Along For The Journey: Graduate Student Perceptions Of Research, 2024 Northern Illinois University
Along For The Journey: Graduate Student Perceptions Of Research, Alissa Droog, Kari D. Weaver, Frances Brady
Faculty Peer-Reviewed Publications
Graduate student identities and personal lives are heavily tied to their experiences of research, and many struggle to find, understand, and use information for research purposes. Using a drawing exercise rooted in visual research methods combined with semi-structured interviews, a research team in the United States and Canada explored graduate student perceptions of research with 19 participants. Thematic analysis identified six themes: research is abstract; research is an odyssey; social support makes or breaks the student experience; research is an emotional continuum; interplay between identity/values; information is problematic. The study has implications for how librarians support graduate student research.
Disciplinary Differences And Scholarly Literature: Discovery, Browsing, And Formats, 2024 Illinois State University
Disciplinary Differences And Scholarly Literature: Discovery, Browsing, And Formats, Chad E. Buckley, Rachel E. Scott, Anne Shelley, Cassie Thayer-Styes, Julie A. Murphy
Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library
This study reports faculty experiences regarding the discovery of scholarly content, highlighting similarities and differences across a range of academic disciplines. The authors interviewed twenty-five faculty members at a public, high-research university in the Midwest to explore the intersections of discovery, browsing, and format from diverse disciplinary perspectives. Although most participants rely on similar discovery tools such as library catalogs and databases and Google Scholar, their discovery techniques varied according to the discipline and type of research being done. Browsing is not a standard method for discovery, but it is still done selectively and strategically by some scholars. Journal articles …
Responding To Chatgpt’S Impact On Higher Education Landscapes: Using Digital Initiatives To Support Undergraduate Information Literacy And Research Skills, 2024 California State University - Los Angeles
Responding To Chatgpt’S Impact On Higher Education Landscapes: Using Digital Initiatives To Support Undergraduate Information Literacy And Research Skills, Jayati Chaudhuri, Lettycia Terrones
Digital Initiatives Symposium
ChatGPT and AI technologies present novel and unforeseen challenges to the academic community, ushering in an intriguing era where the distinction between plagiarism and academic integrity can become less clear for many students. In response, the Cal State LA University Library created three new digital initiatives published on traditional and social media teaching platforms to help students understand how to avoid plagiarism and their use of ChatGPT in higher education. In the fall of 2023, librarians developed a new module focused on ChatGPT in higher education. The module enhanced the existing “Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism” self-paced Canvas student tutorial, which …
Federal Reserve Bank Of Chicago Circulars: A Case Study Of An Early Career Librarian’S Approach To A Full-Scale Digitization Project, 2024 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Federal Reserve Bank Of Chicago Circulars: A Case Study Of An Early Career Librarian’S Approach To A Full-Scale Digitization Project, Delaney Mccoy
Digital Initiatives Symposium
Each Federal Reserve Bank distributes circulars to their member banks which contain information regarding bank supervision and regulation, services, policies, and district relations. The early circulars of a Reserve Bank, those issued after the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 and before the general regulation of the twelve Reserve Banks through the Banking Act of 1935, illuminate the idiosyncratic nature of the policies and procedures of each district.
In the summer of 2023, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago sent their circulars from the years 1914 to 1979 to the Digital History and Archives team at the Federal Reserve Bank of …
“87% Missing”: Preserving Video Game History In A Canadian Copyright Context, 2024 University of Toronto, Mississauga
“87% Missing”: Preserving Video Game History In A Canadian Copyright Context, Amelia Clarkson, Magnus Berg
Digital Initiatives Symposium
In 2020, the University of Toronto Mississauga campus library acquired the largest collection of video games in Canada from prolific collector Syd Bolton, whose vision was for it to not only be preserved but also playable and publicly accessible. Over the past three years, the collections team has been processing the collection to facilitate access onsite, and in 2024 aims to begin the next step of digitally preserving the collection. In the summer of 2023, the Video Game History Foundation and the Software Preservation Network co-authored a report on the dire state of availability of classic games, with the goal …
Implementing And Marketing Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Practices And Resources: Creating The E‐Buzz!, 2024 Chapman University
Implementing And Marketing Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Practices And Resources: Creating The E‐Buzz!, Essraa Nawar, Kristin Laughtin-Dunker
Digital Initiatives Symposium
Leatherby Libraries Librarians are committed to supporting and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion for students, faculty, researchers, and staff. We demonstrate this commitment holistically through the provision of all resources and services in support of teaching, learning, and research. Our goal is to reduce obstacles to accessing diverse research resources, services, learning, and engagement through educational outreach in order to raise awareness of diversity related issues.
