The goal of this workshop is to talk about metadata in an organizational website. Participants will distinguish between effective categories and tags and go through three different exercises to help define a common taxonomy.
This presentation was provided by Rebecca Springer of Ithaka S+R, during part one of the NISO two-part webinar "Labor and Capacity for Research Data Management," which was held on March 11, 2020.
UPScope is a planning grant from the Mellon Foundation to the AAUP to develop a natural language search platform for books published by AAUP member presses. The platform will create networks between texts through semantic search that can discover connections across disciplines. It aims to improve discovery, visibility, and usage of humanities monographs. Advisory councils and working groups were formed to provide guidance on technical development, business models, and outreach. Next steps include submitting a proof of concept proposal to test ingesting press content, building the discovery tool, and validating usage by scholars.
This document discusses changing library operations at the network level through cooperation and resource sharing. It provides examples from the Orbis Cascade Alliance, a consortium of 37 academic libraries in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Specifically, it outlines how the Alliance facilitates shared access to 9 million book titles through cooperative collection development, interlibrary loan, and a unified catalog. It also discusses the Alliance's negotiations for shared access to e-books and management of technical services. Finally, it describes the Alliance's organizational structure of small teams and working groups to coordinate operations across member institutions.
The NISO began exploring issues around vocabulary development and maintenance in 2013. In 2014, they proposed three projects around vocabulary use and reuse, documentation, and preservation. These projects examine policies, social considerations, and guidance needed to support stable vocabularies. The groups aim to limit "orphan vocabularies" and provide recommendations for responsible long-term governance, documentation, and adoption of at-risk vocabularies. Educational webinars were held in 2015, and a draft of best practice recommendations is planned for fall 2016 to support interoperability and understanding of vocabulary management issues.
These slides are from October Irvins as part of "The Charlotte Initiative on eBook Principles: Making eBooks Work for Libraries and Publishers" at AAUP 2016 in Philadelphia, PA.
Lecture presented by Fernan R. Dizon at PAARL's Summer Conference on the theme "Library Analytics: Data-driven Library Management", held at Pearl Hotel, Manila on 20-22 April 2016
Presented at the U.S. Department of Education's #GoOpen Exchange, Skywalker Ranch, Feb. 26, 2016. The U.S. Department of Education announced the launch of 13 statewide #GoOpen initiatives committed to supporting school districts and educators as they transition to the use of high-quality, openly-licensed educational resources in their schools. The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), has made a commitment to the #GoOpen campaign to ensure schools have access to open educational resources (OER).
This presentation was provided by Rebecca Springer of Ithaka S+R, during part one of the NISO two-part webinar "Labor and Capacity for Research Data Management," which was held on March 11, 2020.
UPScope is a planning grant from the Mellon Foundation to the AAUP to develop a natural language search platform for books published by AAUP member presses. The platform will create networks between texts through semantic search that can discover connections across disciplines. It aims to improve discovery, visibility, and usage of humanities monographs. Advisory councils and working groups were formed to provide guidance on technical development, business models, and outreach. Next steps include submitting a proof of concept proposal to test ingesting press content, building the discovery tool, and validating usage by scholars.
This document discusses changing library operations at the network level through cooperation and resource sharing. It provides examples from the Orbis Cascade Alliance, a consortium of 37 academic libraries in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Specifically, it outlines how the Alliance facilitates shared access to 9 million book titles through cooperative collection development, interlibrary loan, and a unified catalog. It also discusses the Alliance's negotiations for shared access to e-books and management of technical services. Finally, it describes the Alliance's organizational structure of small teams and working groups to coordinate operations across member institutions.
The NISO began exploring issues around vocabulary development and maintenance in 2013. In 2014, they proposed three projects around vocabulary use and reuse, documentation, and preservation. These projects examine policies, social considerations, and guidance needed to support stable vocabularies. The groups aim to limit "orphan vocabularies" and provide recommendations for responsible long-term governance, documentation, and adoption of at-risk vocabularies. Educational webinars were held in 2015, and a draft of best practice recommendations is planned for fall 2016 to support interoperability and understanding of vocabulary management issues.
