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Creation Of An Open Access Textbook, Sue Ann Gardner

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

Slide presented during the PRCA Research Celebration, June 3, 2025, in the University Libraries, University of Nebraska-Lincoln titled Creation of an Open Access Textbook, about the development and publication of Concepts in Animal Parasitology, co-edited by Scott L. Gardner and Sue Ann Gardner and published by Zea Books (Lincoln, Nebraska, USA) in 2024.

The Library Is Open: Making The Case For Academic Libraries As The Planning Hub For Frederick Douglass Day, Shaina V. Anderson

Urban Library Journal

This case study showcases the value of having a library act as the central planning and event location at a public, land-grant university. Frederick Douglass Day is a hybrid day of “…collective action for Black history” (Center for Black Digital Research, n.d.) that was founded by Dr. Jim Casey, an African American Studies faculty member at Pennsylvania State University. It is a day where students and community members from higher education institutions, archival institutions, and museums from around the world log onto a transcription program and participate in transcribing historical documents. Some of the participants are assigned to be “transcribers” …

7 Million Global Downloads: Expanding The Reach & Impact Of The University Of Northern Iowa, Ellen Neuhaus

Library Documents & Reports (entire collection)

UNI ScholarWorks, UNI’s institutional repository, reached 7 million global downloads on June 2, 2025! The repository showcases the knowledge, creativity, and innovative spirit of UNI. UNI ScholarWorks demonstrates the global reach and impact of campus departments and programs. Works by UNI authors are being used to help solve global societal issues and challenges. The repository contains over 51,000 works and receives over 1.5 million downloads per year. The top downloaded work is a student article, “Factors Affecting Economic Growth in Developing Countries” in Major Themes in Economics, by Parash Upreti, which has over 88,000 downloads. The Graduate Studies page …

Arts-Based Sustainability: From New York To Malawi, Martha B. Lerski

Publications and Research

Recognizing that libraries serve multiple constituencies and subject areas, this chapter documents and advocates for development of transdisciplinary arts-based research (ABR) and culture-related projects linked to environmental challenges. Libraries contribute collections and spaces, as well as the research of library and information scientists. Libraries are currently among invisible contributors to sustainability planning and services. The chapter will link this invisibility to the value of what visual arts refer to as negative space elements in subjects ranging from traditional ecological knowledge to environmental science. Library collections, projects, and research contribute to education for sustainable development (ESD) as required to achieve the …

Why University Libraries Should Not Overlook Research Staff, Bella Ratmelia

Research Collection Library

In a commentary, the uthor noted that university libraries often overlook research staff due to the transitory nature of these roles. She emphasised that these staff are key drivers of research productivity, bringing specialised skills and adaptability to evolving methodologies. To better support them, the author urged libraries to engage research staff through initiatives like SMU’s workshops co-taught by librarians and researchers and the SMU Researcher Club, which fosters their professional and personal growth while building future collaborations across academia and industry

Financial Data Stewardship: A Librarian's Approach To Data Discovery And A Call For Coding As A Path To Data Comprehension And Verification, Lip Hwe Tee

Research Collection Library

This conference presentation calls to advocate and emphasise coding as a means to understand datasets, to be able to correctly interpret table structure and relevant fields to extract the correct data, to ensure accuracy and relevance.

Ai Assisted Literature Review Tools For Undergraduates: Restrict, Embrace Or Curate?, Aaron Tay

Research Collection Library

As AI-driven literature review tools become widespread, academic librarians must grapple with a fundamental question—should we ban these tools, selectively curate their use, or embrace them fully? This keynote explores the three competing schools of thought shaping AI’s role in undergraduate literature reviews.

The Restrict school argues that students who have not proven capable of writing quality literature review should be restricted from use of such tools. Much like handing a preschooler a calculator before they understand basic arithmetic will affect the learning of arithmetic, premature use of such tools has the potential to shortcut the research learning process. If …

From Cynicism To Trust: Strategies For Teaching Students Source Evaluation Skills, Mandi Goodsett, Melanie Gagich

Michael Schwartz Library Publications

Concerns about the spread and adoption of misinformation abound, and academic librarians have played a part in trying to stem the tide through information literacy instruction. However, teaching students how to evaluate sources can be complicated—teaching fact-checking skills may be insufficient if it increases students’ overall cynicism about information ecosystems. This study explores how teaching fact-checking and lateral reading skills, along with instruction about “bias filters,” can help to reduce the cynicism of first year writing students, while also increasing their misinformation detection skills. Results are mixed, but teaching about the information creation process and “bias filters” is especially promising. …

Fashionably Late? Delay In Issue Assignment And Aggregator Databases, Benjamin L. Hockenberry

Lavery Library Faculty/Staff Publications

Most publishers these days publish articles in an "ahead of print" state in which they can be read before being assigned to an issue. Unfortunately for users accessing through aggregator database vendors like EBSCO and ProQuest, articles don’t reach the databases until they’re in an issue. Our research found that for some publications, this delay in issue assignment could exceed a year. What can we do about it?

