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Connecting And Empowering Library Publishers: An International Knowledge Exchange, Jane Buggle, Marie O'Neill

Faculty Research

The IFLA Special Interest Group (SIG) on Library Publishing was formed to strengthen networks, to exchange knowledge and best practice, and to advocate for and drive further developments in the area. The IFLA SIG held its inaugural mid-term meeting at Dublin Business School at the end of February 2019 which included presentations from library publishing programmes and experts from around the world. Themes explored in the conference included standards, platforms, funding models and societal impact. Please see the conference review by Suzanne Stapleton, University of Florida Libraries, (https://librarypublishing.org/reflections-on-ifla-midterm-2019/). Jane Buggle, Dublin Business School, and Marie O Neill, CCT College Dublin, …

Secure Authentication And Privacy-Preserving Techniques In Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (Vanets), Dakshnamoorthy Manivannan, Shafika Showkat Moni, Sherali Zeadally

Computer Science Faculty Publications

In the last decade, there has been growing interest in Vehicular Ad Hoc NETworks (VANETs). Today car manufacturers have already started to equip vehicles with sophisticated sensors that can provide many assistive features such as front collision avoidance, automatic lane tracking, partial autonomous driving, suggestive lane changing, and so on. Such technological advancements are enabling the adoption of VANETs not only to provide safer and more comfortable driving experience but also provide many other useful services to the driver as well as passengers of a vehicle. However, privacy, authentication and secure message dissemination are some of the main issues that …

Advancing College Students’ Thesis Writing Ability: A Case Study Of An Online Library Instruction Course, Derek Stadler, Dianne Gordon Conyers

Publications and Research

The following case study adapted a library instruction course to support students’ ability to construct a thesis statement. Given at an urban junior college, the goal of the credit-bearing course is for students to acquire effective research strategies for finding reliable information and to develop information literacy skills. For this study, pedagogy divided thesis writing development over the course of several weeks in which students reviewed sample theses and the work of their peers, providing feedback to fellow students and revising their own work based on feedback from both students and instructors. The class section in this study utilized Blackboard …

Introduction To "Reflections On Practitioner Research: A Practical Guide For Information Professionals" (Acrl Publications), Lee Ann Fullington, Brandon K. West, Frans Albarillo

Publications and Research

This is the introduction to the edited book, Reflections on Practitioner-Research: A Practical Guide for Information Professionals (ACRL Publications).

Open Access Articles Are Free Even After Graduation, Eleta Exline

Open Access Events

Open Access articles are free even after graduation. Learn more at the library.

One Step At A Time: A Case Study Of Incorporating Universal Design For Learning In Library Instruction, Samantha H. Peter, Kristina A. Clement

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Innovative Pedagogy (2018-2020 archives)

This paper introduces the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), an inclusive pedagogical principle that works to make instruction accessible for all by incorporating different needs of learners into instructional design. This article provides a brief analysis of the literature on UDL within the field of academic libraries and focuses specifically on library instruction. The paper then concludes with a comprehensive case study of the authors’ journey to actively incorporate UDL into their information literacy instruction sessions over a two-semester period, including lessons learned throughout their process.

Using Understanding By Design To Create A University Orientation Class Grounded In Information Literacy, Jennifer Joe, Wade Lee

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Innovative Pedagogy (2018-2020 archives)

This article describes the process of redesigning UC1130: Information Literacy for College Research, a class taught at the University of Toledo, in Toledo, Ohio. This redesign was conducted by Jennifer Joe and Wade Lee-Smith, librarians at the university, and facilitated by the University of Toledo’s University Teaching Center, Denise Bartell, the Associate Vice Provost for Student Success, and Thomas Atwood, the Associate Dean of University Libraries, who was the creator of the original curriculum for UC1130. The course redesign was motivated by two factors: incorporation of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education, and the class’s inclusion in …

Going Digital: Academic Libraries’ Response To The Covid-19 Pandemic, Allison Kavanagh

Articles

This article outlines the response by Irish academic libraries to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the resulting closure of higher education institutions and their libraries for an extended period beginning in March 2020. Academic libraries have responded by accelerating their shift to digital collections and services, by supporting and participating in remote teaching and by offering new services. The article discusses the potential longer term consequences of the pandemic for academic libraries, including budgetary constraints, an impact on the shift to Open Access, changes in library design, and new work practices. Examples of initiatives by Technological University Dublin and other academic …

My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Robert M. Sarwark

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Uni Scholarworks Readership Snapshot, October 2020, Bepress

Library Documents & Reports (entire collection)

No abstract provided.

