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Credits

Project Development

Lesley Searchpath was created by a team of librarians, technologists, and an illustrator working with students and faculty. The project was federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

Credits

We would like to acknowledge our deep appreciation to Elaine Anderson Jayne and the team at Western Michigan University (WMU) that created the first version of Searchpath. We chose to build our tutorial on Searchpath because of the 6-module architecture, the overall look and feel, and the concise language. The Lesley team used most of the open source screens of WMU's Searchpath, but edited many of the words and images to match the Lesley student populations and academic programs.

We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the developers of the University of Texas TILT) tutorial, which was the open source prototype for WMU's Searchpath, as well as the inspiration that convinced us a tutorial could be truly interactive. We have borrowed TILT's open source code and image of the Tiltometer for our Info-Meter and the code of SiteVision for our You be the Judge activity.

Additionally, the creator of the American University Library Tutorial graciously shared the code and images for their call number exercise. We are grateful for her generosity.

The individuals who collaborated on this project include the following. All are affiliated with Lesley University unless otherwise indicated.

Lesley's Editorial Team
Jessica Bell (jbell@mail.lesley.edu) Reference & Instruction Librarian
April Levy (alevy@mail.lesley.edu) Reference & Instruction Librarian
Katherine Holmes (kholmes@mail.lesley.edu) Project Manager (617-349-8870)

Web Development Team
Ilya Karlik (http://www.cs.umb.edu/~ikarlik/) graduated in December 2003 from the University of Massachusetts Boston, with a BA in Computer Science. He works in the Boston area as a freelance web/software developer. Ilya may be contacted with technology questions for future adopters of Searchpath.

Illustrator
Joe Boyle (http://www.joeboyleart.com/)
Joe graduated in May 2003 from the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University with a BFA in Illustration. He works in the Boston area as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. (See below for detailed image credits).

Editorial Consultant
Angela Clark (libacclark@hotmail.com) Freelance Librarian in Miami, Florida

Assessment Consultant
Dr. Barbara Garii, Assistant Professor, School of Education, Curriculum & Instruction Division, Lesley University

Library Support Team
Constance Vrattos, Associate Director, who facilitated technology communications.
Patricia Payne, Director of Libraries, without whom we would never have started this project, never mind finishing it. She provided encouragement, wise counsel, and the budget for extra reference desk coverage so we had time to work on the tutorial.

Lesley University Faculty Advisors
Dr. Cynthia Farr Brown, Associate Dean, Associate Professor, School of Education
Dr. Gene Diaz, Acting Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Arts & Social Sciences
Dr. Barbara Garii, Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction Division, School of Education
Dr. Linda Grisham, Associate Professor, Science in Education Program Director, School of Education
Dr. Joan Thormann, Professor, Technology in Education Division, School of Education

We also express our gratitude to the following:
  • The Ludcke Library reference librarians who relieved us of reference desk hours and tested particular elements when we needed input.
  • Robin Feinland of the Lesley Kresge Media Center, who helped clarify media issues for us.
  • Apurva Mehta, Head of Library Systems, Healey Library, UMass Boston, for his wise counsel.
  • EBSCO Publishing Company for their generosity and support.
  • All the publishers who graciously gave us permission to use journal covers or screen shots from their products.
  • Lesley University faculty members who have cheered us on with excited queries of, "Is it done yet?"
  • University Technology staff who gave advice, server space, and software support, without which Lesley Searchpath would never have come to life.
  • The commissioners and staff of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners who gave the funds that enabled us to create a tutorial that was uniquely suited to Lesley University students.

    • Image Credits
    Most of the images in the Lesley Searchpath are original paintings by Joe Boyle. Joe's images include the following files (yet to be added):

    The following statement is extracted from WMU Searchpath (http://www.wmich.edu/library/searchpath/docs/credits.html):

    Many of the [original WMU Searchpath] graphics came from TILT, others were created by Elaine Anderson Jayne, Judith Arnold, or come from free clip art collections such as the Actions-Links Clip Art Archive and the Northern Illinois University images. The photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Module 6 is courtesy of WMU Archives & Regional History Collections.
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