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Inlp Newsletter, August 2016, Indigenous Nations Library Program

Monthly Newsletters

Contents:

- Welcome Back

- Welcome Back Week!

- Revised Hours!

- The Art of Indigenous Scholarship: Celebrating the Contributions of Indigenous Faculty at UNM

- Student Spotlight: Raelene Charley

- Introduction to Research Guides

- New Scholarly Resources

- Who Speaks Wukchumni?

Alma Link Resolver Subject Report 2015-2016, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics for 2015-2016 on the number of OpenURL requests by Library of Congress classification code made to the Ex Libris Alma link resolver for items held by the University of Rhode Island Libraries.

Information provided includes Classification Code, Classifications, Number of Requests, Number of Clicked Requests, and % Clicks from Requests.

How Open Science Helps Researchers Succeed, Erin Mckiernan, Philip E. Bourne, C. Titus Brown, Stuart Buck, Amye Kenall, Jennifer Lin, Damon Mcdougall, Brian A. Nosek, Karthik Ram, Courtney K. Soderberg, Jeffrey R. Spies, Kaitlin Thaney, Andrew Updegrove, Kara H. Woo, Tal Yarkoni

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

Open access, open data, open source, and other open scholarship practices are growing in popularity and necessity. However, widespread adoption of these practices has not yet been achieved. One reason is that researchers are uncertain about how sharing their work will affect their careers. We review literature demonstrating that open research is associated with increases in citations, media attention, potential collaborators, job opportunities, and funding opportunities. These findings are evidence that open research practices bring significant benefits to researchers relative to more traditional closed practices.

Exploring Undergraduate Students' Information Seeking Motivation: A Self-Determination Perspective, Ana Dubnjakovic

Theses and Dissertations

Human motivation is a widely debated construct in psychology and many disciplines in social science as well as education and health sciences have adopted various psychological theories in an effort to understand motivational forces behind many human activities from dieting (e.g., Schelling, Munsch and Margraf, 2011), psychotherapy (e.g., Martens, 2010) and academic achievement (e.g., Artino, Holmboe and Durning, 2012) to political participation (e.g., Hersh, 2012). Case (2012) devotes an entire chapter in his seminal text on information behavior to an overview of what he calls a “motivational puzzle” tying it to information need as the predominantly discussed dimension of motivation …

Strengthening The Story: Library Influence On The Academic Book Business, Stephanie Church

Researchers, Instructors, & Staff Scholarship

The academic book business has many moving parts and libraries are one of them. To hypothesize on the future, I will examine how libraries influence the market today. Delving into what I see as a librarian might help to give context to the larger discussion.

Strategies For Engaging In International Librarianship: Misconceptions And Opportunities, Melanie Sellar

School of Information Student Research Journal

Higher education institutions are increasingly formalizing internationalization priorities into their strategic plans. As a result library and information science (LIS) programs are beginning to encourage the inclusion of more international perspectives in student experiences. One means of doing so is by drawing upon international librarianship (IL), an LIS field of study since the 1950s. However, IL is a relatively small field that is not understood well. In order for IL to be studied, practiced, and funded in ways that are appropriate to its potential, this essay revisits the concept of IL, discusses some of its misconceptions, and advocates for more …

The Document: A Multiple Concept, Sabine Roux

Proceedings from the Document Academy

This paper discusses the concept of the document evolved throughout the 20th century in France, particularly through the writings of Robert Escarpit and Jean Meyriat. The document began as a simple notion and then gradually took on new meanings such that it is now seen as a construction of social values. Multiplicity is posited as a fundamental characteristic of the document, which affects its meaning, its interpretation and its social values. Like a rhizome, the document circulates in social spaces with multiple, nomadic associations through attribution, intention, meaning, interpretations and social values (political issues, artistic and aesthetic dimensions, economy, etc.) …

Sense In Documentary Reference: Documentation, Literature, And The Post-Documentary Perspective, Ronald E. Day

Proceedings from the Document Academy

Reference in modern documentation is largely governed by theories of evidential representation by documents, as the ‘contents’ of documents. In contrast, newer, what I call ‘post-documentary,’ technologies more emphasize the role of sense in the creation of reference. This paper investigates the implications upon the modernist category of ‘documentation’ and ‘document’ when this shift is taken into account. It also examines the implications upon ‘literature’ as a modernist category that evolved toward contesting modern documentation in the creation of evidence.

