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Oer Awareness, Advocacy, And Adoption: An Institutional Approach, Jaya Kannan, Chelsea Stone

Librarian Publications

Sacred Heart University (SHU) has launched a university-wide Open Educational Resources(OER) initiative with three goals in mind – reduce the cost of textbooks for students, increase access to course materials, and strengthen pedagogical effectiveness. SHU has made appreciable headway in the short span of one and a half years by formulating a vision, defining the goals, developing a plan of action, and implementing a pilot study to integrate open textbooks in two math courses. Although it is a nascent initiative, this presentation summarizing the lessons-learned will make a useful contribution to the OER academic discussion . The presentation will describe …

Librarian As Mentor: Grow, Discover, Inspire, Eboni A. Johnson

Works by Oberlin College Libraries Staff

Librarian as Mentor explores the many ways mentoring can be an effective tool in recruiting, retaining, supporting and developing a diverse workforce in any library setting.

Exposing Hidden Digital Collections: Dams Migration To Better Meet Our Users' Needs, Jeremy Myntti

Faculty Publications

1. Pre-migration work
2. Migration
3. Post-migration work
4. Lessons learned

Lean On Librarians For Canvas Commons, Colleen T. Boff, Vera J. Lux

University Libraries Faculty Publications

Learn how librarians became the business owners of Canvas Commons on their campus. This session includes implementation details from getting buy-in to the communication plan leading up to the launch. Faculty training and support as well as ideas on how to garner contributions to the Commons will also be shared.

How To Thrive As A Solo Librarian, Andrea Abernathy, Renee Carey, Terry Kennedy, Jim Mancuso, Deborah Mcconkey, Paul Roberts

Faculty Publications - George Fox University Library

Your faculty may play a positive role for you as a solo librarian. Consider using our FINEST CHINA:

Communicate with your faculty

Harness their expertise

Inform them of options that will help them and their students

kNow what they are teaching

Acknowledge that you appreciate them

Investigating Security For Ubiquitous Sensor Networks, Alfredo J. Perez, Sherali Zeadally, Nafaa Jabeur

Information Science Faculty Publications

The availability of powerful and sensor-enabled mobile and Internet-connected devices have enabled the advent of the ubiquitous sensor network paradigm which is providing various types of solutions to the community and the individual user in various sectors including environmental monitoring, entertainment, transportation, security, and healthcare. We explore and compare the features of wireless sensor networks and ubiquitous sensor networks and based on the differences between these two types of systems, we classify the security-related challenges of ubiquitous sensor networks. We identify and discuss solutions available to address these challenges. Finally, we briefly discuss open challenges that need to be addressed …

Librarians As Design Partners: How We Helped Faculty Spotlight Il, Amanda Izenstark, Jim Kinnie, Mary C. Macdonald

Public Services Faculty Presentations

These slides accompanied a presentation at the New England Library Instruction Group 2017 Annual Program.

During the implementation of a new outcomes-based General Education program, librarians helped subject faculty highlight IL skills through a redesign of their existing assignments. In this session, see examples of how we reviewed course proposals and worked to ensure that students could meet those outcomes.

Growing Stronger Regional Collections With Resource Sharing Data, Kate Ross, Kourtney Blackburn

Lavery Library Faculty/Staff Publications

How can libraries increase interlibrary loan effectiveness while harnessing existing purchase funds? This session offers an answer: We have partnered with the IDS Project and regional libraries to create coordinated, diverse collections based on ILL data (e.g. frequency a title was requested, regional holdings, collection building profiles). Participants are notified of potential purchases and corresponding data when items meet collection profiles. Currently, we’re working to establish ILL workflows for real-time coordinated collection development.

Utah Digital Newspapers Update, Jeremy Myntti

Faculty Publications

2001 - LSTA R&D grant for newspapers ○ 30,000 pages from Vernal Express, Grand Valley Times/Times Independent, Wasatch Wave

● 2002 - digitalnewspapers.org launched

● 2003 - Second LSTA grant ○ 100,000 pages ○ Matching funds from UALC and some public libraries

● 2003 - IMLS grant ○ 240,000 pages ○ Matching funds from BYU

● 2005, 2007, 2009 - 3 NDNP grants

● 2010 - UDN hits 1,000,000 pages

College Of The Holy Cross Libraries Fy17 Annual Report, Mark Shelton

Holy Cross Libraries Annual Reports

At the end of the fiscal year, the Director of the Holy Cross Libraries issues an annual report that provides a review of library services, details budgets and regular operations, and highlights programs, projects and activities that were initiated, sponsored or assisted by the Libraries.