These slides are from October Irvins as part of "The Charlotte Initiative on eBook Principles: Making eBooks Work for Libraries and Publishers" at AAUP 2016 in Philadelphia, PA.
Lecture presented by Fernan R. Dizon at PAARL's Summer Conference on the theme "Library Analytics: Data-driven Library Management", held at Pearl Hotel, Manila on 20-22 April 2016
Presented at the U.S. Department of Education's #GoOpen Exchange, Skywalker Ranch, Feb. 26, 2016. The U.S. Department of Education announced the launch of 13 statewide #GoOpen initiatives committed to supporting school districts and educators as they transition to the use of high-quality, openly-licensed educational resources in their schools. The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), has made a commitment to the #GoOpen campaign to ensure schools have access to open educational resources (OER).
Evolving Scholarly Record - implications for rank and reputation assessmentConstance Malpas
This document summarizes discussions from an OCLC Research Library Partner meeting about the evolving scholarly record. Key points discussed include:
- How changes in scholarly practice like evolving manuscripts and metrics like reputation and ranking will affect library services and operations. Libraries may need to reconsider which services they provide internally versus externally.
- The roles of libraries, publishers, and research administrators are shifting as boundaries around the scholarly record change. Metadata practices will need to focus on identifiers and relationships.
- Libraries should consider ways to better support researcher workflows through profiling services, guidance on tools, and selective integration of modules. They should also develop best practices for identifier assignment and prioritize metadata interoperability.
- Future directions include quantifying
This document summarizes the key challenges in understanding researchers' behaviors and needs regarding information for their work. It discusses how the volume of research is increasing yet costs are rising, placing more importance on cost-effectiveness. It also examines researchers' information gathering process, the types of content and services they require, and who provides these resources, with questions around sustainability. Skills development is another area explored in terms of user needs and who provides training. In conclusion, more understanding is still needed around digital information use while balancing constraints on funding with growing research volumes.
Opportunities and challenges for academic library servicesKhalid Mahmood
The document discusses opportunities and challenges for academic library services. It notes changes in the academic landscape including shifting from collections to services and new definitions of reading. Opportunities for libraries include growth in higher education, innovations in technology, and expanded roles. Challenges include competition, lack of funding and support, limited awareness of services, problems adopting technology, and assessing quality of information. It provides examples of new library services like document delivery, research support, and institutional repositories.
Next Practices for OER Quality Evaluation | Lisa Petrideslpetrides
Keynote at the Learning Analytics and Knowledge conference (LAK 2013), Leuven, Belgium - for the Learning Object Analytics for Collections, Repositories & Federations workshop, by Lisa Petrides, entitled "Next Practices for OER Quality Evaluation: Using Analytics to Support Continuous Improvement"
RDAP14: DataONE: Data Observation Network for EarthASIS&T
Research Data Access and Preservation Summit, 2014
San Diego, CA
March 26-28, 2014
Amber E. Budden, Director for Community Engagement and Outreach, DataONE, University of New Mexico
This document discusses the use of statistics and metrics to evaluate the nanotechnology journal collection at the HKUST Library. It examines usage statistics from COUNTER reports and impact factors from the Journal Citation Reports to analyze usage of e-journals. It finds that journals with higher impact factors tended to have more usage, while about a third of e-journals were never used. The document advocates using metrics for objective and frequent evaluation of collections to better meet user needs.
Shared E-books from Coast to Coast: Consortial Programs in Florida and the Pa...Charleston Conference
This document summarizes a panel discussion on shared e-book programs in Florida and the Pacific Northwest. It describes how the State University System of Florida libraries collaborated to set up a shared e-book purchasing program using demand-driven acquisition. Key aspects included seed funding, vendor selection, setting up a shared profile for titles of interest to undergraduates, negotiations with publishers, and lessons learned. The panelists discussed the complexities of building collections across multiple institutions while controlling costs and minimizing duplication.
