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Emerging Technologies In The Library: From Test Pilots To High Flying Success, Allison Papini, Laura Kohl

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

How many of us have brought new technology into the library with high hopes only to have it crash and burn? Why do some tools become instant relics while others develop lives of their own? Like nearly everyone else, Laura and Allison have experienced every point on the spectrum between flop and success and want to share the lessons they've learned. Topics will include virtual reality, data visualization tools, ChatGPT, and more.

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Identify best practices for engaging library staff in emerging technologies
2. Develop an outreach strategy to …

Creative Spaces In Academic Libraries: Engaging Users Through The Studio Model, Katy Webb

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

Makerspaces, digital humanities labs, scholar's labs, and other types of creative spaces in academic libraries envision a renovated room or space in the stacks, install technology, and open it to users. But so often, the librarians and administrators in charge of the renovation of these spaces think that if they build it, people will flock to their doors. Instead of conceiving these spaces as technology depots, engagement strategies and models for staffing must also be considered. The use of the library lab as a studio space will be investigated in this presentation, as well as other models that build toward …

Remote Onboarding: Growing And Maintaining Community, Christine R. Elliott, Lauren Movlai

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Libraries: Outsiders At The Heart Of The Institution, Callan Bignoli

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Escaping Our Fishbowl: A Case Study On Expanding Participation By The Connecticut Digital Archive, Gregory C. Colati, Mike Kemezis, Heather Owen, Rachael Nutt

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Out Of The Classroom, Into The Archives: Developing Successful Collaboration Between Faculty And Archivists/Librarians To Create High-Impact Learning Experiences For Students, Michelle Chiles, Lopez Alyssa, Megan Lessard

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Podcasting To Spark Community Conversation, Emily Butler

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Blending Scalability And Customization In Instruction Modules To Expand A First-Year Information Literacy Program, Benjamin Peck

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Empowering Partnerships: Building Diversity And Inclusion In Digital Scholarship Projects, Marisol Ramos, Jennifer Snow

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Opening Doors Through Collaboration: Understanding The Incarceration Of Japanese Americans, Kathy Blessing, Rosemary Prisco

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Can I Use A Lifeline? Hand-Offs And High Fives Between The Library And Instructional Design Teams, Laura Hibbler, Esther Brandon, Lance Eaton

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Analysis And Visualization For A Regional Shared Print Program, Matthew I. Revitt

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Truthquest! An Information Literacy Adventure, Karin L. Heffernan, Shana Chartier, Joshua Becker

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Our Library, Your Portal: Integrating Dynamic Library Content Into A Campus Portal, Daisy Benson, Gary S. Atwood, Daniel Desanto, Graham Sherriff

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Mind The Gap: Formalizing Vendor And Library Collaboration, Kathleen Berry, Rose Renyolds, Johanna Radding, Abby Baines, Ebsco

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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Real-Time Collaboration For Virtual Success, Fabio Montella

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

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What Went Wrong: Reflections On A Teaching With Technology Failure, Amy Barlow

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

When functioning properly, interactive learning modules are great for student engagement, but when the technology falls short, precious class time is wasted and learning objectives may go unmet. This speaker will tell the story of how a clerical error resulted in a technological meltdown during library instruction. She will share how she came to view the incident as a useful failure because she learned to: Accept that not every problem can be anticipated; always have a Plan B; and be patient with tech support. More than that, she came to realize that testing web-based learning modules in class is a …

Choose Your Own (Mis)Adventure: Practicing Digital Literacy Skills In The Community College Classroom, Meggie Lasher

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

The lighting talk will outline the creation process of a digital literacy workshop for a diverse group of learners from scratch. Librarians instructing in a community college setting often work with a diverse student body‑ from different backgrounds and identities to levels of technology and research skills. To help students make the critical thinking leaps between textbook hypotheticals to relevant, real-life digital dilemmas, librarians can act as digital literacy educators and advocates. After teaching introductory library sessions to first-year students, I noticed a variety in the skill, comfort, and knowledge of using a computer in an academic and work setting. …

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

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

“It can be proven that most claimed research findings are false.” Those are the words of John Ioannidis in a highly-cited article from 2005. Ioannidis is referring to the “reproducibility crisis,” a phenomenon whereby researchers are not able to replicate published results in later experiments. 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.

