Publications and creative works by faculty and scholars in Sprague Library, are collected here.

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Submissions from 2025

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Integrating Library Support into Montclair State University's Student Management System, Jacob Bilek and Perri Moreno (2025)

Submissions from 2024

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A Comparison of Systematic Review Services in NJ Academic Libraries and Beyond, Alyssa Borozan, Siobhan K. McCarthy, and Bonnie Fong (2024)

Submissions from 2023

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Louisiana Academic Library Workers and Workplace Bullying, Catherine Baird, Andrea Hebert, and Justin Savage (2023)

Submissions from 2022

Where Research Begins: Choosing a Research Project That Matters to You (and the World), Darren Sweeper (2022)

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I Don’t Have the Time or Really Understand What This Is!Examining our Faculty's Motivation to Use (or not) The Montclair State University's Institutional Repository, Darren Sweeper and Karen Ramsden (2022)

Submissions from 2021

The Value of OER: A Librarian's Perspective, Catherine Baird (2021)

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Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Era, Catherine Baird and Jonathan Howell (2021)

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Is it Something We Didn't Ask? Examining Our Faculty's Motivation to Use Our University's IR, Karen Ramsden and Darren Sweeper (2021)

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Is it Something We Didn't Ask? Examining Our Faculty's Motivation to Use Our University's IR, Karen Ramsden and Darren Sweeper (2021)

Submissions from 2020

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Practical Advice for Accessible LibGuides, Catherine Baird, Heather Cook, and Paul Martinez (2020)

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Faculty Perceptions of Students' IL Learning in First-Year Writing, Catherine Baird and Tiffany Soares (2020)

Review: The Culture of Digital Scholarship in Academic Libraries, Siobhan K. McCarthy (2020)

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Increasing Scholarly Visibility: Utilizing Your Research Platforms to Support Open Science Initiatives, Karen Ramsden (2020)

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A Tale of Two Research Platforms: Partnering and promoting a statewide database while managing an Institutional Repository!, Darren Sweeper and Karen Ramsden (2020)

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Establishing and promoting an institutional repository and research information management system, Darren Sweeper and Karen Ramsden (2020)

Submissions from 2019

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Exploring Faculty Perceptions of Student Information Literacy Learning: A Qualitative Study., Catherine Baird (2019)

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Marketing and Outreach Program Showcase, Gary Marks, Hilary Westgate, Denise I. O'Shea, Kim Reamer, Tara Maharjan, Allison Piazza, and Kate Hossain (2019)

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Making Use of Open Access and Open Education Resources, Siobhan K. McCarthy (2019)

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Natural Selection and the Workshop, Siobhan K. McCarthy (2019)

Review: Transforming Academic Library Instruction, Siobhan K. McCarthy (2019)

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GIS Examples in Digital Commons, Denise O'Shea (2019)

Libraries that learn: Keys to managing organizational knowledge, Denise I. O'Shea (2019)

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It Takes a Village: Building and Utilizing Your Team to Successfully (and Rapidly) Launch Your Pure Portal, Karen Ramsden (2019)

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Key Stakeholders, Scholarly Activities and Your Institutional Repository: Working Together to Strengthen the Culture of Research at Your Institution, Karen Ramsden (2019)

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Leveraging your Institution’s Culture of Research to Strengthen and Promote Your Institutional Repository, Karen Ramsden (2019)

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A Tale of Two Platforms: Making Pure Work with the Digital Commons Showcasing Solution, Karen Ramsden and bepress (2019)

Montclair Levels Up: Supporting the Institutional Mission with your Repository, Darren Sweeper and Karen Ramsden (2019)

Submissions from 2018

A Method of Improving Library Information Literacy Teaching With Usability Testing Data, Catherine Baird and Tiffany Soares (2018)

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OCLC Worldshare Management Services ILS: How it Can Help Your Institution, Elizabeth Leonard, Denise I. O'Shea, Joan Liu-Devizio, Yolanda Sheppard, and Rong Wang (2018)

Expert Internet Searching (fifth edition), Siobhan K. McCarthy (2018)

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Building Your Selected Works Profile, Denise O'Shea (2018)

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Contributing Material to the Montclair State University Institutional Repository, Denise O'Shea (2018)

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Data and MSU Digital Commons, Denise O'Shea (2018)

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Getting Started with Digital Commons, Denise O'Shea (2018)

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Submitting Data to the Institutional Repository, Denise I. O'Shea (2018)

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Beyond Faculty Outreach: The Role of Advisory Boards and Administrators in Repository Outreach, Karen Ramsden (2018)

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One Year Later: Establishing an Institutional Repository, Karen Ramsden and Darren Sweeper (2018)

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Government Information Essentials. (2018), Darren Sweeper (2018)

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How Much Do Black Men Work?, Darren Sweeper (2018)

Submissions from 2017

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Exploring Authority in Linguistics Research: Who to Trust When Everyone’s a Language Expert, Catherine Baird and Jonathan Howell (2017)

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A Maker-in-Residence Program to Build a Community of Makers, Jewell Amanda Brey, Danianne Mizzy, and Richard Goldberg (2017)

Managing Creativity : the Innovative Research Library., Kathleen Hughes (2017)

Review: Gamification: A Practical Guide for Librarians, Siobhan K. McCarthy (2017)

Review: Innovative LibGuides Applications: Real-World Examples, Siobhan K. McCarthy (2017)

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Teaching Google Scholar: A Practical Guide for Librarians, Siobhan K. McCarthy (2017)

