Carrie A. Preston
Continuing Resources/Database Maintenance Librarian
412 Alden Library, Park Place
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
(740) 597-1973
prestonc@ohio.edu
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~prestonc/
Papers and presentations
"You, too, can use OCLC macros."Presentation at Eastern Great Lakes Innovative Users Group 2009 Annual Conference, Akron, OH, Sep. 25, 2009.
"Blogs, wikis and Innovative software." Presentation at Eastern Great Lakes Innovative Users Group 2008 Annual Conference, Dublin, OH, Sep. 19, 2008. See also
accompanying screenshots.
"Wiki what? documenting cataloging processes in wiki format." Presentation (with Diana Nichols) at Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians 2008 Annual Conference, Dayton, OH, May 14-16, 2008. See also
accompanying handout and
wiki screenshots.
"High-speed cataloging without sacrificing subject access or authority control: a case study." In K. R. Roberto (Ed.),
Radical cataloging: Essays at the front. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2008.
Click for preprint.
"Macros and other automation tools: why you can't afford not to use them." Presentation at Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians 2007 Annual Conference, Bowling Green, KY, May 16-18, 2007. See also
accompanying examples.
"Five years of electronic resources cataloging at Ohio University Libraries." Presentation at Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians 2006 Annual Conference, Bloomington, IN, May 10-12, 2006.
"Dynamic cataloging: Adjusting to new resources and new expectations for catalogers." Presentation at Academic Library Association of Ohio 31st Annual Conference, Columbus, OH, Nov. 4, 2005.
"Trends in electronic resources cataloging" (2004)
Ohio University Libraries Psychology blog. http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/psycblog (2004-2008)
"The politics of information literacy in higher education" (2001)
"Organizing the Web: traditional and new approaches" (2000)
"The Turfgrass Information File (TGIF): database characteristics and content evaluation" (2000)
"If you build it, will they come? Effective marketing strategies for library services" (2000)
"The South Quad Information Resource Center" (organizational analysis of a college dormitory mini-library/computer lab combination - 1999)
"Facilitating awareness of human service system reform" (senior honors thesis, Michigan State University Department of Psychology, 1998)
Updated December 31, 2009.