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Evolution of the Data Librarian
(2017-10)
Data services provided by libraries have grown and changed over time. This paper will
explore the evolving services, priorities, and capacities of data librarians at one ARL library in relation to evolving demands by ...
Scaling Up: Assessing the Future of OA Monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences
(2017-06-24)
Poster presented at the American Library Association 2017 Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday 24 June. The poster presents selected results from four recent surveys of academic librarians on the subject of ...
Soulless: A Social Entrepreneurship Start-up that Needs Art to Educate People about Ecology and Combat Mass Extinctions in Ecuador
(2017)
This student team is seeking to combat ongoing deforestation and prevent species extinctions through the creation of a social impact video game. The game’s purpose is two-pronged. First, it is educational. In order to ...
Check Your Facts: Teaching Critical Thinking on News
(2017-05-18)
To address the need for students to develop news literacy skills at Washtenaw Community College (WCC), librarians created an online guide, called "News Literacy," and corresponding instruction sessions based on research, ...
Serving with Pride: Expanding Information about Nondiscriminatory Service Providers for LGBT Older Adults
(2017)
In response to the discrimination that older adults in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community face in healthcare, employment, and businesses, “Serving with Pride” created a novel resource guide for ...
Finding Your Voice in the Library Profession: Participating, Presenting, and Publishing
(2017-10-19)
Want to get more involved with the library profession but uncertain how to do so? This session, facilitated by 3 librarians, will give you a crash course on presenting, publishing, and participating professionally. We’ll ...
Fostering Organizational Change through Service and Space Design Strategy
(2017-12-12)
In Spring 2017, the University of Michigan Library completed an engagement with brightspot strategy, consultants who worked with our academic user community and staff to design a service framework and space strategy to ...
BLUElab India Low-Smoke Stove Mass Implementation Project
(2017)
BLUElab’s purpose is to co-design sustainable technology in Gujarat, India to improve quality of life. We work with our partner community in Dolatpura to understand problems community members face daily. Our team brings ...
A Hop, Skip, and Jump Away: Bringing New Technologies to Your Library
(2017-09-29)
Placing technology bets can be frightening: which up-and-coming tools or technologies will make a difference to my patrons and my community? Thinking about technology as a series of hops, rather than a single leap. Critical ...