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Promoting Transparency and collaboration with a new database A-Z audit and new ER acquisitions workflow
A collaborative project with electronic resources (ER) and subject librarians focused on our A-Z resource list, which needed attention as descriptions and links were outdated and/or inaccurate. This was a two-phase project. ... -
Flexible, Scalable, and Sustainable Data Literacy Instruction: Remote Learning and Collaboration for the Future
Data literacy (DL) is an important topic that is not typically covered in-depth as part of undergraduate curricula, yet is often a skillset that faculty expect new graduate students to have. In spring 2020, librarians ... -
Data Literacy on Demand: Creating a Set of Data Literacy Modules for Remote Instruction
The case study presented here, from Miami University, demonstrates one approach to designing and implementing a series of online modules covering data management skills. Through collaboration with the Miami Ecological Big ... -
Job sculpting in the midst of organizational change
“Job sculpting” – matching employees to job duties consistent with their professional interests and strengths — in librarian positions can be a helpful practice for enhancing employee satisfaction and ultimately retention. ... -
Analysis and Assessment of the 'Get it Now' Service, Five Years after Implementation - is it Fulfilling its Purpose Sustainably?
The 'Get it Now' service, from the Copyright Clearance Center, is a rapid document delivery program for journal articles which we implemented in 2014. With five years of data, our analysis addressed questions including: ... -
Growing Beyond A Loss: Reassigning Tasks, Reassessing Workflows, and Carrying on after an Employee Death or Growing Beyond A Loss: Carrying on and Reevaluating Library Procedures and Services after an Employee Death
One library recently experienced the deaths of several staff members in a short period of time. This program will share our experiences in piecing together our response to these deaths. Issues we have addressed have included: ... -
Nurturing collaboration while weeding collections: A new interdepartmental workflow
Reviewing, transferring, and withdrawing materials is normally a hands-on and collaborative interdepartmental process. Last spring, our institution decided to expedite a closure of a branch library and consolidate holdings ... -
FYRE in Special Collections: Exploring Scientific History in a First-Year Research Experience Course
A case study discussing the use of special collections in a STEM-focused first-year research experience course. -
Raw data for "Are RAFT and ATRP Universally Interchangeable Polymerization Methods in Network Formation?"
Raw experimental data for the Article "Are RAFT and ATRP Universally Interchangeable Polymerization Methods in Network Formation?" -
Raw data for "Tuning the molecular weight distributions of vinylketone-based polymers using RAFT photopolymerization and UV photodegradation"
All raw data for "Tuning the molecular weight distributions of vinylketone-based polymers using RAFT photopolymerization and UV photodegradation" -
Raw data for "Are RAFT and ATRP Universally Interchangeable Polymerization Methods in Network Formation?"
All experimental raw data for the project: "Are RAFT and ATRP Universally Interchangeable Polymerization Methods in Network Formation?" -
Raw data for "Ubiquitous Nature of Rate Retardation in Reversible Addition–Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization"
Raw Data for the article "Ubiquitous Nature of Rate Retardation in Reversible Addition–Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization" -
RDM Throughout a Rock’s Life (with humans)
Covers the data life cycle as it applies to geology, including the multiple formats of data involved, both analog (field notes books, rock specimens, and thin sections), as well as electronic formats, and the preservation ... -
Hybrid by Design: New Student Orientations and the Value of Asynchronicity
Covid changed our lives, our campuses, and how we connect with students. In-person activities were replaced with virtual ones and library events had to be reimagined digitally. With vaccinations on the rise and universities ... -
Cyber House Rules: how to host a winning virtual game night
Our institution has hosted monthly board game nights for our campus community for the last several years. However, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, we were forced to cancel our in-person events and rethink how we would ... -
Data archive for "Fluorine Labeling of ortho-Phenylenes to Facilitate Conformational Analysis"
1H NMR spectroscopy is a powerful tool for the conformational analysis of ortho-phenylene foldamers in solution. However, as o-phenylenes are integrated into ever more complex systems, we are reaching the limits of what ... -
Competent enough: getting first-year business students started
This talk will describe how two librarians collaborated with first-year cohort coordinators at the business school to develop a one-shot lesson plan that would introduce library resources and research strategies to 1,100+ ... -
Environmental Healing Through the Use of Nature and the Built Space
Integrative medicine and nature-based healing are effective ways to help those who are suffering medically to recover faster and more efficiently by utilizing the built, natural, and medical environments. Nature-based ...