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The Global Drumbeat: Permeations Of Hip Hop Across Diverse Information Worlds, Kafi D. Kumasi, André Brock

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

This article outlines the scope and significance of a special issue of The International Journal of Information, Diversity & Inclusion dedicated to exploring the intersections of hip hop and the field of library and information sciences. The co-guest editors, Kafi Kumasi and André Brock, describe their respective research trajectories to help illuminate what constitutes a hip hop epistemology of LIS knowledge. This issue demonstrates that there are many robust conceptual access points for better understanding the LIS field through the lens of Hip Hop including areas like computational neuroscience, copyright and data science. The research articles are complimented by: two …

Roadside Zoo: A Term In Search Of Legal Definition?, Virginia C. Thomas

Library Scholarly Publications

This article uses the example of “roadside zoo” to highlight the importance of clear definition for terms used in a legal context.

Where’S The Beef, Turkey, Butter, Cheese, Or Other Animal Ingredient?, Virginia C. Thomas

Library Scholarly Publications

The author discusses current challenges presented by federal and state labeling laws and standards pertaining to plant-based meat alternative food products.

The Impact Of Covid-19 On Reference Services: A National Survey Of Academic Health Sciences Librarians, Deborah H. Charbonneau, Emily Vardell

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

Objectives:

The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of the scope and adaptive nature of reference services provided by academic health sciences librarians over a one-year period (between March 2020 and March 2021) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods:

In March 2021, academic health sciences librarians in the United States were invited to participate in an anonymous online survey about their experiences providing reference services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The online survey was developed, pretested, and distributed to various listservs.

Results:

A total of 205 academic health sciences librarians and other information professionals with health sciences liaison …

Research, Interrupted, Jan B. Bissett, Margi Heinen

Library Scholarly Publications

No abstract provided.

School Library Media Specialists: An Evolving Profession In A Pandemic, Heather Kapanka

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

In March 2020, Michigan’s school library media specialists, along with the entire educational community, found themselves facing unprecedented challenges brought by the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. As learning shifted online, the roles of school library media specialists shifted as well. Three southeast Michigan school library media specialists were interviewed to obtain their perspectives regarding the adaptation to distance learning, as well as how they predicted educational practices will evolve going forward. The educational practices of learning commons, guided inquiry, co-teaching, and information literacy were found to be particularly valuable during the shift to distance learning. The increased dependence on …

Military Working Dogs: Tracking Their Journey From Equipment To K-9 Heroes, Virginia Thomas

Library Scholarly Publications

The author surveys the history of legislation governing the lives and uses of military working dogs (MWD).

Maximize Use Of Library Electronic Resources To Help Students Achieve Better Board Examination Scores Through Libguides And Collaboration With A Pharmacy Educational Specialist, Wendy Wu, Karen Gessler

Library Scholarly Publications

Background

The library subscribes to many e-textbooks and Q-bank tools to facilitate pharmacy students’ preparation of North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX). Because these resources are included in various subscription packages, making them discoverable and easily accessible are important to make best use of library resources. This poster will discuss how to promote NAPLEX resources using LibGuides and deliver the specially designed quiz assignments to the students at the point of preparation and the collaboration between a librarian and pharmacy educational specialist.

Description

Resources the library subscribes for NAPLEX preparation were selected, organized, and displayed based on faculty recommendation, students' …

Library Publishing Curriculum Textbook, Katherine Skinner, Melanie Schlosser, Peter Berkery, Meredith Baab, Jasmine Mulliken, Friederike Sundaram, Dennis Lloyd, Mary Rose Muccie, Brenna Mclaughlin, John W. Warren, Laurie N. Taylor, Brian W. Keith, Sara Benson, Harriet Green, Merinda Hensley, Janet Swatcheno, Nancy Maron, Sarah Lippincott

Library Publishing Curriculum

In the original, modular curriculum (2018) on which this textbook is based, each unit of the Library Publishing Curriculum contained an instructor’s guide, narrative, a slideshow with talking notes, bibliographies, supplemental material, and activities for use in a physical or virtual classroom for workshops and courses. This textbook version, produced in 2021, adapts the original narrative as the primary content (with very little additional editing) and incorporates the bibliographies, appendices, and images from the slideshow into a linear reading and learning experience for use by librarians or students learning on their own or as part of a classroom learning experience. …

Library Publishing Curriculum Sustainability Module: Readme (Overview), Brian W. Keith, Laurie N. Taylor

Library Publishing Curriculum

The Sustainability Module addresses core concerns related to library publishing as a socio-technical system. In order for library publishing endeavors to establish longevity and long-term success, professionals need to address a range of concerns related to people, policies, communities, technologies, and financials.

