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Executive Summary Report, Ua/Sc Wg

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

This report contains information on attendance, work completed, and work planned for the Usability andAssessment and Sociocultural Working Groups at the DataONE All Hands Meeting that was held September 2012 in Albuquerque, NM.

Public Libraries And Homeless Lgbtq Youth: Creating Safe Spaces Through Cultural Competence, Julie Ann Winkelstein

Doctoral Dissertations

This social justice research case study was conducted in an effort to understand the role of the public library in the daily lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) homeless youth. Concerns about the influences of space, power, human rights, and marginalization informed the researcher and served as critical guides. To gain insight into this question, one-on-one interviews were conducted with public librarians, service providers who work with homeless youth, and the youth themselves. Grounded theory provided a basis for the analysis of the collected conversations.

Six theoretical concepts of time, attitude, building relationships, welcoming, feeling safe and …

The Relationship Between Self-Directed Learning And Information Literacy Among Adult Learners In Higher Education, Tiffani Reneau Conner

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-directed learning and information literacy. Participants completed the Personal Orientation in Self-Directed Learning Scale ([PRO-SDLS], Stockdale, 2003) and the Information Literacy Test ([ILT], James Madison University, 2003). The PRO-SDLS is a self-report scale consisting of 25 statements about self-directed learning preferences in college classrooms. The ILT is a 60-item multiple-choice test that assesses the information literacy skills of college students. Correlation, ANOVA, and multiple regressions were used to test relationships and differences between self-directed learning and information literacy. Despite claims that teaching information literacy creates self-directed learners, composite scores …

Re-Conceptualizing The Information Use Environment: Enablers Of And Constraints To Human Information Behavior In Hospice Care Volunteerism In The Southeastern Appalachian Region, Sheri L. Edwards

Doctoral Dissertations

Hospice care has seen an explosive growth in the last decade, with 42% of all deaths in 2010 in the US occurring under the care of a hospice program. A central aspect of hospice care is (unpaid) volunteer work, which is unique among other types of volunteer work in that it is strictly regulated by the Medicare hospice benefit, in which 94% of all hospices currently participate. As a cost-saving measure, Medicare requires that at least 5% of total patient care hours are undertaken by volunteers. However, hospice care faces a number of challenges, including a rapidly aging society that …

Scwg Lightning Talk Talking Points: Dataone Ahm 2012, Scwg

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

Talking points for the DataONE Sociocultural Working Group on challenges and trends identified prior to the 2012 All-Hands Meeting.

What Does It Take Them Just To Get The Job? An Analysis Of Employability Skills Of Today’S Lis Graduates: Implications For Lis Curricula, Stan Trembach, Liya Deng, Andy Thomas

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

The information world is changing every day and so are the skills and competencies that an information professional needs. The school curricula, however, cannot be changed so fast. Therefore, a good curriculum has not only to be able to cover today’s needs but also to be adaptive enough to accommodate tomorrow’s needs. In order to have a better understanding of the information skills and competencies, the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina conducted a survey in 2010. Although there was limited response to the survey (17 in total), the results revealed that knowledge of …

Cultural Heritage Informatics Leadership (Chil), Md Hassan Zamir

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

This research work examines the prospects and challenges of LIS education worldwide and introduces the doctoral fellowship program, Cultural Heritage Informatics Leadership (CHIL), launched by the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) of University of South Carolina. It describes the major features and outcomes of CHIL. The Fall 2011 CHIL fellows are interviewed in this regard; later on a structured interview is also conducted with CHIL fellows. Initial findings of the interview indicate that the learning objectives and professional backgrounds of the selected fellows harmonize with the outcomes and targets of the CHIL program. The paper also specifies that …

Cultural Heritage Informatics Leadership (Chil), Md Hassan Zamir

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

This research work examines the prospects and challenges of LIS education worldwide and introduces the doctoral fellowship program, Cultural Heritage Informatics Leadership (CHIL), launched by the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) of University of South Carolina. It describes the major features and outcomes of CHIL. The Fall 2011 CHIL fellows are interviewed in this regard; later on a structured interview is also conducted with CHIL fellows. Initial findings of the interview indicate that the learning objectives and professional backgrounds of the selected fellows harmonize with the outcomes and targets of the CHIL program. The paper also specifies that …

