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Find and Cite Three-to-Five Sources: Applying the Sociological Imagination to Critical Information Literacy
(2018-08-12)
This poster presents the draft Sociological Information Literacy Framework, authored by the Sociology Subgroup, Instruction & Information Literacy Committee, Anthropology & Sociology Section, Association of College & ...
Submerged in Silence surrounding Sexual Violence: a three-minute video testimonial
(2018-04-05)
I am creating a three-minute video addressing the impact on survivors of public silence surrounding sexual violence. This video, a personal testimonial conveyed through ocean metaphors, will underscore the pain of recovery ...
Diffusing Organizational Change through Service Design and Iterative Assessment
(2018-12-06)
At the University of Michigan Library, dozens of librarians and staff are engaged in a series of activities to reimagine the ways our organization designs and implements our services. Between 2016 and 2017, we collaborated ...
"Life is Hard for Us": Drinking Water at the Epicenter of Cholera in Haiti
(2018-04-04)
Guillene, along with her husband and young son, returned to Meye, Haiti from the Dominican Republic shortly before the cholera epidemic began, the origin of which lay just down the road: the United Nations military base. ...
International News Resources Assessment
(2018-10-01)
The project was a needs assessment of the library's international news resources. It provided the U-M Library with a better understanding of the news landscape internationally, and how the library can best meet the needs ...
Intellectual Property and Public–Private Partner Motivations: Lessons from a Digital Library
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-09)
Cultural institutions such as libraries and museums are characteristically associated with public interests, broadly considered here as encompassing both the public good and public goods.These institutions often engage in ...
Challenges and Opportunities in Customizing Library Repository User Interfaces
(2018-03-14)
Just how good (or how bad) are the Web-based interfaces encountered by library users these days? Having invested in the creation of significant digital collections, how can libraries enhance usage of those collections? How ...
Cultivating students as educated citizens: The role of academic libraries
(Libraries Unlimited, 2018)
The silver lining of the dark cloud of fake news is that academic librarians have a whole host of examples and connections to draw upon that can wake students up to the very visceral and real impacts of information production ...