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Strategies For Reading Scholarly Articles, Hannah Krauss Mar 2024

Strategies For Reading Scholarly Articles, Hannah Krauss

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This handout reviews suggested strategies for reading scholarly articles in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, recommending reading out of order based upon the discipline. The second page contains tips for taking notes on articles for research and classes.


Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Fall 2023, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College Oct 2023

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Fall 2023, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

From the Dean: Because of You

Library News

  • Greeting First Years
  • Trivia Night
  • Patio Makeover
  • Free Textbook Access
  • New Research Room

Library Exhibits: Many a Misdemeanor

Special Collections Interns Reveal "How I Spent My Summer Vacation"

Research Reflections: Europe Found

  • Finding the Way
  • Lecture: November 10

In Memoriam: Gary Hawbaker (1944–2023)

Musical Notes

  • Crank It Up!
  • Marching Orders
  • Tune in to Spotify

Library Bookshelf: Wild in the Library

A House with Many Stories

  • Passing the Torch: Marianne Larkin

Preserving Ancient Stories

Oral History: Making a Life

  • A Funny Thing Happened on His Way to the Majestic...

Flashback: Sink or Swim? …


Checking In Without Burning Out: Designing Sustainable Assessment Plans For An Undergraduate Peer-To-Peer Research Mentor Program, Kevin Moore, Hannah Krauss Mar 2023

Checking In Without Burning Out: Designing Sustainable Assessment Plans For An Undergraduate Peer-To-Peer Research Mentor Program, Kevin Moore, Hannah Krauss

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Learn how librarians developed a programmatic assessment schedule for their undergraduate, peer-to-peer research consultant service with an emphasis on practicality and sustainability. This poster and its supplementary materials present the finished plan, which addresses 13 programmatic learning outcomes over the course of six semesters, offering one model for how to approach a large-scale assessment project systematically and intentionally without burning out library staff.


Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Fall 2022, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College Oct 2022

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Fall 2022, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

From the Dean (Robin Wagner)

Library News

  • Orientation Social
  • Tours and More
  • Research 101
  • Coming Out
  • Music in the Library

Book Club Reads Braiding Sweetgrass

New Internships:

  • Conservation and Exhibition
  • American History Research

Japan Club Explores Special Collections

LC Frenzy

Library Exhibits (through June 2023):

  • Cosmic Creations Looking Up: Lithographs of Paul Van Hoeydonck
  • Light and Shadow: American Women Behind the Lens 1850-2020

Focus on Philanthropy: Kennedy Family Endowment

GettDigital: Whitney Family Civil War Letters

Library Bookshelf: Acquisitions Funds at Work (Beth Carmichael)

Library Acquires Artwork

Gift of Art (Shannon Egan)

Team Building: Robots, Catapults and Family Feud

Internship Makeover …


Drafting An Assessment Plan For Your Instruction Program: Sustainably Assessing Information Literacy In An Undergraduate Stem Course, Kevin Moore, Clinton K. Baugess May 2022

Drafting An Assessment Plan For Your Instruction Program: Sustainably Assessing Information Literacy In An Undergraduate Stem Course, Kevin Moore, Clinton K. Baugess

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Assessing student learning across a library instruction program can be infeasible without being strategic, intentional, and realistic. Librarians at a small college will share how they developed a sustainable, 3-year assessment plan for the ACRL Framework and targeted a 100-level biology course-one of the two high-enrollment STEM courses that receive library instruction on their campus each year. The presenters will share their assessment plan, flipped instruction model, workflow-management strategies, and lessons learned for collaborating with STEM faculty to assess information literacy.


Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Spring 2022, Musselman Library Apr 2022

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Spring 2022, Musselman Library

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

From the Dean (Robin Wagner)

Library News

  • Cupola Celebrates 10 Years
  • Take a Break
  • New Summer Program
  • Summer Reading (Devin McKinney)
  • Caffeine Boost

Educating Women: Progress and Pushback

Martin Luther: The Face of Reformation

Food in the Stacks (Beth Carmichael)

The Imaginary Dinner Party (McKinley E. Melton; Joanne Myers; Len Goldberg; Stephanie Sellers; Chris Fee; Stefanie Sobelle; Caroline Ferraris-Besso)

What's Cookin' in Special Collections

Hardtack

Democracy's Shield: Voices of World War II

Play Me a Tune: Piano Man Donates Treasured Instrument

History of the Player Piano (Betsy Bein)

Recent Additions

Back Cover: Batter up!


Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Fall 2021, Musselman Library Oct 2021

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Fall 2021, Musselman Library

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

From the Dean (Robin Wagner)

Library Letter Box

By the Numbers

Library News

  • A Moveable Feast: The Art of Robert Patierno
  • Selections from The Columbus Suite
  • Reclaiming the Story: Reflections on Carl Beam (Keira Koch ‘19)
  • Librarians Guide Bio Blitz Week
  • “Lattes” Program Branches Out
  • Fund in Memory of Mary Margaret Stewart (1931–2021)
  • Check It Out: Exploring Careers in Libraries

Is This Plagiarism?

New Faces

  • Librarian Responds to Changing Student Needs
  • The First-Year Experience is Key
  • Night Owl Finds Satisfying Role as Mentor

Bringing Hidden Collections into the Spotlight (Beth Carmichael)

GettDigital: The Virtual Reading Room

African-Americans at Gettysburg College: …


Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Fall 2021 - Special Supplement, Musselman Library Oct 2021

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Fall 2021 - Special Supplement, Musselman Library

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

What’s Special about Special Collections? (Robin Wagner)

Rare Books: Cooper Fund Supports First Editions (Carolyn Sautter)

Manuscripts and Letters: Letter-Writing Seminar Draws from Many Eras (Magdalena Sánchez)

Almanacs: Colonial America Comes Alive with Poor Richard’s (Timothy Shannon)

Maps: Geography Sparks Discussion

Asian Art: Students Get Hands-on Curatorial Experience

Photographs: Photographs Transport Students to Another Time (Shannon Egan)

Posters: Wartime Attitudes Revealed through Propaganda Posters (Jill Titus)

Artifacts: Monsters Break the Ice

  • Policing the Boundaries of the Possible (Mercedes Valmisa Oviedo)

Bookmaking: Old Technology Blends with Digital Humanities

Conservation: Pennsylvania College Class of 1854 Gets a Facelift (Mary Wootton)


Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Spring 2021, Musselman Library Apr 2021

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Spring 2021, Musselman Library

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

From the Dean (Robin Wagner)

Library News

  • DEI Read & Learn
  • Library and Gallery Collaborate on Grant
  • Research 101 Connects with First-year Students
  • Exhibit: Change Happens Here
  • Exhibit: From Mud Hole to Musselman
  • Exhibit: Stargazing
  • Library Cookies

History of Library Locations

First Library

Flashback: Quarantine

Witness Books (Beth Carmichael)

Flashback: Censorship

Schmucker Library Memories (Michael J. Birkner)

Library Leadership

  • John H. Knickerbocker (1929-1959) (Amy Lucadamo)
  • Lillian Smoke (1959-1974) (Sallie Harris Kahler '72)
  • James Richards (1974-1983) (David T. Hedrick)
  • Willis Hubbard (1983-1994) (Robin Wagner)

Hugh Newell Jacobsen: Traditionalist and Innovator (Devin McKinney)

Move In Memories

  • Meaningful Community Building Event (Ron Couchman) …


Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Spring 2021 - Special Supplement, Musselman Library Apr 2021

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Spring 2021 - Special Supplement, Musselman Library

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

What Does the Library Mean to You? (Robin Wagner)

The Library: A Keystone Place (Daniel DeNicola)

Teaching with Rare Books (Joanne Myers)

Libraries Are "Sacred Spaces" for Writers (Jen Bryant)

Students Learn Editorial Skills (Ryan Nadeau)

Science Research Begins and Ends in the Library (Shelli Frey)

Planning Assignments That Promote Information Literacy (Kevin Moore)

Librarians and Social Justice: Co-creating a Better World (Sarah Appedu)

What's on Your Reading List? (Kerri Odess-Harnish)

Public Libraries Serve the Community (Jessica Laganosky)

Student Partners Enhance Service (Clinton Baugess)

My Internship at the Library (Melanie Fernandes McKenzie)

Interns and Mentors Reflect

  • Abigail Major '19
  • Amy …


Inequitable Impacts Of Textbook Costs At A Small, Private College: Results From A Textbook Survey At Gettysburg College, Sarah Appedu, Mary Elmquist, Janelle Wertzberger, Sharon K. Birch Apr 2021

Inequitable Impacts Of Textbook Costs At A Small, Private College: Results From A Textbook Survey At Gettysburg College, Sarah Appedu, Mary Elmquist, Janelle Wertzberger, Sharon K. Birch

