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Strengthening Students’ Information Literacy Skills As They Develop Original Research Proposals In A Scientific Process Course, Kimberly A. Reycraft, Nora E. Demers

Florida Statewide Symposium: Best Practices in Undergraduate Research

Scientific Process is a required course for all undergraduate science majors at FGCU. In this course, students develop original research proposals on topics of their interest. Information literacy skills are critical as students must be able to use multiple sources of information to develop their proposals. Biology and library faculty have collaborated to add instruction and assignments addressing research question development, search strategy, citation management, and more. Our goal is to improve students’ information literacy skills as well as the quality and quantity of citations in their final proposals. We will present on this initiative and our preliminary assessment results.

Designing An Active Learning Popular Culture Experience

Library Faculty and Staff papers

Designing an Active Learning Popular Culture Experience is an overview of various techniques faculty can use to incorporate active learning into their curriculum and pedagogy. Popular culture studies provides a great platform for engaging students, but also provides them opportunities for active review of materials and discussion in and out of class. Innovative spaces, classroom design and technology to support active learning will also be reviewed.

Bringing Special Collections To Life: Open-Source Tools For Digital Exhibit Creation, Andrew Welp

Scholarship and Professional Work

In 2014, Butler University Libraries received an institutional "Innovation Fund" grant to implement a large-scale digitization project to facilitate access and discovery of unique institutional holdings. Today, the Butler Digital History Initiative [digitalhistory.butlerlibraryservices.org] is comprised of several digital collections and interactive "digital exhibits" providing additional context and accessibility to archival materials to external and internal stakeholders. This program will highlight the open-source tools, procedures, and partnerships that enabled Butler University Libraries to bring their special collections to life.

Researcher Profiles, Amanda Izenstark, Julia Lovett, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Slides from a presentation, "Researcher Profiles."

Presented as part of the Search Savvy Seminar "You Developed It — Now Share It! Researcher Profiles and Data Management," offered at the University of Rhode Island Libraries on October 21 and 25, 2016.

"You’ve done the research, you’ve written the article or book chapter, or you’ve given the presentation. Now, how do you share it so that you maximize your research impact? This session will lead you through setting up researcher profiles in SelectedWorks, ORCID, ResearcherID, and Google Scholar, and get you started with data management."

Part of the University Libraries' Search Savvy …

Portrait Of A Collector: A View From The Shelves Of Minor Myers, Jr., Meg Miner

Scholarly Publications

The purpose of this essay is to provide an analysis of the books that President Minor Myers, jr. collected and that were subsequently transferred to Illinois Wesleyan University (IWU) after Myers’ death. For reasons that will be discussed below, keeping Myers’ collection in its entirety at IWU was not practical or desirable. Most of the collection was dispersed at auction and a brief discussion of that event and of the decisions about what to retain conclude this work. Even though most of his books are no longer at IWU, it is still possible to appreciate the breadth of Myers’ book …

Karl Lorenz, Professor Education: First Selectedworks Site At Shu, Karl M. Lorenz

Librarian Publications

Karl M. Lorenz, Professor of Education, describes his experience as the first creator of a SelectedWorks site at SHU at the time that this important service was initiated. He is pleased that all of his scholarly work is now available online and accessible to others. The Readership Reports and maps and the information contained on the Author Dashboard confirm that articles and papers I authored are being regularly accessed not only in Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries, but also in the U.S. and in many countries the world over. The online dissemination of my work has also resulted in email inquiries, …

Ms 018 Guide To Saul Kit, Phd Papers (1958-1974), Saul Kit (1920-2008)

Manuscript Finding Aids

The Saul Kit, PhD papers contain research journals, reprints, copies, and an undated manuscript documenting his career in biochemistry. This collection focuses on his research published from 1958-1974. The collection consists of one box, equaling .25 cubic feet. The materials are in good condition. See more at MS 018.

Hello Bibframe 2.0: Changes From 1.0 And Possible Directions For The Future, Angela J. Kroeger

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

This presentation discusses: BIBFRAME is...; BIBFRAME is intended to...; BIBFRAME Development; BIBFRAME Upheavals; RDF Statements, aka Triples; Subject - Predicate - Object; LC Linked Data Service; BIBFRAME 1.0 MODEL; BIBFRAME 2.0 MODEL; BIBFRAME 1.0 Core Classes; BIBFRAME 2.0 Core Classes; Holdings Information in BIBFRAME 1.0; Holdings Information in BIBFRAME 2.0; BIBFRAME 2.0 Key Concepts; Events; AV Modeling Study: Content Data Description Model; Official BIBFRAME Website; Delete your bookmark; Bibframe Lite (Zepheira); Bibframe Lite; Two Editors, Two Different Approaches; BIBFRAME and Schema.org; Mixing Metadata; BIBFRAME AV Assessment; BIBFRAME 2.0 + schema.org + PREMIS +...; BIBFRAME 2.0 is...; and Selected and Condensed …

More Than Potlucks: Reviving Social Engagement For A Thriving Library Workplace, Heidi Blackburn, Laine Mccurrin, Lori Schwartz, Diana Allard

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

Come hear how Criss Library revived their efforts and committed to social engagement in the workplace. We turned sporadic programming into meaningful employee events promoting comradery, a positive work culture, and physical fitness. The waxing and waning of previous committee iterations, employee benefits, advantages and setbacks, and overcoming time and money limitations will be shared. Participants are sure to be engaged by sharing ideas from their own institutions and being inspired by ours!

