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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Sowell, Steven L.; Nutefall, Jennifer E. – Public Services Quarterly, 2014
The Oregon State University Valley Library has been open 24 hours per day, five days per week, during regular academic terms since 2010. The authors collected survey data during 2012 to explore how students used the hours and whether they perceived that the provision of 24/5 hours contributes to their academic success. Nearly 90% of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Use Studies, College Students
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Nutefall, Jennifer E. – Public Services Quarterly, 2009
In Fall 2006, a faculty member in George Washington University's University Writing 20 (UW20) program began incorporating service learning into her theme-based first-year writing course. Along with her librarian partner, they linked two research assignments to the service work of the students. An end-of-semester survey was administrated over three…
Descriptors: Service Learning, College Faculty, Academic Libraries, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
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Nutefall, Jennifer E.; Gaspar, Deborah – Public Services Quarterly, 2008
To raise the library's profile within the campus community, it is critical to create a strategic plan and align library goals with those of the university. At George Washington University's Gelman Library, the instruction librarians gained internal and external support to hire two new instruction librarians to better support collaboration with the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Strategic Planning, Library Instruction, Writing Instruction