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Listen To Children: The Jack Prelutsky Antiquarian Children's Poetry Collection, Sylvia Tag, Michael Taylor

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Western Libraries is pleased to present Listen to Children: The Jack Prelutsky Antiquarian Children’s Poetry Collection. This exhibition and the accompanying catalog are intended to honor nationally acclaimed children’s poet Jack Prelutsky, who, in 2019, donated a collection of nearly 1,200 rare books containing poetry for young readers to Special Collections at Western Washington University. The catalog is arranged by topical themes include didactic poetry, Mother Goose, nature, nonsense verse for children and adults, imaginary voyages, illustration, and moveable books. The catalog includes essays from contemporary poets, resources for teaching and learning, and selected images from the exhibit. In …

Environmental Scan Of Accessibility, Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion In Library Collections, Sidonie Devarenne, Madeline Kelly, Emily Spracklin

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

This document presents the result of an environmental scan of collections practices, projects, and policy language related to accessibility, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ADEI). The scope of this scan is ADEI collections projects within the functional areas represented on the Western Libraries’ Scholarly Resources Groups (SRG). It excludes literature with a focus on:

• Cataloging and metadata
• Circulation
• Course reserves
• Publishing
• Hosting
• Discovery

If issues related to these functional areas are deemed to be future priorities, the units and departments responsible for these functional areas will need to be involved in the development of related goals and projects.

This scan focuses …

S.I.F.T. Notebook Assignment, Christine Espina Dnp, Rn, Emily Spracklin

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Purpose:

• Demonstrate engagement in the S.I.F.T. lessons and critical thinking on social media literacy
• Develop knowledge practices and dispositions connected to the Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Frame “Authority is Constructed and Contextual” (ACRL, 2016).

Critical Digital Literacy (Infographic), Emily Spracklin, Christine Espina Dnp, Rn

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Navigate Information Disorder: Using Lateral Reading + Critical Reflection

Reclaiming The Library's Central Role With Services To Campus, Jenny K. Oleen, Kim Marsicek

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

The library is often the unsung hero on campus, supporting research needs without taking the spotlight for itself. How can you ensure your library gets the visibility and support it deserves? At Western Washington University, the Provost is the first to acknowledge “the importance and centrality of the Libraries to all that we do at a university." Join us for a free webinar in which Kim Marsicek, Institutional Repository Manager and Jenny Oleen, Scholarly Communications Librarian at Western Washington University, describe Western Libraries’ campus-wide services and institutional alignment that have repositioned the library as a key player on campus. Kim …

Practicing What We Preach: Showcasing Oer Through The Creation Of A Research Strategies Textbook, Rebecca M. Marrall, Jenny K. Oleen

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Learn how an academic library at a Master's granting university published an open access textbook, intended for undergraduate students and authored by librarians and library professionals. This textbook was an edited anthology intended to supplement a library-based credit course in research strategies and academic success. This poster session will provide an overview of the process and the final product, alongside an electronic toolkit of resources for attendees.

Additional materials are available here.

Jump Start Your Scholarly Communication Initiatives: Lessons Learned From Redesigning The Scholarly Communications Roadshow For A New Generation Of Librarians, William Cross, Jenny K. Oleen, Anali Perry

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

The ACRL’s Scholarly Communication Roadshow, which has been transforming librarianship since 2009, has transformed itself to meet the needs of a new generation of professionals. Grounded in almost a decade’s worth of data about effective instruction and the latest strategies for engaging emerging topics, this paper will prepare you to jump start your own program.

Collective Wisdom: An Exploration Of Library, Archives And Museum Cultures, Sofia Becerra-Licha, M. Alison Eisendrath, Susan M. Irwin, Elizabeth Joffrion, Melissa Levine, Mega Subramaniam Phd, Gina Watkinson, Stephanie Allen, Kenn Bicknell, Jacqueline E. Chapman, Genna Duplisea, Joe Filapek, Jan Levinson Hebbard, James Himphill, Jeffrey Inscho, Stephanie Baltzer Kom, Christina E. Newton, Darla Wegener

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

The 2016 Collective Wisdom: Library, Archives and Museum (LAM) Conference Exchange program brought together 18 librarians, archivists and museum professionals to form a cohort charged with exploring cross-sector practices and culture with an eye toward increasing interdisciplinary collaborations and continuing education. This white paper presents reflections and provides recommendations based on the cohort experience. Cohort members represented a range of library, archives and museum institutions, academic programs and professional organizations from across the US and the Territory of American Samoa.

