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Open Access And The Institutional Repository, Julia Lovett, Andrée Rathemacher

Julia Lovett

Over the past year, the University of Rhode Island (URI) has taken some steps towards shifting the default to Open Access for both faculty scholarship and student work. First and foremost, in March 2013, the URI Faculty Senate passed a Harvard-style Open Access mandate. And in February 2013, the Library and the Graduate School began making electronic dissertations and theses openly available through URI’s institutional repository. In this presentation, we will define Open Access policies and discuss why they are important. We will give an overview of our experiences with Open Access advocacy, implementation of policies, and next steps.

Huron University College Learning Behaviors And Learning Spaces - Faculty Survey Results, Jennifer Robinson

Jennifer Robinson

In March 2014, Huron students and faculty were invited to participate in an online survey on Learning Behaviors and Learning Spaces. This survey was part of an effort to match desired learning behaviours with the design of learning space at Huron, including a proposed Learning Commons. The report summarizes the results of the survey and gives information on next steps in the Learning Commons project.

The Future Of Scholarly Communication, Edited By Deborah Shorley And Michael Jubb. London, Uk: Facet, 2013. Isbn-13: 9781856048170no Title, Elizabeth Parang

Elizabeth Parang

Institute For Research Design In Librarianship (Irdl), Kristine Brancolini, Marie Kennedy

Marie R. Kennedy

Western Libraries: International Reach With Scholarship@Western, Western's Institutional Repository : Mapping Downloads: Two Hours In 35 Seconds, Joanne Paterson

Joanne Paterson

Western Libraries' open access institutional repository, Scholarship@Western, disseminates research produced at the University throughout the world. This sped up map, recorded one Sunday morning, illustrates in real time, the global impact of Western's scholarly publications.

Conscientious Conservation: Global Collaboration, Leadership Development, And 21st Century Fundraising, Maria Gonzalez

Maria E Gonzalez

No abstract provided.

The Quality Infrastructure: Measuring, Analyzing, And Improving Library Services, Edited By Sarah Anne Murphy. Chicago, Il: Ala Editions, 2014. Isbn: 978-0-8389-1173., Elizabeth Parang

Elizabeth Parang

How Human Books Can Create A Library, Andrea Tieman

Andrea Tieman

Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominees 2015, Andrea Tieman

Andrea Tieman

A Literature Review Of How Videogames Are Assessed In Library And Information Science And Beyond, Ron T. Brown

Ron T. Brown

In this paper the author explores how videogames and gaming are assessed in Library and Information Science (LIS) and in other fields. The author concludes with a discussion of some potential future directions for assessment practices of videogames and gaming in LIS.

Ship Space To Database: Scientific And Social Motivations For A Database To Support Deep Subseafloor Biosphere Research, Peter Darch, Christine L. Borgman

Christine L. Borgman

What motivates the building of databases by scientific collaborations? In this paper, we argue that not only are databases being built to support scientific work per se, but also with the intention of performing a variety of social functions. To explore this, we present findings from a longitudinal ethnographic case study of a large, multidisciplinary, distributed scientific project studying subseafloor microbial life. A critical element of this project’s Data Management Plan is the construction of a data portal. We found a range of factors motivating not only the very construction of this portal, but also the inclusion of particular features. …

Where Visual And Information Literacies Meet: Redesigning Research Skills Teaching And Assessment For Large Art History Survey Courses, Heather Gendron, Eva Sclippa

Heather Gendron

No abstract provided.

Pico De Gallo: Spicing Up Evidence-Based Nursing Research, Cassandra Kvenild, Jenny Garcia

Cassandra Kvenild

No abstract provided.

Recently Read, Susan A. Massey

Susan A. Massey

No abstract provided.

Five-Course Meal Infused With Information Skills And Resources, Kimberly J. Whalen, Suzanne E. Zentz

Kimberly J. Whalen

No abstract provided.

The Sermon Content Review, Volume 3, Number 1, Daniel Roland

Daniel Roland

The Sermon Content Review (SCR) is a bi-monthly publication of the Center for the Study of Information and Religion (CSIR) at Kent State University. The focus of SCR is on the social construction of religious knowledge and the role of sermons in that process. The purpose of SCR is to identify the most influential sources, current issues, and events that clergy members reference in their weekly sermons.