In 2020, Library administration selected a Diversity and Outreach librarian that was charged with creating a comprehensive Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Outreach plan. As a result, a number of practices and initiatives …
Reimagining Our Roles: Lessons From The Field In Oer Authoring And Open Pedagogy, 2024 University of Northern Colorado
Reimagining Our Roles: Lessons From The Field In Oer Authoring And Open Pedagogy, Nancy A. Henke, Mark Anthoney, Jennifer Burek Pierce
All Things Open
The redesign of a graduate course in the University of Iowa’s School of Library and Information Science to fully online, asynchronous delivery resulted in an improved class and a reimagining of what instruction, authorship, and institutional roles mean in a digital-first, open education endeavor. Creating a new OER textbook was central to the work of three individuals in different institutional roles who brought this revitalized learning project to fruition. Shifting to online instruction, beyond the borders of classroom walls, to suit the needs of working students presented the opportunity to rethink both course curriculum and instruction with open pedagogical practices …
‘Opening The Future’ - A Reliable Funding Model For Open Access Monographs: Introducing An Innovative Approach To Publishing Oa Books Through Library Membership Funding, 2024 Birkbeck, University of London
‘Opening The Future’ - A Reliable Funding Model For Open Access Monographs: Introducing An Innovative Approach To Publishing Oa Books Through Library Membership Funding, Kira Hopkins, Tom Grady
All Things Open
We outline the work of two university presses (Liverpool University Press and Central European University Press) who are, with assistance from Copim (Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs), running an innovative revenue model to fund open access monographs. Called Opening the Future (OtF) this model builds on library subscription models: giving library members access to a highly-regarded backlist, with the revenue then used to make the frontlist openly accessible to all.
Given the current global library environment and budget pressures, a consortial model of funding promises a cost-effective solution for OA that means no single institution bears a disproportionate burden. …
Helping Authors Navigate Open Access Publication Funding Options: Growing Library Support To Meet Challenges And Opportunities, 2024 University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Helping Authors Navigate Open Access Publication Funding Options: Growing Library Support To Meet Challenges And Opportunities, Anna R. Craft
All Things Open
With open access established as a sharing and publishing practice in many academic disciplines, authors are increasingly expecting and seeking assistance in identifying opportunities and funding for their open access publishing activities. But navigating this landscape can be challenging, and libraries can have an important role in educating authors to help them understand options, costs, and benefits. By contributing to this open access support work, Libraries can help meet the needs of their constituents while also developing their own skills and knowledge in this area.
This presentation will discuss library experiences in supporting open access publication funding at the University …
Applying Creative Commons Licenses To Electronic Theses And Dissertations In An Institutional Repository, 2024 Kennesaw State University
Applying Creative Commons Licenses To Electronic Theses And Dissertations In An Institutional Repository, Heather Butler
All Things Open
At Utah State University, we’ve uploaded all theses/dissertations to our Institutional Repository since 2008, where they have proven to be our most popular collection. We often receive reuse requests for these materials from graduate students, researchers, and other site visitors. The student author holds the copyright for their work, so the student is the only entity who can give permission for reuse. Many of these requests go unfulfilled because we are unable to contact former students even a few years after their graduation. We plan to mitigate this issue by allowing students to add a Creative Commons license to their …
Open Together: Empowering Public Libraries With Community-Driven Open Source Tools", 2024 ByWater Solutions.
Open Together: Empowering Public Libraries With Community-Driven Open Source Tools", Ed Veal, Jessica Zairo
All Things Open
As pillars of community knowledge and access, public libraries have a unique opportunity to embody the principles of open source by adopting its tools and fostering collaborative environments. This presentation for the 2024 All Things Open Week, proposes an exploration into the symbiotic relationship between open-source communities and the McKinney Public Library. By spotlighting some of the open-source tools we embrace such as Koha, Aspen Discovery, Metabase, GIMP, LibreOffice, and our custom-developed Self-check system, our presentation will demonstrate the power of these technologies in revolutionizing how public libraries operate, engage with their patrons, and facilitate access to a wide array …
Using Publicly Available Metadata To Analyze Data Sharing Practices At Oklahoma State University, 2024 Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Using Publicly Available Metadata To Analyze Data Sharing Practices At Oklahoma State University, Rhoda Alawiye, Danielle Kirsch
All Things Open
There is a growing interest in the use of publicly available metadata to convey scholarly impact as well as inform the provisioning of research services. In this study, we used metadata derived from API queries to three online community databases – DataCite, Crossref, and Unpaywall – to analyze datasets shared by researchers affiliated with Oklahoma State University (OSU). Initially, the dataset comprised of a collection of metadata pulled from DataCite, which included information such as dataset title, DOI, authors, publisher, publication year, and relation to other scholarly works. We streamlined the dataset to highlight OSU-affiliated authors and datasets only, corrected …
