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Unlearning: First Steps Toward An Anti-Oppressive Information Literacy, Scott R. Cowan, Selinda Berg
Unlearning: First Steps Toward An Anti-Oppressive Information Literacy, Scott R. Cowan, Selinda Berg
Leddy Library Publications
No abstract provided.
Unlearning: First Steps Toward An Anti-Oppressive Information Literacy, Scott Cowan, Selinda A. Berg
Unlearning: First Steps Toward An Anti-Oppressive Information Literacy, Scott Cowan, Selinda A. Berg
Leddy Library Publications
No abstract provided.
Information Literacy Instruction For International Graduate Engineering Students: A Case Study At University Of Windsor, Guoying Liu
Leddy Library Publications
In recent years, the University of Windsor has seen a significant increase in international student enrolments, especially in the graduate engineering programs. Previous studies indicate that international students often have difficulties in developing information literacy skills. Furthermore, many engineering students lack library research skills essential for succeeding in academic study. However, there is a scarcity of studies focusing on information literacy instruction for international engineering students and existing research in this area seldom utilizes statistical analysis methods to determine the effectiveness of the instruction. This paper aims to fill in the literature gap by examining the impact of an information …
Talking Back To A Tote Bag: Or, How A Tote Bag Inspired Molly Of The Mall: Literary Lass And Purveyor Of Fine Footwear, Heidi Lm Jacobs
Talking Back To A Tote Bag: Or, How A Tote Bag Inspired Molly Of The Mall: Literary Lass And Purveyor Of Fine Footwear, Heidi Lm Jacobs
Leddy Library Publications
Heidi L.M. Jacobs reflects on the journey that led her to become the 2020 winner of the coveted Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
Fostering International Students’ Academic Transformation Using Information Literacy Programming, Karen M. Pillon, Yayo Umetsubo
Fostering International Students’ Academic Transformation Using Information Literacy Programming, Karen M. Pillon, Yayo Umetsubo
Leddy Library Publications
No abstract provided.
Invisible In Plain View: Libraries, Archives, Digitization, Memory, And The 1934 Chatham Coloured All-Stars, Heidi Jacobs
Invisible In Plain View: Libraries, Archives, Digitization, Memory, And The 1934 Chatham Coloured All-Stars, Heidi Jacobs
Leddy Library Publications
"Invisible in Plain View: Libraries, Archives, Digitization, Memory, and the 1934 Chatham Coloured All-Stars" considers a digitization and oral history project on Boomer Harding and the Chatham Coloured All-Stars.
Critical Questions For Archives As (Big) Data, Devon R. Mordell
Critical Questions For Archives As (Big) Data, Devon R. Mordell
Leddy Library Publications
We may observe a growing preoccupation in archival literature with characterizing digital archives as big data – a term that suitably captures both their scale and their potential for manipulation through the application of computational methods and techniques for the purposes of discovering new insights. The possibilities for working with digital archives as data, from supporting archival arrangement and description tasks to promoting the use of digital archives as data sets by researchers, are indeed encouraging. But what are digital archives becoming when they are reframed as data, big or otherwise? What consequences might such a conceptualization have for the …
Unlocking Open Access: How To Comply With Funders' Mandates., Helen Power
Unlocking Open Access: How To Comply With Funders' Mandates., Helen Power
Leddy Library Publications
No abstract provided.
Predatory Publishing: How To Safely Navigate The Waters Of Open Access., Helen Power
Predatory Publishing: How To Safely Navigate The Waters Of Open Access., Helen Power
Leddy Library Publications
Open access publishing enables scholarship to be openly accessible to everyone, which has countless benefits. However, the open access movement has opened the door for "predatory publishers" to take advantage of researchers surviving in this publish or perish academic landscape. Predatory journals are becoming increasingly common. Nursing researchers, instructors, and students need to be made aware of the dangers of predatory journals, and they need to know how to identify them. While there are blacklists and whitelists that can be used to aid in decision-making, it is critical to note that these lists can never be entirely up to date. …
Quantitative Researchers, Critical Librarians: Potential Allies In Pursuit Of A Socially Just Praxis, Selinda Berg
Quantitative Researchers, Critical Librarians: Potential Allies In Pursuit Of A Socially Just Praxis, Selinda Berg
Leddy Library Publications
No abstract provided.
