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UVM Libraries Conference Day

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2015

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Not Your Mother's Library Orientation, Gary S. Atwood, Nancy A. Bianchi Aug 2015

Not Your Mother's Library Orientation, Gary S. Atwood, Nancy A. Bianchi

UVM Libraries Conference Day

This presentation outlines how the authors transformed a traditional orientation for new University of Vermont Medical Center residents into a more active learning experience. Specifically, it describes how they focused on making connections between what the residents already knew, or what they wanted to know, about libraries and the resources and services available at Dana Medical Library.


A Summer Migration: How We Moved Our Research Guides To A New Website, Graham Sherriff Aug 2015

A Summer Migration: How We Moved Our Research Guides To A New Website, Graham Sherriff

UVM Libraries Conference Day

In spring 2015, liaison librarians at the University of Vermont’s Bailey/Howe and Dana Medical Libraries migrated their online research guides to the LibGuides v2 platform, moving more than 600 guides to a new site. Librarian Graham Sherriff, who coordinated the Working Group that oversaw the migration, describes the goals, challenges and outcomes of a major data migration project.


What's The Deal With Data? Understanding Research Data Management & Support At Uvm, Elizabeth A. Berman Aug 2015

What's The Deal With Data? Understanding Research Data Management & Support At Uvm, Elizabeth A. Berman

UVM Libraries Conference Day

In 2011, the National Science Foundation (NSF) began requiring that researchers submit two-page data management plans (DMPs) with their grant applications in order to demonstrate how they will preserve and provide long-term access to federally-funded research data. In 2013, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a memorandum that requires all granting agencies to develop a plan to make both the data and published articles of federally-funded research publicly available, free of charge. These policies directly impact the University of Vermont: in FY 2014, UVM received 615 grants and contracts amounting to $128 million, 70% of …