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Looking Ahead: Incorporating Ai In Mlis Competencies, Souvick Ghosh, Denise Mccoy May 2024

Looking Ahead: Incorporating Ai In Mlis Competencies, Souvick Ghosh, Denise Mccoy

School of Information Student Research Journal

Libraries have long been essential for democratizing knowledge and providing reliable information, extending their services to meet diverse community needs, including educational programs and internet access (Pawley, 2022; Freudenberger, 2022). Librarians, as custodians of information and culture, possess core competencies in information organization, digital literacy, and research skills. The San José State University (SJSU) School of Information (iSchool) aims to educate professionals who significantly impact global communities through high-quality education, research, and technology innovation. This article examines the Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program at SJSU iSchool, focusing on the evolution of its 14 core competencies to incorporate …


Soap Eaters & Coon Dogs… According To Kentucky Newspapers!, Reinette F. Jones, Kopana Terry Jun 2022

Soap Eaters & Coon Dogs… According To Kentucky Newspapers!, Reinette F. Jones, Kopana Terry

Library Presentations

Kentucky newspapers are a valuable research option with many articles about the history of the state, as well as national and international news. This presentation was brief overview of the Kentucky Newspaper Digital Program [KDNP] and its development over many years. KDNP provides patrons access to the hundreds of Kentucky newspaper titles. Many of these titles are available full-text online via the University of Kentucky Library catalog. The weekly history vignettes are based on Kentucky newspaper articles and cover a wide range of topics. They are online at the KDNP Facebook site.


Lgbtq+ Picture Books: A Collection Assessment Of Lonesome Pine Regional Library System, Stephanie Griffin, Mlis Feb 2022

Lgbtq+ Picture Books: A Collection Assessment Of Lonesome Pine Regional Library System, Stephanie Griffin, Mlis

SLIS Connecting

This study assessed the ownership of Rainbow List LGBTQ+ picture books within the Lonesome Pine Regional Library. It looked at which titles were owned, the classification of the title, and collection placement.


Analysis Of Free Browser-Based Accessibility Tools: Wcag 2.1 Evaluation Of Mississippi Gulf Coast Public Library Websites, Jessica Dawn Brown, Mlis Feb 2022

Analysis Of Free Browser-Based Accessibility Tools: Wcag 2.1 Evaluation Of Mississippi Gulf Coast Public Library Websites, Jessica Dawn Brown, Mlis

SLIS Connecting

This webometrics study compared free browser-based accessibility tools and determine the WCAG2.1 compliance levels of Mississippi Gulf Coast public library websites based on homepage analysis through free browser-based accessibility tools—ARC Toolkit, Lighthouse, Accessibility Insights for the Web, and Axe Accessibility.


Censorship In Libraries: A Retrospective Study Of Banned And Challenged Books, Jessica Aucoin, Mlis Feb 2022

Censorship In Libraries: A Retrospective Study Of Banned And Challenged Books, Jessica Aucoin, Mlis

SLIS Connecting

This study surveyed the ALA’s Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books lists from the past 30 years to see if there was a change in the themes and age groups of the books that are being challenged or banned.


Ransomware: A Bibliometric Research Study, Allyce Andrew Sears, Mlis Feb 2022

Ransomware: A Bibliometric Research Study, Allyce Andrew Sears, Mlis

SLIS Connecting

This study gathered and analyzed data of published scholarly literature regarding ransomware in order to share this knowledge with LIS professionals for their own use and education. It focused on scholarly journals over the last decade (2010-2020).


Pathways To Discovery For Lgbtq+ Archival Materials: An Analysis Of Discovery Tools And Descriptive Quality In Online Finding Aids, Ashlee Dale Parker, Mlis Feb 2022

Pathways To Discovery For Lgbtq+ Archival Materials: An Analysis Of Discovery Tools And Descriptive Quality In Online Finding Aids, Ashlee Dale Parker, Mlis

SLIS Connecting

This study investigated and assessed the availability of online archival finding aids and descriptive metadata for LGBTQ+ materials at research universities in the Southeastern United States.


