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Selectedworks User Guide, Berkeley Electronic Press (Bepress)

Roesch Library Staff Publications

Guide provides instructions for new and existing users of SelectedWorks, a companion product of eCommons designed to collect an author's scholarly work in one location from many different collections in the Digital Commons network.

How Healthy Is Your Library? Diagnosing Culture And Curing The Patient, Emily A. Hicks

Roesch Library Faculty Presentations

Every library has a distinctive organizational culture with norms, values, rules, beliefs, and basic assumptions that have developed over time and are shared by the people who make up the organization. This culture shapes the perceptions and assumptions of the library’s personnel. A healthy culture can evoke a passion for the work, a loyalty and commitment to the organization’s mission, and a deep-seated belief in the organization’s value.

Libraries with a healthy culture are resilient, responsive, and inclusive. The health of an organization is the responsibility of every member, not just the formal leadership.

Using a combination of graphics and …

Strengthening Skills: Hosting A Research Boot Camp, Stephanie Soule, Heidi Gauder

Roesch Library Faculty Presentations

Instruction librarians and an academic department formed a community of practice and developed a three-day research “boot camp” for graduate research assistants. The students gained critical research skills, which benefited their department, while the librarians experimented with new instruction techniques.

What's Brewing? An Outreach Event With Beer, Katy Kelly

Roesch Library Faculty Publications

In recent years, libraries have used creative ways to invite current and potential users to their spaces and services. Inspired by our library’s role in supporting faculty, staff, and students, Roesch Library at the University of Dayton hosted a free open house-style event targeted to university faculty and staff featuring local craft beer offerings selected by a faculty member well-versed in the brewing arts.

“What’s Brewing at Roesch Library?” was a social event that offered good, free beer on the day grades were due: It was the perfect recipe. Personal email invitations to faculty and staff promising free beer and …

Archival Exhibits As Interdisciplinary Teaching Tools: A Case Study, Jillian M. Ewalt

Marian Library Faculty Publications

This case study describes a recent exhibit of archival photographs at the University of Dayton and how it was used as a teaching tool in an undergraduate course. The exhibit, Faith, Reason, and One-Hour Processing, showcased archival photographs from the Marian Library, a special library on campus devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary. This article outlines how the project was developed in conjunction with a campus-wide theme, Faith and Reason, and used as a teaching tool in an interdisciplinary undergraduate course, Development of Western Culture in a Global Context (ASI 120). This article also suggests the interdisciplinary potential of Catholic …

Bird’S Eye View: Using Twitter In #Clubroesch, Katy Kelly, Hector Escobar

Roesch Library Faculty Publications

For many libraries, social media is usually another platform to share information about library resources and events. For some, the term has become overused so much that the social aspect has fallen by the wayside. Facebook page updates or tweets are only part of what you can bring to and achieve from social media.

In this article we discuss how students communicate with our academic library on Twitter, and how we used conversations to improve library spaces, technology, and services. We will explain the process of tracking and responding to student tweets, as well as the pros and cons of …

Content, Credibility, And Readership: Putting Your Institutional Repository On The Map, Maureen E. Schlangen

Roesch Library Staff Publications

Open-access institutional repositories have become a reliable and stable medium for sharing scholarly work, advancing research, and elevating an institution’s profile. However, it takes time and effective marketing to gather content, build the repository’s credibility, and attract readership. Here, a handful of successful repository managers share what they have learned from the launch and growth of their repositories.

A Phenomenological Study Of Conservative Academic Librarians, Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, Ione Damasco

Roesch Library Faculty Publications

Librarianship posits itself as a profession that strives for neutrality, particularly within customer service and information provision; however, factors such as political activity, conference programming, and disproportionate representations of specific viewpoints in the literature indicate that neutrality may be compromised. These factors may alienate librarians who do not subscribe to majority political opinions within librarianship.

A phenomenological study was conducted to understand the career experiences of academic librarians who identify as socially or politically conservative. Themes linking service provision, ethics, workplace relationships, and professional engagement emerged that demonstrate the professional impact politicized activity has on practicing librarians in all specialties.

Why Diversity Matters: A Roundtable Discussion On Racial And Ethnic Diversity In Librarianship, Juleah Swanson, Ione Damasco, Isabel Gonzalez-Smith, Dracine Hodges, Todd Honma, Azusa Tanaka

Roesch Library Faculty Publications

After presenting together at ACRL 2015 to share their research on race, identity, and diversity in academic librarianship, the authors resumed the conversation, which resulted in this article. Here, they discuss why diversity really matters to academic libraries, librarians, and the profession, and where to go from here. They conclude the article with a series of questions for readers to consider, share, and discuss among colleagues to continue and advance the conversation on diversity in libraries.

Library Testimonial: Margaret Mcaleese, Maureen E. Schlangen

Roesch Library Staff Publications

Experience in the University Libraries led Margaret McAleese to pursue a career in business research and helped land her a job with an industry-leading firm.

Library Testimonial: Deogratias Eustace, Maureen E. Schlangen

Roesch Library Staff Publications

Civil engineering professor and Transportation Engineering Laboratory director Deogratias “Deo” Eustace shares his thoughts on the people, materials, services and technology available in the University Libraries.

Library Testimonial: Barath Narayanan, Maureen E. Schlangen

Roesch Library Staff Publications

Electrical engineering doctoral candidate Barath Narayanan shares how he relies on the University Libraries to help him find the materials and information he needs to succeed.

Library Testimonial: Linda Arvin Skuns, Maureen E. Schlangen

Roesch Library Staff Publications

Secondary education graduate Linda Arvin Skuns ’63 shares how the role of libraries has grown and changed since her time as a student at UD.

Library Testimonial: Madeline Mcdermott, Maureen E. Schlangen

Roesch Library Staff Publications

A research instruction in the University Libraries and a visit to the Marian Library on the seventh floor of Roesch Library inspired Madeline McDermott '15 to create an archive for her high school alma mater and pursue two master's degrees in library and information science and public history.

Library Testimonial: Sam Wallace, Maureen E. Schlangen

Roesch Library Staff Publications

Sam Wallace remembers when Roesch Library opened in 1971; since then, it has been as much a part of campus life as Flyer basketball, Christmas on Campus and the student neighborhood. Its technology, spaces and resources keep advancing with the latest learning, research and teaching methods, he says.

Library Testimonial: Libby Durnwald, Maureen E. Schlangen

Roesch Library Staff Publications

Student Libby Durnwald shares the impact the University Libraries had on her studies, service and work.

Library Testimonial: David Darrow, Maureen E. Schlangen

Roesch Library Staff Publications

History professor David Darrow, director of the University Honors Program, shares his thoughts on the value of the University Libraries to students and faculty.

On The “Write” Path To Student Learning: Library And Writing Center Collaboration, Hector Escobar, Heidi Gauder

Roesch Library Faculty Publications

This case study outlines considerations needed for libraries and writing centers to collaborate effectively and describes benefits derived from this arrangement.

Archivum Plena: The Quest For A Fulfilling Past, Madeline Mcdermott

Honors Theses

Lyons Township High School, founded in 1888 in a suburb of Chicago, celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2014. For seven years, a project researching and preserving the history of the school has been maintained. Over the summer of 2014, an archive was established for the school so that they could continue to keep safe all the historical items that had been kept, found, or donated. In addition to recounting the history of the high school and its relationship with the local area, this thesis also follows the process of creating the school’s archive and compares the experience there to related …