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“So Tell Me About Your Research”: Using Faculty Interviews To Build Research Partnerships, Eric Toole, Allison Martel, Alicia Hopkins, Mackenzie Dunn, Sheri Sochrin

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

No abstract provided.

Money Matters: Academic Library Scholarship And Funding Initiatives For Graduate Students, Wendy Doucette, Elizabeth Kline

Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students

Graduate programs in all disciplines view external funding as a benchmark of success. For students on research teams and for those seeking academic careers, faculty role models demonstrate the need for funding as an integral part of the research cycle. Closer to home, the increasing cost of graduate education requires students seek supplemental funding. This session, divided into two segments (internal and external funding), will present experiential case studies for how academic libraries can design scholarships and fellowships to serve graduate students in this often overlooked phase of their graduate education.

Sherrod Library at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) has …

Beyond The Library: Cross-Campus Collaborations In Support Of Faculty Teaching, Research, & Scholarship, Danielle S. Apfelbaum, Derek Stadler, Rebecca Oling

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

No abstract provided.

Whose Book Is This [And Does It Matter]? How Shared Print Programs Are Redefining Our Understanding Of Local Collections, Susan Stearns, Matthew Sheehy, Lizanne Payne, Dan Cherubin

ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference

Shared print initiatives such as the Eastern Academic Scholars’ Trust [EAST] and the HathiTrust Shared Print Program are beginning to redefine collection ownership in academic and research libraries and offer opportunities for new forms of cooperation and collaboration. These large-scale programs effectively create mega-collections of scholarly materials that have been designated for retention or preservation and can be loaned to partner libraries. This panel will report on the results of these ground-breaking shared print programs, discuss plans for growth and posit ways in which such programs may impact collection development, resource sharing, and library collaboration at scale.

EAST has completed …

Scholar Works: Demystifying The Research And Scholarly Communication Process, Sean Lind, Elizabeth Brown

Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE)

This presentation provides an overview of the scholarly communication process for beginning researchers.

Mapping Technologies’ Impact On A Professional Program Chair’S Workload, Randy Howe

Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings

Department chair practices appear more open and accountable to its publics than ever, a shift driven by want it now information demands from improved data gathering systems. In this discussion, a concept model will be presented to determine whether advanced structures and procedures live up to the hype of reducing chair workloads.

Tracking 50 Plus Years Of Growth In Scholarly Output In The School Of Medicine And Health Sciences, The Milken Institute School Of Public Health And The School Of Nursing, Anne Linton, Thomas Harrod, Paul Levett

GW Research Days 2016 - 2020

The Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library serves the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, the Milken Institute School of Public Health, and the School of Nursing. Over the last half century, the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and the more recently incorporated Schools of Public Health and Nursing, have experienced substantial growth in their research enterprise and a corresponding increase in scholarly communications. Using statistics and metrics derived from bibliographic databases, this poster will track the growth in scholarly output from 1960 to the present. Number of publications will be tracked and additional metrics will be explored. These metrics include …