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Research Data Governance For Research Performing Organizations In Malaysia: A Modified Delphi Approach, Norzelatun Rodhiah Hazmi

Student Works (2020-2029)

The rapid growth of research data and its influence on research practices have led to an increased recognition of the importance of research data governance (RDG) worldwide. Nevertheless, a lack of literature explicitly delineates RDG implementation, and practices undertaken by research performing organizations (RPOs). This study sought to fill the existing gap in the literature by exploring the implementation and practices of RDG by RPOs within a post-positivist research paradigm. To achieve this, two methods were employed: a content analysis of RDG/Research Data Management (RDM) policy documents through desk research, and a four-round modified Delphi method, involving systematic solicitation and …

Professional Development For Library Interns: Creation Of A Guide And Program, Rebecca Hedreen, Jessica Bernier, Alexis Haakonsen, Jennifer Mottolese, Ariss Tiu

Journal of Graduate Librarianship

Seeing a need for more structured mentorship in library professional development, an internship supervisor created a reading guide for her interns at a mid-sized public university. The librarian and the first four interns who used the guide as part of their internship describe their experiences with this new reading program. Besides enabling the discovery of interesting articles and videos, we hope that the focus on professional development will encourage internship supervisors to include explicit mentorship in professional development and encourage interns to ask for more support in developing this crucial practice.

Perfect World [Book Review], Jj Pionke

Disability in LIS (DisLIS)

A young woman discovers that her high school crush is in a wheelchair and she sets out to be his "white knight" in the name of ableist love.

Research Tools For Graduate Students: Reflections On Eight Years Of Graduate Student Workshops, Lisa Becksford Russell

Journal of Graduate Librarianship

This article will describe the author’s graduate student outreach efforts over the last eight years, including graduate student orientations, open houses, and workshops. The development of a long-running graduate student workshop series is described in detail, and the author shares lessons learned from her outreach experiences.

Helping Our Graduate Students Soar: Promoting Scholarship And Populating Our Institutional Repository, Elaine Wells

Journal of Graduate Librarianship

The author describes how a requirement that our graduate students deposit theses and dissertations into our institutional repository (SOAR) helped to build our online scholarship, educate and strengthen graduate students’ identities as scholars, and forge relationships with the library. Taking advantage of the synergy brought about by a new open access policy, a robust digital repository, and library staff committed to advancing accessible scholarly works, we developed ways to educate, encourage, and promote our newest scholars. Based upon our success thus far, we will develop workshops and tutorials that will be extended to junior faculty to advance their scholarly success.

More Than A Place For Social Capital Creation: Public Library As A Place For Immigrants’ Social Integration, Nafiz Z. Shuva

Publications and Research

Studies have shown that public libraries, one of the most trusted social institutions, play an important role in helping immigrants adjust to their host country. Although there have been quite a few international studies reporting the role that public libraries play in newcomers lives in the host country, few studies, especially in the context of the U.S., comprehensively reported local public libraries’ role in newcomers’ social integration. Previous studies on immigrants’ usage of public libraries have mainly focused on highlighting public libraries as meeting places that facilitate social capital creation for newcomers or describing the usage of public libraries among …

Looking Beyond Your Digital Repository: Metadata For Storytelling, Emily Baldoni, Maddi Loiselle, Angela Yon

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

In recent years, the traditional use of digital collections simply as proxies for the physical has shifted to a paradigm of viewing collections as data suitable for computational use and novel research methods. A metadata strategy with robust description can provide access and inspire new contextual narratives and knowledge. The presenters saw great potential for a collections as data exploration in a significant World War I archival collection to highlight lesser-known stories, including those of the Pioneer Infantry, women, and noncombatants.

This case study presentation will discuss approaches to digital collections metadata, digital storytelling, data visualization and mapping, and will …

Letter From The Editorial Board, Joshua M. Avery, Lana Wilson, Denise Nelson, Addison Lucchi

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of Undergraduate Research Topic Skill Development, Vanessa Arce, Katelyn Angell

Publications and Research

Inspired by the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy frame Research as Inquiry, Lehman College Library conducted an assessment to measure its undergraduate students’ ability to formulate research questions that are appropriately scaled, encourage critical inquiry, and can be supported by available information resources. Using a sample of first-year students enrolled in an English composition class, the assessment revealed that students performed best at locating information resources and struggled most with scaling down a topic. Lessons learned from this study can be extrapolated to outside institutions to improve information literacy learning outcomes.

Niche Publishers Leading Innovation And Transformative Agreements, David Sarsfield, Andrea Lopez, Anne E. Rauh, Graham Anderson

Librarian Publications

No abstract provided.