The Textbook Publication Process: Strategies For Creating Open Education Resources, Rebecca M. Marrall, Jenny K. Oleen

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Join the editors of the new textbook The Research Process: Strategies for Undergraduate Students as they discuss the process of creating this Open Education Resource. An edited anthology, this textbook was collaboratively written by specialists across the library, utilizing a wide range of expertise to cover a variety of topics to support undergraduate student research. The editors, Rebecca M. Marrall and Jenny Oleen, will discuss the philosophy behind publishing the textbook as an open education resource, the process of creating and editing the text, working with authors, and implementation of open access publication.

Geared towards faculty and instructors who may …

For Your Enrichment: Assistance Animals In The Library: How One Academic Library Developed Best Practices, Rebecca M. Marrall

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Effectively addressing concerns about assistance animals in any library setting is often problematic due to a lack of awareness about assistance animals in general, which then leads to uncertainty on how to proceed in these situations. Library personnel, regardless of library type, are often unaware of legal definitions of assistance animals. When compelled to respond to a patron complaint about “a dog in the library,” many library professionals are uncertain about which questions they may legally ask a patron who is accompanied by an animal. This uncertainty then creates concern about how to act in these situations, and thus, many …

Conducting The Accessibility Audit: How One Academic Library Identified Barriers For Patrons With Disabilities, Rebecca M. Marrall, Nora K. Burmeister

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

During October 2015, the Western Washington University Libraries Usability & Design Working Group conducted an electronic accessibility audit of the organization’s website. The purpose of the audit was to identify existing electronic barriers that people with disabilities may encounter as they navigate the website, and to make recommendations for future improvements. Attendees of this session will gain new knowledge and receive practical resources in order to begin this conversation within their own library.

Sequential Art & Academic Library Instruction: Crafting A Toolbox Of Multiple Literacies For Credit Courses, Rebecca M. Marrall

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Sequential art is a unique storytelling medium that combines visuals and content in a deliberate, specific delivery in order to engage audiences on emotional and cognitive levels. Consequently, graphic novels, comics, and comix are a rich educational medium for undergraduate credit instruction in academic libraries, precisely because this alternative delivery of content can effectively educate many learning styles. This article documents the development and implementation of an undergraduate, upper-division credit-bearing course in an academic library that examined multiple types of literacy through the medium, with commentary on instructional strategies for other academic librarians and professors.

Broken Promises: A Case Study In Reconciliation, Elizabeth Joffrion, Lexie Tom

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

This article examines a long-term collaboration between a nontribal and a tribal organization—Western Washington University and the Lummi Nation. The narrative describes efforts to share and understand the Native cultural resources acquired by the university in the years prior to the development of professional practices for the appropriate management and use of Native American archival materials and explores a series of moral and ethical challenges from both the Native and non-Native perspectives. The article offers strategies for sharing expertise, knowledge, and cultural resources that can assist in addressing historical injustices, misunderstandings, and mistrust founded in the misappropriation of Native heritage …

Average Cost Per Interlibrary Loan Article Request At Western Libraries, Amy Stefany, Meghan Williams, Jenn Mccool

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Western Libraries faces a budget shortfall that must be addressed before fiscal year’s end. The Director of Scholarly Resources and Collections Services has asked the ILL staff to determine the average cost of an ILL article for comparison to subscription cost-per-use data. The comparison will be used to inform discussion regarding possible subscription cuts in the coming fiscal years, and to address the current shortfall.