Priest, Explorer, Lecturer: The Various Adventures Of Fr. Bernard R. Hubbard, S.J., Daniel Morales

A&SC Student Apprentice Program

From 1926 until 1929 Fr. Bernard R. Hubbard, S.J. taught geology, Greek, and German at Santa Clara College. A native San Franciscan, Hubbard was better known as the Glacier Priest, a moniker he earned for his treks into the Alps while completing his theological studies in Innsbruck, Austria. During the summer of 1927, after leading a spiritual retreat for the Sisters of St. Anne in Juneau, Alaska, Hubbard spent time exploring and photographing the glaciers of Alaska. Over the next 28 years Hubbard led over 30 Alaskan expeditions and his photographs and films were featured in newspapers and movie theaters …

Waffle Night Spring 2017, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Waffle Night at Brooks Library, serving free waffles, coffee and tea in the Fishbowl.

Library Guides: An Aggregation Of User Research From 1998 To 2017, David Vess

Libraries

A truly comprehensive search tool for resources provided by libraries will continue to be a distant dream until daunting technical challenges are addressed. A Google-like search experience is desirable in some contexts, but a case can be made that hiding subject-specific article databases behind a comprehensive search tool is a disservice to researchers.

Librarians have a long history of addressing the complex landscape of the various resources they offer by crafting guides to library collections. These guides provide direct links to resources while educating inexperienced researchers about discipline-specific databases. Unfortunately, this solution creates more complexities in the research resource landscape. …

Changing Publishing Ecologies: A Landscape Study Of New University Presses And Academic-Led Publishing: A Report To Jisc, Janneke Adema, Graham Stone, Chris Keene

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

Introduction

A new wave of university presses is emerging. Common characteristics are that they are open access (OA), digital first, library-based, and they often offer a smaller set of services than a traditional publisher, blurring the line between publisher and platform. In tandem, a small but notable number of academics and researchers have set up their own publishing initiatives, often demonstrating an innovative or unique approach either in workflow, peer review, technology or business model.

These new publishing initiatives have a potentially disruptive effect on the scholarly communication environment, providing new avenues for the dissemination of research outputs and acting …

Allen And Helen Hunting Introduction, Delivered At The Gvsu Enrichment Dinner On June 6, 2017, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Allen and Helen Hunting Introduction, delivered at the GVSU Enrichment Dinner on June 6, 2017 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.

Lanthorn, Vol. 51, No. 62, June 5, 2017, 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.

Claiming Expertise From Betwixt And Between: Digital Humanities Librarians, Emotional Labor, And Genre Theory, Alexis Logsdon, Amy Mars, Heather Tompkins

Staff Publications

Librarians' liminal (intermediate) position within academia situates us to make unique contributions to digital humanities (DH). In this article, we use genre theory, feminist theory, and theories of emotional labor to explore the importance of discourse mediation and affective labor to DH and the interplay between these areas and academic structural inequality. By claiming our expertise and making explicit work that is often not visible, we can advocate for new and varied roles for librarians in digital humanities. Our analysis is informed by both theory and practice, and it takes a dialogic approach that depends upon the interactions between the …

Decoding Virtual Reference: Using Chat Transcripts To Guide Usability Testing And Improve Web Design, Kate E. Wimer

Faculty Publications - George Fox University Library

Background and Aim

Given the importance of user-centered design in library websites and virtual reference environments, this study sought to utilize existing chat transcript data at the University of Denver library to build a framework of patron patterns and natural language in students asking reference questions.

Method

This study employed a word-cloud analysis on cleaned transcript data to identify patterns in student language and behavior when describing reference needs on the library website. Data from two consecutive fall quarters were analyzed separately and trends were identified by comparison.

Findings

This study identifies five top term/phrases in student chat transcript data: …

Embedding Peer Support As A Core Learning Skill In Higher Education, Philip Russell, Gerard Ryder, Martha Burton, Sarah Daly, Paul Quinn

Support services (Former ITT) - Articles

Abstract

Information, digital and academic literacy skills are more important than ever as the nature of global information streams becomes more complex and increasingly online. New methods are needed to ensure that students are taught to identify, use and critically evaluate this complex information myriad during their education and in their future careers. Peer assisted learning is one method that has been shown to help, and previous research in the field of peer support has indicated that the interaction between students at different levels enhances a first-year student’s successful transition into higher education (HE).

In 2016, a peer support scheme …

Paws And Relax Spring 2017, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Paws and Relax is an event to help students relieve stress during finals week. Dogs are brought in with their handlers and students are allowed to hang out with the dogs, pet them and occasionally pick them up.

