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Claiming A Seat At The Table: Using The Institutional Repository To Advance Strategic Library Partnerships, Scott Walter Apr 2016

Claiming A Seat At The Table: Using The Institutional Repository To Advance Strategic Library Partnerships, Scott Walter

Staff Publications - University Libraries

By striking up relationships with unlikely, but strategic, partners on campus, Library Director Scott Walter at DePaul University has poised the library to provide crucial services that support high-level, strategic institutional goals such as increasing enrollment and bringing in more research funding. During the webinar, he’ll talk about some of the strategic partnerships he’s formed, provide tips on getting repository services out there, and share some best practices that he’s learned along the way.


Extending The Fundamental Right Of Marriage To Same-Sex Couples: The United States Supreme Court Decision In Obergefell V. Hodges, Donald Hermann Jan 2016

Extending The Fundamental Right Of Marriage To Same-Sex Couples: The United States Supreme Court Decision In Obergefell V. Hodges, Donald Hermann

College of Law Faculty

No abstract provided.


Finding Common Ground: Identifying And Eilciting Metacognition In Eportfolios, Susan C. Reed, Julie Bokser, Caryn Chaden, S. Brown, M. Moore, Michelle Navarre Cleary, Eileen Seifert, Kathryn Wozniak, L. B. Zecker Jan 2016

Finding Common Ground: Identifying And Eilciting Metacognition In Eportfolios, Susan C. Reed, Julie Bokser, Caryn Chaden, S. Brown, M. Moore, Michelle Navarre Cleary, Eileen Seifert, Kathryn Wozniak, L. B. Zecker

Faculty Publications – College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Research has suggested ePortfolios reveal and support students’ metacognition, that is, their awareness, tracking, and evaluation of their learning over time. However, due to the wide variety of purposes and audiences for ePortfolios, it has been unclear whether there might be common criteria for identifying and assessing metacognition in ePortfolios across varied contexts. The purpose of this study was to identify evidence of metacognition across ePortfolios of three distinct populations of students: traditional-age undergraduates, graduate Education students, and adults returning to school to complete a bachelor’s degree. We set out to explore if and how ePortfolios could support these different …


“I Felt Like Such A Freshman”: First-Year Students Crossing The Library Threshold Jan 2016

“I Felt Like Such A Freshman”: First-Year Students Crossing The Library Threshold

Staff Publications - University Libraries

Qualitative analysis of reflective essays by first-year students in an academic skills course documented outcomes related to the Association of College and Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Student narratives showed how novices encounter the clusters of concepts described in the Framework as “Scholarship as Conversation,” “Searching as Strategic Exploration,” and “Research as Inquiry.” Assessing students’ metacognition—that is, their thinking about the learning process—revealed that they connected personal identity with academic conversations, developed strategies for exploring subject classification, and balanced persistence with help-seeking. The open-ended exercise was effective as a collaborative approach to academic engagement and information …


Anonymized Data Analyzed In Paula R. Dempsey And Heather Jagman. 2016. “I Felt Like Such A Freshman”: First-Year Students Crossing The Library Threshold. Portal: Libraries And The Academy 16.1: 89-107., Paula Dempsey, Heather Jagman Jan 2016

Anonymized Data Analyzed In Paula R. Dempsey And Heather Jagman. 2016. “I Felt Like Such A Freshman”: First-Year Students Crossing The Library Threshold. Portal: Libraries And The Academy 16.1: 89-107., Paula Dempsey, Heather Jagman

Staff Publications - University Libraries

Anonymized data analyzed in Paula R. Dempsey and Heather Jagman. 2016. “I Felt Like Such a Freshman”: First-Year Students Crossing the Library Threshold. portal: Libraries and the Academy 16.1: 89-107.DePaul University Institutional Review Board Research Protocol # HJ081313ADM To request permission for further research and non-commercial publication, email Paula Dempsey: dempseyp@uic.edu License for educational purposes is granted with attribution.


“I Felt Like Such A Freshman:” Reflections On Depaul University Library’S Assessment In Action Project, Heather Jagman Jan 2016

“I Felt Like Such A Freshman:” Reflections On Depaul University Library’S Assessment In Action Project, Heather Jagman

Staff Publications - University Libraries

No abstract provided.