Ex Libris, Fall 2020, West Virginia University Libraries

Ex Libris: The WVU Libraries Magazine

KEEPING EVERYTHING MOVING FORWARD The Libraries helped the University community continue their academic journey and research pursuits during the pandemic.; ACHIEVING SUFFRAGE One hundred years ago, West Virginia legislators met at the State Capitol in Charleston to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which extended voting rights to women; WVRHC RECEIVES FIFTH NEH GRANT TO DIGITIZE HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS So far, the WVRHC has digitized more than 400,000 pages from more than 60 historical West Virginia newspapers.

Research On The Status Of Academic Influence Of International Journal Papers Of Chinese Humanities And Social Sciences, Qing-Li Yuan

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]Studying the academic influence of humanities and social sciences interna-tional journal papers published by Chinese scholars can help us understand the development status and deficiencies of Chinese humanities and social sciences international journal papers，identify gaps with other countries in international journals of humanities and social sciences，and promote the prosperity of the humanities and social sciences.[Method/process]Based on the tools of Scopus，ESI and Scival，this article analyzes the publication、citation、subject competitiveness and prominent topics of humanities and social sciences international journal papers published by Chinese scholars.[Result/conclusion]The number of humanities and social sciences international journal papers published by Chinese scholars continues to increase，but in terms …

Research On Jiangsu Province Science And Technology Innovation Policy Based On Content Analysis Method, Xu Lu, Xiao-Yan Wang, Xiao-Jing Gui, Li-Jun Wang

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]The realization of policy goal of scientific and technological innovation must depend on the reasonable combination and effective collocation of various policy tools，so as to promote innovation-driven development.[Method/process]Based on the content analysis method，the three-dimensional analysis framework of 'functional dimension of innovation policy tools-linear mode dimension of innovation activities-hierarchical dimension of innovation policy tools'was constructed. 45 scientific and technological innovation policy texts issued by Jiangsu province from 2010 to 2019 were selected as empirical analysis objects to conduct quantitative analysis of the policy texts.[Result/conclusion]This study found that in selecting，matching and constructing science，technology and innovation policy tools in Jiangsu，there are problems such …

Analysis And Research On The Patent Status Of Local Colleges And Universities In Hunan Province, Shuang-Hong Hu

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]With the promulgation and implementation of The National Intellectual Property Strategy Compendium，great progress has been made in intellectual property in Colleges and universities.The rapid growth of patents puts forward new requirements for scientific research management. [Method/process]In this paper，we select some local representative colleges and universities in Hunan Province，PatSnap patent database and FineReport data analysis platform are used to analyze the patent status of each university in terms of application，authorization，patent type distribution，global distribution，invalid patent，transfer and transformation.[Result/conclusion]According to the analysis，there are some problems in Hunan Province at present，such as high invalidation rate，short life cycle，less global layout，low transfer conversion rate，etc.In this paper，some suggestions …

The Collaboration State And Comparative Study Of Artificial Intelligence Research Teams In Terms Of Regional Cooperation From The Regional Perspective, Yue-Fen Wang, Jia-Jun Cao, Hou-Qiang Yu, Chee Keong Kwoh

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]The paper explores the regional cooperation and their differences in artificial intelligence research teams.It is helpful to reveal the status and strategies of scientific cooperation models across regions or within regions.[Method/process]This paper was based on the publication data of the Web of Science category Computer Science，Artificial Intelligence from 2009 to 2018，and did data cleaning via programming and manual check，and extract and identify research teams from multiple dimensions.Then，this paper divides three types of cooperation models by regional.It comprehensively analyzes the three aspects of geographical distribution，internal cooperation indicators，and cooperation topics in the research teams from the perspective of comparisons.At the same time，It …

Research On Sentiment Analysis Method Integrating Emoticon Feature Of Online Public Opinion, Chun-Yan Jin, Dong-Mei Mu, Ping Wang, Qi Shao, Xin-Yu Yang