In this presentation, we will introduce attendees to the replication crisis and provide real-life examples of reproducibility problems in the fields of psychology, economics, …

The Trials & Tribulations Of Incorporating 3d Printing Into The Health Science Curriculum, Laurel Scheinfeld, Joan Wagner, Blanche Leeman

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

In May 2015, our library was granted an NNLM MAR Medical Library Project Award to purchase a 3D printer and incorporate its’ use into the health science curriculum. No one on our staff had any prior experience with 3D printing. What we did have was an interest in offering new and innovative library services. We also wanted to promote the library as a partner in introducing new technologies to our students. Therefore, we forged ahead and learned all we could very quickly in order to get the program up and running. During brainstorming sessions with our Occupational and Physical Therapy …

Mooc: Miscalculations, Oversights, Opportunities And Celebration, Julie Goldman, Allison Kay Herrera

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

Online learning is incredibly important for libraries and librarians to stay valuable in modern information ages. While face to face classes are wonderful, online courses give our users more flexibility and opportunities to learn. The field of online learning is essential for libraries and we want to support and embrace online learning developments.

Ways for libraries to become involved in online learning have recently been explored in-depth (Tasha Maddison, and Maha Kumaran, ed. 2017. Distributed Learning. Chandos Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100598-9.00023-4). While some of the identified challenges and limitations are also reflected in this project, this presentation provides a case …

If You Build It, Will It Collapse? Roadblocks To Building A Regional Repository Community, Erin Jerome, Lisa A. Palmer, Rebecca Reznik-Zellen

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

Background: In July 2017 the authors organized a regional user group meeting for librarians who use or were considering Digital Commons, the popular hosted institutional repository platform from bepress. It had been many years since this group had been brought together. Bepress sponsored the meeting and sent a product consultant to participate. The organizers hoped to make this an annual event, and also broaden the scope to all repository platforms. By all accounts, the well-attended New England Digital Commons User Group Meeting was a success and evaluations were positive. Just five days later, however, bepress announced that the company had …

Can Robots Replace Librarians? Experiences Using A Chat Bot To Respond To Im Questions, David Meincke

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

This poster will use text and statistical data to describe the conditions that led to development of a chat bot. It will use text and graphics to illustrate the steps involved in building and launching the bot, and it will use text and statistical data to illustrate its functionality in responding to IM reference questions. A laptop will also be available to demo backend (developer code, etc.) as well as frontend (bot responses to questions in real time

Two or three takeaways

- The poster session will demonstrate the basic steps that are needed to integrate a chatbot to library …

How Not To Grow An Orcid Program, Rebecca Reznik-Zellen, Lisa A. Palmer

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

In 2017 the University of Massachusetts Medical School became a member of ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) through a regional library consortium. Over the course of the year, the library made efforts to establish ORCID implementations with the institution’s faculty profile system. However, progress was insufficient by the end of the year to warrant membership renewal. In this lightning talk, we will discuss our efforts to get ORCID off the ground and the positive lessons we learned in the process.

Rfid-Saster, Christina Huffaker

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

At a large university library, RFID tags were incorporated into all materials, in anticipation of using RFID as multi-purpose tool for circulation, theft protection, and stacks management. The incorporation of these tags as substitutes for barcodes and security tape worked smoothly, as the circulation workflows were adapted to include newly necessary tasks such as applying and re-writing the tags themselves. However, the second phase of this project created unforeseen challenges, some of which remain problematic and unsolved.

Despite being hailed as the up-and-coming, all-encompassing solution for library circulation, security, and stacks management, the implementation of RFID technology into the daily …

Website Usability Testing With Custom Tools In A Community College Environment, Carlos Arguelles, Mark Eaton

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

Library webpages are at the core of contemporary library services, and should be updated frequently, based on well-defined user-generated data. This means that technical decisions should not be the only the factors considered when updating web content. When building a library web presence, we should aim to overcome the mistaken idea that gathering user input on design is difficult or unwieldly.

To bring this mindset to our community college library, in 2016 we received a grant to fund a usability study. This study aimed at gathering quantitative data to support data-based decisions about our library website. The goal was ultimately …

What If You Build It And They Don't Come? Lessons Learned From A Tutorial-Creation Project, Lindley Homol

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

To extend the reach of many library instruction programs both on-campus and online, many librarians have been creating instructional tutorials. Whether these learning objects consist of screencasts, static webpages, or interactive modules, they can be time consuming both to create and maintain. In order for students to see the instructional benefits, and librarians to justify the time put into creating and maintaining the learning objects, it is crucial that students actually access and use the tutorials. What if librarians build tutorials, and the students do not come? How can librarians ensure that their tutorials will be accessed and used?

In …

From Chaos To Planned Future: Transforming Libguides From Pathfinders To Learning Objects, Marisol Ramos

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

In 2008, our library adopted LibGuides version 1 as the platform to deliver subject, course, general purpose and topic guides. As a co-chair of the implementation group, our goal was to transition from static web pages to a more dynamic system to deliver information about all our general and subject-specific resources. Over the following years, I realized that our initial goal lacked enough specifics or a clear understanding of what the ultimate purpose was for creating these guides. Should guides simply be lists of resources? or should they be learning objects that allow for unmediated learning? Those were questions that …