Don't You Forget About Green: Negotiating Author-Publisher Agreements To Retain Key Rights, 2024 Kennesaw State University
Don't You Forget About Green: Negotiating Author-Publisher Agreements To Retain Key Rights, Colleen Cressman
All Things Open
Self-archiving continues to serve as a powerful means of making scholarship available open access (OA). In the case of scholarship that would otherwise be placed behind a paywall, self-archiving plays a key role in ensuring any interested reader may access the content at no charge. Often referred to as ‘green OA,’ self-archiving is distinguished from the publisher’s own provision of a scholarly work. It involves the fee-free distribution of a version of an author’s work, typically from an open repository or the author’s own website. Self-archiving is made possible through institutional OA policies, funder OA policies, and publisher policies (as …
Investigating Researcher Data Sharing Practices Using The Datacite Api, 2024 University of Kentucky
Investigating Researcher Data Sharing Practices Using The Datacite Api, Isaac Wink
All Things Open
Institutional requirements and changing scholarly cultures have led to a positive increase in the amount of research data that is openly available. However, academic institutions do not always know much about where their researchers share data and may not be able to provide them support for doing so effectively. When research datasets are poorly described or lack key metadata, they are difficult to discover and therefore unlikely to be reused. Persistent identifiers such as digital object identifiers (DOIs) for research outputs, ROR IDs for institutions, and ORCID iDs for individuals are of particular importance for promoting findability and accessibility. For …
Exploring Open Science In The Caribbean: Bibliometric Study On Its Current Situation And Future Perspectives, 2024 University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
Exploring Open Science In The Caribbean: Bibliometric Study On Its Current Situation And Future Perspectives, Claudia De Souza, Santiago O. Escobar
All Things Open
Open Science is a movement that seeks to open scientific research (methods, instruments, data, etc.) for the benefit of all of society. Over the last few years it has been gaining ground, characterized by a greater dynamic and leading role, implying a paradigm shift that is affecting the ways of producing, disseminating, evaluating and communicating science in all regions of the world. However, specifically in the Caribbean region, there is still no mapping related to this heterogeneous set of Open Science practices, so there is still some confusion about the definition of the term and a long journey ahead. Through …
Utopia And Openness: Futures Bound By What We Can Imagine [Keynote], 2024 Iowa State University
Utopia And Openness: Futures Bound By What We Can Imagine [Keynote], Abbey Elder
All Things Open
“What’s the catch?” If you work in any Open space, you have likely heard this rebuttal before. Getting access to open content and being able to reuse, share, and build on that material for your own personal or professional interests? That sounds too good to be true. “We can all access this software? I don’t need to log in?” Yes!
But stopping the discussion there does a disservice to ourselves and the movements that make up the wider Open community. It simplifies our messaging in a way that obscures the histories behind our work and the futures we …
Translating Information From Scholarly Sources To Community [Notes], 2024 Messiah University
Translating Information From Scholarly Sources To Community [Notes], Melinda S. Burchard Ph.D., Sarah Myers, Liz Kielley
Faculty Educator Scholarship
Librarians and faculty collaborated in teaching and a study to improve how future teachers found, judged and communicated about evidence-based teaching practices. Students wrote literature reviews about evidence-based practices, then translating information for parent audiences. Students demonstrated gains in information literacy and interactions between knowledge and demonstrated skills.
Translating Information From Scholarly Sources To Community [Presentation], 2024 Messiah University
Translating Information From Scholarly Sources To Community [Presentation], Melinda S. Burchard Ph.D., Sarah Myers, Liz Kielley
Faculty Educator Scholarship
Librarians and faculty collaborated in teaching and a study to improve how future teachers found, judged and communicated about evidence-based teaching practices. Students wrote literature reviews about evidence-based practices, then translating information for parent audiences. Students demonstrated gains in information literacy and interactions between knowledge and demonstrated skills.
Research Support Newsletter (Spring 2024), 2024 Thomas Jefferson University
Research Support Newsletter (Spring 2024), Elizabeth D'Angel
The AC's Research Support Newsletter (Formerly AISR Connections)
New Resources
- Artificial Intelligence Guide
- Coming Soon: Proofig
- Coming Soon: Covidence
Grants & Funding
- Open Access Publishing Opportunities: Wiley, ACS, Springer, etc.
- Pivot-PR
Citation Tools
- RefWorks
- EndNote
- Sciwheel
Statistical Tools
- SAS
- SPSS
- Prism
- NVivo
Events
- LabArchives Introductions
- Qualitative Institute
- Research Seminars
Design, Publishing, & Communications
- Office for Writing, Publishing, and Communication
- Photographers, Graphic Designers, and Videographers
- BioRender & ChemDraw
- PubPeer
Key Library Resources: Spring 2024: Graduate Resources, 2024 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Key Library Resources: Spring 2024: Graduate Resources, Raquel Estrada
Library Display Posters
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