This research report begins with a general explanation of interlibrary loan at Western, then takes a look at documented strategies used by other libraries to calculate similar averages, and lastly explains the methodology used to …

Citation Patterns Of Engineering, Statistics, And Computer Science Researchers: An Internal And External Citation Analysis Across Multiple Engineering Subfields, Madeline Kelly

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

This study takes a multidimensional approach to citation analysis, examining citations in multiple subfields of engineering, from both scholarly journals and doctoral dissertations. The three major goals of the study are to determine whether there are differences between citations drawn from dissertations and those drawn from journal articles; to test a methodology incorporating both internal and external citation sources; and to explore the citation habits of researchers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subfields. The results reveal variations in how STEM subfields conduct research in career and academic settings and are more nuanced than internal or external citation data …

Collaboration Between Tribal And Non-Tribal Organizations: Sharing Expertise, Knowledge, And Cultural Resources, Elizabeth Joffrion, Natalia Fernández

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

We are aware that many archival repositories in the West hold sensitive native cultural materials and that many of us live and work on or near historical tribal lands. This proximity offers important opportunities for building trusting relationships that can heal ancient wounds and that create a more just society.

Collaborations between tribal and non-tribal organizations bring diverse communities together, often for the first time, to educate and learn, to address misinterpretations of the past, and to share cultural resources and knowledge. By examining data obtained through a nationally distributed survey, our research explores how successful partnerships between tribal and …

Collaborations Between Tribal And Nontribal Organizations: Suggested Best Practices For Sharing Expertise, Cultural Resources, And Knowledge, Elizabeth Joffrion, Natalia Fernández

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Collaborations between tribal and nontribal organizations bring diverse communities together, often for the first time, to educate and learn, to address misinterpretations of the past, and to share cultural resources and knowledge. By examining data obtained through a nationally distributed survey, this research explores how successful partnerships between tribal and nontribal institutions are initiated, developed, and maintained; examines the degree to which the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials were used in the development of policies, procedures, and memorandums of understanding; and reveals the “lessons learned” across a wide range of collaborative projects and partnerships. This overview of collaborative models …

Leveraging Library Ecology: Growing Beyond Boundaries To Cultivate A Sustainable Knowledge Community Through Team-Based Librarianship, Jenny K. Oleen, Ellen R. Urton, Meagan J. Duever, Casey D. Hoeve, Livia Olsen, David Vail

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Higher education increasingly challenges libraries to thrive while adapting to fiscal realities, imploring institutions to accomplish more with less, and leverage assets creatively. When competing demands vie for attention, interdisciplinary concepts such as sustainability may be neglected, or simply absent from a library’s mission. A team-based community of librarians can galvanize existing assets wherever they reside within an organization. This approach requires that librarians transcend traditional boundaries to reveal untapped or underutilized expertise. Interdepartmental teams within a library can address topics difficult to assign to one designated specialist, and access the education, interests, or networks possessed by multiple individuals across …

Subject Matrices: An Innovative, Collaborative Approach To Serving The Agricultural Sciences, Jenny K. Oleen, Livia Olsen, Jason Coleman

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

In 2009, Kansas State University Libraries (K-State Libraries) moved from subject-based departments to user-based departments. From this change, subject matrices, including the Agriculture and Biological Science Matrix, were developed to address subject-related issues. This matrix is comprised of librarians from many K-State Libraries’ departments and is a conduit for sharing information interdepartmentally and developing collaborative opportunities. Libraries wishing to maintain a traditional subject-liaison model can adapt key principles underlying the matrix. Subject liaisons can go beyond siloed perspectives by soliciting advice from individuals outside the library. Another approach is to disturb established structures and introduce selective pressure to inspire innovation.

The Role Of Stories In Library Marketing And Communications, Clarissa J. Mansfield

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

The Role of Stories in Library Marketing and Communications: We in the library profession know that libraries offer a wide variety of services and resources to our communities and patrons, but despite the unique programs we host, the access we provide to print and online resources, special collections, and archival materials, or even research and writing assistance, finding proactive ways of effectively communicating this to our users can be challenging. Likewise, it is not uncommon for libraries to have to compete for financial support and human resources in an era of reduced funding and shrinking or flat base budgets. Combine …

Preferred Names & Pronouns: Best Practices For Serving Trans Individuals At Multiple Library Service Points, Rebecca M. Marrall

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Working with transgendered or gender-queer students in a higher education environment – whether in the classroom or at a service point – can raise questions about policies, procedures, and best practices. The poster session discussed the creation of best practices and workshops for partnering with transgendered individuals on a college campus.

