libraries and World War I
Information for Some
Oral Histories in Times of Crisis: The Value of Local Libraries in Archiving Community
Stories
The Teacher Librarian’s Role in Facilitating Reading Incentive Programs
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies? The Literary Mashup Novel as a Tool for Helping
Teens Learn
Information Literacy and Librarianship in the 21st Century
LEED Certification and Academic Libraries: The Road to Sustainability?
Rita Benton Music Library User Needs Analysis
2011 Fall
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Where Are the Graphic Novels in Iowa’s Rural Libraries?
Copyright in Public Digital Collections: Methods of access, licensing, and creative
exchange
Facilitating Research in a Digital Collection
Colonel Mustard in the Library with the Lead Pipe?: The Place of Games in the Library
Sacrificing a Million dollar Library: Historical Barriers to Public Library Funding in
Richmond, Virginia
2012 Spring
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Video Game Programming for Youth in Public Libraries
Tower of Babel: Volunteer Efforts in Foreign Language Cataloging
Federated Search and Special Collections: Building a Bridge for Effective Research
Library vs Publisher?: The Battle Over E-books and What Libraries Can Do About It
The Glenn Mills World War I Scrapbook
An Examination of Negative Effects of Ranking Systems and Information Distortion
Loops on Legal Education
The Public As Collaborator: Towards Developing Crowdsourcing Models for Digital
Research Initiatives
The Changing Service Model of the 21st Century Public Library: Analysis of the
Library's Role in Emerging Technology User Education
Gold Standards: Evidence-based Practice and the Medical Librarian
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The Powerful Potential of Media: Exploring the Relationship between Information
Format and Utility
Our Hidden Incunabula: How Heirs of Hippocrates Can Be Used as a Model to Enhance
Special Collections' Early Printed Works
Determining Return on Investment for Rural Public Libraries
Adolescents’ Social Reading Interactions Through a Lens of Self-Disclosure
Judging a Book by its Cover: Should Vintage Mystery and Science Fiction Paperbacks
Be Included in Special Collections?
“Technology Planning: Teacher Librarian Roles for Integration and Instruction of
Technology
Advocating for Electronic Books in the School Library Collection to Promote Adolescent
Literacy
People of the Book
Librarian-in-Chief: Outreach Services in Special Collections through Political
Collections at The University of Iowa
2012 Fall
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Overflowing with Books: Bibliophiles, Humanism, and the Public Library
Computer-Skills Consultation in Public Libraries
Harry Potter and the Librarian of Secrets: An Exploration of the Magic of Embedded
Librarianship
Orphan Works Issues and Libraries: Getting Digital Access for Research
2013 Spring
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Where the Queer Things Are: Library Services to LGBTQ Youth
Building Bridges: How Academic Libraries Can Smooth the Transition from
Community College to University
Librarians in the Classroom: An Embedded Approach to Information Services
Full STEAM Ahead: The Role of Public Libraries in an Age of Interdisciplinary
Innovation
Can Reference Survive in the Learning Commons?
Policy and Provenance: Museum Acquisition Policies Regarding Archaeological
Materials and Ancient Art
Unique Aspects of Graphic Novel Collections in Public Libraries
Book Bots: Recommender Systems for Readers
The Librarian's Contribution to the Success of Community College Students in
Developmental Education Courses
Freedom to Read
Libraries in Transition: Harnessing the Power of Volunteers
Why Collect Children’s Multicultural Literature?
Creating Inclusive Family Literacy Programs at Public Libraries
With the Turn of a Wrench and the Click of a Mouse: A Case Study of the Online
Learning Practices of HVAC Professionals and Homeowners
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The Illustrator's Notebook Reanimated: Art in Contemporary Children's Book
Publication as Illustrated by the Horn Book Magazine
Improving Special Collections Outreach in Academic Libraries
No Universal Standard: Determining Right and Wrong in Public Library Instruction
Healthy Eating Initiatives among America's Youth: Should Libraries Respond?