History, Play, And The Public: Wikipedia In The University Classroom, Robert Nelson, Heidi Jacobs
History, Play, And The Public: Wikipedia In The University Classroom, Robert Nelson, Heidi Jacobs
Leddy Library Publications
No abstract provided.
Finding Boomer Harding: An Autoethnography About History, Librarianship, And Reconnecting, Heidi Lm Jacobs
Finding Boomer Harding: An Autoethnography About History, Librarianship, And Reconnecting, Heidi Lm Jacobs
Leddy Library Publications
No abstract provided.
Questioning The Past And Possible Futures: Digital Historiography And Critical Librarianship, Heidi Jacobs, Calin Murgu
Questioning The Past And Possible Futures: Digital Historiography And Critical Librarianship, Heidi Jacobs, Calin Murgu
Leddy Library Publications
The role of history as a discipline is, as Burton and Sweeny claim, not only to transform our understanding of the past and the present but also to shape possible futures. Digital historical projects are transformative endeavors that attempt to negotiate and navigate the past and articulate these possible futures. Drawing on the foundational ideas of critical librarianship to “intervene in and disrupt” structural inequities and on examples from digital historiography, we argue for a more robust role for librarians within these transformative endeavors. In so doing, librarians can use conscious, deliberate, reflexive actions to work toward animating values central …
Documentation As Data Rescue: Restoring A Collection Of Canadian Health Survey Files, Kristi Thompson
Documentation As Data Rescue: Restoring A Collection Of Canadian Health Survey Files, Kristi Thompson
Leddy Library Publications
No abstract provided.
Core Competencies For 21st Century Carl Librarians (Carl Competencies) Survey Results: Unpublished, Jennifer Soutter
Core Competencies For 21st Century Carl Librarians (Carl Competencies) Survey Results: Unpublished, Jennifer Soutter
Leddy Library Publications
Consists of the data collected about the Core Competencies for 21st Century CARL Librarians. The hypothesis tested was that the CARL Competencies were not being used by academic librarians. If they were being used, the intent was to discover any differences in their use and whether these differences were related to their positions within their respective libraries, and thus their potential use for ideological control at the administrative level. Unfortunately, less than 6% of the population responded. This research was not able to help build a more accurate picture of the current landscape of the use of competencies in …
Time To Adopt: Librarians’ New Skills And Competency Profiles, Pascal Vincent Calarco, Birgit Schmidt, Iryna Kutchma, Kathleen Shearer
Time To Adopt: Librarians’ New Skills And Competency Profiles, Pascal Vincent Calarco, Birgit Schmidt, Iryna Kutchma, Kathleen Shearer
Leddy Library Publications
On the one hand, libraries are at the forefront of the digital transformation and digital information infrastructures, on the other, they manage and curate cultural heritage collections. This brings about new ways of engagement with information and knowledge and the need to rethink skills and competency profiles – which enable librarians to support e-research all along the research cycle. This paper presents findings of the joint Task Force on Librarians’ Competencies in Support of E-Research and Scholarly Communication.