Providing Access To Multimedia Collections In Digital Commons Institutional Repositories: Challenges, Opportunities, And Collaborations, Rachel Walton, Lee Dotson, Courtenay Mcleland

Digital Commons Southeastern User Group 2017

Multimedia collections bring inherent challenges to any project and institutional repositories are no different. However, these presenters have found that by partnering with content creators and experimenting with a range of media and features, they were able to create attractive and user-friendly multimedia collections in Digital Commons. In this panel, three digital preservation professionals from different colleges in the state of Florida will discuss the challenges, opportunities, and collaborations involved in creating specific multimedia collections within each of their respective Digital Commons repositories. In addition to talking about their individual case studies, these presenters will touch upon valuable media enhancement …

Developing New Streams Of Undergraduate Submissions, Debra J. Rodensky, Kadie J. Mullins, Wesley Lewis

Digital Commons Southeastern User Group 2017

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) has been successful in attracting faculty participation in Scholarly Commons, its institutional repository. Other than dissertations and theses, however, student submissions have been slow in coming, despite university priorities to support and disseminate undergraduate research. In early 2017, the scholarly communications staff at Hunt Library set out to change that picture. Energized by a Digital Commons webinar exploring approaches to highlighting undergraduate opportunities, they approached campus colleagues with a new venture – capturing the research experiences of students going abroad during the summer of 2017. The idea was enthusiastically embraced and within a short time, a …

Collaborative Academic Partnerships: Support For International Students’ Library Research Success, Mary M. Somerville, Niraj Chaudhary, Liz Cooper, Michael Flierl

University Libraries Librarian and Staff Presentations

An international research team studied student experiences in academic libraries located in home countries and host institutions. To foster successful transitions, these research findings frame design activities for collaborative orientation programs involving campus academic libraries, international student offices, and academic support services.

Learning Objectives:

• Explore incoming international students’ library research experiences and academic support needs to better understand campus collaborative priorities.
• Enhance professional capacity to support transition of international students through designing collaborative campus orientation programs that address support needs for library research and academic success among growing international student populations.

Show Us Your Omaha: Combating Lgbtq+ Archival Silences, Angela J. Kroeger, Yumi Ohira, Amy Schindler

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Libraries offers a variety of unique and specialized collections in the Archives & Special Collections (ASC) for UNO and Omaha community members. In 2015, ASC began planning for preserving and providing access to Omaha’s LGBTQ+ history through the Queer Omaha Archives. Archival silences were defined by archivist Rodney Carter as the manifestation of the actions of the powerful in denying the marginalized access to archives with further definition by archivists and researchers expanding this definition. The UNO Libraries has invested in developing digital engagement as a strategic priority through building infrastructure and expanding …

Connections, June 2017, University Library

Library Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Leveraging The Principles Of Lean Six Sigma In Creating Value For The User Community, Shameem Nilofar Maideen

Research Collection Library

This is a case study on how Singapore Management University (SMU) Libraries used an evidence based approach to decision making, based on the principles of Lean Six Sigma. Academic Libraries and the services offered by them have been evolving over the years along with the changing landscape of higher education. By using a data-driven methodology, SMU Libraries, was able to provide a service that was relevant and tailored to the needs of its community.

Leveraging The Principles Of Lean Six Sigma In Creating Value For The User Community, Nilofar Maideen Shameem

Research Collection Library

This is a case study on how Singapore Management University (SMU) Libraries used an evidence based approach to decision making, based on the principles of Lean Six Sigma. Academic Libraries and the services offered by them have been evolving over the years along with the changing landscape of higher education. By using a data-driven methodology, SMU Libraries, was able to provide a service that was relevant and tailored to the needs of its community.

Buildings And Books: Segregated Libraries As Places For Community-Making, Interaction And Learning In The Age Of Jim Crow (Presentation For The Society For The History Of Authorship, Reading, And Publishing Annual Conference, June 2017), Matthew R. Griffis

Publications and Other Resources

From the conference program: "This presentation reviews the preliminary findings of a federally funded, 3-year historical study that explores how segregated Carnegie libraries were used as places of community-making, interaction, and learning for African Americans in the age of Jim Crow. Known then as "Carnegie Negro libraries," these public libraries opened in eight southern states between 1900 and 1925 and were an extension of the well-known library development program funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

"Drawing on archival sources, including newly completed oral history interviews with surviving library users, this presentation explores how these libraries helped foster a …

Change Management In New Age Libraries: A Case Study Of Central Library, Nit Silchar, Kishor Chandra Satpathy, Krishnamati Singha

Book Chapters

Change is an inevitable part of any progressive society. Change management is the competitive advantage of an organization for sustaining in the competitive world. The organization has an internal environment but exists in the external environment. To function efficiently and effectively, the organization has to maintain equilibrium between external and internal environment. The external forces which constantly affecting for change in organization are-technology, increased global competition, economic, workforce, social trends, political, government policies, financial and increased customer needs and preference etc. and internal forces are – managerial and administrative forces, individual and group expectation, organization design and structure, system dynamics, …

Keynote1: Ethical Ux, Matthew Reidsma

Books and Contributions to Books

When the social critic Paul Goodman wrote that "technology is a branch of moral philosophy, not of science,” he meant that shaping the world through technology involved moral choices, concerned with how we ought to live. Our library UX work is no different. Our user research methods are moral choices that affect our users; The data we collect not only helps us, it is likely being stockpiled by vendors and advertisers to better understand our users. Our design decisions have ethical implications, too; By working to change our users' behavior, we prioritize our own version of what is 'right.' But …