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Recognizing that higher education settings vary considerably, librarians at Gettysburg College sought to better understand textbook spending behaviors and the effects of costs on our students. We adapted the Florida Virtual Campus 2016 Student Textbook and Course Materials Survey to suit the context of our small, private, liberal arts college. Most students spent $300 in Fall 2019. Financial aid awards did not cover the cost of required books and course materials for most students receiving aid. Negative effects were more pronounced for first-generation students and Pell Grant recipients, who were more likely to not purchase required books, to not register …


Peer Research Mentors At Gettysburg College, Meggan D. Smith, Mallory R. Jallas, Clinton K. Baugess, Janelle Wertzberger Feb 2021

Peer Research Mentors At Gettysburg College, Meggan D. Smith, Mallory R. Jallas, Clinton K. Baugess, Janelle Wertzberger

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Musselman Library at Gettysburg College developed a Peer Research Mentor (PRM) program to expand the library’s formal research and instruction program. Designed and coordinated by a group of research and instruction librarians, the PRM program is built around a cohort of eight undergraduate students from a variety of class years and disciplines. Each PRM has a librarian supervisor. The PRMs participate in intensive training, provide reference service alongside professional librarians at the Research Help Desk, and develop outreach projects to better connect student patrons with library collections and services. [excerpt]


The Dh Toolkit: A Collaborative, Open, And Extensible Experiment In Pedagogy., R.C. Miessler, Kevin Moore Nov 2020

The Dh Toolkit: A Collaborative, Open, And Extensible Experiment In Pedagogy., R.C. Miessler, Kevin Moore

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In the summer of 2020, librarians and undergraduates at Gettysburg College collaborated virtually to develop the DH Toolkit, a collection of digital learning objects for Digital Humanities tools and concepts. This lightning talk will discuss the collaborative framework for creating the toolkit and its future in DH pedagogy at Gettysburg.


Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Fall 2020, Musselman Library Oct 2020

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Fall 2020, Musselman Library

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

From the Dean (Robin Wagner)

On the Cover

Fall Semester 2020: By the Numbers

Library News

  • New Services Here to Stay
  • Student Studies Library Culture During Pandemic
  • Flashback
  • Mapping the Battlefield

African-Americans at Gettysburg College: An Oral History Project

  • Raymond Lee '61
  • Jim Hyman '69; Admissions Counselor, 1969-1970
  • Halbert R. Carmichael, Jr. '74
  • Donald L. Cooper, Jr. '74
  • Cyrus Tribue '77
  • Edmund Hardy '09
  • Spotlight: Buddy Glover

A Continuing Fight: The Black Student Union

A Sign of the Times: The Knoxville Exchange

Black Voices Matter: African-American Speakers & Performers

Library Bookshelf

  • Books
  • Podcasts
  • African American Writers

When Gettysburg Students Graced …


(Re)Opening Education: Applying The 5 R'S For Open Pedagogy, Sarah Appedu, Mary R. Elmquist Jul 2020

(Re)Opening Education: Applying The 5 R'S For Open Pedagogy, Sarah Appedu, Mary R. Elmquist

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Open Pedagogy allows instructors and students to find creative solutions to the world’s problems and gets everyone involved in the process of putting ideas into action. This presentation encourages librarians use Jhangiani's 5 Rs for Open Pedagogy as a framework for thinking through a variety of pedagogical challenges related to teaching in the present context of COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement.


Best Practices: Accessibility & Equity For E-Learning Content, Mary R. Elmquist, R.C. Miessler Jul 2020

Best Practices: Accessibility & Equity For E-Learning Content, Mary R. Elmquist, R.C. Miessler

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When creating digital objects for use in teaching, instructors have an opportunity to expand the usability of their materials by adding accessibility features. This session presents a broad definition of accessibility, explains why it is important for instructors to consider accessibility as they create digital teaching materials, and describes some strategies and best practices for adding accessibility to digital learning objects.


Best Practices For Designing Online Learning Objects​, Mary R. Elmquist, Kevin Moore Jul 2020

Best Practices For Designing Online Learning Objects​, Mary R. Elmquist, Kevin Moore

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Before designing materials to support online learning, it's important to take stock of what we know about how people learn in online spaces. This presentation will unpack a few e-learning myths and discuss concrete strategies for developing pedagogically sound videos, interactive tutorials, and other asynchronous online learning objects.


