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From The Fringe To The National Fabric: A Resurgence Of Disinformation And How To Neutralize It, Deana Brown, Memo Cordova

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

GAME OF THRONES CALLING OUT POLITICAL CLIMATE?

Imagine you are sitting at home having just finished Sunday dinner when there is a knock at the door. Your friends have arrived to watch the Season Finale of your favorite show, Game of Thrones. The finale revolves around a number of warring houses whose past betrayals and chicaneries have made it difficult to join together and unite against an unimaginable threat.

2017 Boise State Research Data Environmental Scan Report, Michelle Armstrong, Heather Grevatt

Data Management Services

In 2015, the Albertsons Library’s Research Data Management Group established a 2-year strategic agenda which focused on increasing library service capacity, establishing partnerships with other campus stakeholders, and creating the technical infrastructure needed to ensure proper management of university research data assets. To inform this work during the next two year period, the group conducted an environmental scan of campus data management needs and activities. The survey was also designed to help other university administrators and campus partners understand the current state of research data, identify unmet needs, and highlight opportunities for increasing institutional capacity.

In general, Boise State has …

Albertsons Library Data Management Strategic Agenda Summer 2017 - Spring 2019, Amber Sherman, Heather Grevatt, Megan Davis, Michelle Armstrong

Data Management Services

Boise State University identifies research and creative activity as a Core Theme of its institutional mission. This concept is clarified through several objectives which outline the importance of transferring knowledge for “societal, economic, and cultural benefits”. The university expects to produce work that has “substantial disciplinary impact and contributes to the overall reputation of the university,” so that, “community members can connect with and benefit from our researchers, artists, and students.” This core theme of scholarly contribution is further confirmed in the university’s Goals and Strategies which detail specific activities Boise State will undertake. For example in goals 3 and …

Don't Make Me Ask: Facilitating User-Mediated Discovery With The Libanswers Faq, Ellie Dworak, Carrie Moore

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

Many library patrons prefer to use online training materials to figure things out for themselves. Enter the library FAQ. But how can we get our patrons to the answers that they need?

2015-2016 Data Management Strategic Agenda - Final Report, Michelle Armstrong, Megan Davis, Heather Grevatt, Amber Sherman

Data Management Services

Between January 2015 - December 2016, the Albertsons Library’s Core Data Management Team, consisting of Michelle Armstrong, Megan Davis, Heather Grevatt (2016 - present), Margie Ruppel (2015 - 2016), and Amber Sherman, established a 2 year Strategic Agenda and engaged in a variety of activities to ensure the proactive management of Boise State’s data sets. During this period, the Team accomplished several key goals:

• Increased the library’s capacity to support Boise State researchers in managing and making publicly available data sets, and deliver services at key points throughout the research lifecycle including data management planning, data description, research dissemination, and …

The Undue Cost Of Academic Publishing: Democratizing Information Access, Memo Cordova, Amber Sherman

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

Many scholarly articles that contain research useful to the public are locked behind expensive subscription databases. Coupled with existing publishing and tenure/promotion practices, these contribute to a system that excludes the majority of citizens from accessing current academic findings. However, by publishing academic articles in open access journals instead, faculty at colleges and universities can play an important role in making it easier, and less expensive, for the public, media, and local leaders to read their work. This requires faculty to make different choices and a concurrent shift in how academic departments evaluate faculty publications.

The Mentor: What Do You Need From A Mentor?, Tracy Bicknell-Holmes

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

Just what does a mentor do anyway? What does it mean to mentor someone? What does it mean to have a mentor? These are questions I've struggled with over the years.

Planning A Juried Art Exhibit In An Academic Library And Providing Digital Access In An Institutional Repository, Amber Sherman, Elaine Watson, Gwyn Hervochon

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article details one academic library’s experience organizing a juried art exhibit, open to the campus and local community, and making digital images of the artwork available in the university’s institutional repository. The article also outlines considerations when creating a digital representation of the art exhibit in the institutional repository.

Makerlab & Make It Vip: Annual Report 2017, Amy Vecchione

MakerLab Documents

Albertsons Library’s MakerLab and the College of Innovation’s Make It VIP form a makerspace available to all students, staff, and faculty at Boise State University. This space is free for all, and successfully creates an environment where students are able to obtain job skills, while also inventing and building their own ideas, prototypes, services, and businesses.

As a radically inclusive community, providing democratized access to emerging technologies, the makerspace creates an innovative culture of learning. Students participating in this environment obtain job skills including: rapid prototyping, 3D design, 3D printing, interdisciplinary problem solving, teamwork, cultural competencies, communication, training, curriculum development, …