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Optimizing A Library Website For Student Research: Comparing User Metrics Between Encore And Google Scholar, Lindsay Ozburn, Ryan Bushman, Kade Stevenson, Margaret Winward, Liz Woolcott
Optimizing A Library Website For Student Research: Comparing User Metrics Between Encore And Google Scholar, Lindsay Ozburn, Ryan Bushman, Kade Stevenson, Margaret Winward, Liz Woolcott
Library Faculty & Staff Presentations
The paper addresses the methods and general conclusions portion of an experiment that evaluated user preference and search experience using Google Scholar and Utah State University (USU) Libraries' Encore discovery layer as a starting point for research. USU's 2019 Ithaka S+R Faculty survey highlighted that our faculty utilize Google Scholar more as a starting point for their research. To triangulate these findings, the experiment attempts to identify which search methods undergraduates prefer.
The Hurdles And Highlights Of Institutionalized Strategies For Disseminating Undergraduate Research, Betty Rozum, Scott Bates, Becky Thoms
The Hurdles And Highlights Of Institutionalized Strategies For Disseminating Undergraduate Research, Betty Rozum, Scott Bates, Becky Thoms
Library Faculty & Staff Presentations
In 2015, the researchers surveyed URPDs and librarians nationally and faculty at USU about their thoughts on the role of student research in institutional repositories (IRs). All three groups recognize the benefits of making undergraduate research available in IRs. Yet, while the benefits to students, departments, and institutions as a whole are widely recognized, survey respondents also noted concerns about making this work openly available. Survey results also indicated the need for better communication and collaboration among these various campus entities.
Populating Your Institutional Repository And Promoting Your Students: Irs And Undergraduate Research, Betty Rozum, Becky Thoms
Populating Your Institutional Repository And Promoting Your Students: Irs And Undergraduate Research, Betty Rozum, Becky Thoms
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Establishing institutional repositories (IRs) and encouraging supportive faculty participation can be daunting. Gaining access to scholarly publica- tions and other products that students produce, especially undergraduate researchers, can be an even more challenging task. Many IRs contain gradu- ate theses and dissertations as well as undergraduate honors theses and the abstracts of work that students present at student research events or con- ferences. It is less common to find IRs whose compilers thoroughly collect student scholarship from all aspects of students’ research activities, which can demonstrate the academic involvement of both a university’s student population and the faculty who collaborate …
Student Research + Digitalcommons@Usu = A Partnership With Unlimited Potential, Betty Rozum, Becky Thoms
Student Research + Digitalcommons@Usu = A Partnership With Unlimited Potential, Betty Rozum, Becky Thoms
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We Have Only Scratched The Surface: The Role Of Student Research In Institutional Repositories, Betty Rozum, Becky Thoms, Scott Bates, Danielle M. Barandiaran
We Have Only Scratched The Surface: The Role Of Student Research In Institutional Repositories, Betty Rozum, Becky Thoms, Scott Bates, Danielle M. Barandiaran
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Institutional repositories (IRs) and other research archives have at their core the mission to disseminate the scholarship of their communities. At universities, this content is often expected to come primarily from faculty and professional researchers. Certainly, faculty are significant producers of scholarship, but students also make worthy contributions to this body of knowledge. Graduate students, at least, are generally recognized as creators of information, and in recent years, IRs have been successfully collecting theses and dissertations written by masters and doctoral students. However, another important and often overlooked group is undergraduate students.
We Have Only Scratched The Surface: The Role Of Student Research In Institutional Repositories, Betty Rozum, Becky Thoms, Danielle M. Barandiaran, Scott Bates
We Have Only Scratched The Surface: The Role Of Student Research In Institutional Repositories, Betty Rozum, Becky Thoms, Danielle M. Barandiaran, Scott Bates
Library Faculty & Staff Presentations
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Focusing On Student Research In The Institutional Repository, Danielle M. Barandiaran, Betty Rozum, Becky Thoms
Focusing On Student Research In The Institutional Repository, Danielle M. Barandiaran, Betty Rozum, Becky Thoms
Library Faculty & Staff Publications
Student research is a significant and rapidly growing component of the institutional repository (IR) at Utah State University (USU). A briefing paper prepared for Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook (OASIS) points to student works as one of nine purposes for an IR.1 It is not uncommon to find undergraduate and graduate theses and dissertations in IRs. In 2013, an analysis of 283 U.S. repositories using the bepress or DSpsace platforms indicated 71% include this type of student research. However, other student research such as posters, presentations, or papers were only found in 38% of these repositories. Utah State University’s …