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Preparing Climate Leaders: One Syllabus At A Time, Madeleine K. Charney

Madeleine K. Charney

Poster presentation at the 2014 Presidential Summit on Climate Leadership which highlighted the Sustainability Curriculum Initiative, a library-funded faculty mini-grant program that provides support for teaching sustainability courses across a wide range of disciplines. The poster illustrated the partnership between faculty members and subject specialist librarians. Also available was the Library’s Sustainability Research Guide, curriculum-building material which integrate library resources, photographs, and a White Paper outlining the history of the program. The Summit, held in Boston October 1-2, 2014 and hosted by Second Nature, was designed by Presidents for Presidents and Sustainability Staff in higher education. The focus of the …

Work Management And The Academic Library, Elizabeth Martin, Lynn Sheehan

Elizabeth Martin

Learning From Librarians And Teens About Ya Library Spaces, L. Meghann Kuhlmann, Denise Agosto, Jonathan P. Bell, Anthony Bernier

Jonathan P. Bell

This study sought to collect data from teens and librarians about their preferences and recommendations for the effective design of physical library spaces for teens. Librarians and teens at 22 U.S. public librarians filmed narrated video tours of their YA public library spaces. The researchers used qualitative content analysis techniques to analyze the video data and to develop a framework for guiding the design of effective YA public library spaces. In addition to providing specific recommendations for user-centered YA library space design, this study highlights the need for continued user input into the design and maintenance of YA public library …

Providing Evidence-Based Public Health Resources: The Librarian’S Role, E. Hatheway Simpson

E. Hatheway Simpson

This presentation introduces the concepts of evidence-based public health (EBPH) and provides examples of EBPH information resources available online from the Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health website, http://library.umassmed.edu/ebpph and the Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce website, http://PHPartners.org. Health science librarians, as information specialists and knowledge managers, have the ability to search and find the best evidence to help public health practitioners make informed practice decisions. Presented at the North Atlantic Health Science Libraries Annual Meeting, Providence, RI, September 27, 2005.

Embedded In The Irb, Nancy E. Harger, Judith M. Nordberg

Nancy E. Harger

The speakers describe their experience serving on the UMass Medical School’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) and how their roles have evolved over the years. They give an overview of the IRB process and discuss their responsibilities in support of the reviewers. Presented at “Ethics Day: Engaging Librarians in the Responsible Conduct of Research,” University of Massachusetts Amherst,, October 8, 2010.

Academic Librarians And The Sustainability Curriculum: Building Alliances To Support A Paradigm Shift, Madeleine K. Charney

Madeleine K. Charney

Sustainability is a fast evolving movement in higher education demonstrated by a proliferation of academic programs and co-curricular initiative and projects. After a review of sustainability-related LibGuides (online resource guides) created by academic librarians, a survey was administered to their developers during the spring of 2011 and posted on library listservs. Librarians returned 112 survey responses which reflected active roles in the paradigm shift toward sustainability through the forging of partnerships across campus and development of teaching resources and events. Telephone interviews conducted with 24 of the respondents showed librarians’ wide-ranging personal and professional interest in sustainability, and their initiatives …

Look Good When You're Googled: Creating And Optimizing Your Digital Identity, Amanda Izenstark

Amanda Izenstark

Institute For Research Design In Librarianship (Irdl), Kristine Brancolini, Marie Kennedy

Marie R. Kennedy