Library Publishing Curriculum Sustainability Module: Business Basics (Unit 1), Instructor's Guide, Brian W. Keith, Laurie N. Taylor

Library Publishing Curriculum

The Business Basics unit differentiates projects and programs, and introduces concepts and considerations around costs, funding, profit, and economies of scale and scope. This unit also connects ethical and business considerations for library publishing, and it discusses how to plan for the longevity of published materials. By covering these important building blocks for the management and assessment of operations, this unit will support a shared vocabulary for communicating with other non-library stakeholders regarding business operations.

Library Publishing Curriculum Sustainability Module: Staffing And Governance (Unit 3), Instructor's Guide, Brian W. Keith, Laurie N. Taylor

Library Publishing Curriculum

The Staffing unit provides an overview of position types, services and activities involved with staffing for library publishing, and types of staffing including external, outsourcing, contract workers, and employees. This unit addresses staffing along with considerations for staffing practices including diversity and ethical practices.

Library Publishing Curriculum Sustainability Module: Preservation (Unit 4), Instructor's Guide, Brian W. Keith, Laurie N. Taylor

Library Publishing Curriculum

Preservation anchors the socio-technical concerns of library publishing in relation to sustainability—including existing supports within libraries for digital preservation. This unit uses a case study to provide a contextualized example of digital preservation terms and concerns.

Library Publishing Curriculum Sustainability Module: Financial Basics (Unit 2), Instructor's Guide, Brian W. Keith, Laurie N. Taylor

Library Publishing Curriculum

Financial Basics provides an overview of budgeting and reporting in relation to projecting, predicting, and planning. This unit also addresses considerations for accounting for non-monetary goals, including intangible assets (goodwill) and diversity.

Library Publishing Curriculum Sustainability Module: Self-Evaluation Rubric, Brian W. Keith, Laurie N. Taylor

Library Publishing Curriculum

This rubric can be used to assess the learner's knowledge and preparedness before and after their engagement with the Sustainability unit.

Michigan Teachers Transitioning To School Librarianship, Kafi Kumasi, Gwenn Marchesano

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

Pursuing additional degrees and certifications can be a costly proposition in terms of money, time, and return on investment that results in gainful employment. In this article, we take a look at how a group of Michigan teachers perceive the value of the knowledge gained in a graduate certificate program towards school library certification compared to their prior knowledge and level of importance they assigned to the learning standards.

Michigan Practice Materials: A Selective Annotated Bibliography, Jan B. Bissett

Library Scholarly Publications

One of 40 state-specific practice materials bibliographies published in the 20th anniversary of the title, State Practice Materials: Annotated Bibliographies, Christina Glon, Editor. Published by William S. Hein & Co., Inc.

"Getting Inflomation": A Critical Race Theory Tale From The School Library, Kafi D. Kumasi

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

Using Critical Race Theory's storytelling method, this chapter weaves a tale set in a school library setting told through the eyes of Jamal, a 17 year old Black male Harvard -bound scholar athlete. Using artifacts to build the plot, the story shines light on places where diversity and inclusion initiatives fail, where unchecked privilege and whiteness do harm to everyone touched by them, where inequality ruins lives and where libraries might be spaces of hope and possibility.

Balancing Services And Safety During The Pandemic: One Law Library’S Story, Virginia C. Thomas

Library Scholarly Publications

Michigan’s academic law libraries, which have provided access to their extensive collections to legal professionals and pro per patrons alike, have had to rethink how to do so in effective, but contactless, ways. In the middle of this pandemic, how can we continue to get legal information to those who need it— and safely?

Library Publishing Curriculum Impact Module: Readme (Overview), John W. Warren

Library Publishing Curriculum

No abstract provided.

Library Publishing Curriculum Impact Module: Trends Affecting Scholarly Publishing (Unit 1), Instructor's Guide, John W. Warren

Library Publishing Curriculum

This unit provides a brief introduction to the Impact module by situating library publishing in the context of key trends affecting scholarly publishing. We will review how changes in technology, consumer behavior, and higher education influence nonprofit and for-profit scholarly publishing, highlighting the changing role of libraries, the rise of online bookselling, the growth of Open Access (OA) publishing models, the expansion of self-publishing, changes in discovery, the ubiquity of social media, the impact of metadata, competition for reader attention, and the changing definitions of “publication” and “scholarship.” Participants will consider the implications of each trend for library publishing.

