Library Research & Innovative Practice Forum
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The Library Research & Innovative Practice Forum is an annual event in June featuring lightning talks, presentations, and poster sessions by UMD Libraries’ librarians and staff.
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Item Equitable from the Beginning: Incorporating Critical Perspectives into Your Research Design(2021-06-03) Coalter, Jodi; Durden, David; Dunewood, LeighA research data management (RDM) education diet is calorie-dense with technical and regulatory macronutrients, but often lacks essential micronutrients such as equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. As part of a broader effort to improve the data management diets of undergraduate Gemstone Honors research teams at the University of Maryland, College Park. The authors created a series of instructional modules on equitable data collection and research design practices. These modules enable researchers to assess the impact of their data across the research lifecycle, and widen their perspectives of data collection and analysis processes to consider implicit and transparent ethical, diversity, equity, and inclusion values at all stages of RDM.Item Teaching Critical Citation: Empowering Students and Researchers Through Citation Practice(2021-06-03) Coalter, Jodi; Wilson, SuzyTeaching robust citation practice is a core responsibility in many librarian jobs. But citation can be another tool that is used to keep traditionally marginalized populations sidelined or out of academia altogether. Thinking critically about citation practice can help researchers tear down this traditional system of oppression. Two librarians at the University of Maryland worked together to create a critical citation module that helps beginning researchers and first year students think critically about their citation practice. By illustrating the value of citation, students are encouraged to see themselves as part of the scholarly conversation and seriously consider the voices and perspectives they have chosen to elevate through their citations. This module empowers students to see themselves as agents of change using simple tips and citation tricks. In this presentation, we provide context for why critical citation is important, present the components of the module, and describe future steps.Item When Safe Is Not Enough: Creating Brave Spaces at the Libraries(2020-06-09) Akbar-Williams, Tahirah; Blake, Benjamin; Chisholm-Edwards, Nneka; Coalter, Jodi; Floyd, Joni; Frank, Cynthia; Frau-Cortes, Neil; Hemsley, Erica; Hesler, Sarah; Tchangalova, NedelinaWith the Black History Month Read-a-Thon in February 2020, the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) Committee launched its new Brave Spaces program. Based on the Brave Spaces principles laid out by Brian Arao and Kristi Clemens in their work “From Safe Spaces to Brave Spaces,”1 and as an extension of last year’s Safe Space program developed for the Libraries, Brave Spaces are designed to encourage challenging conversations around principles of “IDEA”. The Committee recognizes that tolerance is not enough, that as Library employees we need to move into affirmation and action.