'Shut Up And Take The Mellon Money!': Adapting A Library-Led Digital Humanities Program To Accommodate Grant Funding., R.C. Miessler, Kevin Moore Jun 2020

'Shut Up And Take The Mellon Money!': Adapting A Library-Led Digital Humanities Program To Accommodate Grant Funding., R.C. Miessler, Kevin Moore

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This presentation discusses how the team of librarians who facilitate Musselman Library's Digital Scholarship Summer Fellowship program have negotiated the shift from local to grant funding, focusing on how we have organized our team and adapted program outcomes, assessment, and reporting to fit the requirements of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Presidential Leadership Grant. We review some unexpected challenges when working with grant funding and how we have successfully worked within the parameters of the grant to fit our needs locally.


Redesign Your Writing & Research Assignments, Melissa Forbes, Kerri Odess-Harnish, Meggan D. Smith Jun 2020

Redesign Your Writing & Research Assignments, Melissa Forbes, Kerri Odess-Harnish, Meggan D. Smith

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With so many variables to account for in the fall, the writing and research assignments we designed for a 14-week semester with regular in-person access to campus resources may no longer be realistic or effective. Join Melissa Forbes, Director of the Writing Center and First-Year Writing, and Research & Instruction Librarians Kerri Odess-Harnish and Meggan Smith for tips on redesigning writing and research assignments to help students succeed whatever the semester looks like. A short 10-minute presentation will be followed by Q&A and open discussion.


Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Spring 2020, Musselman Library Apr 2020

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Spring 2020, Musselman Library

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

From the Dean (Robin Wagner)

Library News

  • Mini-Golf
  • Get Acquainted Day
  • Edible Books Festival Moves Online! (Kim Longfellow '16)

What do librarians do when a campus suddenly closes? (Janelle Wertzberger)

Blotchy Scribblings and Spider-like Initials (Jim Ramos, Carolyn Sautter)

Boxed Belongings (Natalie Hinton)

Notes from the Field (Kerri Odess-Harnish)

Who is helping you via email, chat & text with those questions? Our awesome librarians & sometimes their pets! (Kevin Moore)

ZOOM: Teaching Moves Online (Kevin Moore, Mallory Jallas, Clint Baugess)

Vietnam (Devin McKinney)

Quarantined on Campus (Betsy Bein, Chakriya Ou, ’23, Dung Doan, ’23, Precious Ozoh, ’20)

Conservation in the …


Open For Whom? Equity In Open Knowledge, Scholarly Communications, Michelle Williams Oct 2019

Open For Whom? Equity In Open Knowledge, Scholarly Communications, Michelle Williams

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This display was created as part of Musselman Library's Open Access Week 2019 programming and highlights challenges and opportunities within the global open access movement.


A Journey Through The Development Of A Dh Program For Undergraduates, R.C. Miessler, Clinton K. Baugess, John Dettinger, Kevin Moore Oct 2019

A Journey Through The Development Of A Dh Program For Undergraduates, R.C. Miessler, Clinton K. Baugess, John Dettinger, Kevin Moore

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In institutions that do not actively integrate DH into the curriculum, introducing undergraduates to DH tools and methods can be difficult. However, Gettysburg College has facilitated a summer research experience for undergraduates. This interactive workshop will introduce participants to the Digital Scholarship Summer Fellowship program and provide a high-level overview of its development and implementation. Workshop leaders will provide guidance on developing a summer program tailored to participants' institution's needs and aspirations. Participants will come away with strategies for identifying stakeholders and partners, developing program goals, selecting digital tools, designing workshops, and methods to incorporate aspects of assessment and sustainability.


Undergraduate Digital Scholarship At Gettysburg College, R.C. Miessler, Kevin Moore, Emma K. Lewis Sep 2019

Undergraduate Digital Scholarship At Gettysburg College, R.C. Miessler, Kevin Moore, Emma K. Lewis

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Musselman Library’s Digital Scholarship Committee supports high-impact student projects that use digital tools and methods to interpret, analyze, and present humanistic research. In addition to facilitating an eight-week summer research fellowship, the Committee partners with faculty members to design and oversee digital projects introduced as course assignments. This poster provides an overview of the Committee’s activities from fall 2015 through spring 2019.