Lanthorn, Vol. 51, No. 17, October 20, 2016, Grand Valley State University

Volume 51, July 11, 2016 - June 5, 2017

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Long Night Against Procrastination, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Quarterly Mid-term activity: Long Night Against Procrastination is a night for students mid-way through the semester with time management and research strategy workshops, tutoring, research help and de-stressing activities.

The Anchor, Volume 130.07: October 19, 2016, Hope College

The Anchor: 2016

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

Entrepreneurship In Local Economy And Food Systems Saf 401, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management Afs/Ocg 560x, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

From Usability Studies To User Experience: Designing Library Services At The University Of Kansas, Lea H. Currie, Julie Petr

Charleston Library Conference

The University of Kansas (KU) Libraries first made their discovery tool, Primo (Ex Libris), available to their users in the fall of 2013. Since that time, in spite of many upgrades and improvements, most librarians and library staff are still not using the tool for their own research. Last year, librarians from KU presented their findings at the Charleston Conference using a survey given to KU librarians that asked them to compare Primo to Google Scholar and their favorite databases. Librarians were asked to compare the three and make recommendations for improving Primo. This year, KU librarians designed a much …

Giving Subject Specialists The Tools They Need To Succeed: The Collection Development Training Manual At The University Of Maryland, Margaret Z. Saponaro

Charleston Library Conference

The University of Maryland Libraries (UMD) employs over 40 librarians with collection development responsibilities. These subject specialists represent a range of varying experience levels with collection development—from new librarians to seasoned veterans. Although many subject specialists are required to use the same tools for their collection development activities, materials to support these activities were not always easy to find, nor was there one place available to direct new subject specialists who needed resources to assist them with their responsibilities. This paper describes the process undertaken to develop of a toolkit for materials for subject specialists at the UMD Libraries, including …

Game Night At The Brooks Library October 2016, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Game night in the James E. Brooks Library with refreshments. Hosted by Nerdcore Toys and Collectibles

Collaborative Consultation For Online And Blended Course Design: Integrating Information Literacy And Fair Use In Instructional Design, Juhong Christie Liu Ph.D., Liz Thompson, Howard Carrier

Libraries

This session presents the diverse aspects in a community-based learning and consultation model for online and blended course design. Collaboratively, a panel of instructional designers and librarians have provided consultations in a multi-phase faculty development program. The customized approach to instructional design, integration of information literacy, and fair use in online teaching and learning will be presented. The audience will take away the setups of the program, and will interactively share insights.

Springshare Mashups: Repurposing Digital Content, Jeffrey M. Mortimore, Ruth L. Baker

University Libraries: Faculty Presentations

How many research guides go neglected because we can’t keep up with all the stellar content we create for our patrons? As digital content producers, librarians are always looking for new ways to repurpose content for different audiences while streamlining content management. Fortunately, with the ongoing development of content management tools like Springshare LibGuides 2.0, the dream approaches reality. Presenters offer simple strategies (including naming, description, and chunking) for content creation and management that maximize opportunities for repurposing content across delivery platforms while keeping maintenance to a minimum. While this session focuses on LibGuides and LibAnswers, the content creation techniques …

Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts: The Shared Wealth Of Scholarly Resources In The Catholic Portal, Diane Maher

Copley Library: Faculty Scholarship

The Catholic Portal, a gateway to rare and unique Catholic material, was created by the Catholic Research Resources Alliance (CRRA) in concert with its membership. This essay provides a brief overview of the Catholic Portal, its history, and its value as a research tool. It also introduces the following essays that describe specific contributed collections and explores the potential for the discovery of related resources within the portal.

How Far Have We Come Since Our “Go Live” Dates, And Where Do We Go From Here?, Ann Kutulas, Moon Kim, Susan Flanagan

Charleston Library Conference

Next‐generation library systems promise new opportunities to expand beyond our existing methodologies, and there has been a surge of institutions migrating to web‐based platforms as a result. Extensive research and planning goes into choosing and moving to a new integrated library system (ILS). But what happens after migration and implementation? And how closely does reality align with expectations? Individuals from three libraries who have chosen Ex Libris’s Alma as their web‐based ILS solution will share their migration experiences and the challenges of working in a constantly changing environment. Strategies on transitioning from an abstract understanding to a live production site …

Don’T Share This Item! Developing Digital Collections And Services In A Consumer‐Licensed World, William M. Cross, Darby Orcutt

Charleston Library Conference

Libraries have always faced unique challenges in providing non‐academic content for academic use, but the digital age has brought particular problems of “one size fits all” consumer purchase models and vexing methods of digital rights management (DRM), wrapped up with a large bow of legal uncertainty for many institutions. These proceedings describe some practices for sharing consumer‐licensed popular materials and confronting legal and technical barriers, as well as what some libraries are considering and encountering in applying the law, fair use, user expectations, and common sense in developing collections and services around digital content that is geared directly to end …

