Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Project Management: A Library Perspective, Becky Skeen

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

Agenda

▪ Basic terminology and concepts

▪ Project life-cycle phases

▫ Initiation

▫ Planning

▫ Executing

■ Monitoring and Controlling

▫ Closing

▪ Application/Conclusion

Learning Analytics With Library Instruction Data And Student Data, Kacy Lundstrom, Britt Fagerheim

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

USU Libraries has an on-going learning analytics project combining library instruction data with student data.

We are examining connections between:

• when and how often students receive library instruction
• during their college career student GPA and retention

Iiwalaawiiloxhbakaa (How We Lived): The Grant Bulltail Absáalooke (Crow Nation) Stories Collection, Nick Gittins, Andrea Payant

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

About Me & Why I Was Selected

• Trained in Classical History with emphasis on the oral tradition, theater, and storytelling in the ancient world • Folklore student of Grant Bulltail

• History of excellence at the Merrill-Cazier Library and interest in the Fife Folklore Archive and Special Collections

• Given an opportunity to intern in SCA beginning in the Summer of 2019 during which Randy Williams mentioned a collection of oral histories provided by Grant Bulltail, I jumped at the opportunity

• Little did any of us realize the immense size and scope of this amazing collection

Beyond Books 2: Cataloging Archival Materials, Nicole Lewis, Allison Mccormack, Becky Skeen, Rebecca A. Wiederhold

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

Academic libraries aren’t the only institutions that care for archival materials. These unique items can often be found in public libraries, historical societies, and other cultural heritage organizations, many of which may not have trained special collections catalogers on staff. In this workshop, participants will learn how to catalog archival materials, including manuscripts, photographs, and audiovisual materials, so they can be discovered in online catalogs and databases. Both item and collection-level cataloging will be discussed, and participants will learn when and how to apply relevant metadata standards like RDA and DACS. They will then practice cataloging with examples provided by …

Mwdl Training Resources Task Force Committee Report, Andrea Payant

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

A summary of the activities and outputs of the MWDL Training Resources Task Force for 2019-2020. The presentation includes information about the many training resources that have been made available through the MWDL portal on the Library Workflow Exchange platform, which were contributed and compiled by MWDL partners to improve quality of service.

Make It A Win-Win: Managing Student Employee Experience In Library Publishing Efforts, Rebecca Nelson, Becky Thoms

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

At Utah State University Libraries, the Digital Initiatives Unit employs up to 15, primarily undergraduate, students who contribute approximately 190 hours of labor on a weekly basis. Students work on a variety of projects related to digital exhibits, digital history collections, open educational resources (OER), and the institutional repository. Their responsibilities range from scanning and metadata creation to OER research and copyediting to occasional outreach and engagement at events. This presentation explores the benefits and challenges of student labor in library publishing efforts. Topics covered include: the quality and quantity of work that is given to students; evaluating students’ work …

From Anecdotes To Data: Leveraging Our Assessment Toolkit To Determine How A New Curriculum Measures Up, Rachel Wishkoski, Alex J. Sundt, Katie Strand, Deanna Allred

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

This presentation shared the design and results of a mixed-methods assessment of a new library curriculum for ENGL 2010, the required English Composition course at Utah State University. Piloted with two sections of the course in fall semester 2019, this new three-session curriculum was grounded in case-based problem-based learning (CBPBL), a specific type of problem-based learning (PBL) in which students work together to solve real life scenarios and immediately apply their skills to a relevant and complex problem. Student teams used case studies to practice source evaluation, topic development, and synthesis of research in writing. Multiple assessment methods afforded us …

Why Is My Heart Beating So Fast? Librarian Experiences With Teaching Anxiety, Britt Fagerheim, Kacy Lundstrom

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

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