Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

The Winter Issue 2023, Grace Neeley, Emily Watson, Andy D. Sims, Jeffery Hirschy

Fonds and Feathers

This 2023 winter issue features stories of the first female archivist of the United States, Dr. Coleen Shogun and the new SLIS faculty, Kaeli Gretter. In the spotlights section, the pioneer library service with the WPA pack horse library project is retold. In addition, miscellaneous events and activities of SMSA are covered including the past and incoming archival conferences and a list of recipients of the graduate archival certificate.

Modeling Collaborative Research Practices With Zotero, Julian Kilker

UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo

The early stages of research when students explore topics and evaluate resources are critical. Yet researchers can be overwhelmed by evaluating sources, organizing resources and notes, and working with collaborators. During these stages it is particularly important to model meaningful research relationships to support student success. I address these challenges by having students explore Zotero, a free “research assistant” application and web portal, as they work on structured research assignments. While Zotero is known as a powerful citation manager, my practice focuses on its features that are most relevant to storing, organizing, and sharing resources while working on both informal …

The Winter Issue 2022, Margaret Rodriguez, Patrick Regan, Rori Holford, Lara Taylor

Fonds and Feathers

This winter issue is the first issue of Fonds and Feathers, a newsletter of the Southern Miss Student Archivists. It was edited and contributed by Margaret Rodriguez, Rori Holford, Lara Taylor, and Patrick Regan. Dr. Jeff Hirschy is the faculty advisor.

Digitalcommons: Imsa’S Institutional Portfolio - Lead Facilitator Meeting, Raven Mckelvin '24, Jean Bigger

DigitalCommons: Resources for IMSA Students

No abstract provided.

Peer Who? Introducing Peer Review And You, Devon Olson, Zeineb Yousif, Brittany Fischer

Librarian Posters and Presentations

In this interactive workshop we introduce participants to the basic concept of peer review, the ways it's practiced, and go through activities designed to allow them to assess their own thoughts on peer review and what a useful review looks like.

Citation Sources For Legal Scholarship: Ranking The Top 28 Law Faculties, John R. Beatty

Law Librarian Contributions to Books

This study examines the effects of the data source on citation metrics and faculty rankings by comparing three sources of legal scholarship citation data: Google Scholar, Westlaw, and HeinOnline. It compares six years of citations to works by all of the tenured and tenure-track members of the top twenty-eight faculties as determined by two recent legal citation studies. Rankings generated using the Leiter-Sisk method on the data from the three sources showed moderate to high correlation (0. 77 to 0. 96) to each other. Total citations and total publications for each faculty were moderately to highly correlated to rankings, while …

Student Research To Publication Toolkit, Sowmya Anjur, Jean Bigger

IMSA Innovation Grant

This interactive toolkit provides links to Opportunities for students at IMSA that are supplemental to the Academic Program and support student research and scholarship. * STEM / CLED Focus or Led

Digital Commons @ Andrews University Annual Report 2021-2022, Terry Dwain Robertson

Library Administration and Marketing

Report covers May 2020-April 2021

Table of Contents

• About the Digital Commons @ Andrews University
• Five Millionth Download
• Global Impact
• Serving the SDA World Church
• “Letting Your Light Shine”: Faculty Scholarship in SelectedWorks
• 2000 Faculty Publications Added

Open Education Faculty Panel, Jenny Ceciliano, Lindsey Wilkinson, Staci Martin, Norma Cardenas

Open Education Week 2022

Many faculty at PSU have been involved in the Open Education movement. This panel of PSU faculty members discusses how Open Education has affected their teaching practice and how Open Education relates to equity and inclusion.

Our panelists are:

• Jenny Ceciliano, Senior Instructor II of Spanish/Coordinator of First-year Spanish, World Languages and Literatures
• Lindsey Wilkinson, Associate Professor, Sociology
• Staci Martin, Assistant Professor of Practice, CYFS Practicum Coordinator Child, Youth, and Family Studies, School of Social Work
• Norma Cardenas, Assistant Professor of Practice Child, Youth, and Family Studies, School of Social Work

Indicators Of Faculty Research Proficiency: A Systematic Literature Review, Muhammad Salahuddin

Graduate Research Achievement Day Posters

Global formalization of knowledge depends largely upon the research productivity of university faculty; however, the skills that makeup a competent researcher are undefined. The current study aimed to identify the components of faculty research proficiency in the social science domain.