To make the most of your library’s acquisitions budget, you need precise data that reveals your library's subject-matter strengths, gaps, and overlaps. OCLC’s WorldCat Collection Analysis is a Web-based service that provides analysis and comparison of library collections based on holdings information contained in the WorldCat database. Attend this session to learn how you can: evaluate your library’s collections thru peer comparisons, use the new Circulation Analysis to see how your collection is being used, use the ILL analysis tools to evaluate your borrowing and lending activities, and produce detailed reports with spreadsheets and graphs.
Presented by Christa Burns at the Sirsi Midwest Users' Group Annual Pre-Conference - July 24, 2008.
Lecture presented by Vivian Praxedes D. Sy at PAARL's Summer Conference on the theme "Library Analytics: Data-driven Library Management", held at Pearl Hotel, Manila on 20-22 April 2016
This document summarizes a presentation by Nettie Lagace from NISO about the NISO Access and License Indicators working group. The working group aims to 1) specify a format for bibliographic metadata describing readership rights of scholarly works, 2) recommend mechanisms for publishing and distributing this metadata, 3) report on including downstream reuse rights, and 4) develop use cases for the outputs. The working group has developed <free_to_read> and <license_ref> tags to indicate access rights and point to license terms in a machine-readable way. Successful implementation could help address confusion about rights by transmitting open access information to enable discovery and tracking of scholarly works.
Libraries Leading the Way on the 'Textbook Problem'Greg Raschke
Libraries are taking a leading role in addressing the high cost of textbooks by developing expertise in alternative textbook models. They are advocating for affordable options, educating faculty on alternatives, and directly supporting the creation and hosting of open educational resources. Some libraries purchase one copy of each required textbook and partner with bookstores. However, they are now putting more effort into transforming the textbook market by licensing and hosting open textbooks online, providing print-on-demand options, and working with companies developing new affordable textbook models.
Working Together evolving library value: initial findingsSAGE Publishing
‘Working together: evolving value for academic libraries’ is a six-month research project investigating the value of academic libraries for teaching and research staff. SAGE commissioned LISU to undertake the research in December 2011. Now halfway through the project, two UK case studies are complete, and those in US and Scandinavia are underway.
Some initial results have been compiled into a short presentation to coincide with the UKSG conference.
Changing Tack: A Future-Focused ACRL Research AgendaLynn Connaway
Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, William Harvey, Vanessa Kitzie, and Stephanie Mikitish. 2017. “Changing Tack: A Future-Focused ACRL Research Agenda.” Presented at the ACRL 2017 Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, March 23.
This document presents an international accord on open data signed by ICSU, IAP, ISSC, and TWAS. It outlines the opportunities of open data in today's data-rich world. It defines open data principles and responsibilities for various stakeholders, including scientists, research institutions, publishers, funding agencies, and professional organizations. It emphasizes making data discoverable, accessible, intelligible, assessable, and usable. Overall it promotes open data as the default approach while allowing exceptions on a case-by-case basis for privacy, safety, security, and commercial interests.
This document provides information on how to effectively conduct research for academic projects. It discusses developing search strategies, evaluating information sources, and referencing styles. The document recommends students search databases and use library subject guides to find quality, up-to-date sources on their topic. Students are also encouraged to consider keywords, alternative terms, and related subjects to improve their searches. Contacting a librarian is suggested for any additional research help.
This document discusses taxonomies, folksonomies, and metadata services at MIT Libraries. It provides examples of controlled vocabularies and taxonomies developed for clients. It also discusses the differences between taxonomies and ontologies, and some Semantic Web projects using ontologies. Additionally, it outlines MIT Libraries' efforts to incorporate user tagging and folksonomies through tools like The Virtual Browsery and Facebook apps. Finally, it discusses lessons learned about using taxonomies and folksonomies to improve findability of information resources.