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Course Reserves Best Practices Roundtable, Denise I. O'Shea, Jami Powell, Laina Ridenour, and Nathan Schwartz (2017)

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Who? Us: A Government Documents Librarian and a Projects Specialist Collaborate on Establishing an Institutional Repository, Karen Ramsden and Darren Sweeper (2017)

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Developing Digital Scholarship: Emerging Practices in Academic Libraries, Darren Sweeper (2017)

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Infographics: A Practical Guide for Librarians, Darren Sweeper (2017)

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Who Gets to Graduate? How College Administrators Can Use Census Data in the Recruitment of Students, Darren L. Sweeper (2017)

Submissions from 2016

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Making Information Literacy Flexible and Re-Mixable: Instructional Designers and Librarians Collaborate in the Canvas Learning Management System, Catherine Baird (2016)

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Copyright Resources for Faculty, Mary Mallery and Siobhan McCarthy (2016)

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Copyright and Open Access Resources for Faculty, Mary Mallery and Siobhan K. McCarthy (2016)

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Copyright Resources for Images, Mary Mallery and Siobhan K. McCarthy (2016)

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Visual Literacy for Libraries: A Practical, Standards- Based Guide, Siobhan K. McCarthy (2016)

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A review of “Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians”, Denise O'Shea (2016)

A review of "The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries, Vols. 1 and 2"., Denise O'Shea (2016)

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Assessing the Impact of Government Documents and Data Information Literacy Instruction on Life-Long Learning and Student Success, Darren Sweeper (2016)

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Databrarianship: The Academic Data Librarian in Theory and Practice, Darren Sweeper (2016)

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Data Information Literacy: Librarians, Data, and the Education of a New Generation of Researchers, Darren Sweeper (2016)

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Data Visualizations and Infographics, Darren Sweeper (2016)

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Putting Assessment Into Action: Selected Projects From the First Cohort of the Assessment in Action Grant, Darren Sweeper (2016)

Submissions from 2015

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2014 VALE Libraries Technical Services Functions Survey Results, Mei Ling Chow, Melissa De Fino, and Jian Wang (2015)

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Disaster Communication: Planning and executing a response, Denise O'Shea (2015)

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Let's circulate: A Report on the 1st Annual New Jersey Access Services Meeting, Denise O'Shea and Bethany Sewell (2015)

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A Review of "Discovering and Using Historical Geographic Resources on the Web: A Practical Guide for Librarians", Darren Sweeper (2015)

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Fundamentals of Library Instruction, Darren Sweeper (2015)

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Librarying! How Librarian Expertise Can Assist Student Academic Services to Create Pathways for Student Success, Darren Sweeper and Catherine Baird (2015)

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The Importance of E-Government and Data Information Literacy for Student Success, Darren L. Sweeper (2015)

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Who Will Be the Class of 2030?, Darren L. Sweeper (2015)

Submissions from 2014

A Review of “Managing Research Data”, Mei Ling Chow (2014)

A Review of "Managing Digital Audiovisual Resources: a Practical Guide for Librarians"., Kathleen Hughes (2014)

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A Review of “Delivering Research Data Management Services: Fundamentals of Good Practice”, Darren Sweeper (2014)

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A Review of “Fundamentals for the Academic Liaison.”, Darren Sweeper (2014)

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A Review of “Fundamentals for the Academic Liaison.”, Darren L. Sweeper (2014)

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A Review of “Going Beyond Google Again: Strategies for Using and Teaching the Invisible Web”, Darren L. Sweeper (2014)

Submissions from 2013

A Review of “Marketing Your Library's Electronic Resources: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians”, Mei Ling Chow (2013)

A Review of "Indexing, from Thesauri to the Semantic Web"., Kathleen Hughes (2013)

A Review of "Staff Development : A Practical guide"., Kathleen Hughes (2013)

A Review of “Academic Archives: Managing the Next Generation of College and University Archives, Records, and Special Collections”, Paul Martinez (2013)

A review of “Screencasting for Libraries”, Denise O'Shea (2013)

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Sirsi Integration with a Discovery Tool, Denise O'Shea, Kathleen Hughes, and Mary Mallery (2013)

Submissions from 2012

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Status of Cataloging Assessment : A National Survey, Mei Ling Chow, Melissa De Fino, and Jian Wang (2012)

A review of “Location-Aware Services & QR Codes For Libraries”., Denise O'Shea (2012)

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A review of “The Medical Library Association's Master Guide to Authoritative Resources in the Health Sciences", Denise O'Shea (2012)

Submissions from 2011

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Evaluating Use of Purchased Books Using Circulation Information, Kathleen Hughes (2011)

Submissions from 2010

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Assessing the impact of gender and race on earnings in the library science labor market., Darren L. Sweeper and Steven A. Smith (2010)

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Does Gender and Race Have an Impact on Earnings in the Library and Information Science Labor Market in the United States of America?, Darren L. Sweeper and Steven A. Smith (2010)

Submissions from 2009

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Second Life in Libraries, Kathleen Hughes (2009)

Submissions from 2007

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ChangeMasters All: A Series on Librarians Who Steered a Clear Course toward the Twenty-First Century: An Interview with Howard F. McGinn, Darren Sweeper (2007)

Submissions from 2005

MEDLINE Database on Tap: Medical Research at Your Fingertips., Denise O'Shea and Deborah G. Lovett (2005)

Submissions from 1996

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American history resources on the Internet, Stanley D. Nash, Miles Yoshimura, and William Vincenti (1996)

Submissions from 1992

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Lotus Notes and Quality Competitive Intelligence., Denise Whitmire and Dennis Dilno (1992)