A Neo-Documentalist Lens For Exploring The Premises Of Disciplinary Knowledge Making, Lisa Börjesson, Nicolo Dell'unto, Isto Huvila, Carolina Larsson, Daniel Löwenborg, Bodil Petersson, Per Stenborg

Proceedings from the Document Academy

This article applies a neo-documentalist approach to explore disciplinary documentation and document practices, assumed to condition disciplinary knowledge-making. The aim is to show how conceptions and materialities of what counts as documentation and documents are intertwined with changing and persisting disciplinary and sub-disciplinary practices of producing information and knowledge, of knowing, and informing. A collective, multivocal autoethnographic method is used to obtain vignettes from five areas of activity in or related to archaeology. The ongoing digitization of archaeological investigation and documentation methods, and of archaeological materials, is used as a shared departure point in the vignettes, explaining how digitization influences …

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Against the Grain

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Digging Deeper: Can Patrons Use Our Resources, And Are Basic Digital Literacy Classes Enough?, Cindy Gibbon, Jill Castek

Presentations and Publications

We know our resources are easy to use and our patron training is relevant...don’t we? International assessment data show the US population scores below the international average in problem solving in technology-rich environments. At risk of disrupting the status quo, a public library collaborates with an urban university on a project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to assess patrons’ skills. Results will help inform how library services and digital content are presented and will help ensure patron training content includes meaningful skills. Come learn how our research might reflect the needs of your patrons.

Inlp Newsletter, May 2016, Indigenous Nations Library Program

Monthly Newsletters

Contents:

- INLP Fall 2016 Programs

- INLP Bookmark

- #SmudgeandStudy

- Laughter as Medicine

- Student Spotlight: Scott Willie

- Ears of Corn: Listen

- Language and Technology

A Letter From Your Library Liaisons, Zach S. Henderson Library

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• Meet Our New Associate Dean, Clement Lau
• Henderson Library Receives the Institute of Turkish Studies Library Grant
• Summer Reading?
• Thank You For Your Support

Performance Audit Through Libqual+ Technique: The Experience Of Burdwan University And Visva-Bharati Library Users, Bairam Khan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Introduction-This paper discussed the need of performance audit through LibQUAL+ technique in University Library users in West Bengal, India. LibQUAL+ Technique is developed by Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in the year 2000. It is a suite of services that libraries use to solicit, track, understand, and act upon users' opinions of service quality. In this paper, an attempt has been made to measure the performance of Burdwan University Library and Visva-Bharati Library Users through LibQUAL+ technique. Comparative study of each dimension that is Library as a Place (LP), Information Control (IC) and Affect of Service (AS), Adequacy Gap …

Relationship Between Information Literacy And Use Of Electronic Information Resources By Postgraduate Students Of The University Of Ibadan, Dare Samuel Adeleke D. S., Evelyn Nkechi Emeahara

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

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Citation Mapping Of Advances In Anthropology, Sanjukta Sahoo 2976942

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract: The study is based on the articles published in the open access journal, Advances in Anthropology during the year 2013-2014 covering 59 articles in 8 issues having 1750 citations. Data has been collected from Advances in Anthropology from the Directory of Open Access Journals. Data has been analyzed by using excel sheet by year, types of document, trend of research, author productivity, journal productivity etc. The citation study has been carried out to find out the various sources of literature used by the researchers in the field of Anthropology. A rank list of journals is also prepared …

Periodical Literature Bibliometric Analysis: A Case Study Of Four International Journals, Bipin Bihari Sethi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Bibliometrics is most popular among the scholars, researchers and academics in the faculty of Library and Information Science research. The current study is a bibliometrics analysis of four international journals such as: 1^st “Language Sciences” (LS) and 2^nd “Linguistics and Education” (L&E), 3^rd ‘Political Geography’ (PG), and 4^th ‘Religion’ (Rgn).The present paper attempts to evaluate the publications indexed under the database of Science Direct Top 25 hottest Papers journal literature to understand the global approach of research output in four core journals. This is a comprehensive survey work rendering bibliographic records from Science Direct …

The Open Access Interviews: Sir Timothy Gowers, Mathematician, Richard Poynder, Timothy Gowers K.B.

