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Du’S Annual Research Showcase Celebrates Undergraduate Original Scholarship And Creative Endeavors, Anit Tyagi May 2022

Du’S Annual Research Showcase Celebrates Undergraduate Original Scholarship And Creative Endeavors, Anit Tyagi

DU Undergraduate Research Journal Archive

The University of Denver hosts an annual research poster symposium in spring quarter for undergraduate students seeking to present their scholarly findings and creative works. One of the core tenets of the University is a commitment to improving human welfare through original research and DU undergraduate students have ample opportunity to help address socially relevant problems and complex issues facing populations throughout their time at DU. The posters and creative works presented at the symposium often represent the culmination of months of hard work for many students as they aim to show off the important impact of their research on …


Driving Change: A Model For Collaborative Librarianship In Prince George’S County, Maryland, Nicholas A. Brown, Kyla Hanington Apr 2022

Driving Change: A Model For Collaborative Librarianship In Prince George’S County, Maryland, Nicholas A. Brown, Kyla Hanington

Collaborative Librarianship

The Prince George’s County Memorial Library System (PGCMLS) has a long-standing partnership with the county’s human rights education and enforcement agency, the Office of Human Rights (PGCOHR), formerly the Prince George’s County Human Relations Commission (PGCHRC). The two agencies serve over 967,000 Prince Georgians, a majority-Black (64.4%) and Latin or Hispanic (19.5%) population with a sizable immigrant community (22.7%). The civil rights issues of 2020 hit close to home in Prince George’s County and the agencies have sustained a multi-year effort to provide residents with opportunities to learn how to engage with social justice topics for personal and collective advancement. …


Faculty Spotlight—Dr. Seth Masket, Owen Mckessy, William Moody Apr 2020

Faculty Spotlight—Dr. Seth Masket, Owen Mckessy, William Moody

DU Undergraduate Research Journal Archive

Interview with Dr. Seth Masket


Faculty Spotlight—Dr. Phil Danielson, Hannah Stanley, William Moody Apr 2020

Faculty Spotlight—Dr. Phil Danielson, Hannah Stanley, William Moody

DU Undergraduate Research Journal Archive

Interview with Dr. Phil Danielson


Faculty Spotlight—Dr. William Phillpot, Will Moody Jan 2020

Faculty Spotlight—Dr. William Phillpot, Will Moody

DU Undergraduate Research Journal Archive

William (Bill) Philpott Interview


Faculty Spotlight—Dr. Robert Dores, Anit Tyagi, William Moody Jan 2020

Faculty Spotlight—Dr. Robert Dores, Anit Tyagi, William Moody

DU Undergraduate Research Journal Archive

Robert Dores Interview

Edited by Will Moody


Ports In A Storm: The Role Of The Public Library In Times Of Crisis, Michele Stricker Apr 2019

Ports In A Storm: The Role Of The Public Library In Times Of Crisis, Michele Stricker

Collaborative Librarianship

This article will provide you with guidance on how to prepare your library to respond a disaster, as well as, how to resume providing services to the public as quickly as possible in the aftermath of a local or regional crisis. You will learn how libraries contribute to community resiliency by providing a safe haven and needed services after a disaster that allow people and local businesses to begin to put their shattered lives back together and resume normal activities.

Recent natural and manmade catastrophes have highlighted the important role public libraries play in enhancing their community’s resiliency and post-disaster …


What Collaboration Means To Me: How We Do & Don’T Collaborate At The Library Collective, Corey Halaychik, Ashley Maynor Dec 2018

What Collaboration Means To Me: How We Do & Don’T Collaborate At The Library Collective, Corey Halaychik, Ashley Maynor

Collaborative Librarianship

The Library Collective is a non-profit organization devoted to redefining the library professional development landscape by providing low-cost, high-value learning opportunities for librarians. At the heart of The Library Collective’s efforts is a unique style of collaboration. The following column outlines how the Co-Founders and Co-Directors use and don’t use collaboration to create a professional development environment that embraces creativity, celebrates failure, and doesn’t cost a fortune.


Collaborative Library Outreach: A Key Retention Strategy At Open Access Institutions, Katy Mathuews, Zachary Lewis Mar 2017

Collaborative Library Outreach: A Key Retention Strategy At Open Access Institutions, Katy Mathuews, Zachary Lewis

Collaborative Librarianship

Serving large populations of at-risk, first-generation, and low-income students, open access institutions face unique challenges regarding student retention. Academic libraries with intentional outreach programs are a valuable element of a comprehensive institutional retention plan targeted to the unique student population of open access institutions. Using the Clark Memorial Library at Shawnee State University in Appalachian Ohio as a case study, this article explores the elements of an intentional library outreach program targeted to support the retention of first-year students, many of whom are classified as first-generation, academically underprepared, or otherwise at-risk. The outreach librarian facilitates collaborative and intentional engagement opportunities …