Bite-Size Market Research Tools: Micro Surveys And Usability Studies, Mark Aaron Polger

Publications and Research

Library marketing activities should always be informed with user data. When conducting market research, you don't need a large sample to see the "big" picture. Developing scalable micro assessments such as mini surveys, usability studies, interviews, and focus groups with only a few questions can add value to your library's marketing and outreach efforts. With quantitative research, you are expected to have a large sample. However, that is not the case when conducting market research. In this presentation, micro assessments will be shown to be more effective, easier to manage, and garners more responses than more lengthier surveys.

Feasibility Of Technical Solutions For The Detection Of Falsified Images In Research, Phill Jones, Hylke Koers

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

In this report, we discuss the findings of an investigation into the feasibility of developing a research image integrity system. The focus was primarily on immunohistochemistry blots and microscopy images, although the findings are relevant to other types of research images such as gel blots and spectroscopy, geophysical, or astronomical images, as well as to any digital data type. The investigation comprised a mix of desk research and semi-structured (anonymized) interviews with nine stakeholders representing publishers, researchers, technologists, and microscopy companies.

We found that it would be possible to implement a system to assert image integrity and that the technology …

Rules For Camouflage [Book Review], Lauren Melissa Ellzey

Disability in LIS (DisLIS)

Author Kirstin Cronn-Mills explores the experiences of neurodivergent high school students, teachers, and parents through the eyes of Evvie, a neurodivergent high school senior, as they all seek to cultivate friendships, romantic relationships, and a neurodiversity-affirming school environment against the odds of systemic oppression, stigmatizing attitudes, and everyday pressures.

A Useful Tool For Education Researchers, Janice Schuster

Library Faculty and Staff papers

ProQuest One Education is a multifaceted resource that supports teaching, learning, and research by undergraduate and graduate students and faculty in education. With its well-designed user interface, multiple access points, and excellent content, it is appropriate for both beginning and more experienced researchers. Its topic pages and areas of research provide particularly valuable gateways to its content. Its new AI-powered Research Assistant helps users connect with appropriate resources.

Veterans Day 2024 Annual Digital Poster Exhibit, Emily Puentes, Solduar A. Recio, Alfredo Ramos Jr., Shannon Pensa

Library Display Posters

UTRGV Special Collections & Archives presents an annual poster exhibit honoring the service and sacrifice of military service veterans of the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. This year's digital poster exhibit features profiles of valley veterans, including alumni, library staff, the "Border Angel", veterinarian Joseph Coulter, and the Maldonado and Tanamachi brothers, who served during WWII.

Lacuny Interlibrary Loan Roundtable, November 2024, Silvia Cho, Tokunbo Adeshina, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Bluebook Vs. Alwd, Joshua Levine

Library Staff Online Writings

During law school and afterwards, the one citation guide I relied on was The Bluebook. Its rules, explanations, and organization defined how I cited legal resources. Any limitations or gaps in The Bluebook caused me frustration and forced me to get creative, as I figured out solutions that seemed consistent with the rules.

Midwest Entrepreneurship Case Competition (Mecc) Case Prompt - Anonymized, Zoeanna A. Mayhook, Liz Grauel, Annette H. Bochenek, Ilana Stonebraker, Terence O'Neill

Libraries Faculty and Staff Supplemental Materials

This case is an anonymized version of a prompt used in the 2024 Midwest Entrepreneurship Case Competition (MECC), a undergraduate regional event organized in collaboration with multiple Midwest libraries. The prompt challenges students to conduct market validation research using SimplyAnalytics and perform keyword research and analysis.

Lanthorn, Vol. 59, No. 07, November 11, 2024, Grand Valley State University

Volume 59, August 5, 2024 – April 14, 2025

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

Three Years Of Misinformation: A Case Study Of Information Literacy Methods, Elizabeth Zak

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

Misinformation is an ever-evolving digital issue. As the internet evolves, so too does misinformation and the ways in which it is propagated. Information literacy methods, such as the CRAAP test, the RADAR framework and the SIFT method, can help information users discern between real and fake information, and prevent the spread of misinformation. Unfortunately, the speed with which misinformation evolves often makes information literacy methods obsolete when they are designed and implemented. Furthermore, when people trust misinformation, they struggle with identifying correct information. Visual misinformation presents another concern: people trust what they see, and new misinformative developments such as deepfakes …

Strategies For Executing Effective Library Programming, Giovanna Colosi, Alex Luck

Librarian Publications

This presentation, "Strategies for Executing Effective Library Programming," explores the planning, execution, and continuous improvement of graduate student-focused library initiatives, with a particular emphasis on the Graduate Research Roundtable Series at Syracuse University. The session delves into key components of program development, including assessing graduate student needs through surveys and direct consultations, designing workshops tailored to various disciplines, securing funding through institutional and external sources, and implementing effective marketing and outreach strategies. Additionally, it addresses logistical considerations such as venue selection, scheduling based on student availability, and the use of digital platforms for event registration and attendance tracking.

