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Professional Ethics And Learning Analytics: A Reflection On A Cross-Departmental Assessment Project, Sarah Cohn
Professional Ethics And Learning Analytics: A Reflection On A Cross-Departmental Assessment Project, Sarah Cohn
Urban Library Journal
Librarianship as a profession has long been concerned with privacy and user data. As academic libraries move toward embracing learning analytics, questions arise around the ethical use of said data, particularly when it involves students. This paper will explore the role of the library in an institutional learning analytics project. In 2016, the Library at Pace University was approached by the assessment office within the Dyson School of Arts & Sciences and asked to help create a quantitative assessment tool around student learning of information literacy. Using this experience as a starting point, I will explore how librarians can bring …
Time Zones, Screencasts, And Becoming Real: Lessons Learned As A Distance Librarian, Rebecca Hedreen
Time Zones, Screencasts, And Becoming Real: Lessons Learned As A Distance Librarian, Rebecca Hedreen
Urban Library Journal
The library literature abounds with articles, presentations, and books on using various sorts of distance learning tools and techniques for library services. (I direct you to the excellent 5th Bibliography of Library Services for Distance Learning Resources from the Distance Learning Section of ACRL or practically any library conference proceedings for numerous examples.) Many of those resources will discuss how a particular type of tool, say, webchat, can be used for library services, with examples of successful, and sometimes unsuccessful, use in various types of libraries. I have, however, very rarely seen any discussion of when to use such tools, …
To Perpetuity … And Beyond, Curtis Kendrick
To Perpetuity … And Beyond, Curtis Kendrick
Urban Library Journal
Good morning. I am delighted that LACUNY has organized this conference on Scholarly Publishing and Open Access. I think we owe a debt of gratitude to Kenneth Schlesinger, LACUNY President, and the two Institute Co-chairs, Scott White and Beth Evans. ...
Going In Reverse To Go Forward: Institutional Repositories And The New York Public Library, Stewart Bodner, Eric Neubacher
Going In Reverse To Go Forward: Institutional Repositories And The New York Public Library, Stewart Bodner, Eric Neubacher
Urban Library Journal
The Research Libraries of the New York Public Library is one of the most significant public information centers in the world. Since the opening in 1911 of its flagship building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street in the heart of Manhattan , the Library has aimed to serve people from all walks of life and on a global scale. ...
Institutional Repositories (Ir) In Higher Education – A Panel Discussion, Summary, Beth Evans
Institutional Repositories (Ir) In Higher Education – A Panel Discussion, Summary, Beth Evans
Urban Library Journal
Theresa McManus, the moderator, introduced the panel and opened with her own concerns about IRs. She finds herself caught between faculty advocating for mandating e-print repositories, priorities in a context of budget reductions, and faculty who view repositories sometimes with trepidation and doubt in regard to them being mandated to put materials in them. ...
Digital Archiving: A Fedora-Based Infrastructure To Preserve Electronic Journal Articles, Summary Of A Presentation By Ronald Jantz, Beth Evans
Urban Library Journal
Ronald Jantz, is Data Librarian at Rutgers University Libraries. He spends a good deal of time working on digital libraries, digital repositories and digital preservation. ...