Student Embargoes Within Institutional Repositories: Faculty Early Transparency Concerns, David Stern

David Stern

Within the academic sphere there are legitimate reasons why some faculty-student collaboration efforts should not be documented and released ASAP as open access materials placed in institutional repositories. The need for the protection of ideas and processes prior to faculty publication can be in direct conflict with the intention for institutional repositories to promote the excellent efforts of students. This is certainly true in laboratory situations in which details of experiments and research areas are guarded for the lifetime of the exploration process. The implications of this situation can range from the removal of students from sensitive collaborations (unless there …

Ann O'Brien Memorial Tribute, Christine L. Borgman

Christine L. Borgman

No abstract provided.

Complementing Traditional Leadership, Jane P. Currie

Jane Currie

No abstract provided.

Tom's Resume, Tom Klingler

Tom Klingler

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Data, Data Practices, And Data Curation, Part I, Christine L. Borgman

Christine L. Borgman

In today’s technology-intensive research environments, petabytes of data may be produced in a matter of hours, days, or weeks. Those data may be lost in a similar amount of time if they are not captured, curated, and marked up in ways that allow for discovery and reuse by others. Datasets large and small can be very useful not only to researchers, but also to students, to the general public, and to policy makers. Among the classes of data of broad general interest are scientific records of the climate, the skies and galaxies, plant and animal species, social and economic observations, …

Institutional Repository Software Comparison

Jean-Gabriel Bankier

Duplication Of Serial Set Publications In The American State Papers: An Annotated Inventory Part Ii, August A. Imholtz Jr., Daniel C. Draper, Alicia Conrardy

Daniel Draper

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Starting From Scratch: Meaningful Integration Of Information Literacy Through Collaborative Course And Assignment Design, Chris Sweet, Meghan Burke

Christopher A. Sweet

Instruction librarians are all too familiar with well-intentioned research papers and assignments that reduce information literacy to a simplistic checklist (must include 4 peer-reviewed sources) or set of skills (use interlibrary loan, cite materials properly). Librarians and classroom faculty should recognize that information literacy cannot just be magically imparted to students through a single assignment or library instruction session. Becoming information literate requires repeated practice in a variety of contexts. How often have you wished for the opportunity to just sit down with a faculty member and start from scratch when designing an assignment –or even better- an entire course? …

It's All Enumerative: Reconsidering Library Of Congress Classification In U.S. Law Libraries, Kristen M. Hallows

AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers

Ms. Hallows investigates the widespread use of Library of Congress Classification in U.S. law libraries and the difficulties it can present in some circumstances. To address these problems, she proposes that smaller law libraries that do not participate in a bibliographic utility may benefit from an in-house classification scheme.

Instruction Construction Poster.Pptx, Shanalee Tamares

Shanalee Tamares, MLIS

Book Review: Archives For The Lay Person: A Guide To Managing Cultural Collections By Lois Hamill, Meg Miner

Meg Miner

Teaching Patrons To Fish: The Educational Value Of Cancelling Requests For Locally Available Materials, Ruth S. Connell, Tschera H. Connell

Ruth S. Connell

Expansive document delivery service for locally available materials is becoming increasingly popular, but is a learning component lost with the implementation of this service? In this study, the authors compare data from two institutions, one that provides an unadvertised document delivery service without instruction, and another that cancels requests for locally available materials with an instructional component. The behavior of each institution's patrons over a 4-year period is analyzed and found to differ at statistically significant levels. These findings will be useful for interlibrary loan policy makers who are considering whether to implement document delivery for locally available items.

The 2012 U.S. Election And Political Messages In Sermons, Daniel Roland, Darin Freeburg

Darin Freeburg

This study sought to determine to what degree clergy members of various denominations mentioned the 2012 Presidential Election in their sermons. A convenience sampling of 1,012 sermon texts prepared and delivered by 141 Protestant Christian clergy members from August 5 through November 4, 2012, were gathered and analyzed for occurrences and type of political messages. Analysis found that political messages were more likely to be given by clergy located in Blue States and least likely to be given by clergy located in Red States. Extensive political messages were more likely delivered by clergy located in Swing States. Clergy members were …

The Ups And Downs Of Knowledge Infrastructures In Science: Implications For Data Management, Christine L. Borgman, Peter Darch, Ashley E. Sands, Jillian C. Wallis, Sharon Traweek

Christine L. Borgman

The promise of technology-enabled, data-intensive scholarship is predicated upon access to knowledge infrastructures that are not yet in place. Scientific data management requires expertise in the scientific domain and in organizing and retrieving complex research objects. The Knowledge Infrastructures project compares data management activities of four large, distributed, multidisciplinary scientific endeavors as they ramp their activities up or down; two are big science and two are small science. Research questions address digital library solutions, knowledge infrastructure concerns, issues specific to individual domains, and common problems across domains. Findings are based on interviews (n=113 to date), ethnography, and other analyses of …