Library Faculty/Staff Scholarship and Research
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Item Final Report,Task Force on McKeldin Library Research Commons, University of Maryland Libraries(2013-07) Corlett-Rivera, Kelsey; Dickey Davis, Barbara; Díaz, Zaida; Ippoliti, Cynthia; Otis, Lara; Patterson, Karen; Tchangalova, Nedelina; Luckert, Yelena; White, GaryHigher education institutions are undergoing a fundamental transformation in their role in our society, economic structure, and value system. The University of Maryland (UMD) Libraries find themselves in the midst of this constantly changing environment where new technologies, new pedagogies, new publishing models, and new environments evolve every day. Librarians are being challenged to undertake new roles in order to support the research activities of their user population and to foster research and teaching initiatives across the university. With these trends in mind, the Research Commons Task Force was charged to research and plan for implementing new services and creating new research spaces. To accomplish this task, the Research Commons Task Force consulted the literature and conducted an extensive environmental scan by interviewing those involved in the creation of research commons at other universities, meeting with internal partners, and surveying graduate students and faculty at the University of Maryland. The resulted Final Report is a comprehensive document, which addresses UMD research needs, assessment, staffing, spaces, and technology concerns. It intends to serve as a guide for developing and implementing this model at the UMD Libraries and provides a robust yet flexible framework for the future.Item MCKELDIN MERGED DESK REPORT(2014-03-28) Patterson, Karen; Hammett, Kevin; Edwards, Jamie; Carson, Chamisa; Luckert, Yelena; Hackman, TimothyIn December 2013, the Public Services Managers charged the McKeldin Merged Desk Subgroup to assist with the planning for a single service point on the first floor of McKeldin Library. The group was to review the operations of the Circulation, Information and TLC Tech Desks and produce a report that included the following: - Recommendations for a service model at the 1st-floor service desk. - Develop complete schedules for all suggested models, as if we were implementing them. - Do we need a separate TLC? - What is the role of librarians at the desk(s)? - What are the training needs for staff at each desk (dependent on the service model recommended above)? The appendices section contains the charge. The report was due to Yelena Luckert, and Tim Hackman by Friday, March 28, 2014. The charge was revised in January 2014 to focus the report on the new desk scheduled for 2015/2016. Initially, the members of the group were to also look at the merged desk for the first floor after a redesign/construction on the Access Services Desk. It was decided that the Access Services Desk would not have a redesign or construction.Item Looking for Genres on the World Wide Web: Content Analysis of American Author Web Sites(2009-07-11) Hackman, Timothy; Patterson, KarenThis project entails content analysis of 200 websites for authors commonly taught in university-level American literature survey courses. Using a faceted classification scheme to categorize site content, the researchers explore the extent to which consistency has developed in the scope and content of Web sites for authors in the canon of American literature. The goal is to identify both the full range of unique content on these Web sites and, within that range, the core content elements that comprise the “American Author Web Site” genre. The authors also gathered biographical details on each author, to consider the question of whether Web site content varies by an author’s gender or racial background. Ultimately, the goal is to identify a set of common and/or “best” practices for content and organization of author Web sites that will assist both undergraduate students and advanced researchers looking for author information on the Web, as well as site designers hoping to create quality resources for these users. In the choice of subject, size of the sample, and novelty of the approach, this promises to be a unique project that will interest librarians, web developers, and literature researchers alike.