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Prompt Engineering In Primo Research Assistant Vs. Llms, Benjamin L. Hockenberry

Lavery Library Faculty/Staff Publications

The recently-released generative artificial intelligence integration in Ex Libris Primo VE uses a different model than users may be used to. In this session, we will explore techniques to tailor results in the Primo AI assistant, with its limitations and opportunities, and how to supplement it with broader LLMs like ChatGPT, CoPilot, Gemini, and Claude.

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letter - June 2025, The George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Library Liaison Letters

No abstract provided.

The Record, Issue 1, Bank Street College Of Education. Archives

The Record

The first quarterly newsletter from the Bank Street Archives

Uni Scholarworks Readership Snapshot, May 2025, Bepress

Library Documents & Reports (entire collection)

No abstract provided.

Oh Say Can You Oclc? Locating And Disseminating Government Information In A Post Marcive World, Michelle E. Colquitt

Publications

No abstract provided.

Technical Communication Instruction Partnership With Engineering Faculty, Ashley S. Mcguire, Michael M. Lipscomb

Libraries Professional Work

Graduate students in STEM fields are often expected to communicate – both in writing and orally – at a professional level by the time they submit their theses and dissertations. Unfortunately, many graduate students lack opportunities to learn how to do that in a STEM setting. An informal review of US programs revealed that many offer writing courses modeled on traditional composition courses, which are not necessarily directed to the needs of STEM students. Further, many of these courses provide a series of isolated learning modules with little continuity or encouragement to revise and in which technological writing assistance is …

Une Library Services Quarterly Report June 2025, Une Library Services

Quarterly Reports

Highlights of accomplishments of the University of New England's Library Services department.

Empowering Community Voices, Kyle Morgan

Cal Poly Humboldt Library

No abstract provided.

Implementing Un Sdg Auto-Tagging: A Practical Guide For Librarians, Kyle Morgan

Cal Poly Humboldt Library

No abstract provided.

Tennessee Archivist 44, No. 2, Society Of Tennessee Archivists

Tennessee Archivist newsletters

Summer 2025 issue of the Tennessee Archivist, a newsletter produced by the Society of Tennessee Archivists.

Personal Information Sharing Behavior Using Social Media: A Bibliometric Analysis From 2007-2024, Ashraf Sharif, Khalid Mahmood, Shafiq Ur Rehman

Libraries

This study explores personal information sharing behavior publication patterns and trends on social media from 2007-2024 with an aim to highlight the annual growth of personal information sharing behavior (PISB) on social media platforms, key patterns in the PISB literature in terms of frequently cited authors, countries, institutions, sources, highly cited papers, collaboration and authorship patterns, thematic evolution, keyword and key factor analysis (such as countries, sources, and keywords). We used Scopus database for data extraction, and 1020 pertinent records were chosen. The data was evaluated with Microsoft Excel, Access, Biblioshiny and VOSviewer software. The United States of America is …

The Impact Of Ai Bots And Crawlers On Open Repositories: Results Of A Coar Survey, April 2025, Kathleen Shearer, Paul Walk

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

There are a growing number of AI bots crawling repositories. These automated bots, or crawlers, navigate the internet, gathering data and indexing information for search engines, AI and large language models, and other purposes. While some bots are rather innocuous, others are sufficiently aggressive that they are increasingly causing service disruptions in repositories (and other scholarly communications infrastructures). To learn more about the current state and gain a better understanding about the impact of bots and crawlers on repositories, COAR distributed a survey to members in April 2025. The survey received 66 responses from repositories around the world (22 from …

National Alzheimer’S & Brain Awareness Month, Alice Sherwood

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia-related conditions. According to The Alzheimer’s Association, more than 7 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia, marking a significant milestone in the nation's public health.