Manufactured Landscapes: Can Libraries Save Self-Identity and Literacy in a Digital
Age?
The Visual Clamor: Librarians Using Cover Design
Exploring the Information Behaviors of Homeschooling Families
And, How Did That Help? A Sense-Making Study of Information Practices among
Parents of Children Living with Dravet Syndrome
The Deprofessionalization of Reference: A Case Study
Gener-Creative Resources for Children (and the Adults Who Care for Them): Crafting a
Best-Practices Document and Bibliography
2013 Fall
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Documenting Cultural Objects and Preserving Digital Heritage: The Importance of
Using Indigenous Knowledge Databases
2014 Spring
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Link my Data! Building Experimental Information Infrastructure
Common Ground: Outlining a baseline for digital literacy across disciplines
Crowdsourced Classification of Popular Music in the 21st Century
Extremely Little and Incredibly Free
Help Wanted: How libraries can fill the gaps in adult literacy education
Flexible Language, Flexible Library: User adaptations in today’s libraries
Facilitating Information Access for Blind & Visually Impaired Library Patrons
The X-Factor
Better Off with BISAC? Replacing the Dewey Decimal System with a bookstore model
Information Behavior Created by Pharmaceutical Advertisements
Lost in Trans-Lation: Navigating gaps in understanding of transgender library users
Caught in the Middle: Libraries and e-books
Genre Poaching: How the fans stole science fiction and why it matters
The Reluctant Nerd: Serving the needs of end-user programmers in public libraries
Open Eyes Open Minds: Visual literacy practices in K-12 education
Gender, Class, and Critical Literacy for Early Readers
Moving Targets: Libraries, privacy, and mobile technology
Protecting Patron Privacy in the Age of the E-Reader
Crossing a New Threshold: Revising the standards for information literacy
2014 Fall
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Science Fiction in Literature Studies: Through the Medium of the Fanzine
2015 Spring
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The Brian Deer Classification System: A First Nations Alternative to Universal
Classification Systems
Tumblr in Special Collections Libraries: Using Social Media to Achieve Our Goals
Visual Communication in the Library: Strategies for Every Patron
The Information Needs and Habits of Visual Artists
Beyond "What is a Zine?": Zines as Research Objects
Geographic Information Systems in Libraries
Embracing Diversity in the School Libraries
Successful Collaboration: The School Librarian and The Classroom Teacher
Wordless Wonder
How School Libraries can Support Students who Exhibit a Reading Disability
Serving Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Library Media Center
Archives for Everyone: Sharing History in New Ways
Stabilization of an Ephemeral Web: Challenges and Issues
Breaking Down Invisible Barriers: Using Bookmobiles to Facilitate Library Outreach in
Urban and Suburban Communities
Homebound Services in Public Libraries: Understanding an Antiquated an a Modern
Society
'Fiction Question?': The Problematic History of Reader's Advisory Fiction
Toward Libraries as Spaces of Community Gift Exchange
Meeting the Information Needs of Parents of Juvenile Sex Offenders
'Protocols' and Best Practices: The Relationship between Native American Communities
and Non-Tribal Archives
Discordant Discourse: Artists' Books and Databases
Managing Spatial Tensions in the Library
Regenerating the Local Catalog: An Approach for Augmenting Bibliographic
Information for Early Printed Texts
Comics in Libraries: Promoting Multiple Literacies in the 21st Century
Creating a Digital Scholarly Edition of Walt Whitman's Short Fiction: A Case Study in
TEI/XML
In Defense of Multiple Service Desks: Accounting for User Needs in Public Libraries
Historical Researchers and Academic Librarians: A New Collaboration in Digital
Humanities
Cultivating Seed Lending Programs at Iowa Public Libraries
Community Membership and Zones of Proximal Development: Reference Service to
Law Students
Fall 2015
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Para-textual Information: An interrogation of the non-textual properties of text based
artifacts
Carver Iowa Public Library Grant Award Program 1991-2014