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Aiming For Assessment: Notes From The Start Of An Information Literacy Course Assessment, Peter Larsen, Amanda Izenstark, Joanna Burkhardt Jun 2018

Aiming For Assessment: Notes From The Start Of An Information Literacy Course Assessment, Peter Larsen, Amanda Izenstark, Joanna Burkhardt

Amanda Izenstark

To provide systematic assessment of a 3-credit, full-semester information literacy course at the University of Rhode Island, the library instruction faculty adapted the Bay Area Community College Information Competency Proficiency Exam to determine how well the students learned the material taught in the course and how well that material reflected the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.

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Failure To Reproduce: The Replication Crisis In Research — Can Librarians Help?, Andrée J. Rathemacher, Amanda Izenstark, Harrison Dekker Jun 2018

Failure To Reproduce: The Replication Crisis In Research — Can Librarians Help?, Andrée J. Rathemacher, Amanda Izenstark, Harrison Dekker

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Slides from a presentation, "Failure to Reproduce: The Replication Crisis in Research — Can Librarians Help?," presented at the 2018 ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference, Failing Forward: Experimentation and Creativity in Libraries, on May 4, 2018 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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A recent survey by Nature found that more than 70% of researchers have tried and failed to reproduce another scientist’s experiments and more than half have failed to reproduce their own experiments! Learn more about the “reproducibility crisis” in research and how librarians are helping by teaching researchers about reproducible workflows, proper management of code and data, …

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Notes From Unusual Outreach And Instruction: Examples, Tips, And Strategies, Amanda Izenstark, Rachel Hamelers Jan 2016

Notes From Unusual Outreach And Instruction: Examples, Tips, And Strategies, Amanda Izenstark, Rachel Hamelers

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These are the attendee-generated notes from the STS Hot Topics Discussion Session, facilitated by Amanda Izenstark and Rachel Hamelers.

Session Abstract:
So much library instruction gets stuck at the "teach Freshmen to use the catalog and a database" stage. Librarians are trying new approaches such as teaching higher level research to undergraduates and citation management to faculty and administrators. Come and hear Amanda Izenstark of the University of Rhode Island and Rachel Hamelers of Muhlenberg College discuss strategies for reaching users outside of traditional channels, then participate in discussion and program design exercises with your peers about how you can …

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Library Impact Statement For Csc 423 Network Intrusion Detection And Defense, Amanda Izenstark Nov 2012

Library Impact Statement For Csc 423 Network Intrusion Detection And Defense, Amanda Izenstark

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Library Impact Statement in response to new course proposal for CSC 423 Network Intrusion Detection and Defense. New course was supported with no need for additional resources.

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Library Impact Statement For Csc 523 Advanced Intrusion Detection And Defense, Amanda Izenstark Nov 2012

Library Impact Statement For Csc 523 Advanced Intrusion Detection And Defense, Amanda Izenstark

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Library Impact Statement for CSC 523 Advanced Intrusion Detection and Defense. No new library resources are required to support this course.

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Library Impact Statement For Csc 424 Live Forensics And Incident Response, Amanda Izenstark Nov 2012

Library Impact Statement For Csc 424 Live Forensics And Incident Response, Amanda Izenstark

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Library Impact Statement in response to new course proposal for CSC 424 Live Forensics and Incident Response. New course was supported with no need for additional resources.

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Library Impact Statement For Csc 524 Advanced Incident Response, Amanda Izenstark Nov 2012

Library Impact Statement For Csc 524 Advanced Incident Response, Amanda Izenstark

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Library Impact Statement in response to new course proposal for CSC 524 Advaned Incident Response. New course was supported with no need for additional resources.

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Library Impact Statement For Csc 420 Introduction To Information Assurance, Amanda Izenstark Nov 2012

Library Impact Statement For Csc 420 Introduction To Information Assurance, Amanda Izenstark

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Library Impact Statement in response to new course proposal for CSC 420 Introduction to Information Assurance. New course was supported with no need for additional resources.

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