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]In order to improve the effect of sentiment analysis of online public opinion，a multi-feature fusion sentiment analysis method integrating emoticon feature is proposed.[Method/process]After preprocessing，dictionary feature，emoticon feature and vector feature are combined to study the emotional orientation of sina Weibo data of a public health emergency by using support vector machine，and the effect of different feature construction methods is compared.[Result/conclusion]Emoticon feature has a significant impact on the sentiment analysis effect of online public opinion.Taking emoticon feature as one of the feature types of sentiment analysis and incorporating it into dictionary feature and vector feature can significantly improve the sentiment analysis effect …

Construction Of An Evaluation Index System For Safety & Security Intelligence Service Capability, Bing Wang, Shi-Zhen Guo

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]An evaluation index system for Safety & Security Intelligence Service Capability（SISC） is helpful to find the weaknesses and key points of SISC to improve SISC.[Method/process]First，this paper analyzes the meaning of SISC.Second，based on the basic framework of SISC，the content of SISC construction， and the elements of SISC system，this article constructs an evaluation index system for SISC.Finally，this paper analyzes the content of SISC evaluation index system.[Result/conclusion]The SISC evaluation index system includes five first-class indexes，namely，the safety & security intelligence support capability，the safety & security intelligence collection capability，the safety & security intelligence processing capability，the safety & security intelligence transmission capability，and the safety & security …

Identification Of Influencing Factors Of Mass Events Heat On Weibo, Chun-Lin Deng, Liu Jiang, Zheng-Fan Long, Yi Jia, Shu-Yang Zhou

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]Identifying the influencing factors of the heat of Weibo group events is helpful to quickly understand，master the development of Weibo group events and make timely prevention and control treatment.[Method/process]Using Delphi method and questionnaire to construct the influence factor system of Weibo group events heat，then the correlation analysis is carried out by using DEMATEL method to identify the main influencing factors，and finally the identification results are tested by sensitivity analysis method.[Result/conclusion]The index system of influencing factors affecting the heat of Weibo group events is constructed，and combined with the data analysis diagram，the main influencing factors affecting the heat of Weibo group events …

Research On Institutional Repository Of China Based On Knowledge Map, Lin Gu

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]This paper aims to make the relevant researchers clearly understand the research status，hot topics and existing problems of institutional repository in China by combing and analyzing the research results of institutional repository in China，so as to accurately grasp the development direction of institutional repository in China and put forward more targeted solutions.[Method/process]This paper takes a variety of journal databases as data statistical sources，uses CiteSpace as a visual analysis tool，and combines with bibliometrics to comprehensively analyze the research on Institutional Repository in China from the aspects of main research force，discipline distribution，evolution path and existing problems.[Result/conclusion]The institutional repository research in China has …

A Study Of Intelligence Value And Employment Of Political Data In Big Data Environment ——The Risk Avoidance Of Customs Declaration Commodities, Hao Wang, San-Hong Deng, Li-Ping Zhu, Xin-Yun Wang, Tao Fan

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]To employ the intelligence value in political big data with Intelligence methods，we take the study of automatic classification of customs declaration commodities as an example to explore the typical applications of large-scale data accumulated over a long period of time in automatic data processing and analysis，so as to effectively reflect the value of intelligence.[Method/process]Extracting the related features of declaration commodity categories，we conduct experiments with deep learning methods. Extracting the relevant feature information of the customs declaration commodities and their categories in the accumulated government affairs data，we use the deep learning method to model and train them, and finally use the …

Analysis Of Epidemic Situation Of New Coronavirus Pneumonia From The Perspective Of Intelligence Analysis, Xin Zhou, Yuan-Yuan Luan, Hao Wang, Dongbo Wang

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]The analysis of open source intelligence based on the theme of emergencies is of great significance not only for the effective control of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic and its spread，the protection of people's health and property safety，but also for social stability，economic development，and national security.Helps improve the speed and effectiveness of decision-making in relevant departments.[Method/process]The advent of the 5G era，has led to an increasing amount of data traffic on the network.More and more intelligence will be obtained from public information on the network.By introducing a competitive hypothesis analysis method（ACH），first research and judge the source of the new coronavirus，and then analyze …