Citizen Participation In The Biological Sciences: A Literature Review Of Citizen Science, Todd Suomela, Erica Johns

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

The growth of citizen science over the past decade is shown by the increasing number of references to the topic tracked by bibliographic databases such as the Web of Science. The current survey examines the literature on citizen science in the biological and environmental sciences. A number of projects have studied insects and pollinators, avian migration, invasive species, horticulture, marine species, phenology, wildlife behavior, and ecosystems. The projects share a number of themes: including field study of distributed populations, questions about data accuracy, and benefits for the public such as improving public participation in science, expanding the number of people …

Challenges To Sharing Data Among Environmental Scientists And Data Managers In The Southeastern United States, Mary Beth Ross West, Miriam L.E. Steiner Davis

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

Poster Submission

The Increasing Biological Information Sources: Technical Assistance and Support for Delivery and Technology Transfer (IBIS) project was funded by the United States Geological Survey’s National Biological Infrastructure (NBII) to identify relevant data sets in areas of research that served NBII’s stakeholders: environmental decision makers, researchers and scientists including citizen scientists, and teachers and students. The IBIS project also developed biodiversity information tools and services to address the accessibility of USGS provided biodiversity information.

For this report, forty data sets were identified and analyzed by the IBIS researchers; the results of the data set interviews are presented in this …

Biodiversity Information For Natural Resource Management: Information Needs And Practices In Southern Appalachia, Miriam Davis, Carol Tenopir

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

Introduction

Natural resource managers rely on high quality, current and complete environmental information to make decisions about how resources and landscapes are managed for biodiversity conservation and human use. As such, they represent a unique combination of research scientist, decision maker and practicing professional. In addition, given the applied nature of their work, relating to conservation, resource use and policy, they are frequently required to make timely decisions with real world consequences. However, wading through the vast amounts of currently available scientific and technical knowledge to find needed information can be a challenge. To be useful, this information must be …

The Information Behavior Of Hospice Volunteer Coordinators, Sheri Edwards

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

This study explores the information behavior of hospice volunteer coordinators employed in hospice care in Southern Appalachia. The study is conceptualized according to Taylor's Information Use Environment (IUE) and uses a qualitative approach by employing the critical incident technique (CIT) in order to elicit emic descriptions of participants' memorable episodes of information behavior and enablers of and constraints on that behavior. Fifteen of twenty volunteer coordinators have participated. Data analysis incorporates a dual method of grounded theory and structuration theory. Preliminary analysis of the data reveals that company manuals and colleagues are the most widely-used sources of information, and that …

Data Curation Education In Research Centers Poster, Chris Eaker

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

The volume of scientific data is growing exponentially across all scientific disciplines. Competent information professionals are needed to sort, catalog, store, and retrieve this data for future research and education requirements. In response to this need, the goal of the Data Curation Education in Research Centers (DCERC) project is to develop curriculum to educate information science students in the critical field of scientific data curation. Three masters degree students at University of Tennessee (UT) and three doctoral students at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign are completing year one of the program. Each brings to the field of data curation skills …

Usability Phase Ii: Understanding The Dataone User Experience, Uawg

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

Poster on DataONE UX.

Universities Should Rethink The Publishing Model, Linda L. Phillips

Other Library Publications and Works

In response to Chronicle of Higher Education article ("Documents Show U. of Missouri Press Suffered Years of Mixed Signals, Aug 3, 2012, pp. A-16-17) letter advocates for universities to develop business models to protect their investments in scholarly publishing.

Scwg: Research Support / Data Services Ecosystem (Academia & Federal), Scwg

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

Presentation on academic and federal research ecosystems.

Dataone & Onemercury Usability Testing, Mary Beth West

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.

Academic Librarians And Research Data Services: Preparation And Attitudes., Carol Tenopir, Robert J. Sandusky, Suzie Allard, Ben Birch

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.

