Library Faculty/Staff Scholarship and Research
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Item What if you could save the data?: Endangered Data Week & how libraries can protect public data(2019-05-02) Koivisto, JosephEndangered data and information is not a new problem, but the sheer volume of data in the era of digitally-generated and -mediated data has accelerated the problem. Technology churn, political turnover, lack of preservation resources, and simple neglect have put huge amounts of federal, state and local data at risk for disappearing entirely Mr Joseph Koivisto will provide an overview of the Endangered Data Week initiative and show us what libraries can do to facilitate the preservation of public data for future generations of students, scientists, and researchers.Item Digital Stacks Maintenance: Using Computer Scripts to Provide and Ensure Access to E-Resources(2018-05-03) Bradley, BenjaminAs electronic resource collections continue to grow, librarians often struggle with maintaining these growing collections. Librarians need web-scale tools to manage e-resources in a web-scale discovery environment. This poster presents two tools I use to help manage e-resources. The first is a Ruby script originally developed by Kristina Spurgin, the E-Resource Access Checker. In the poster, I discuss how I use this tool and have developed the code further to meet my needs. The second tool is a Python script I have been developing which uses the OCLC WorldCat Search API to harvest metadata to supplement publisher provided metadata in our e-resource management tool, OCLC Collection Manager.Item Peer to peer: Using a discussion group to introduce staff and faculty to emerging technologies(2018-05-03) Koivisto, Joseph; Durden, DavidAwareness of new and emerging technologies is vital to the continuing education of library staff and faculty in settings ranging from public libraries to national research libraries. However, the complex nature of new technologies and limitations of prior tech literacy can prove to be a stumbling block for even highly motivated library workers. While the challenges of investigating new technologies may seem insurmountable, the implementation of group-oriented knowledge sharing methodologies can greatly reduce barriers to learning while also creating a constructivist setting in which library workers can learn together. At the University of Maryland Libraries, a staff- and faculty-led discussion group has taken on this challenge by administering monthly sessions where staff, faculty, and students are welcome to join conversations about new and emerging trends in technologies and libraries. By hosting staff specialists and volunteer speakers, sessions present difficult technology topics in a comfortable, open format. Furthermore, tool demonstrations allow attendees to discovery new applications and platforms that may have meaningful impacts on their day-to-day work. This poster presents a brief history of the Emerging Technologies Discussion Group, highlighting the variety of topics presented over the seven years of its existence. Additionally, this poster presents the benefits of such a low-stress, low-barrier group format. Lastly, the poster provides useful tips for those interested in starting a similar group, including topics such as important administrative considerations and suggested formats for discussion- and tool-oriented events.Item Dataset for Instructor Use of Educational Streaming Video Resources(2017-07) Horbal, AndyDataset for research project titled "Instructor Use of Educational Streaming Video Resources."Item Controlled Vocabulary Enhancement through Crowdsourcing: Project Andvari, Micropasts, and Public Quality Assurance(Society of American Archivists, 2016-07) Koivisto, Joseph; Choi, YoungokThis paper presents an experimental approach of using crowdsourcing to test controlled vocabularies for digital collections of cultural objects. For a digital humanities initiative project, Project Andvari, which is intended to create a digital portal of early medieval northern European artifacts, it was recognized that there was a need to develop a semantically structured iconographic thesaurus to describe the iconographic content of distributed artefactual collections from a variety of contributing institutions. This paper discusses a workflow of planning and development process of controlled vocabularies for the project and a testing process of the vocabularies to determine both the usability of controlled vocabularies and the feasibility of quality assurance approach. This paper demonstrates an applicability of crowdsourcing in developing controlled vocabularies.Item Flipping one-shot library instruction: using Canvas and Pecha Kucha for peer teaching(Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2016-04) Carroll, Alexander J.; Tchangalova, Nedelina; Harrington, Eileen G.OBJECTIVE This study sought to determine whether a flipped classroom that facilitated peer learning would improve undergraduate health sciences students' abilities to find, evaluate, and use appropriate evidence for research assignments. METHODS Students completed online modules in a learning management system, with librarians facilitating subsequent student-directed, in-person sessions. Mixed methods assessment was used to evaluate program outcomes. RESULTS Students learned information literacy concepts but did not consistently apply them in research assignments. Faculty interviews revealed strengthened partnerships between librarians and teaching faculty. CONCLUSION This pedagogy shows promise for implementing and evaluating a successful flipped information literacy program.Item Diversity and Inclusion at UMD Libraries Survey Results(2015) Chadley, Otis; Edwards, Jamie; Epps, Sharon; Garritano, Jeremy; Horbal, Andrew; McDonald, Celina Nichols; Sorrell, Cynthia; Tchangalova, Nedelina; Wheeler, LisaThe Diversity Advisory Committee (DAC) conducted a Diversity Climate Assessment Survey in order to assess the diversity health of the University of Maryland Libraries. The survey was initially conducted for three weeks in July-August, 2014 and re-activated, per Dean Steele’s instructions, for another week in September to get as good a view of diversity issues in the Libraries as possible. This DAC snapshot reports findings on how library faculty, staff and student workers perceive the current state of diversity and inclusion within the Libraries. It also provides information about what organizational changes, training, and programs will be most beneficial to the library staff.Item Preparing Global Citizens: Librarians Connect Students with a Learning Service Opportunity in Nicaragua(Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship, 2009) Herron, Patricia; Griner, LilyTwo librarians from the University of Maryland (UM) partnered with a faculty member in the UM’s College of Information Studies to develop and offer a study abroad course to Nicaragua. This article documents the development and implementation of this unique service-learning course.Item Creative Commons Licenses and You(2014-11-16) Horbal, AndrewDiscusses how to interpret and use Creative Commons licenses, with an emphasis on their uses in a library context.Item Video is Easy!(2014-07-30) Horbal, AndrewDiscusses the three main barriers which prevent librarians from experimenting with video: 1. Don’t have access to production equipment 2. Not able to achieve the production values students/faculty expect 3. No time And explains why none of these things is actually a problem by demonstrating a decently-wide range of sources of ready-made video and video production tools which can easily be adapted to a library instruction context.