Mitigating Madness: How We Authenticate And Authorize Users To Deliver Databases In A Contractually Complicated Context, Jeremy M. Brown, Geoffrey P. Timms

Charleston Library Conference

During the 2011 overhaul of the Mercer University Libraries website we developed an authentication system to interface with EZProxy and our campus Active Directory system that provides convenient management and delivery of our A–Z database listing. With multiple campuses and seven e‐resource privilege groups, we were able to provide persistent URLs for databases to subject librarians, dynamic database lists based upon users’ access privileges, convenient integration with our content management system, and a simple backend management interface requiring little expertise to use. We then sought to improve the situation by organizational and license simplification before our 2014 website overhaul: We …

How Much Do Monographs Cost? And Why Should We Care?, Nancy L. Maron, Charles Watkinson, Meredith Kahn, Shayna Pekala

Charleston Library Conference

What does it cost to make a high quality, digital monograph? What may sound like an obvious question turns out to be a very knotty one, driving to the heart of the essence of scholarly publishing today. It is particularly relevant in an environment where the potential of a sustainable open access (OA) business model for monographs is being explored. Two complementary studies funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 2015 have explored this question to understand the costs involved in creating and disseminating scholarly books.

The team at Ithaka S+R studied the full costs of publishing monographs by …

The Changing Nature Of Oa Journals: Helping Scholars Identify The Good, The Bad, And The Political, Matthew C. Torrence, Susan Ariew

Charleston Library Conference

When the Open Access (OA) movement began at the beginning of the 21st century, librarians and select scholars saw it as a way to level the playing field by disseminating scholarly work freely, by easing the financial burden placed on rising subscription costs, and by offering alternatives to the traditional publishing model. Predatory and opportunistic OA publishers were quick to arrive on the scene, however, leaving faculty and researchers scrambling for a new and updated vetting process for selecting their publication targets. Jeffrey Beall’s blog and Beall’s List, along with other important publication directories, have become an important part of …

Open Access Funds: Getting A Bigger Bang For Our Bucks, Robert Glushko, Crystal Hampson, Patricia Moore, Elizabeth Yates

Charleston Library Conference

Many libraries offer open access publishing funds to support authors in paying article processing charges (APC) levied by some OA journals. However, there are few standard practices for managing or assessing these funds. The Open Access Working Group (OAWG) of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) was asked to investigate and articulate best practices for successful open access fund management. In spring 2015, the OAWG surveyed Canadian academic libraries with OA funds to review their criteria and collect feedback on current practices. The survey proved timely because many OA funds are under review. Shrinking budgets, ending pilots, and questions …

The Open Movement: What Libraries Can Do, Sheila Corrall

Charleston Library Conference

Open approaches have moved beyond open access, open source software, and open courseware to developments with open infrastructure and open processes. Open initiatives are gaining momentum as a result of both bottom‐up grassroots activism and top‐down policy agenda. In a few instances, they have already reached a tipping point; but in many cases they are being pursued separately by specialist groups, suffering from fragmentation, and not always having their expected outcomes or impacts. Our study of open initiatives uses a simple overarching definition of open resources, and introduces a convenient framework enabling shared understanding of three different types of openness—open …

Publishing Our Own Work: Contributing To The Professional Literature Through Systematizing Sharing Of Library Reports, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Sarah E. Crissinger, Emily A. Hardesty, Aaron S. Mccollough

Charleston Library Conference

Library employees often work on teams, committees, or task forces to do research, and investigation as part of their responsibilities in carrying out the operations of a library; however, much of this work is not published in the professional literature and is only inconsistently recorded in committee documents. As such, this work is hidden both from others in the library who might use it and from the profession at large, meaning that other libraries were not able to benefit from it. To address these challenges, the University of Illinois Library (Urbana‐Champaign) established the Library Occasional Reports Series (LibORS) in 2015. …

“Help, We Started A Journal!”: Adventures In Supporting Open Access Publishing Using Open Journal Systems, Anna R. Craft

Charleston Library Conference

The University Libraries at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) have an active and growing implementation of Open Journal Systems (OJS), a free, open source scholarly publishing platform. But even a free software system is not without its costs, both to the hosting institution and to the creators and staff of individual journals. Institutions that wish to host OJS must be able to install, maintain, and support the product. And while faculty members and other academics are often experts in their content areas, not all of them are prepared to handle other needs associated with creating and publishing …

Not So Strange Bedfellows: Information Standards For Librarians And Publishers, Marti Heyman, Betty Landesman

Charleston Library Conference

As our collections become increasingly electronic, standards play an increasingly important role not only for libraries but also for publishers. This session will describe standards and recommended practices that are designed to support the publishing, identification, and retrieval of electronic materials, including KBART (Knowledge Bases and Related Tools), the DOI (Digital Object Identifier), and EPUB. What are they, what do they do, how do they relate to the work of a broad spectrum of attendees, and, particularly, why we should care? The presenters are co‐chairs of the NISO (National Information Standards Organization) Content and Collection Management Topic Committee.