Matthew Benzing http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5209 2026-04-05T16:46:51Z 2026-04-05T16:46:51Z Benzing, Matthew Benzing, Matthew http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/6341 2019-03-06T19:28:58Z

Student and Librarian Attitudes toward Academic Libraries and Information Retrieval: An Ethnographic Study. Benzing, Matthew; Benzing, Matthew A study done at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of students and librarians that incorporates ethnographic methods and utilizes HCI theory in order to examine the following questions: Where students go when they have information needs? How do they think about the library? What sort of metaphors do they seem to be using in their conceptualization of it? How do librarians differ in their views and in the ways they approach questions?

Benzing, Matthew http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/6340 2019-03-21T03:30:40Z

Data Curation Workshop: Benzing, Matthew The current state of research data is like a disorganized photo collection: a mix of formats scattered across different media without a lot of authority control. That is changing as the need to make data available to researchers across the world is becoming recognized. Researchers know that their data needs to be maintained and made accessible, but often they do not have the time or the inclination to get involved in all of the details. This provides an excellent opportunity for librarians. Data curation is the process of preparing data to be made available in a repository with the goal of making it FAIR: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. This workshop walks attendees through the steps in the process and gives them hands on experience in data curation activities.

Benzing, Matthew http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/6295 2019-03-21T03:28:49Z

Data Curation: Tips and Tools for Today Benzing, Matthew In the past year we have seen how quickly and easily scientific data can be removed from government websites and rendered inaccessible to the public. Libraries have a responsibility to step into the breach and provide safe places for data to be stored. In the case of Academic Libraries it is even more important that they not only provide archival storage for data but that they also encourage their faculty to follow good data storage practices. All too often research data is improperly documented and archived, which can lead to headaches for other researchers looking to replicate experiments or sift the data for their own needs. This workshop will describe good data storage and documentation practices, look at some of the data curation models currently in use by libraries, examine common data types that need to be archived, and give attendees practice in working with these different data types. Attendees should leave the workshop prepared to either pilot a data curation project at their own library or evaluate the needs of an existing project.

Benzing, Matt http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5885 2016-03-15T15:15:14Z

Undergraduate Publishing: The Miami Computing and Engineering Review Benzing, Matt A presentation on lessons learned from piloting an undergraduate research journal at Miami University.