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Our Lives As Editors Of A Predatory Journal: Lessons Learned Publishing A Scholarly Open Access Journal, Jill Emery, Jonathan Cain, Michael Levine-Clark

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

Provides an overview of editorial process used with a scholarly open access journal. Explored ways in which the work done as scholarly editors and publishers this work can be seen as predatory and ways in which we are attempting to address this criticism.

User Experience With Evidence Based Purchasing, Jill Emery

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

Presentation given on Portland State University Library's experience with evidence based purchasing models. Covers evidence based acquisitions plans and the outcomes seem from these experiences.

Technology, Information Literacy And Social Work Education, Laura Trull, David Vess

Libraries

This poster will demonstrate a unique series of interactive lessons, designed and implemented collaboratively by Social Work and Library faculty to support student information literacy skill development. This series of six lessons was implemented with junior-level social work students and focused on topics such as determining quality of sources, constructing citations, identifying research methodology, utilizing technology, research ethics and search techniques. Lesson outlines will be made available to participants and future research and evaluation plans will be discussed.

Hospital Libraries Matter, Basia Delawska-Elliott, Donna Belcinski

Basia Delawska-Elliott, MLIS, AHIP

Research As Inquiry, Social Justice, And The Particularist Challenges Of Religious Traditions In An Age Of Terror And Hate, Desirae Zingarelli-Sweet

LMU Librarian Publications & Presentations

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Oer Snapshots, Matt Ruen, Amy Walz, Kevin Stranack

Matt Ruen

Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: Building Support for OER from Existing Services on Campus Matt Ruen, Grand Valley State University Libraries At Grand Valley State University, the Libraries and several campus partners--including campus IT and offices that support faculty research and effective teaching--have come together to provide support for the creation and adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) on our campus. But rather than developing brand new programs or asking for additional resources right at the start, we realized that each of our units already offers services that could support faculty creating and using OER. Through our OER …

Cultivating Textbook Alternatives From The Ground Up: One Public University’S Sustainable Model For Open And Alternative Educational Resource Proliferation, Jonathan Lashley, Rebel Cummings-Sauls, Andrew B. Bennett, Brian L. Lindshield

Rebel Cummings-Sauls

Faculty Perspective On Scholarly Communication, Jenn Fishman

Jenn Fishman

This interactive presentation invites symposium participants to consider scholarly communication from faculty perspectives. Addressing issues raised by previous speakers and extending the conversation, our topics for discussion will include: As the work of knowledge production and knowledge sharing changes, how is knowledge itself changing in different fields, and what impact do changes (or stases) have on faculty research and scholarly communication? How can faculty effectively mine and share their fields' resources for digital research and scholarly communication? When, how, and why should faculty seek opportunities to engage emerging forms of research and opportunities for digital scholarly communication? And what can …

Oer Production Workflows For Open Textbooks, Rebel Cummings-Sauls, Allison P. Brown, Billy Meinke, Anthony Palmiotto

Rebel Cummings-Sauls

Warning! This Program Contains Graphic Content: Facilitating Understanding Of Library Terms Through Visual Rhetoric, Gayle Schaub, Vinicius Lima

Presentations

Building on recently published research, an academic librarian and art professor facilitate the design and creation of visual and text pieces that illustrate information literacy terms’ meanings. This informational campaign uses data from a large-scale assessment of student comprehension of terms used in library instruction and syllabi. It offers an innovative way to teach students the language they need to be effective researchers, while detailing a library-art department collaboration that gives students a real-world learning experience.

Indian Papers Bibliometrics For Clstl2017 Presentation, Athena Hoeppner

EGS Content

Bibliographic data and some analysis of cited references from five scholarly articles with Indian authors. Analysis explored the number of citations that can be found in the University of Central Florida's EBSCO Discovery Service as of February 2017 as compared to the number that can be found in Google Scholar. Further analysis comapares the presence of links to full text or to UCF's link resolver, SFX.Data elements available for further assessment: Title, Publication, Volume, Number, Pages, Year, Publisher. DOI, oaDOI (constructed), OA host Found, Type. EDS Metadata Provider, EDS Full Text First Link, Google Scholar Presence, GS OA FT source, …

The Usf Libraries Virtual Library Project: A Blueprint For Development., Monica Metz-Wiseman, Susan Silver, Ardis Hanson, Judy Johnston, Kim Grohs, Tina M. Neville, Ed Sanchez, Carolyn Gray

Tina M. Neville

This report of the Virtual Library Planning Committee (VLPC) is intending to serve as a blueprint for the University of South Florida (USF) Libraries as it shifts from print to digital formats in its evolution into a "Virtual Library". A comprehensive planning process is essential for the USF Libraries to make optimum use of technology, fulfill their collective missions, and add value to the information resources and services provided. Four key areas are articulated in this plan to guide the implementation process; the content of each of these key areas contains background information, benchmarks, appropriate standards, and selected short and …

Library Space Design And Participation In User Education Programmes As Factors Influencing Intentional Learning By Undergraduates In University Of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, Oluwatoyosi Temiloluwa Akinrelere, Olalekan Awujoola

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Learning is a fundamental part of life; a trait possessed by humans, animals and some machines. It is the driving force behind the survival of the human race and the establishment of a university library. In the university library, learning is defined as intentional learning, a self-driven activity rather than an instructor-led activity, the process of taking responsibility for and improving oneself by setting goals, evaluating progress and correcting errors. This study sought to investigate the influence of library space design and participation in user education programmes on intentional learning of undergraduates in the University of Ibadan. The findings of …

Faulty Science Citation Examples, Ian Mccullough

Ian McCullough

Data Visualization Camp Instructional Materials (2017-18), Kristin Briney

UWM Libraries Instructional Materials

These materials are from the 2017 Data Camp on data visualization held at UWM Libraries. The one-hour workshop covers how to chose the right chart for your data and how to streamline that chart to best tell your story. The materials work for both librarians and members of the university community. Materials include a presentation file (with supplemental notes), one informational handout, and two activity handouts. Please refer to the book [Evergreen, S. D. H. (2017). Effective data visualization: The right chart for the right data. SAGE Publications.] for background information for this workshop.

Materials from the 2018 Data Visualization …

Open Educational Resource Presentation, Johannah Lowder

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This presentation by the Jerry Falwell Library and Center for Curriculum Development offers information on the benefits of using Open Educational Resources (OER) in a course and resources for finding OER.

Information Needs And Information Seeking Behavior Of Researchers In Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, Ilorin, Kwara State, Momoh Emmanuel Omeiza, Folorunso Abubakar Lanre

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study was undertaken to investigate the information needs and information seeking behavior of the researchers in Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, Ilorin, Kwara State. The study used questionnaire and interview method to obtain data from the respondents. Out of the sixty copies of questionnaire distributed to respondents, fifty-three copies were returned and found useable for the study. There was also an interview with the Director, library services in the institute. Findings from the study revealed that the information needs of the researchers were mainly on current awareness, to prepare for promotion exercises and job interviews and to prepare for …

About Iup's Knowledge Repository, Sara Parme

Sara Parme