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[Whm] A Space Of Their Own: Historic Women's Organizations In The Lrgv, Shannon Pensa

Library Display Posters

Historically, women have been accustomed to creating their own community and professional spaces for education, recreation, civic engagement, and service activities. This digital exhibit presents a handful of representative organizations with historic roots throughout the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

This digital exhibit features a mere fraction of the various historical women’s organizations established throughout the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Other notable organizations include the Valley Byliners, Junior League, Friendship of Women, Mujeres Unidas, Organization of Women Executives, and many, many more.

Feeling Imposter Syndrome And Burnout? Time To Burn It Down And Get Back To Basics, Jordan Ruud, Jason D. Phillips

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Many librarians’ self-doubt is arguably at a high point, leading to a distorted self-image and low morale. Beginning with the foundational problems of impostor syndrome and burnout, this chapter proposes a return to basics as a strategy for overcoming these problems. Librarians and other information professionals besieged by uncertainty around their abilities and status can find a way back to professional fulfillment through “burning it down and starting over” – in essence, demolishing one’s received understanding of one’s role by taking conscious stock of one’s duties, setting reasonable personal goals, recalibrating expectations of oneself, and reconstituting one’s professional identity on …

Celebrating 25 Years Of Meaningful Impact At Singapore Management University, Pin Pin Yeo, Salihin Mohammed Ali

Research Collection Library

SMU Libraries has launched a digital preservation system to store, curate, and preserve the institution’s heritage and memories. This centralized repository aims to collect content from across Singapore Management University (SMU), ensuring it is properly archived, described, and maintained. Additionally, a publicly accessible website, SMUseum (https://smuseum.smu.edu.sg/), was created to showcase the rich history of SMU.

Opening Up Music Research: Case Studies On Supporting Open Access In The Arts And Humanities, Stephanie Bonjack, Michael Duffy, Rachel E. Scott

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

Open Access (OA) is not a monolith. A variety of licenses, format considerations, publishing platforms, and business models make the OA landscape particularly complex. Nonetheless, because of the immense benefits public access to research and creative works provides, we think OA is a challenge worth pursuing. This presentation offers an overview of OA publishing landscapes and provides case studies of flipping a subscription journal to OA, supporting institutional authors in publishing monographs OA, working with faculty to adopt Open Educational Resources (OER) as course materials, and leveraging an institutional repository to support green OA. We will consider the publishing landscape …

Whatever Happened To Queenie's Law?, Virginia C. Thomas

Library Scholarly Publications

This column illustrates how the history of a specific legislative measure that has been introduced over multiple legislative sessions can deepen our understanding of its legislative purpose.

Artificial Intelligence: Considerations For Library Public Service Delivery, Annie Bélanger

Scholarly Papers and Articles

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming ubiquitous in our daily lives and discussions about the future. This column will explore the evolution of Rangathan’s Five Laws of Library Science to the modern reality of continued technological advancements and adoptions in libraries. The column will then explore how service delivery, informed by Rangathan’s Five Laws of Library Science, contends with technological advances. The column will further explore considerations and implications for artificial intelligence within the realm of service delivery and the understanding of digital literacy. The column will provide an emphasis on artificial intelligence's possible impacts on personalization and automation of services, …

Law Library Blog (March 2025): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law Library

Law Library Newsletters/Blog

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On The Outer Balcony Of The Ivory Tower: Contingent Librarians And The Academy, Nancy A. Henke

University Libraries Publications

This column explores the parallels between contingent (i.e., non-tenure-track) faculty positions in academic departments and contingent librarian positions in academic libraries, examining how issues of job security, professional identity, and institutional dynamics impact professionals across these roles. Drawing on personal experience and existing literature, the author discusses the implications of her contingent status for job satisfaction, institutional commitment, and career development. The column concludes with recommendations for increasing awareness and advocacy about contingent librarianship within the field of Library and Information Science, emphasizing the importance of addressing labor issues and their intersection with diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

Crafting History: Scrapbooks Of Hope College And The Student Experience; Collections Highlight: Women Medical Missionaries, Erika Hubbard, Charlotte Ulloa

Archives and Special Collections Quarterly

Crafting History: Scrapbooks of Hope College and the Student Experience

Column: From the Director of Archives and Special Collections

Collections Highlight: Women Medical Missionaries

Are Emojis The New Words? A Sentiment Analysis Of Social Media Brand Conversations, Yashodhan Karulkar, Dev T. Vora, Siddharth Vaddepalli, Yash Thakur

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Emojis have become an increasingly important aspect of consumer-brand interactions in the Indian subcontinent. However, the impact of emoji use on brand image and mental health remains underexplored, particularly in emerging economies like India, where structured research on this topic is limited. To address this gap, the present study analyzes over 4,600 consumer tweets related to 19 prominent brands across eleven industries. Using VADER sentiment analysis, the research develops a metric to assess consumer sentiment and brand engagement in relation to emoji usage. The findings indicate that effective integration of emojis contributes to positive consumer sentiment and enhanced brand engagement. …

Solidarity In Print Posters In French, Sara Decaro, Angelica Abshire, Olivia Timmons, Margaux Pereira Da Cruz

Faculty Submissions

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Solidarity In Print Poster 2, Sara Decaro, Rafael Tourinho Machado De Almeida

Faculty Submissions

No abstract provided.