The research questions are:

(1) What research competencies are essential for a faculty member?

(2) How has faculty research proficiency been measured in the past?

"Capturing Impact: Telling The Story Of Your Scholarship Beyond The Citation Count", Ashley A. Ahlbrand

Books & Book Chapters by Maurer Faculty

Ashley Ahlbrand's contribution to this volume is "Capturing Impact: Telling the Story of Your Scholarship Beyond the Citation Count."

When we conduct research, what is our end goal? Who is our audience? Since the mid-20th century, with the development, first, of journal citation indexes, then journal impact factors, then journal citation metrics for individuals, academia has seen increased pressure to publish and be cited in journals within one 's discipline. These citation metrics are used to compare schools and to evaluate scholars for promotion and tenure, for grant consideration, and for bestowing other awards and honors. Discipline-specific journal citations tend …

"Should Supreme Court Justices Fear Access To Their Papers? An Empirical Study Of The Use Of Three Archival Collections", Susan Demaine, Benjamin J. Keele

Books & Book Chapters by Maurer Faculty

Susan deMaine's contribution to this volume is "Should Supreme Court Justices Fear Access to Their Papers? An Empirical Study of the Use of Three Archival Collections." Co-authored by Benjamin J. Keele.

US. Supreme Court justices typically donate their working papers to archives upon their retirement, often with lengthy embargoes. 1 Researchers have debated whether the justices should be required to retain and disclose their papers as government · records, but there has been little study of how the papers are used in scholarly and journalistic discussions of the Court.· This empirical study examines how the papers of Justices William Brennan, …

"Exploring Citation Count Methods Of Measuring Faculty Scholarly Impact", Margaret Kiel-Morse

Books & Book Chapters by Maurer Faculty

Margaret Kiel-Morse's contribution to this volume is "Exploring Citation Count Methods of Measuring Faculty Scholarly Impact."

After US News & World Report's announcement in 2019 that they will provide a separate ranking of law schools based on faculty scholarly impact, scrutinizing the various methods of assessing scholarly impact has been a hot topic. The various methods include reputation surveys, citation counts, and publication counts. This paper focuses on citation counts. Several methods of conducting citation counts have been circulated since the 1990s, notably Brian Leiter 's studies using Westlaw 's Law Reviews and Journals database; the Leiter study updates conducted …

Author's Rights: What To Know Before Publishing Your Work, Brittany Fischer, Zeineb Yousif

Librarian Posters and Presentations

When you publish a journal article, you sign a copyright agreement. Do you know what you’re agreeing to when you sign it?

In the US copyright covers a bundle of intellectual property rights. In this workshop we will discuss what copyright is, what it allows you to do, and how to maintain your rights as an author.

By the end of this workshop you will be able to answer:

• What is a copyright transfer agreement?
• How can you find out a journal's rights policies?
• How can you negotiate contracts to make the most of your rights as a scholar, researcher, …

Open Access Explained, Zeineb Yousif, Brittany Fischer

Librarian Posters and Presentations

This workshop gives a basic overview of the open access movement. By the end of this workshop you should be able to:

• Identify what open access is
• Understand why Open Access is important
• Learn how it can benefit you as a researcher, student, or professional
• Know where to find additional resources for help

This workshop can be modified to match the particulars of the campus where it is being presented.

Halmos College Of Natural Sciences And Oceanography Annual Report: Fiscal Year 2019 And 2020, Keri Baker

Alvin Sherman Library Brochures, Pamphlets, Reports

This report gathers information about items collected in Nova Southeastern University's institutional repository, NSUWorks, under the Halmos College of Natural Science and Oceanography community during the fiscal years 2019 and 2020. New Collections are highlighted and information about faculty and student scholarship uploaded to the Halmos community section of the repository are discussed. This report represents a subset of NSUWorks and does not reflect the overall body of work contained therein.