The Core Competencies For 21st Century Carl (Canadian Association Of Research Libraries) Librarians: Through A Neoliberal Lens, Jennifer Soutter
The Core Competencies For 21st Century Carl (Canadian Association Of Research Libraries) Librarians: Through A Neoliberal Lens, Jennifer Soutter
Leddy Library Publications
Librarians are noted for their defense of others but not themselves or even their profession, thus there is a lack of consideration with respect to our roles within our own institutions and within our profession. The Core Competencies for 21st Century CARL Librarians statement developed by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is investigated as an expression of what our role should be, using a neoliberal lens and with reference to the work of Foucault, poststructuralists, and as an expression of critical inquiry, to discover the statement’s potential role as a tool for delivering ideology. Language and concepts associated …
Library Of Cards: Reconnecting The Scholar And The Library, Mita Williams
Library Of Cards: Reconnecting The Scholar And The Library, Mita Williams
Leddy Library Publications
This paper is based on a presentation I gave at the Access Conference in Toronto, Ontario on September 10th, 2015. Both the presentation and this paper are explorations in three parts. The first part is a short history lesson on the use of paper cards by scholars and librarians, which led to the introduction of the “Scholar’s Box.” The second part asks the question: Can we consider Zotero as the Scholar’s Box of the digital age when it cannot capture important metadata such as linked open data? It is recognized that this is not just a shortcoming of Zotero: research …
The Paradox Of Privacy: Revisiting A Core Library Value In An Age Of Big Data And Linked Data, D. Grant Campbell, Scott R. Cowan
The Paradox Of Privacy: Revisiting A Core Library Value In An Age Of Big Data And Linked Data, D. Grant Campbell, Scott R. Cowan
Leddy Library Publications
Protecting user privacy and confidentiality is fundamental to the ethics and practice of librarianship, and such protection constitutes one of eleven values in the American Library Association’s “Core Values of Librarianship” (2004). This paper addresses the concerns of protecting privacy in the library as they relate to library users who are defining, exploring, and negotiating their sexual identities with the help of the library’s information, programming, and physical facilities. In so doing, we enlist the aid of Garret Keizer, who, in Privacy (2012), articulates a fresh theory of the concept in light of American social life in the twenty-first century. …
Valuing Librarianship: Core Values In Theory And Practice, Selinda Berg, Heidi Lm Jacobs
Valuing Librarianship: Core Values In Theory And Practice, Selinda Berg, Heidi Lm Jacobs
Leddy Library Publications
In 2004, the American Library Association (ALA)’s Core Values of Librarianship statement identified eleven core values: access; confidentiality and privacy; democracy; diversity; education and lifelong learning; intellectual freedom; preservation; the public good; professionalism; service; social responsibility.
As the ALA document explains, “the foundation of modern librarianship rests on an essential set of core values that define, inform, and guide our professional practice. These values reflect the history and ongoing development of the profession and have been advanced, expanded, and refined by numerous policy statements of the American Library Association.”
While the ALA is not the only national library association to …
Falling Out Of Praxis: Reflection As A Pedagogical Habit Of Mind, Heidi Lm Jacobs
Falling Out Of Praxis: Reflection As A Pedagogical Habit Of Mind, Heidi Lm Jacobs
Leddy Library Publications
No abstract provided.
Introduction To Databrarianship: The Academic Data Librarian In Theory And Practice, Kristi Anne Thompson, Lynda Kellam
Introduction To Databrarianship: The Academic Data Librarian In Theory And Practice, Kristi Anne Thompson, Lynda Kellam
Leddy Library Publications
No abstract provided.
Beyond Competencies: Naming Librarians' Capacity For Research, Selinda Adelle Berg, Michelle Banks
Beyond Competencies: Naming Librarians' Capacity For Research, Selinda Adelle Berg, Michelle Banks
Leddy Library Publications
There is increasing interest in defining the competencies of librarians, including the skills, abilities, and knowledge required for librarians to engage in research. While competencies are helpful when evaluating performance or identifying development opportunities, a focus only on competencies may be restrictive. Through the lens of social constructionism, this essay advocates for a shift in our conversations towards an exploration of librarians’ capacity to experience, grow, and evolve as researchers. This shift in focus and in language may assist in building a context for librarian-researchers where research is not viewed as the application of static set of skills, where research …
The Reciprocal Benefits Of Library Researcher-In-Residence Programs, Virginia Wilson, Selinda Adelle Berg
The Reciprocal Benefits Of Library Researcher-In-Residence Programs, Virginia Wilson, Selinda Adelle Berg
Leddy Library Publications
No abstract provided.