We also …

Relationships Matter: Unpacking Personal And Professional Grief In Archival Labor, Caroline Kinsley, Molly Stothert-Maurer

Journal of Western Archives

Archival donations are often triggered by critical transitions in donors' lives, like the end of a career, the selling of a family home, or the death of a loved one. Because donors approach archives during these transitions, archivists often find themselves in the middle of emotionally charged relationships with donors working through feelings of grief and loss. However, archivists are often unprepared and untrained for this emotionally demanding labor. A literature review reveals that while this is a common experience among archivists, there is very little guidance on how to approach this aspect of donor relations. Other fields that provide …

Media Literacy, Education, And A Global Pandemic: Lessons Learned In A Gender And Pop Culture Classroom, Jessica Lowell Mason, Ebehitale Imobhio

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

In Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom, bell hooks writes that “to engage in dialogue is one of the simplest ways we can begin as teachers, scholars, and critical thinkers to cross boundaries.” Hence, this paper explores, through narrative dialogue, teacher and student perspectives on the pedagogical impact of the global pandemic on the process of engaging with and learning about media literacy. By naming and narrating teacher and student experiences and perspectives from a course on gender and pop culture that took place during the Spring 2020 semester, the paper aims to demonstrate the …

Simplify Workflows: Ai As A Coding Companion, Tiffany Garrett

Library Scholarship

Artificial Intelligence is on everyone’s minds and has been the topic of the past two Matheson Lectures. But, what is the role of academic health sciences libraries? Moving the theoretical into practical, seven of our colleagues will present real-life case studies. What worked - what didn’t - what would they do differently?

This entry is from one of those case presentations on how a librarian at Roseman University of Health Sciences used AI to complete simple computer programming projects that optimized a few library workflows.

Preserving Student Life: Uk Libraries' Experience With "Wildcat Histories", Ruth E. Bryan, Taylor C. Leigh

Library Presentations

The University of Kentucky University Libraries University Archivist and the Modern and Classical Languages Librarian share their experiences, successes, and challenges with preserving student life and partnering with the University of Kentucky Latino Student Union through their six-year "Wildcat Histories" project. Topics include website and social media preservation and description, managing a small grant from Project STAND, and outreach to student organizations. Speaker notes are available upon request.

The Evolution And Implementation Of A Libraries Website Usability Study, Jennifer Mayer, Natasha Floersch

University Libraries Publications

This poster details our process and outcomes and provides a practical approach for those who wish to conduct a library website usability study. Although this work was specific to a regional public doctoral/professional university library and our study was focused on student users, the process could be adapted for a variety of libraries and users.

Illness Politics And Hashtag Activism [Book Review], Jj Pionke

Disability in LIS (DisLIS)

Lisa Diedrich discusses the use of social media and hashtags in disability activism. She examines both how social media can help and hinder disability advocacy efforts.

Grounded Aesthetics: Pedagogy For A Post-Truth Era, Becca Cragin

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

With the rise of cultural studies, positivism and formalism fell out of favor. But in recent years, altered versions of these methodologies have been suggested as solutions to the deficiencies of the ideological approach dominating the field. Where the ideological approach looks at the content of texts to determine their meaning, the aesthetic approach adopted by media scholars in recent years returns to the close textual readings of formalism (while abandoning its assertion that meaning resides in the text alone). Similarly, where the ideological approach tends to use textual analysis devoid of sociological empiricism, the use of “big data” in …

Power, Labor, And Hierarchies: Deconstructing Work In Speculative Fiction, Joseph Kevin Sebastian

Library Faculty Research

In discussions of literary and speculative fiction, a persistent divide emerges regarding the modes and aims of each genre. Literary fiction generally aims to reflect the human condition in familiar, “realistic” terms, exploring characters, relationships, and narratives within existing social structures. In contrast, speculative fiction is characterized by what Darko Suvin identifies as the “the strange newness” of the novum: a radically new element or phenomenon that reshapes the fictional world. This paper argues that the novum in science fiction provides a unique framework for interrogating the relationships between labor, knowledge, and power, revealing how these constructs are contingent upon …

Review: Copyright For Scholars: Osmosis Doesn’T Do The Trick Anymore, Janet Brennan Croft

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

Reviews of:

Kevin L. Smith. Owning and Using Scholarship: An IP Handbook for Teachers and Researchers. American Library Association, 2014. 240 pages. ISBN: 978-083898747-6.

Kenneth Crews. Copyright Law for Librarians and Educator: Creative Strategies and Practical Solutions, 3rd edition. American Library Association, 2012. 192 pages. ISBN: 978-0-8389-1092-4.

Rebecca P. Butler. Copyright for Academic Librarians and Professionals. American Library Association, 2014. 278 pages. ISBN: 978-0-8389-1214-0.

Russell, Carrie. Complete Copyright for K-12 Librarians and Educators. American Library Association, 2012. 172 pages. ISBN: 978-0-8389-1083-2.