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Academic Commons Annual Report (2022-2023), Elizabeth D'Angel

Annual Reports & Administrative Documents

Contents

• Recap of the Year
• Jefferson Libraries
• Archives & Collections
• Professional Communications
• Educational Technologies & Instructional Design
• AV Equipment Services, Graphics, Photography & Video Production
• Staff Highlights

Towards Agile Academia: An Approach To Scientific Paper Writing Inspired By Software Engineering, Tyler Procko

Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses

The construction of scientific papers is performed in service of the greater scientific community. This iterative process is, in effect, an academic economy, where all members benefit from well-written papers. However, many published scientific papers are poorly written; they often lack sufficient detail to allow replication, there is improper usage of citations or a lack of regard to relevant work, reporting is vague or without linked empirical data to allow verification, figures do not correspond to text or are non-sensical, literary elements, e.g., bulleted lists, are used ineffectively, formatting renders certain sections unreadable, and grammatical errors abound. The issues of …

Writing A Research Paper From Beginning To End, Yaara Aleissa, Amani Ikram, Rebecca Klukowski, Haven G. Romero, Allicen White

The Cardinal Edge

Universities take pride in the research their school produces, as it demonstrates their dedication to advancing knowledge and pushing the boundaries of various fields, not just STEM. Research by definition is an inquiry using current sources to guide and establish new facts in any field of study. Undergraduate student research falls under this umbrella of advancement and is a critical component of the research culture at any institution. A research paper includes four important sections: the abstract, introduction, methods, and results section. Each section takes the audience through the steps implemented by the student to answer their research question and …

The Faculty Notebook, September 2023, Provost's Office

Faculty Notebook

The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest. Faculty are encouraged to submit materials for consideration for publication to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. Copies of this publication are available at the Office of the Provost.

United States Department Of Education Response To The Office Of Science And Technology Policy Memo, 2022: Public Access Plan (September 2023)

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

DoED response to OSTP memo, 2022: Public Access Plan (September 2023)

Literature Review In The Generative Ai Era: How To Make A Compelling Contribution, Shan L. Pan, Rohit Nishant, Tuure Tuunanen, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

As we write this editorial for this special issue, we are amidst the significant technological changes that are continuing to shape society. Since the emergence of ChatGPT in November 2022, humanity has become aware of the potential of generative AI (i.e., AI that can generate content) and large language models (LLMs) (i.e., AI models trained on a massive corpus of unstructured data). There is growing debate and discussion about the promise and perils of generative AI for the future of work, and academia is not immune. Premier journals in the IS domain, such as Information Systems Research, have published editorials …

Making Data Management Plans Machine Actionable: Templates And Tools, Joakim Philipson, Adil Hasan, Hanne Moa

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

Since September of 2019, a task group within the European Open Science Cloud - EOSC Nordic Project, work-package 5 (T5.3.2), has focused its attention on machine-actionable Data Management Plans (maDMPs). A delivery working-paper from the group (Hasan et al. 2021) concluded in summary that extracting useful information from traditional free-text based DMPs is problematic. While maDMPs are generally more FAIR compliant, and as such accessible to both humans and machines, more interoperable with other systems, and serving different stakeholders for processing, sharing, evaluation and reuse. Different DMP tools and templates have developed independently, to a varying degree, allowing for the …

Implementing Informatics Tools With Data Management Plans For Disease Area Research, Vivek Navale, Matthew Mcauliffe

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

Data management plans (DMPs) are essential to a research data life cycle. The DMPs should be developed as part of the research programs to be effective. For disease area research, integrating research community-recommended data standards during collection can enhance the likelihood of data reuse. Informatics tools are required as part of DMPs with the aim of data being findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable.

The United States National Institutes of Health supports various disease area research programs and has recently finalized the Data Management and Sharing Policy. The policy highlights the importance of sharing data and metadata, including information on various …

Academic Librarians And Pedagogical Approaches To Deterring Predatory Publishing, Monica Berger

Publications and Research

This chapter discusses the perspectives and experiences of an academic librarian related to the challenging phenomenon of predatory publishing. Academic librarians have extensive scholarly communications knowledge and mitigate predatory publishing when they educate authors on journal and publisher selection as well as how to recognize and avoid predatory publishers. Unintentional predatory publishing is an outcome of deficits in scholarly information literacy—inadequate knowledge and critical thinking related to scholarship. This chapter traces scholarly information literacy from undergraduates to graduate students to its main focus, faculty; it also touches on other factors that underlie unintentional predatory publishing, for example, considerations of an …

The President’S Column, Crystal Gates

The Southeastern Librarian

Column by Crystal Gates.

Academic Librarianship Reflection: Reflective Practice, Rebecca Rose

The Southeastern Librarian

Column by Rebecca Rose.

Government Documents For All, Tim Dodge

The Southeastern Librarian

Column by Tim Dodge.

Arranging Stories: Framing Social Com-Mentary In Short Story Collections By Southern Women Writers, Ashley Roach-Freiman

The Southeastern Librarian

Heather A. Fox Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2022 ISBN: 9781496840509 206 p. $25.00 (Pbk)

Southeastern Librarian 71(2) Summer 2023 (Full Issue)

The Southeastern Librarian

Complete issue of The Southeastern Librarian Volume 71 Number 2

Mediated Demand Driven Acquisitions For Most Formats Through Interlibrary Loan Requests, Victoria Koger

The Southeastern Librarian

While libraries no longer dream of having everything patrons might ever want or need, they can make an effort to get closer to those needs without going over budget. It doesn’t have to take loading additional records in the catalog or a team of librarians to find and select titles. This paper explores the process Eastern Kentucky University Libraries went through to create and develop a mediated demand driven acquisitions workflow starting with interlibrary loan requests and helped the collection become modern, diversified, and more responsive to current users and curriculum.

Ginseng Diggers: A History Of Root And Herb Gathering In Appalachia, Linh Uong

The Southeastern Librarian

Luke Manget Lexington: University Press of Kentucky , 2022 ISBN: 9780813183817 304 p. $27.95 (Hbk)

Bourbon Is My Comfort Food: The Bourbon Women Guide To Fantastic Cocktails At Home, William Brogdon

The Southeastern Librarian

Heather Wibbels Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2022 ISBN: 9780813186894 288 p. $27.95 (Hbk)

Critical Essays On William Faulkner, Sarah Grace Glover

The Southeastern Librarian

Robert W. Hambiln Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2022 ISBN: 9781496841124 338 p. $99.00 (Hbk)

Fostering Wellness In The Workplace: A Handbook For Libraries, Amanda Melcher

The Southeastern Librarian

Bobbi L. Newman Chicago: ALA Editions, 2022 ISBN:9780838937914 82 p. $49.99 (Pbk)

Rags And Bones: An Exploration Of The Band, Rebecca Rose

The Southeastern Librarian

Jeff Sellars and Kevin C. Neece, eds. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi , 2022 ISBN:9781496842978 186 p. $99.99 (Hbk)