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

As the use of green open access policies looks increasingly like a failed strategy, and as universities, research funders, and governments in Europe seek to engineer a mass “flipping” of subscription journals to gold OA, has the open access movement reached a watershed moment? If so, how will it develop from here, is it headed in the right direction, and who should be leading the way? One remarkable thing about the OA movement is that it has primarily been driven by people other than researchers. The President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, José van Dijck drew …

Getting Involved With The Digital Humanities In Theology, Biblical Studies, And Religious Studies, Kent Gerber

Librarian Publications and Presentations

Digital humanities are growing and thriving in higher education, and, in the spirit of the pioneering work of Father Busa, it is important for theological and religious studies libraries and librarians to consider our roles and involvement in the current milieu of challenge and opportunity. The library and digital humanities communities possess many shared values and goals, including providing wide access to cultural information, enhancing teaching and learning, making a public impact, and benefiting from the invigorating, though not salvific, effect of technology to their efforts.

The Faculty Notebook, April 2016, Provost's Office

Faculty Notebook

The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest. Faculty are encouraged to submit materials for consideration for publication to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. Copies of this publication are available at the Office of the Provost.

What’S Their Story? Using An Online Assessment Tool To Learn About Patron Skills, Amy Honisett

Presentations and Publications

We believe our patrons can use our electronic resources, but international assessment data tell a different story. The US population scores below the international average in problem solving in technology-rich environments, so Multnomah County Library and Portland State University are collaborating on a project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to assess patrons' online abilities and how those abilities map to common library tasks. Results will help inform how online library services are presented and will help ensure computer class content includes meaningful skills.

A Black Art: Ontology, Data, And The Tower Of Babel Problem, Andrew J. Iliadis

Open Access Dissertations

Computational ontologies are a new type of emerging scientific media (Smith, 2016) that process large quantities of heterogeneous data about portions of reality. Applied computational ontologies are used for semantically integrating (Heiler, 1995; Pileggi & Fernandez-Llatas, 2012) divergent data to represent reality and in so doing applied computational ontologies alter conceptions of materiality and produce new realities based on levels of informational granularity and abstraction (Floridi, 2011), resulting in a new type of informational ontology (Iliadis, 2013) the critical analysis of which requires new methods and frameworks. Currently, there is a lack of literature addressing the theoretical, social, and critical …

Strengthening The Story: Library Influence On The Academic Book Business, Stephanie Church

Against the Grain

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Alternatives To Demand-Driven Acquisitions: An Exploration Of Opportunity Costs, Carol Joyce Cramer

Against the Grain

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Don's Conference Notes--Data Sparks Discovery: The 2016 Nfais Annual Conference, Donald T. Hawkins

Against the Grain

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From The Reference Desk--Reviews Of Reference Titles, Tom Gilson

Against the Grain

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Book Reviews--Monographic Musings, Regina Gong

Against the Grain

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Exploring How Problem Solving In Technology-Rich Environments Can Be Used To Design Responsive Programming, Jill Castek, Amy Honisett

Presentations and Publications

This session explored a project that assesses community members’ digital skills using Education and Skills Online (ESO) – a valid and reliable assessment tool based on PIAAC that addresses Literacy, Numeracy, and Problem Solving in Technology Rich Environments (PS-TRE). The project will use these data to determine how the abilities of patrons map to the common library tasks that libraries assume patrons are able to access and use in a meaningful way.

Information Seeking Behaviour Of Masters Students: Affective And Behavioural Dimensions, Aondoana Daniel Orlu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study aimed at broadening the appreciating information seeking behaviour of master’s students through linking the dynamics of information seeking to emotions and behaviour. This research is an in-depth empirical research on emotions and behaviour among Master’s students at Manchester metropolitan university. Emotions and behaviour also have a direct or indirect effect on the style of learning that students use. Previous studies have also highlighted that the discipline and stage of research have an influence on student’s information seeking. The current study seek an in-depth understanding of the emotions and behaviour associated with information seeking among Masters Students. Essentially, this …