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Discovery Tools in the Information Literacy ...Shaundra Walker
A presentation on the impact of the Summon Discovery tool on information literacy and reference services at Hunt Memorial Library at Fort Valley State University.
Library management and User Trends for SAGE Editors Jason Price, PhD
This document discusses trends in journal management and user behavior from a librarian's perspective. It covers how libraries are increasing availability of journals through bundled publisher packages and going electronic-only. It also examines how libraries are evaluating journal usage through downloads and citations to assess value. Regarding user behavior, the document notes users are finding abstracts through Google and moving beyond basic keyword searching to tools for related articles, citations, and current awareness. It suggests users may be reading more, linking more, and citing more content now that it is more accessible online.
Redesigning the University Website: Participatory Design Case StudyStefanie Panke
The document describes a case study of redesigning a university website using participatory design with faculty. Over a series of workshops from August 2013 to June 2014, faculty were engaged as co-designers to address problems with the current website like poor search and navigation. Workshops covered topics like identifying audiences, organizing content, developing a taxonomy of categories, and designing an information architecture and sitemap. Through activities like creating personas, building with content blocks, and mapping a museum, faculty provided input that resulted in a detailed conceptual design for the new website with broad support.
FLVC Region III Presentation April 2014Rachel Owens
This document outlines the goals and components of a pilot information literacy program for SLS 1101 courses at Daytona State College. The program aims to help students distinguish between library, academic support, and writing center services, and emphasize how to navigate the library website and resources. It will be piloted in 3 SLS 1101 courses in Spring 2014 and involve team teaching by librarians over 4 segments. The document also provides context about changes to English course sequences and information about DSC library services and resources.
Evolving Scholarly Record - implications for rank and reputation assessmentConstance Malpas
This document summarizes discussions from an OCLC Research Library Partner meeting about the evolving scholarly record. Key points discussed include:
- How changes in scholarly practice like evolving manuscripts and metrics like reputation and ranking will affect library services and operations. Libraries may need to reconsider which services they provide internally versus externally.
- The roles of libraries, publishers, and research administrators are shifting as boundaries around the scholarly record change. Metadata practices will need to focus on identifiers and relationships.
- Libraries should consider ways to better support researcher workflows through profiling services, guidance on tools, and selective integration of modules. They should also develop best practices for identifier assignment and prioritize metadata interoperability.
- Future directions include quantifying
This document summarizes the key challenges in understanding researchers' behaviors and needs regarding information for their work. It discusses how the volume of research is increasing yet costs are rising, placing more importance on cost-effectiveness. It also examines researchers' information gathering process, the types of content and services they require, and who provides these resources, with questions around sustainability. Skills development is another area explored in terms of user needs and who provides training. In conclusion, more understanding is still needed around digital information use while balancing constraints on funding with growing research volumes.
Opportunities and challenges for academic library servicesKhalid Mahmood
The document discusses opportunities and challenges for academic library services. It notes changes in the academic landscape including shifting from collections to services and new definitions of reading. Opportunities for libraries include growth in higher education, innovations in technology, and expanded roles. Challenges include competition, lack of funding and support, limited awareness of services, problems adopting technology, and assessing quality of information. It provides examples of new library services like document delivery, research support, and institutional repositories.
Next Practices for OER Quality Evaluation | Lisa Petrideslpetrides
Keynote at the Learning Analytics and Knowledge conference (LAK 2013), Leuven, Belgium - for the Learning Object Analytics for Collections, Repositories & Federations workshop, by Lisa Petrides, entitled "Next Practices for OER Quality Evaluation: Using Analytics to Support Continuous Improvement"
RDAP14: DataONE: Data Observation Network for EarthASIS&T
Research Data Access and Preservation Summit, 2014
San Diego, CA
March 26-28, 2014
Amber E. Budden, Director for Community Engagement and Outreach, DataONE, University of New Mexico
This document discusses the use of statistics and metrics to evaluate the nanotechnology journal collection at the HKUST Library. It examines usage statistics from COUNTER reports and impact factors from the Journal Citation Reports to analyze usage of e-journals. It finds that journals with higher impact factors tended to have more usage, while about a third of e-journals were never used. The document advocates using metrics for objective and frequent evaluation of collections to better meet user needs.