Solidarity In Print Poster 1, Angel Abshire, Olivia Timmons, Rafael Tourinho Machado De Almeida

Faculty Submissions

No abstract provided.

Navigating Student Success: Insights From Student Success Librarians, Mallory Jallas, Chad M. Kahl, Jennifer Sharkey, Chris Worland

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

This chapter reports findings and offers themes from focus groups with student success librarians. The research group addressed a gap in the literature by investigating how student success librarians contribute to campus-wide student success efforts, how these efforts have changed over time, partnerships and collaboration with campus units, and assessment of these efforts. This chapter presents critical takeaways for current and prospective student success librarians, library leaders, student affairs personnel, and broader audiences in academic librarianship. From the focus groups, vital considerations of job scope, administrative support, assessment, and labor emerged. Many currently in student success librarian positions will find …

From Negotiating To Assessing Impact: Centering Student Authors In Open Access Agreements, Lindsey Skaggs, Rachel E. Scott

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

Librarians negotiating open access have several data points to consider. Although historic publishing is one such data point, student authors are not typically considered separately. Join librarians for a discussion of how student engagement with open access publishing informs negotiation and assessment and advances student success.

Milner Library Technical Services Department 2024 Annual Report, Milner Library

Reports and White Papers - Milner Library

Annual Report for the Technical Services Department of Milner Library, Illinois State University, for calendar year 2024.

Artificial Intelligence In Surgical Coding: Evaluating Large Language Models For Current Procedural Terminology Accuracy In Hand Surgery, Emily Isch, Jamie Lee, D. Mitchell Self, Abhijeet Sambangi, Theodore E. Habarth-Morales, John R. Vaile, E. J. Caterson

Department of Surgery Faculty Papers

PURPOSE: The advent of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT has introduced notable advancements in various surgical disciplines. These developments have led to an increased interest in the use of LLMs for Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding in surgery. With CPT coding being a complex and time-consuming process, often exacerbated by the scarcity of professional coders, there is a pressing need for innovative solutions to enhance coding efficiency and accuracy.

METHODS: This observational study evaluated the effectiveness of five publicly available large language models-Perplexity.AI, Bard, BingAI, ChatGPT 3.5, and ChatGPT 4.0-in accurately identifying CPT codes for hand surgery procedures. A …

Researching The U.S. Senate Presidential Nominee Confirmation Process, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

The beginning of 2025 has seen renewed public attention and emphasis on the constitutionally mandated U.S. Senate confirmation process. This stems from the beginning of the second Trump Administration as its nominees navigate this process. The presentation provides historical background on this process, demonstrates what nominees, Senate oversight committees, and the full Senate in administering this process and enables readers to find out how to access information resources documenting this process. The confirmation process continues throughout presidential administrations and may involve little public attention and controversy or acute public attention and controversy. The contrasting 2025 confirmation experiences of Secretary of …

Analysis Of Interprofessional Education Perceptions At The Team Level: A Study Across Three Student Cohorts, Tina Gunaldo, Kelsey Witmeier, Harun Mazumder, Sharon Duffy, Colette Baudoin, Henry Sauviac, Susanne Straif-Bourgeois, Scott Edwards

Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Papers

The interprofessional education (IPE) literature showcases many studies reporting results at the all-student and academic program levels. However, if the purpose of IPE is to develop collaborative-practice ready professionals, analysis at the team level would better support the advancement of the IPE literature and future health care goals. Pre-licensure students engaged in a two-year IPE curriculum and individually completed the Student Perceptions of Interprofessional Clinical Education-Revised survey, version 2 (SPICE-R2), at the end of the first and second year. Teams were comprised of health profession students from 12 academic programs associated with the university. Exploratory and longitudinal analyses of the …

Entrepreneurial Librarianship As A Tool For Enhancing Employment And Employability Among Youths In Nigeria, Angela Njideka Anike Phd, Blessing Nnenne Otubelu Phd, Chimezie Cecilia Offor

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Entrepreneurial skills in librarianship are required by youths and students to enable them to become employable and self-employed after graduation. On this premise, the paper centered on entrepreneurial librarianship as a tool for enhancing employment and employability among youths in Nigeria. The paper attempts to discuss the concepts of entrepreneurial librarianship and youth employment and employability. The main thrust of the paper which is entrepreneurial librarianship as a tool for enhancing employment and employability among youths in Nigeria was explained. Entrepreneurial librarianship is a tool for enhancing employment and employability among youths in Nigeria by enabling them to start up …

Trends In Scholarly Communication, Eleta Exline

Faculty Publications

Slides from a presentation on scholarly communication developments to the UNH Retired Faculty Association.