A Quantitative Analysis Of Digitized Archival Collections From Mississippi’S Public Universities, Sarah Parrish, Mlis Feb 2022

A Quantitative Analysis Of Digitized Archival Collections From Mississippi’S Public Universities, Sarah Parrish, Mlis

SLIS Connecting

This study provides a quantitative analysis of the digitized archival collections made available online by public, 4-year universities in Mississippi to determine how many collections have been digitized and to reveal which topics are most represented in digitized archival materials.


Archiving Feminist Truth In Trump’S Wake Of Lies, Julie Shayne Jan 2022

Archiving Feminist Truth In Trump’S Wake Of Lies, Julie Shayne

Humboldt Journal of Social Relations

This article is about an assignment I do in one of my Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies social movement classes. I revised the assignment the first time teaching the class after Trump lost the 2020 election. For the assignment, students work in groups to research local feminist and gender justice organizations and deposit all of their original materials – recordings, photos, flyers, etc. – into a digital, open access archive I co-created several years ago with librarians and staff on my campus. In 2021 I had my students do the “post-Trump” edition where they researched local organizations about how their …


Research Publications In Web Of Science Shift From Bitcoin To Blockchain, With Focus On Computer Science, Engineering, Telecommunications, And Business Economics, Megan Price, Greta Snyder May 2020

Research Publications In Web Of Science Shift From Bitcoin To Blockchain, With Focus On Computer Science, Engineering, Telecommunications, And Business Economics, Megan Price, Greta Snyder

School of Information Student Research Journal

No abstract provided.


Online Community For Librarian Researchers: Experience Of Academic Librarians, Lili Luo May 2020

Online Community For Librarian Researchers: Experience Of Academic Librarians, Lili Luo

School of Information Student Research Journal

No abstract provided.


Student Research Journal, Volume 10, Issue 1, Student Reseach Journal May 2020

Student Research Journal, Volume 10, Issue 1, Student Reseach Journal

School of Information Student Research Journal

No abstract provided.


Establishing And Promoting An Institutional Repository And Research Information Management System, Darren Sweeper, Karen Ramsden May 2020

Establishing And Promoting An Institutional Repository And Research Information Management System, Darren Sweeper, Karen Ramsden

Sprague Library Scholarship and Creative Works

The purpose of this paper is to share the experiences and to highlight lessons learned from the establishment of the institutional repository (IR) while collaborating in a state-wide initiative to showcase the scholarly output of New Jersey researchers.


Srj: Leading The Genre-Defying Lis Profession, Greta Snyder Dec 2019

Srj: Leading The Genre-Defying Lis Profession, Greta Snyder

School of Information Student Research Journal

No abstract provided.


Putting Assessment Into Action: Selected Projects From The First Cohort Of The Assessment In Action Grant, Darren Sweeper Jun 2016

Putting Assessment Into Action: Selected Projects From The First Cohort Of The Assessment In Action Grant, Darren Sweeper

Sprague Library Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


A Review Of “Delivering Research Data Management Services: Fundamentals Of Good Practice”, Darren Sweeper Sep 2014

A Review Of “Delivering Research Data Management Services: Fundamentals Of Good Practice”, Darren Sweeper

Sprague Library Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Collaborative Organizational Infrastructures To Support Open Access Journals, Marianne A. Buehler Mar 2014

Collaborative Organizational Infrastructures To Support Open Access Journals, Marianne A. Buehler

Library Faculty Presentations

With the advancement of open access (OA) journal publishing opportunities in partnership with presses and faculty, libraries in alignment with intersecting academic values are fulfilling a need by supporting sustainable models of scholarly communication that incorporate disseminating faculty scholarship in collaboration with library and/or press staff and editors to “start up” an OA journal or transform an existing print journal to OA. Library staff that embrace faculty or student publishing partnerships are structuring and utilizing their scholarly communication skill sets by positioning the availability of open access publications to disseminate quality research results. University presses are also forging alliances with …