Oviatt Library Assessment and Documentation

 
 

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The Oviatt Library Assessment team has the charge to spearhead, compile and provide consultation with others for the ongoing assessment of library facilities and services.

Contact Information:

Delmar T. Oviatt Library
California State University,
18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA 91330
Phone: 818-677-2285

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Works in CSUN ScholarWorks are made available exclusively for educational purposes such as research or instruction. Literary rights, including copyright for published works held by the creator(s) or their heirs, or other third parties may apply. All rights are reserved unless otherwise indicated by the copyright owner(s).

Collections within Oviatt Library Assessment and Documentation

Recent Submissions

  • State of the Institutional Repository 2016 
    Weiss, Andrew (California State University, Northridge, 2016)
    This report examines the collections, policies, general procedures and projects comprising the CSUN ScholarWorks Open Access Repository (SOAR) for the AY 2015-2016 and looks ahead to the coming AY 2016-2017 and beyond. The ...
  • Examining Massive Digital Libraries (MDLs) and their impact on reference services 
    Weiss, Andrew (Taylor and Francis, 2016)
    Massive Digital Libraries such as Google Books and the HathiTrust can provide libraries with virtual ready-reference collections that match the scope of print collections. Their impact reaches into the tens of millions of ...
  • Comparing the access to and legibility of Japanese language texts in Massive Digital Libraries 
    Weiss, Andrew; James, Ryan (International Conference on Culture and ComputingIEEE, 2015)
    In previous studies, Weiss and James have examined the impact of Massive Digital Libraries (MDLs) on the development of libraries in terms of copyright, metadata, accessibility and diversity. This paper continues these ...
  • Assessing the coverage of Hawaiian and Pacific books in the Google Books Digitization Project 
    Weiss, Andrew; James, Ryan (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013)
    Purpose: This article reports on a quantitative study of massive digital library (MDL) Google Books' coverage of Hawaiian and Pacific Books. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 1,500 books were randomly selected from ...
  • Collaborating on Digital Projects 
    Weiss, Andrew (Neal Schuman Publishers, 2012)
    Despite the breakneck speed of change in the digital economy, which has thrown numerous worthy technologies and companies onto the "dustbin of history," one of the most important skills needed by new librarians in the ...