Western Libraries Special Collections Entryway Redesign, Emma Sieh

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

This thesis is a culmination of a project report for the creation of a display space for an archival collection. As a collection located on the top floor of the Western Washington University Wilson Library, much of the issues are created due to lack of traffic and attention. Their entryway was a promising area to redesign and include some display cases in order to bring more attention to their area. This thesis follows the project from its very beginning planning stages through to the first installments of furniture and area redesign plans. It speaks to those who are planning a …

Publishing And Archiving Trends In Open Access: Preliminary Results, Jenny K. Oleen

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

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Subject Matrices: An Innovative, Collaborative Approach To Serving The Agricultural Sciences, Jenny K. Oleen

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Our library reorganized, moving from traditional subject-specific departments to Basic Information Services (BIS) and Researcher Services (RS) departments, based around how patrons use information. This model emphasizes collaboration through internal teams called “subject matrices”. Our library’s Agriculture & Biological Sciences Matrix includes individuals from BIS, RS, Archives, and Technical Services as well as individuals with expertise in instructional design, copyright, and data management.

This matrix has emerged as a community interested in agriculture and the sciences by bringing people together from many departments. We have learned from each other through presentations and “field trips” to various locations around campus. The …

Serving Students With Disabilities: How Campus Partnerships Can Enhance College Education, Rebecca M. Marrall

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Working with students with disabilities in a higher education environment – whether in the classroom or at a service point – can raise questions about policies, procedures, and best practices. The poster session discussed the creation of a tutorial for university faculty in attempt to perform outreach and raise awareness.

Staffing And Workflow Of A Maturing Institutional Repository, Jenny K. Oleen, Debora L. Madsen

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Institutional repositories (IRs) have become established components of many academic libraries. As an IR matures it will face the challenge of how to scale up its operations to increase the amount and types of content archived. These challenges involve staffing, systems, workflows, and promotion. In the past eight years, Kansas State University's IR (K-REx) has grown from a platform for student theses, dissertations, and reports to also include faculty works. The initial workforce of a single faculty member was expanded as a part of a library-wide reorganization, resulting in a cross-departmental team that is better able to accommodate the expansion …

Subject Matrices: An Innovative Approach To Serving The Agricultural And Biological Science Disciplines, Jenny K. Oleen

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Discover an alternative approach to the subject liaison model which uses a distributed, team-based matrix to increase communication and collaboration in order to better serve the agriculture and biological sciences communities at our university. Learn the strengths, challenges, and theory of this approach.

Managing Special Collections: Service, Security, Statistics, Mark I. Greenberg, Lisa W. Hinchliffe, Richard W. Oram

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Implementing Reference Statistics Collection Software At Multiple Library Service Points, J. Gabe Gossett, Elizabeth Stephan, Rebecca M. Marrall

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Purpose– The purpose of this article is to explore the process of implementing LibAnswers, a reference statistics collection and analysis software, at multiple service points in an academic library and to outline the benefits of the process. Design/methodology/approach– The article outlines the process used to implement a statistics software, including initial testing, development of categories and terms used to define the question types, and training of library staff. Findings– Implementing a statistics program at multiple service points takes flexibility and patience. The biggest challenge faced was developing common terms to define what each desk did and how the statistics would …

Undergraduate Research Programs And The Academic Library, Nancy Cunningham, Richard Pollenz Ph.D., Drew Smith, Mark I. Greenberg Ph.D.

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Undergraduate research (UR) programs attract highly motivated students who often continue on to graduate/professional schools but may lack necessary information literacy skills. Collaboration with UR programs provides librarians new opportunities to help students develop these skills and work with specialized collections in the context of a research experience. In this webinar, librarians and UR administrators share their experiences in forging collaborations based on UR and library training resources, explain how information literacy skills programming has been embedded into UR, and demonstrate how this partnership has led to greater visibility of library services, collections and UR among all undergraduates.