Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Introduction To Series And Parallel Circuits, Craig E. Shepherd, Shannon M. Smith

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

This lesson begins with an introduction on electricity and how it is formed at the molecular level. It then lets learners explore and define a circuit. This introduction is followed by an exploration where learners develop series and parallel circuits using LED lights and motors. Learners then consider what constitutes a series and parallel circuit, open and closed circuit, and a short circuit. The lesson concludes by having learners consider advantages, limitations, and instructional uses of various electronics kits (e.g., Snap Circuits, littleBits, LilyPad, paper circuits, conductive dough) based on their ability to display circuit paths.

Introduction To Using Python In The Digital Humanities, Elisabeth Shook

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

The materials here are from the Python for Digital Humanities Workshop taught on December 13, 2021 for the Boise State University Digital Humanities Group. This 3-hour workshop was created to provide both a very brief introduction to the various capabilities of Python and a small lesson in using Python to pull meaningful insight out of text files.

Data Stories: Using Data & Narrative To Explain & Explore, Ellie Dworak

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

Have you ever heard the phrase "storytelling with data" and wondered what it meant? Have you stared at your spreadsheets and thought "there's no way I can make these statistics exciting?" In this workshop, you'll learn how journalists and organizations use narrative structures and visual elements to bring data to life!

Creating An Annual Evaluation Framework For Library Faculty, Alessandro Meregaglia, Kelsey Keyes, Amy Vecchione, Michelle Armstrong, Margie Ruppel

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article describes the faculty-lead process and outcomes of a collaborative annual library faculty evaluation project. The authors share the process used at Boise State University's Albertsons Library, including the drivers, team member roles, communication strategies, challenges, discoveries, revision process, evaluation criteria, and the implemented framework. One key discovery is that while library faculty seek the clarity and transparency that a framework can provide in the evaluation process, they often favor differing evaluation criteria, thereby necessitating a structured yet flexible framework. The personal nature of assessing one's work made it an emotional process requiring sensitivity; and while evaluations can never …

Transformative Agreements: Six Myths, Busted, Ashley Farley, Allison Langham-Putrow, Elisabeth Shook, Leila Belle Sterman, Megan Wacha

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

Transformative agreement (TA) is an umbrella term used to describe contracts between institutions and publishers intended to transform the current, primarily subscription-based, journal publishing model to a fully open access (OA) model. The idea originated in a 2015 white paper from the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL), which posited that the current level of investment ($10 billion worldwide) is sufficient to fund the transformation to OA within existing publishing structures: a system in which 60% of the market is controlled by five publishers who maintain excessive profit margins.

Data Literacy & The Academic Library, Ellie Dworak

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

Answers the questions "What is data literacy?" "Why is data literacy important?" and "How can libraries support data literacy?"

Research Data Management Competencies Self-Assessment, Michelle Armstrong, Megan Davis, Ellie Dworak, Yitzhak Paul, Elisabeth Shook

Data Management Services

A tool for assessing the competencies of individuals who support Research Data Management (RDM). The tool was developed to help academic libraries bolster skills and services surrounding RDM. This assessment allows the library to better understand and visualize the strengths and gaps in knowledge necessary to effectively run an RDM team.

Recommended Guidelines For Evaluating Scholarly Contributions, Ellie Dworak

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

Albertsons Library faculty use the model presented in Ernest Boyer’s 1990 Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate, where scholarship is broadly defined as having four functions: discovery, integration, application and teaching. Library faculty value the creation, sharing, and application of knowledge as products of our own work and as a means of self-improvement, leading to greater understanding of the fields in which we work.

Every tenure-eligible library faculty member is expected to produce high-quality and disciplinarily-relevant scholarship, relative to whatever form scholarship takes for them and whatever portion of their workload is assigned to scholarship. Faculty are responsible for presenting …

Wy Open: A Grassroots Open Educational Resources Initiative, Shannon M. Smith, Chad Hutchens, Cassandra Kvenild

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

This recipe describes starting a library-led open educational resources (OER) as a mechanism to recognize and promote cost-savings for students while allowing faculty to tailor their learning materials to specific pedagogy needs. The grassroots approach is best implemented alongside existing organizational infrastructures. At the University of Wyoming (UW), the OER initiative developed without a dedicated position or home department but rather a collaborative foundation across the libraries which builds momentum, spreads the message, and ultimately the workload.

Research Data Management Group Triennial Report: Spring 2019 - Summer 2021, Ellie Dworak

Data Management Services

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Scholarly Communications And Data Management: 2020 Year In Review, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Publications

When I arrived at Boise State in January 2020, I had no idea the challenges that lay ahead for the Scholarly Communications and Data Management (SCDM) Unit. The past year was incredibly challenging in all aspects of life and work, but the SCDM Unit endeavored to continue its mission of providing free and open access to Boise State research, investigate new innovative methods of scholarship, and support the Boise State research community.