Lisa K. Traditi, Ahip, Medical Library Association President, 2020–2021, Brittany R. Heer, Ruby L. Nugent

Scholarship and Professional Work

In this profile, Lisa K. Traditi, MLS, AHIP, Medical Library Association president, 2020–2021, is described as an individual with a bright personality, rich professional experiences, and a natural ability to lead. She is a respected mentor in the medical librarianship field, especially in the realm of evidence-based medicine instruction and education. Traditi has spent the past twenty-six years at the Strauss Health Sciences Library at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

The Value Of Archives, Sarah Ellsworth Mls

Parkview Library Reports

This report was created to quantify and qualify the value of historic archives managed by the Parkview Library within the Institutional Repository (IR) and/or our internal platform Sharepoint.

Parkview Hospital has a long history and with an accumulation of documents and photographs. These historic materials (digital and physical) reside between three Parkview departments: Marketing, Media Services, and the Resource Library. The Parkview Resource Library receives two or three requests for archival materials annually. While this is obviously a small frequency, the request is coming from our largest stakeholders in the organization. Plus the process of quickly retrieving these historic materials …

Notes For The Stalled, V13n3, October 2020, University Of Northern Iowa. Rod Library.

Rod Library newsletter: Notes for the Stalled

Contents:

--Did You Know?
--Wind Cave
--Help Us Out!
--Protests and Student Activism

Fall 2020, John M. Pfau Library

Peacock – John M. Pfau Library Newsletter

In this issue...

• The Pfau Library Pivots to an Online Environment p. 1
• Welcome, Eric Milenkiewicz! p. 2
• Documenting the CSUSB COVID-19 Experience p. 2
• James Knight III Returns p. 3
• Guy Stoil Joins the Library Team p. 3
• Library Ambassador Program Continues to Grow p. 3
• Barbara Quarton to Retire this December p. 4
• Expanded Library Laptop Lending
• Program p. 5
• Faculty Workshops p. 5
• Oral History Project Update p. 6
• Library Secures VETI Award p. 6

Balancing Our Brains: Apps For Avoiding Bandwidth Overload, Geraldine R. Kalim, Rachel S. Evans

Articles, Chapters and Online Publications

Amidst the rush and worry many librarians around the world felt as we scrambled earlier this year to set up physical spaces to work from home, at the University of Georgia Law Library we were fortunate to have several task boards, project management spaces, and apps for communication already in motion. Individuals and small teams had been using various platforms for years to collaborate more effectively and track progress on longterm objectives, all while maintaining business as usual. In this article we put our recent and personal experiences to use, giving context for why and how four tools can be …

Environmental Conservation, Jennifer A. Bartlett

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Magazine, Vol. 20, No. 2, Fall 2020, Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Magazine

Grand Valley Magazine is a quarterly publication about Grand Valley State University produced by University Communications since 2001.

A Comparative Study On The Use Of Vosviewer In Chinese And English Literature, Rui-Bin Wei

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]Through comparative research on the use of VOSviewer in Chinese and English literature，it provides reference for researchers to better use the software to achieve their research purposes.[Method/process]First，search relevant documents from the Web of Science and CNKI full-text journals database，and then conduct quantitative analysis from four aspects：time，author，subject and research topic.[Result/conclusion]The number of research papers using VOSviewer is increasing；the number of researchers using VOSviewer is growing rapidly；VOSviewer can be applied in different disciplines；VOSviewer is currently mainly used in bibliometric analysis，document visualization，and review research three aspects.

Research On Enterprise Competitive Intelligence Workflow Model Based On Network Multi-Source Information, Xiao-Bin Huang, Xiao-Man Zhang

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]With the development of internet and big data，corporate competitive intelligence demands are characterized by complexity，dynamics and decentralization.Based on the characteristics of different online intelligence sources，targeted and comprehensive acquisition of intelligence is a prominent problem faced by current corporate intelligence work.[Method/process]This paper firstly analyzes the characteristics and intelligence value of six typical network competitive intelligence sources，then builds a competitive intelligence collection and analysis model which features multi-source Internet information combination，including the process of competitive intelligence demands analysis，intelligence sources selection，data collection，data processing，integrated analysis，and information output.[Result/conclusion]Obtaining targeted intelligence based on the characteristics of different intelligence sources is the key to efficient intelligence work.The …