Review Of Building Representative Community Archives: Inclusive Strategies In Practice, Shir Bach

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

In Building Representative Community Archives, editor Hannah Leah Crummé sets out to provide a practical guide to building community archives through ten case studies. The volume covers three types of projects: oral history, collection and curation, and reassessment. With some exceptions, community-created and community-maintained archives are sidelined in this collection. The majority of case studies describe academic special collections units embracing community archival principles and practices to meet their own goals, and some chapters do not meaningfully engage with community archives at all. Though many chapters succeed on their own terms, the misleading framing produces a collection that is …

Library And Information Science Research; A Scopus-Based Bibliometric Analysis From 2014 To 2023, Khalid Alfouzan, Ikram Ul Haq, Ata Ur Rehman, Gulnaz Elahi, Faisal Shahzad

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Aim: The purpose of this study is to the highlight research growth in Library and Information Science (LIS) for the last decade (2014-2023) at the global level as indexed in the Scopus database.

Methodology: The retrospective research approach has been used on the dataset retrieved from the Scopus database. We used the “advanced document search” technique, selected the targeted period and typed the “Library and Information Sciences”. We chose only “Article” and “Review” from the document type filter and English from the language filter. The selected bibliometric properties were analyzed and tabular demonstrations of the periodic growth with …

Teaching Archival Intelligence Through An Immersive Class Experience, Dulce Kersting-Lark

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

While the University of Idaho does not offer course work in library and information sciences, there is a growing interest in humanities and social science departments on campus to offer skill-based classes that are often found in MLIS programs with an emphasis in archival studies. In particular, building skills considered essential to a public historian has become a goal for the history department's graduate program. As a result, the head of the university library's archives was approached to teach a credit-bearing course on working in archives as well as developing strategies for making archival material engaging to the public. This …

Beyond ‘Fake It ‘Till You Make It’: Impostor Phenomenon In Archivists, April K. Anderson-Zorn, Tiffany Cole, Taylor Flinn, Jane Labarbara

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

In December 2022, members of the College and University Archives Section of the Society of American Archivists conducted a survey that examined the prevalence of impostor phenomenon (IP) among archivists. This study, the first to specifically focus on archivists, measures the prevalence of IP in the professional archival community. Using demographic data and the Clance Survey, the authors seek to identify factors that may lead to increased IP in archivists. This paper will review literature related to IP in the information sciences profession, detail the survey results, and suggest personal approaches and workplace initiatives to combat the phenomenon.

Strategies For Enhancing Funding Approaches By Parent Institutions For Effective Service Delivery In Academic Libraries, Nsanta George Egbe, Samuel Otsonu Aboh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The aim of this study is to investigate the strategies by which parent institutions can enhance funding approaches to improve service delivery in academic libraries in Nigeria. Utilizing a descriptive survey research design, the study involved 88 library staff members from seven federal university libraries situated in the North Central region, including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja-Nigeria. Given the manageable and accessible nature of the population, no sampling method was employed. Data collection utilized three instruments: questionnaires, observation checklists, and structured interview schedules devised by the researcher. Quantitative analysis of questionnaire data utilized mean and standard deviation to address research …

Perceived Flexibility And Benefits As Determinants Of Cloud Computing Adoption By Academic Libraries In South-West, Nigeria, Adeniyi Isaiah Kayode, Sunday Adebisi Oguntayo Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

Goal: This study has examined perceived flexibility and benefits as determinants of cloud computing adoption by academic libraries in South-West, Nigeria

Methodology: This study used interviews for gathered data in a strictly qualitative manner. The system librarians in South-West Nigerian university libraries were the intended audience. Twenty (20) system librarians employed in the ICT department of nine (9) university libraries in South-West Nigeria made up the sample. There were five research questions formulated and answered.

Findings/Results: System librarians acknowledge the benefits of cloud computing adoption in academic libraries. To overcome these challenges, meticulous strategic planning is required

Perception, Awareness, And Readiness By Academic Libraries Towards The 2030 Global Agenda For Sustainable Development Goals (Sdgs), Adeniyi Isaiah Kayode, Sunday Adebisi Oguntayo Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

Purpose: This study sought to evaluate academic libraries' perception, awareness, and readiness towards the 2030 global agenda for SDGs

Methodology: A qualitative methodology was employed, and structured interviews were utilised to collect data. The interviews served as the primary method of data collection and were designed to accomplish five objectives. The study focused on academic librarians as the target population, with a sample size of thirty librarians representing nine academic libraries.

Findings: This study emphasises the mandatory prioritisation of all 17 SDGs by academic libraries, highlighting challenges such as insufficient financing, lack of awareness, and political instability among …

Lanthorn, Vol. 59, No. 12, February 24, 2025, Grand Valley State University

Volume 59, August 5, 2024 – April 14, 2025

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Mobile Technology-Based Library Services In Academic Libraries Of Ghana, Silas Adjei, Patience Adetsi, Isaac Kojo Agyeman

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In contemporary academic library settings, there's a growing need for libraries to offer access to their resources and services remotely and without boundaries. Mobile technologies (MT) have gained widespread acceptance among academic library stakeholders globally, as they are seen as effective communication tools for providing convenient library services to patrons. This study aimed to explore the potential benefits of adopting and implementing Mobile Technology-based Library Services in academic libraries in Ghana. Conducted as a descriptive survey using a quantitative approach, the research focused on two private universities in Ghana: Valley View University and Central University. The sample comprised 390 undergraduate …