Digital Commons @ Andrews University Annual Report 2020-2021, Terry Dwain Robertson

Library Administration and Marketing

Description

Report covers May 2020-April 2021

Table of Contents

• About the Digital Commons @ Andrews University
• Third Millionth Download
• Global Impact
• Serving the SDA World Church
• “Letting Your Light Shine”: Faculty Scholarship in SelectedWorks
• Over 1000 Faculty Publications Added

Visualizing Impact With Publication Data, Yimin Geng Msis, Ms, Tracy Stafford, Laurissa Gann Msls, Ahip

2021 Education Week Posters

Research Medical Library

Division of Education and Training

Open Education Week: Open Pedagogy And Student Content Creation, Shane Abrams, Frank Granshaw, Veronica Hotton

Open Education Week 2021

Open Pedagogy is the practice of engaging students in content creation through "renewable assignments" so that their work lives on beyond the course and has an authentic audience. In this workshop, you will learn about how to structure an Open Pedagogy assignment and will see examples from faculty who have designed their own renewable assignments.

How Does Oer Meet Our Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Goals?, Jenny Ceciliano, Lisa Notman, Karen Bjork, Jaime R. Wood, Scott Robison

Open Education Week 2021

Eliminating textbook costs through the use of Open Educational Resources may seem like a simple change, but it's one that can have a big impact. Research has shown that using OER in place of traditional textbooks helps to create more equitable and inclusive learning experiences for marginalized students. In this workshop, learn more about how OER is a DEI tool and how PSU faculty are using OER in their courses.

2020 Touro College & University System Faculty Publications, Touro College & University System

Faculty Publications Books

2020 edition of the Faculty Publications Book of the Touro College & University System. This bibliography contains the published works of TCUS affiliated authors during 2020, arranged by academic unit.

Faculty Pages... How Do I Get One? Joining The Selectedworks Author Gallery, Michael Pujals

Archbishop Alemany Library | Library Briefs

No abstract provided.

“But, It’S Been Published!” Depositing Your Articles In Dominican Scholar, Michael Pujals

Archbishop Alemany Library | Library Briefs

No abstract provided.

Dominican Scholar… What Is It?, Michael Pujals

Archbishop Alemany Library | Library Briefs

No abstract provided.

Navigating And Searching Unm's Digital Repository, Amy E. Winter Mpa

Office of Scholarly Communication

A short video on navigating and searching the digital repository. Transcript available via the download button.

Unm's Digital Repository: Logging In And Submitting Work, Amy E. Winter Mpa

Office of Scholarly Communication

A short video on logging in and submitting work to UNM's Digital Repository. Transcript available via download button.

Digital Commons @ Andrews University Annual Report 2019-20, Terry Dwain Robertson

Library Administration and Marketing

Report covers May 2019-April 2020

Table of Contents

• About the Digital Commons @ Andrews University
• Two Millionth Download
• Global Impact
• Serving the SDA World Church
• “Letting Your Light Shine”: Faculty Scholarship in SelectedWorks
• New Structures in 2018

Information Outlook, March/April 2020, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2020

Volume 24, Issue 2

Selected Works Account Creation, Keri Baker

Library Learn - Complete Video Collection

Your Selected Works profile should have already been created for you. If you have not contacted the NSUWorks team about your profile and you have not received an email stating that your profile has been created, please contact nsuworks@nova.edu to have your profile created. Do not attempt to create your own profile.

Fogler Library: Creating Effective Research Posters, Anne Marie Engelsen, Danielle Levesque

UMaine Video

Presenting your research is a vital part of any research program, yet the what’s and how’s of presentation can be tricky to navigate. In this workshop, you will learn some tips and tricks for effectively presenting your research via a poster. Using the poster template provided by CUGR (UMaine’s Center for Undergraduate Research), the workshop will cover the basics of both poster design, content, and how to best present your work to thoroughly impress the judges.