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Demystifying The Scholarly Publishing Landscape, Eleta Exline, Emily Poworoznek, Patricia Condon

University Library Scholarship

The scholarly publishing landscape has grown exponentially in size, scope and complexity within the last decade. Since the number and type of publishing outlets have exploded, researchers now need to consider practical and ethical issues such as predatory journals, open access, preprints, publishing data and sponsor obligations when making publication decisions. Further, these issues may be compounded by interdisciplinary research collaborations. Presenters will provide an overview of the contemporary scholarly publishing landscape and the different components. They will also help researchers identify key questions to ask during different stages of the research process, highlight differences that may bear on interdisciplinary …

Wellness Support For Student Library Employees: A Staff Development Tool Kit For Library Employees Who Supervise Students, Heather Burroughs, Judy Quist

University Library Scholarship

There is a growing list of resources for “student wellness” support initiatives on campus, including creating wellness programs in academic libraries such as meditation spaces or therapy animal encounters, as well as comprehensive programing around high-intensity times for student bodies—such as midterms or finals programming. A wealth of resources also exists for library faculty and staff who manage library student employees regarding their hiring, training, and supervision. However, there has been little thought given to the “student-ness” of library student employees and how wellness initiatives might directly relate to their work experience and successful work performance as part of their …

The Library Is For Everyone: Cultivating Campus Partnerships To Enhance Library Accessibility, Jenna Riley, Benjamin Peck, Eugenia Opuda, Kristin P. Dhabolt, Barbara Morris

University Library Scholarship

This poster was presented at the ACRL NEC conference on May 6, 2019. The Accessibility Team, part of the Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee at the University of New Hampshire Library, shared strategies and methods for establishing campus partnerships to enhance library space accessibility. They presented ideas about fostering outreach to campus partners, methods to assess their own physical library spaces, and strategies for collecting formal and informal data about library accessibility.

Towards Data Literacy Competencies: Business Students, Workforce Needs, And The Role Of The Librarian, Wendy G. Pothier, Patricia B. Condon

University Library Scholarship

Companies are looking to harness the power of data, both big and small, to take their business to new levels. One major hurdle for companies seeking to become data-centric is facing a lack of data literate talent for hire in the current market of recent college graduates. This article establishes a conversation about data literacy in business education, discusses the role of the librarian in this work, and proposes a set of data literacy competencies that librarians could help incorporate into business school education, as has been similarly seen in other disciplines.

Rightsizing Project Management For Libraries, Valerie L. Harper

University Library Scholarship

Project management is a current topic in management, and project management offices are springing up in many organizations. Libraries may not need a project management office, but adoption of project management techniques, rightsized for library needs, can focus scope, define and organize tasks, and manage resources for many kinds of projects. The University of New Hampshire Library has implemented selected aspects of project management and is learning where these principles can be applied most effectively for successful projects. This paper describes UNH’s use of selected project management techniques and tools in a major collection integration and relocation project.

The Unh Oer Ambassadors Program, Eleta Exline

University Library Scholarship

Keynote presentation at Technology Day for Language Teachers, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire. April 29, 2017

A Tale Of Two Campuses: Local And Global Approaches To Reducing Textbook Costs, Eleta Exline, Jen Carroll, Annie E. Donahue

University Library Scholarship

Poster presented at Association of College and Research Libraries 2017 National Conference, Baltimore, Maryland. March 24, 2017

The Oer Ambassadors Pilot, Eleta Exline, Jen Carroll, Catherine Overson

University Library Scholarship

Poster presented at NERCOMP Annual Conference, Providence, Rhode Island. March 22, 2016

Extending The Institutional Repository To Include Undergraduate Research, Eleta Exline

University Library Scholarship

While a primary strategy of scholarly communication initiatives has been to encourage faculty participation in institutional repositories (IRs), with some process and workflow customization, IR participation can be successfully extended to undergraduate students, with benefits to both the student and institution. Drawing observations from the University of New Hampshire Library's work collecting undergraduate honors theses and other student research, this article discusses customization strategies for creating an effective workflow for student self-deposit using an iterative, feedback-based approach, and the benefits, challenges,and potential concerns of encouraging undergraduate participation in institutional repositories.

Making Magic: How To Create A Short Promotional Library Movie, Kathrine C. Aydelott, Sarah Stinson, Nicole Hentz

University Library Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Fire In The Library: Transitioning Students To Research In A First-Year Experience Program, Kathrine C. Aydelott

University Library Scholarship

No abstract provided.

On Playing With Fire: A Choose-Your-Own Adventure Conference Presentation, Kathrine C. Aydelott, Kellian Adams

University Library Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Linking To Our Future: Cataloging & Metadata In Transition, Sherry L. Vellucci

University Library Scholarship

This slide presentation gives a very brief overview of the development of the Web from its inception as ARPANET to the Semantic Web. The presentation then discusses Linked Data and its uses on the Web. It also gives a scenario of how linked data would work in libraries and its potential to expand access to library resources by making them discoverable through Web search engines such as Google. The presentation focuses on the metadata transition necessary to accomplish this type of global access.