Library Publishing Curriculum Impact Module: Strategic Planning (Unit 2), Instructor's Guide, John W. Warren

Library Publishing Curriculum

This unit focuses on strategic planning methods and tools designed to increase impact. As we aim to maximize the impact and value of our publishing programs, portfolios, and individual products, whether through decision about content or the activities related to marketing and promotion, we must begin by understanding and articulating our organizational objectives. Library publishers may aspire to increase their impact on campus (among scholars, students, and administrators); among local or global publics; and upon specific fields and communities of practice. Extending impact begins with thoughtful and purposeful strategic planning: aligning goals with organizational objectives, articulating desired outcomes, and understanding …

Library Publishing Curriculum Impact Module: Assessment Measures And Strategies (Unit 3), Instructor's Guide, John W. Warren

Library Publishing Curriculum

We have previously discussed methods and tools for strategic planning and crafting effective goals. How do we know if we are making progress towards these goals? How can we determine if our publications and our work is having the impact we want? This unit introduces assessment methods, tools, and metrics that help us measure the impact of individual publications and publishing programs. We will look at the connection between strategic planning and assessment, and practice applying assessment methods to real-world scenarios. In the first half of the unit, we discuss evaluating individual publications, examining the advantages and disadvantages of common …

Library Publishing Curriculum Impact Module: Strategies For Enhancing Discovery And Accessibility (Unit 4), Instructor's Guide, John W. Warren

Library Publishing Curriculum

This unit focuses on the interrelated topics of discovery and accessibility, or how you enable readers to find and use your publications. In the first half of the unit, we will cover best practices in metadata management, common metadata standards and unique identifiers, journal indexing, and search engine optimization. In the second half, we will briefly discuss best practices in accessibility for the web, ebooks, and PDFs, legal and ethical concerns, and universal design.

Library Publishing Curriculum Impact Module: Outreach, Engagement, And Collaboration (Unit 5), Instructor's Guide, John W. Warren

Library Publishing Curriculum

This unit focuses on strategies and tactics for audience engagement and outreach, with the goal of extending the impact of publishing organizations, publication portfolios and series, or individual publications. We will discuss approaches to engage faculty and students in the campus community, the local community, and other communities of interest. We define community engagement as interaction or collaboration with a community of interest. This involves reciprocity. Outreach, on the other hand, describes activities that are provided to, intended for, or done in communities.

Library Publishing Curriculum Impact Module: Social Networking For Publishers (Unit 7), Instructor's Guide, John W. Warren

Library Publishing Curriculum

Publishers use social media to raise their visibility, build their brand identity, broadcast news, market their content, and most importantly, engage their stakeholders in conversation. Social media marketing increasingly represents an integral component of a publisher’s overall marketing, promotion, and publicity strategy. This unit introduces tools and strategies for effective social media marketing and engagement and makes the connection between a publisher’s social media activities and their strategic goals.

Library Publishing Curriculum Impact Module: Self Evaluation Rubric, John W. Warren

Library Publishing Curriculum

No abstract provided.

Library Publishing Curriculum Impact Module: Marketing, Promotion, Publicity (Unit 6), Instructor's Guide, John W. Warren

Library Publishing Curriculum

This unit covers brand development and marketing for library-based publishers, with a focus on the fundamentals of audience-targeting, promotion, publicity, and effective copy-writing.

Library Publishing Curriculum Content Module: Readme (Overview), Peter Berkery, Meredith Babb, Jasmine Mulliken, Friederike Sundaram, Dennis Lloyd, Mary Rose Muccie, Brenna Mclaughlin

Library Publishing Curriculum

The Content Module contains six units: 1) Editorial Strategies, 2) Nuts and Bolts, 3) Publishing Long-Form Scholarship, 4) Supporting a Journals Program, 5) Developing Materials for Coursework, and 6) Working with Multi-Modal Content. Within each unit, you will find the following files: a bibliography, an instructor’s guide, a narrative, a slide deck, and supplementary activities and exercises. Start with the instructor’s guide to gain a “big-picture” sense of the topics covered, then read the narrative for an overview of the content covered in the unit. The files provide everything an instructor needs to teach the unit. These units can each …

Library Publishing Curriculum Content Module: Editorial Strategy (Unit 1), Instructor's Guide, Peter Berkery, Meredith Babb, Jasmine Mulliken, Friederike Sundaram, Dennis Lloyd, Mary Rose Muccie, Brenna Mclaughlin

Library Publishing Curriculum

As a library publisher, will you act as a service provider for your home institution, an editorially driven publisher of scholarly content, or both? After you’ve decided on the approach you want to take, it’s time to select an approach to publishing and craft your vision, mission, and goals. Building and growing a publishing program requires active engagement with the university and scholarly communities. A needs assessment will help you identify areas where your program can focus. Should you target specific areas, perhaps aligned with the strengths or strategic interests of your institution? As word of your program gets out …