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Expanding Research Intelligence Expertise: Library Collaboration With A Faculty Department To Assess Research Performance [Poster], Rebecca Reznik-Zellen, Edwin Boudreaux
Expanding Research Intelligence Expertise: Library Collaboration With A Faculty Department To Assess Research Performance [Poster], Rebecca Reznik-Zellen, Edwin Boudreaux
Rebecca C. Reznik-Zellen
Academic libraries are expanding their service roles in all aspects of the research enterprise at their institutions, including the assessment of research outputs. Evaluation of research performance is necessary for the successful administration of academic departments and research institutions. Tools that facilitate evaluation are of interest to faculty, administrators, and librarians alike. SciVal, an Elsevier research intelligence product, enables libraries to provide in-depth support for evaluation projects that exceeds the standard fulfillment of requests for Journal Impact Factors and h-Indices. Operating on the cache of bibliographic information housed in the Scopus database, SciVal permits benchmarking of research productivity, impact, and …
Are Medical Students Comfortable Managing Research Data?, Rebecca Reznik-Zellen
Are Medical Students Comfortable Managing Research Data?, Rebecca Reznik-Zellen
Rebecca C. Reznik-Zellen
Objectives: The Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School seeks to evaluate medical students’ awareness of and comfort with data handling and data management concepts. This study will help to triangulate populations and topics for integration of data management curriculum modules.Background: A medical student’s work life is unique due to the demands of their curriculum. In addition, expectations for the stewardship of research data require that students manage their data appropriately. However, data literacy is not a formal component in most undergraduate and graduate student curricula. Libraries have filled this gap by creating educational resources and training …
Subject Repository Rankings Overview, Rebecca C. Reznik-Zellen, Jessica Adamick
Subject Repository Rankings Overview, Rebecca C. Reznik-Zellen, Jessica Adamick
Rebecca C. Reznik-Zellen
Data about subject repository size, governance, age, coverage, etc., was collected in late fall 2009 and early winter 2010 for research on subject repositories.
Developing Meaningful Data Services At The University Of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries [Poster], Rebecca C. Reznik-Zellen, Maxine Schmidt, Jessica Adamick, Mj Canavan, Steve Mcginty
Developing Meaningful Data Services At The University Of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries [Poster], Rebecca C. Reznik-Zellen, Maxine Schmidt, Jessica Adamick, Mj Canavan, Steve Mcginty
Rebecca C. Reznik-Zellen
Environmental scanning exercises enable an institution to develop a clear understanding of complex issues before making high-impact process decisions or commitments. At the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the path to embracing the current data management trend includes several complementary, exploratory exercises designed to help the Libraries not only understand the nuances of the local research environment but also to evaluate practices at peer institutions that may serve as a model for engaging and supporting faculty. By crafting a vision that prioritizes the needs of the campus community while learning from external solutions, the University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries are able …
Generalizing The Subject Repository, Rebecca C. Reznik-Zellen, Jessica Adamick
Generalizing The Subject Repository, Rebecca C. Reznik-Zellen, Jessica Adamick
Rebecca C. Reznik-Zellen
Subject repositories serve a similar function within their disciplines, but they often evolve in radically different ways from inside their respective fields. When the largest subject repositories such as PubMed Central, CiteSeerX, arXiv, RePEc, SSRN, and AgEcon Search are examined, there are more differences than similarities in terms of sustainability models, software, users, and management. These repositories have developed in relative isolation, all catering to specific disciplinary cultures.While the success of these repositories should be celebrated, there is a great need to develop general best practices and standards for the building and management of subject repositories. According to OpenDOAR, there …
Interactive Taxonomy For Content Exploration And Discovery [Poster], Rebecca C. Reznik-Zellen, Bob Stevens
Interactive Taxonomy For Content Exploration And Discovery [Poster], Rebecca C. Reznik-Zellen, Bob Stevens
Rebecca C. Reznik-Zellen
Interactive taxonomic functionality enables visitors to explore relationships between concepts and access content within the nanomanufacturing domain. InterNano is an information portal and subject repository for nanomanufacturing hosted by the National Nanomanufacturing Network at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, which combines a dynamic open source content management system (Joomla!) for managing original content with the reliable EPrints repository software system for managing archived publications, educational material, and workshop presentations. Because nanomanufacturing is a small, interdisciplinary subdomain of nanotechnology, an important component of the project is a specialized taxonomy for domain definition and information discovery. The InterNano Taxonomy is a unique, …