Institutional Motivations For Research Data Services In North American Academic Libraries., Carol Tenopir, Robert J. Sandusky, Suzie Allard, Ben Birch

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.

Academic Librarians And Research Data Services: Preparation And Attitudes, Carol Tenopir, Robert Sandusky, Suzie Allard, Ben Birch

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Research funding bodies recognize the importance of infrastructure and services to organize and preserve research data, and academic research libraries have been identified as locations in which to base these research data services (RDS). Research data services include data management planning, digital curation (selection, preservation, maintenance, and archiving), and metadata creation and conversion. We report the results of an empirical investigation into the RDS practices of librarians in US and Canadian academic research libraries, establishing a baseline of the engagement of librarians at this early stage of widespread service development. Specifically, this paper examines the opinions of the surveyed librarians …

Organizational Storytelling In Academic Libraries: Roles, Addressees And Perceptions, Monica Colon-Aguirre

Doctoral Dissertations

Libraries have survived throughout millennia while retaining particular characteristics that help define them as organizations. This study focuses on academic libraries, by exploring the world of the academic library employee through one of the most recent alternatives to organizational studies: knowledge management. Knowledge management is a relatively new approach to management, which focuses on people as the main components of organizations, and explores ways in which the knowledge created by them allows organizations to innovate and compete successfully. Storytelling is one of the ways knowledge is transferred among employees. This qualitative study explores the perceptions academic reference librarians have regarding …

The Internet And Health Information: Differences In Pet Owners Based On Age, Gender, And Education, Lori R. Kogan, Regina Schoenfeld-Tacher, Ann R. Viera

Faculty Publications and Other Works -- Small Animal Clinical Sciences

Objective:

The research assessed the attitudes and behaviors of pet owners pertaining to online search behavior for pet health information.

Methods:

A survey was conducted with a random sample of pet owners drawn from two US metropolitan areas and surrounding cities. Participating clinics were chosen randomly, and each participating clinic was asked to distribute 100 surveys to their clients until all surveys were disbursed.

Results:

Although some perceptions and behaviors surrounding the use of the Internet for pet health information differ based on gender, age, or education level of pet owners, there are many aspects in which there are no …

Scholarly Reading And The Value Of Academic Library Collections: Results Of A Study In Six Uk Universities., Carol Tenopir, Rachel Volentine, Donald W. King

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Measuring the use, outcomes and value of the library’s role in scholarly reading helps demonstrate the value library collections bring to scholarship. The Scholarly Reading and the Value of Library Resources project, funded by JISC Collections, measured the value and outcomes to academic staff members from access to scholarly publications. Six higher education institutions in the UK participated in the 2011 survey of scholarly reading. Over 2,000 academic staff members responded to the survey, which asked questions about reading of scholarly articles, books and other materials. Respondents read from a variety of materials, an average of 22 articles, seven books …

Dataone: A Glimpse Into The Practices Of Data Managers., Eleanor Read

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.

Academic Libraries And Research Data Services: Current Practices And Plans For The Future, Carol Tenopir, Ben Birch, Suzie Allard

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

The report highlights the need and imperative for research data services in colleges and universities. Academic libraries may be ideal centers for research data service activities on campuses, providing unique opportunities for academic libraries to become even more active participants in the knowledge creation cycle in their institution.

Summary: Joint Usability And Assessment And Sociocultural Working Groups Meeting, Carol Tenopir

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

A summary of the DataONE Usability and Assessment and Sociocultural Working Groups meeting held in Knoxville, TN on May 1-3 2012.

Cyberinfrastructure Update, John Cobb, Robert Waltz, Bruce Wilson

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.

Dataone Five Principles, Scwg

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.

Challenges & Trends To Keep On The Radar, Scwg

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

A short list of challenges and trends that DataONE should keep on its radar. This is a rough draft so content is not fully integrated. PURPOSE: To help DataONE leadership identify sociocultural considerations that are occuring/on the horizon during development/deployment/marketing.

Notes On Metrics And Statistics, Alson Heather, H.K. Ramapriyan, Lynn Bruce

DataONE Sociocultural and Usability & Assessment Working Groups

No abstract provided.