{"id":444,"date":"2026-09-03T20:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T20:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sw.chapters.cala-web.org\/?p=444"},"modified":"2026-09-03T20:18:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T20:18:02","slug":"year-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sw.chapters.cala-web.org\/?p=444","title":{"rendered":"Year 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CALA Southwest Chapter 2018 Annual Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">May 8th, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1-1:30pm<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Open Access Textbook Initiative at Texas A&amp;M University Libraries, by Rusty Kimball, Geosciences Librarian at Texas A&amp;M University Libraries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">An effort at Texas A&amp;M University Libraries to promote the adoption of existing Open Access textbooks began with a request by the Texas A&amp;M President to the libraries to identify ways to decrease textbook costs for students.<br>\nAn idea from the head of the Scholarly Communications department led to the creation of a program called the Open Access Textbook Initiative (OATI). OATI uses a two prong approach that includes OA textbook adoptions to replace high cost commercial textbooks for 100-200 level courses, as well as the creation of custom course packs consisting of library licensed content and Open Educational Resources. Early efforts by the team have led to several successes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1:30\u20142pm<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Texas Tech University Libraries Map Project, by Jingjing Wu, Web Librarian at Texas Tech University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The TTU Library\u2019s map was a 3D interactive map plus PDF floor plans. This interactive map was developed using the Flash technology, which is not compatible well with Apple products and is blocked by some browsers. The TTU Libraries map project aims to use another technology to replace the flash application and keep the interactivity. In this map project, we use the open source tool Inkscape to develop maps in the format of SVG, a vector-based graphics in XML format. The interactivity has been expanded to each floor plan and more features were added to the map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2-2:30pm<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Is it a book or not: Cataloging artist books for Special Collections at University of Houston Libraries, by Xiping Liu, Resource Description Librarian at University of Houston<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In special format cataloging, artist books often pose special challenges to catalogers because they come in different sizes and designs and do not follow standard publishing rules. In 2017, the cataloging librarian at University of Houston received 13 artist books from Special Collections unit. These Cartonera books are handmade from recycled cardboard and each comes with unique design. One particular artist book of notice is designed as a jacob ladder. This presentation will describe the steps taken by the cataloging librarian to enrich found OCLC records for these artist books, the discussion raised on whether to use book format or 3-D format for the jacob ladder book, the classification schedules chosen to apply to meet the local needs and other related cataloging issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CALA Southwest Chapter 2018 Annual Conference May 8th, 2018 1-1:30pm&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Open Access Textbook Initiative at Texas A&amp;M University Libraries, by Rusty Kimball, Geosciences Librarian at Texas A&amp;M University Libraries An effort at Texas A&amp;M University Libraries to promote the adoption of existing Open Access textbooks began with a request by the Texas A&amp;M President to the libraries to identify ways to decrease textbook costs for students. 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