Movie Magic: Starring Your Library, Kathrine C. Aydelott, Sarah Stinson, Nicole Hentz

University Library Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Research Data And Linked Data: A New Future For Technical Services?, Sherry L. Vellucci

University Library Scholarship

This book chapter examines two futures for academic librarians working in access (technical) services: deeper collaboration on data management with faculty and student researchers and expanded access to library resources on the Semantic Web. Both are concerned with data organization, discovery, access, and support of shared data beyond the library. The chapter examines many aspects of research data from the perspectives of researchers and librarians. It briefly examines events prior to the library's greater involvement with research data, looks at how librarians gained fundamental knowledge and skills to assist with the tasks involved with research data curation, and discusses why …

Rightsizing Projects With Easyprojects, Valerie L. Harper

University Library Scholarship

Planning and implementing two major projects at once made some form of team-accessible planning software a must. Learn how one library chose a cloud-based project management tool, rightsized it for the two teams' needs and brought organization out of chaos!

Acrl New England Chapter News (June 2014), Eleta Exline

University Library Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Finding Ir Collaborators On Your Campus, Eleta Exline

University Library Scholarship

While the success of an institutional repository depends in part on engaging faculty and encouraging their participation, it can be difficult to capture the attention and imagination of this audience directly because their primary focus is on teaching and research projects. At the University of New Hampshire we reach out to faculty directly, but also have tapped into an existing network of people who already work closely with faculty and support faculty scholarship – Communications Coordinators for institutional research centers and institutes. By working closely with this group, who are charged with collecting, publishing, and promoting faculty publications, we are …

Acrl New England Chapter News (March 2014), Eleta Exline

University Library Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Oliver Cromwell Gilbert: A Life, Jody Fernald, Stephanie Gilbert

University Library Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Good, Bad, Or Biased? Using Best Practices To Improve The Quality Of Your Survey Questions, Eleta Exline

University Library Scholarship

Surveys can be an effective tool for gathering information from library users and assessing library services, yet the quality of the survey questions can make all the difference between a survey that is completed and one that is abandoned in indifference or frustration. The increased emphasis on user informed library assessment and the availability of free online survey tools combine to make the use of surveys very popular in libraries, but inexperienced survey writers are not typically aware of best practices in the social sciences for the format and syntax of survey question and response options. These widely used best …

Digital Collections And Scholarly Communication, Eleta Exline

University Library Scholarship

In this brief presentation I gave an overview of the University Library’s Digital Collections and Scholarly Communication Initiatives.

Presentation delivered to the delegation from Chengdu University, China, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire. October 5, 2012

Metadata For Digital Libraries, Eleta Exline

University Library Scholarship

The students in this course were developing a digital library of Native American artifacts. As a guest lecturer I discussed the concept of metadata using a hands-on exercise and gave an overview of the Dublin Core elements. While I co-presented with Sherry Vellucci, this document contains only my portion of the presentation.

Delivered to Indigenous New England (ENGL 740), University of New Hampshire. March 20, 2012

Digital Collections And Scholarly Communication, Eleta Exline

University Library Scholarship

In this brief presentation I gave an overview of the University Library’s Digital Collections Initiative, Open Access Week participation, and plans for an institutional repository.

Presentation delivered to the delegation from Chengdu University, China, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire. October 28, 2010

The Scholars’ Repository: A Central Location For Unh Scholarship, Eleta Exline

University Library Scholarship

This presentation focused on the rationale for Open Access publishing, self-archiving, authors’ rights issues, and plans for a UNH institutional repository.

It was delivered at the Faculty Instructional Technology Summer Institute, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire. June 18, 2010

Copyright Problems And Access Control In The Digital Environment, Eleta Exline

University Library Scholarship

This presentation discussed practical application of intellectual property concepts in the digital library and methods of controlling access to rights restricted digital content.

It was delivered at the New Hampshire Archives Group Fall Workshop, Pinkham Notch, Gorham, New Hampshire on September 23, 2009.

"Beyond Google: Searching The Deep Web.", Louise Buckley

University Library Scholarship

While Google may be the best–known place to search for information online and a prime go–to tool for most librarians, there are other search engines and websites that can be helpful as well. We'll explore some of these in this session and suggest resources for keeping up with these options.

Presented at the New Hampshire Library Association Conference, Bartlett, NH, May 19-20, 2009.

Working Together: A Literature Review Of Campus Information Technology Partnerships, Eleta Exline

University Library Scholarship

This article reviews the recent literature about the essential but often uneasy alliances made between content experts (archivists and librarians) and technology experts. Differing professional cultures, misunderstandings of one another, limited abilities to envision change, and lack of support from top-level administrators are the most often cited reasons for the persistent difficulty in working together. Failure to collaborate may result in the marginalization or exclusion of content experts from projects where their professional skills are most needed. In spite of these problems, successful models for working together do exist. True collaborations are mutually beneficial, open opportunities for continuing relationships, and …

Digital Libraries: Delivering On The Promise Of Open Access, Eleta Exline

University Library Scholarship

This presentation focused on how digital libraries are an example of open access publishing and the impact that free accessibility has on the use of library materials.

Delivered at the Faulty Open Access Symposium, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire. April 8, 2009

Polishing The Dimond: Changing Spaces For Enhanced Services To The Unh Community, Louise Buckley, Eleta Exline

University Library Scholarship

In 2007 the UNH Library orchestrated several space redesign projects to enable new services and functions within the Library and adapt to changing academic support needs. These projects included the creation of a digital imaging lab in an unused preservation workroom, and the redesign of the Government Documents Department office to accommodate the transfer of its public service desk to the IT Support Center of the new Dimond Academic Commons. Creativity and flexibility by all participants as well as a shared goal of providing the best possible service to students, faculty, and staff helped meet challenges such as tight deadlines, …