For more information, visit the Library Blog.

How Academic Libraries Support Systematic Reviews And Evidence Syntheses, Alyssa C. Borozan, Bonnie L. Fong, Siobhan K. Mccarthy

University Libraries Scholarship and Creative Works

As more faculty and graduate students conduct systematic reviews and other evidence/knowledge syntheses, it can be helpful for academic libraries to provide services and resources to support this type of research. This study identifies trends in evidence/knowledge synthesis support services among (thirty-six) selected institutions with Carnegie classifications of R1 or R2. Data about services and resources was collected from research guides, webpages, and via communications with library employees. There are many similarities between how R1 and R2 institutions are providing support, with a higher incidence of more comprehensive services among R1 universities. Most R1 institutions in our sample provide a …

Volume 45, Number 2, June 2025 Olac Newsletter, Laura Kane Mcelfresh, Michael Herrick, Janelle Zetty, Tanesa King, Nerissa Lindsey, Diana Eynon, Lisa Romano, Amanda Mack, Michelle Cronquist, Morris Levy

OLAC Newsletters

Digitized June 2025 issue of the OLAC Newsletter.

Enhancing The Virtual Learning Center With Springshare Tools, Beryl White-Bing

Library Faculty Presentations & Publications

This presentation at the Springshare Booth at ALA shows how the Virtual Learning Center (VLC) at the University of North Florida leverages Springshare tools to streamline access, instruction, and assessment for immersive learning experiences. It shows how LibCal, LibWizard, and LibGuides enhance the VLC’s instructional impact, improve user experience, and provide valuable usage data for continuous improvement.

A History Of State Documents Classifications, Christopher Straughn

Library Faculty Publications

This paper identifies twenty-seven state documents classification schemes. To fully understand how and why so many state documents classifications were created, we need to examine the history of classification systems in the United States, as well as trends in library history and their relationships with external events. This paper divides this history into three eras: the birth of American library science, wartime, and, finally, the state documents era, with special attention paid to the events of the 1970s and beyond.

What Language Are We Speaking?: Marketing Information Literacy On University Library Websites, Aleksandar Golijanin

Communications in Information Literacy

This study investigates how Canadian university libraries communicate information literacy (IL) to non-library faculty members on faculty-facing web pages. A content analysis was conducted of websites from institutions affiliated with the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (n = 25) to identify trends in the terminology used to describe IL. The findings reveal that the term "information literacy" appears with varying frequency across website headings, subheadings and body text, while terms like “research skills” and “critical information use” may appear in its stead. University libraries may intentionally be employing these terms to enhance faculty engagement in response to the existing …

Nursing Education Research In Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review And Bibliometric Analysis, Beth Waweru, Peter Gatiti, Serah Wachira

School of Nursing & Midwifery, East Africa

Nursing education is pivotal for ensuring competent healthcare professionals, and its improvement is essential for enhancing the quality of health care systems globally. This study focuses on nursing education research in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) over the last decade, employing both bibliometric analysis and systematic review methodologies. The bibliometric analysis reveals an evolving landscape of nursing education research in SSA, offering insights into trends, key countries, journals, and predominant research themes. Notably, the study identifies a scarcity of literature using bibliometric approaches in nursing research, addressing this gap by providing a comprehensive overview of the field.The systematic review, guided by the …

Can Tanzanian Neurosurgeons Access Tanzanian Neurosurgical Literature? A Systematic Review And Survey Of Neurosurgical Publications, Sabas Romani R, Woodfield Julie, Ikwuegbuenyi Chibuikem Anthony, Cadieux Magalie, Shayo Consolata, Shabhay Zarina, Rabiel Happiness, Beverly Cheserem, Bwemelo Joel, Wright Drew N

General Surgery, East Africa

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Free and open access to research data and findings promotes equity in access to healthcare knowledge and equity in patient care and treatment. To benefit the health care of the population studied, research findings must be accessible to clinicians, academics, and policymakers serving those populations. The aim of this study was to assess the extent of published Tanzanian neurosurgical data and its accessibility to those practicing within the country.

METHODS: A systematic review of all published neurosurgical studies from Tanzania was conducted. Authorship, funding, and open-access status were recorded. Tanzanian neurosurgeons were surveyed by telephone …

Library Holiday Hours, Beatriz Varman

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

he TMC Library will be closed Friday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. Regular hours resume Saturday, July 5.