Information Literacy At The Intersection Of Scholarly Communications And Social Justice, Sarah Appedu Jun 2019

Information Literacy At The Intersection Of Scholarly Communications And Social Justice, Sarah Appedu

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Undergraduate outreach about Open Access (OA) lies at the intersection of information literacy and Scholarly Communications. Reframing undergraduates as current and future scholars allows us to treat them as agents within the Scholarly Communications network. Students who have mastered fundamental research skills are prepared to view them through the critical lens of Scholarly Communications in order to learn both how to locate resources and how those resources are created. This educational approach highlights the various barriers scholars can face in the research process, as well as provides an awareness of information privilege.

This poster will provide a model for how …


Ensemble Cast: Reinventing First-Year Library Orientation To Feature All Departments, Mallory R. Jallas, Kevin Moore Jun 2019

Ensemble Cast: Reinventing First-Year Library Orientation To Feature All Departments, Mallory R. Jallas, Kevin Moore

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As the year winds down, you may already be planning new student orientation activities to showcase your library and services. This unique program, designed by a committee of departments, offers insight into the types of activities they implemented to help enhance interaction between library staff and students.


Build Your Resume And Leave An Impact: Publish In The Cupola, Hana Huskic May 2019

Build Your Resume And Leave An Impact: Publish In The Cupola, Hana Huskic

Student Publications

The Cupola actively serves as a resistance to the academic publishing system that makes knowledge exclusive to the wealthy and privileged who have the ability to access it. Instead of keeping scholarship “behind the paywall” with high subscription costs, The Cupola and the other open repositories keep the knowledge freely accessible to everyone at any time, anywhere in the world. The Cupola has only existed since April 2012, but we have already reached 1 million downloads (...) To find out more about how The Cupola is perceived on the campus and how to make more students interested in student nominations, …


Skipping Stones: The Ripple Effect Of Collaborating With A Center For Teaching And Learning, Clinton K. Baugess, Kerri Odess-Harnish May 2019

Skipping Stones: The Ripple Effect Of Collaborating With A Center For Teaching And Learning, Clinton K. Baugess, Kerri Odess-Harnish

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Collaborating with your campus teaching and learning center is a key way to center the library at the heart of conversations on creative pedagogy and student learning. Librarians at a small college library will share how their collaboration has enabled their information literacy program to ripple across campus – expanding their teaching practice beyond the usual one-shot and shifting faculty perceptions of librarians as classroom partners. The presenters will describe how they have contributed their expertise to teaching center programming and administered a series of center-funded faculty grants for information literacy, digital literacy, and teaching with archival materials.


Casting Students In The Leading Role: Peer Learning In Academic Libraries, Mallory R. Jallas, Meggan D. Smith Apr 2019

Casting Students In The Leading Role: Peer Learning In Academic Libraries, Mallory R. Jallas, Meggan D. Smith

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Peer learning services are an emerging trend in academic libraries of various sizes. These models allow students to engage and support the research needs of other students. These interactions may build off their classroom experiences and library training, while further developing their own research skills. This handout provides the context and questions for the roundtable discussion, “Casting Students in the Leading Role: Peer Learning in Academic Libraries,” at the ACRL 2019 conference. There are also resources for additional reading on the topic.


Student As Expert: Peer Learning To Support Digital Scholarship In The Classroom, Clinton K. Baugess Apr 2019

Student As Expert: Peer Learning To Support Digital Scholarship In The Classroom, Clinton K. Baugess

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Libraries and librarians have adopted a variety of approaches to support digital humanities (DH). Rooted in a small college environment, this poster will detail a peer-learning model adopted by one library to support classroom digital projects with trained students, who have completed an 8-week summer digital scholarship fellowship. Similar to other peer learning models in libraries to expand instruction and reference services, trained students can expand a library’s support for DH by teaching in the classroom and providing consultations, enhance their own digital and presentation skills, and support student learning as both expert and peer.

This is a modified PowerPoint …


Ensemble Cast: Reinventing First-Year Library Orientation To Feature All Departments, Mallory R. Jallas, Kevin Moore Apr 2019

Ensemble Cast: Reinventing First-Year Library Orientation To Feature All Departments, Mallory R. Jallas, Kevin Moore

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Hear how library staff reimagined their first-year student orientation activity in order to highlight the work being done by individual departments and communicate how each department supports the library as a whole. The poster will explore the first-year library orientation passport activity that got students moving around the library building to engage with each department and collect passport stamps.

This is a modified PowerPoint version of the poster, which had been created in the digital iPoster system.