Ease Of Use And Usefulness As Measures Of Student Experience In A Multi-Platform E-Textbook Pilot, Dave Johnston, Selinda Berg, Karen Pillon, Mita Williams
Ease Of Use And Usefulness As Measures Of Student Experience In A Multi-Platform E-Textbook Pilot, Dave Johnston, Selinda Berg, Karen Pillon, Mita Williams
Leddy Library Publications
Purpose: The current study seeks contribute to our understanding of how students accept and use e-textbooks in higher education by assessing their experiences with e-textbooks from Flat World Knowledge and Nelson Education during a two year campus pilot.
Design/methodology/approach: Students enrolled in one of 11 classes involved in the library’s e-textbook pilot were recruited to complete an online survey including questions related to the perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of electronic textbooks, as well as their general habits with the textbook. This study uses the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as a framework for analysis.
Findings: Students experienced a …
Making A Third Space For Student Voices In Two Academic Libraries, James Elmborg, Heidi Lm Jacobs, Kelly Mcelroy, Robert L. Nelson
Making A Third Space For Student Voices In Two Academic Libraries, James Elmborg, Heidi Lm Jacobs, Kelly Mcelroy, Robert L. Nelson
Leddy Library Publications
When we think of voices in the library, we have tended to think of them as disruptive, something to control and manage for the sake of the total library environment. The stereotype of the shushing librarian pervades public perception, creating expectations about the kinds of spaces libraries want to create. Voices are not always disruptive, however. Indeed, developing an academic voice is one of the main challenges facing incoming university students, and libraries can play an important role in helping these students find their academic voices. Two initiatives at two different academic libraries are explored here: a Secrets Wall, where …
Making A Third Space For Student Voices In Two Academic Libraries, Heidi Lm Jacobs, James Elmborg, Kelly Mcelroy, Robert Nelson
Making A Third Space For Student Voices In Two Academic Libraries, Heidi Lm Jacobs, James Elmborg, Kelly Mcelroy, Robert Nelson
Leddy Library Publications
When we think of voices in the library, we have tended to think of them as disruptive, something to control and manage for the sake of the total library environment. The stereotype of the shushing librarian pervades public perception, creating expectations about the kinds of spaces libraries want to create. Voices are not always disruptive, however. Indeed, developing an academic voice is one of the main challenges facing incoming university students, and libraries can play an important role in helping these students find their academic voices. Two initiatives at two different academic libraries are explored here: a Secrets Wall, where …
Do Open Access Electronic Theses And Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities In The Sciences?, Marisa L. Ramirez, Gail Mcmillan, Joan T. Dalton, Ann Hanlon, Heather S. Smith, Chelsea Kern
Do Open Access Electronic Theses And Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities In The Sciences?, Marisa L. Ramirez, Gail Mcmillan, Joan T. Dalton, Ann Hanlon, Heather S. Smith, Chelsea Kern
Leddy Library Publications
In academia, there is a growing acceptance of sharing the final electronic version of graduate work, such as a thesis or dissertation, in an online university repository. Though previous studies have shown that journal editors are willing to consider manuscripts derived from electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs), faculty advisors and graduate students continue to raise concerns that online discoverability of ETDs negatively impact future opportunities to publish those findings. The current study investigated science journal policies on open access ETDs and found that more than half of the science journals responding (51.4%) reported that manuscripts derived from openly accessible ETDs …
Preparing For Work In Canadian Academic Libraries: The Library Student Perspective, Mark Weiler, Sarah Guay, Scott R. Cowan
Preparing For Work In Canadian Academic Libraries: The Library Student Perspective, Mark Weiler, Sarah Guay, Scott R. Cowan
Leddy Library Publications
No abstract provided.
Open Access Week 2013, Dave Johnston, Yayo Umetsubo
Open Access Week 2013, Dave Johnston, Yayo Umetsubo
Leddy Library Publications
Information pamphlet from OA week 2013