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Sharpening Career And Networking Skills For Fun And Profit, Tracy Z. Maleeff Nov 2016

Sharpening Career And Networking Skills For Fun And Profit, Tracy Z. Maleeff

SLA Student Chapter Events Archive

Congratulations, you will have an MLIS degree soon! Now, what? Whether library and information science is your first, second, or third career, learn how there are skills to be honed that you can use in both your professional and personal life. Learn tricks and tips about networking, public speaking, and research that can help you reach your life goals. Tracy Z. Maleeff will share her story of recognizing her transferable skills along her career path as well as how fine-tuning her networking skills brought great results.


Increasing Your Impact: How Institutional Repositories Support And Disseminate Research, Todd Bruns Oct 2016

Increasing Your Impact: How Institutional Repositories Support And Disseminate Research, Todd Bruns

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

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Beyond "Available": Tracking The Impact Of Discoverable Etds, Todd Bruns, Stacey Knight-Davis, J. Brantley Sep 2016

Beyond "Available": Tracking The Impact Of Discoverable Etds, Todd Bruns, Stacey Knight-Davis, J. Brantley

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

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We Have Only Scratched The Surface: The Role Of Student Research In Institutional Repositories, Becky Thoms, Betty Rozum Apr 2016

We Have Only Scratched The Surface: The Role Of Student Research In Institutional Repositories, Becky Thoms, Betty Rozum

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

Student research, in the form of theses and dissertations, is nearly ubiquitous in institutional repositories (IRs) across the US. However, students at many institutions contribute far more to the scholarly landscape of their communities. This presentation will explore this untapped well of potential material, report on survey data about perceptions of possible benefits of archiving this student work, and encourage discussion of this exciting new avenue of opportunity for libraries.


Data From: Opening Review In Lis Journals: A Status Report, Emily Ford Jan 2016

Data From: Opening Review In Lis Journals: A Status Report, Emily Ford

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

This data includes a .csv file with data from survey responses. The following abstract describes the research study. The purpose of this study was to gain an overview of open peer review practices and attitudes of scholarly journal editors in the field of Library and Information Science. The survey posed questions regarding current publishing and review practices, and inquired about changes journals may have made to publication and review processes. Survey participation was solicited from 253 journal editors of LIS journals listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals and Journal Citation Reports. 42 complete responses and 11 incomplete responses …