Shared E-books from Coast to Coast: Consortial Programs in Florida and the Pa...Charleston Conference
This document summarizes a panel discussion on shared e-book programs in Florida and the Pacific Northwest. It describes how the State University System of Florida libraries collaborated to set up a shared e-book purchasing program using demand-driven acquisition. Key aspects included seed funding, vendor selection, setting up a shared profile for titles of interest to undergraduates, negotiations with publishers, and lessons learned. The panelists discussed the complexities of building collections across multiple institutions while controlling costs and minimizing duplication.
To make the most of your library’s acquisitions budget, you need precise data that reveals your library's subject-matter strengths, gaps, and overlaps. OCLC’s WorldCat Collection Analysis is a Web-based service that provides analysis and comparison of library collections based on holdings information contained in the WorldCat database. Attend this session to learn how you can: evaluate your library’s collections thru peer comparisons, use the new Circulation Analysis to see how your collection is being used, use the ILL analysis tools to evaluate your borrowing and lending activities, and produce detailed reports with spreadsheets and graphs.
Presented by Christa Burns at the Sirsi Midwest Users' Group Annual Pre-Conference - July 24, 2008.
Lecture presented by Vivian Praxedes D. Sy at PAARL's Summer Conference on the theme "Library Analytics: Data-driven Library Management", held at Pearl Hotel, Manila on 20-22 April 2016
This document summarizes a presentation by Nettie Lagace from NISO about the NISO Access and License Indicators working group. The working group aims to 1) specify a format for bibliographic metadata describing readership rights of scholarly works, 2) recommend mechanisms for publishing and distributing this metadata, 3) report on including downstream reuse rights, and 4) develop use cases for the outputs. The working group has developed <free_to_read> and <license_ref> tags to indicate access rights and point to license terms in a machine-readable way. Successful implementation could help address confusion about rights by transmitting open access information to enable discovery and tracking of scholarly works.
Libraries Leading the Way on the 'Textbook Problem'Greg Raschke
Libraries are taking a leading role in addressing the high cost of textbooks by developing expertise in alternative textbook models. They are advocating for affordable options, educating faculty on alternatives, and directly supporting the creation and hosting of open educational resources. Some libraries purchase one copy of each required textbook and partner with bookstores. However, they are now putting more effort into transforming the textbook market by licensing and hosting open textbooks online, providing print-on-demand options, and working with companies developing new affordable textbook models.
Working Together evolving library value: initial findingsSAGE Publishing
‘Working together: evolving value for academic libraries’ is a six-month research project investigating the value of academic libraries for teaching and research staff. SAGE commissioned LISU to undertake the research in December 2011. Now halfway through the project, two UK case studies are complete, and those in US and Scandinavia are underway.
Some initial results have been compiled into a short presentation to coincide with the UKSG conference.
Changing Tack: A Future-Focused ACRL Research AgendaLynn Connaway
Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, William Harvey, Vanessa Kitzie, and Stephanie Mikitish. 2017. “Changing Tack: A Future-Focused ACRL Research Agenda.” Presented at the ACRL 2017 Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, March 23.
This document presents an international accord on open data signed by ICSU, IAP, ISSC, and TWAS. It outlines the opportunities of open data in today's data-rich world. It defines open data principles and responsibilities for various stakeholders, including scientists, research institutions, publishers, funding agencies, and professional organizations. It emphasizes making data discoverable, accessible, intelligible, assessable, and usable. Overall it promotes open data as the default approach while allowing exceptions on a case-by-case basis for privacy, safety, security, and commercial interests.
This document provides information on how to effectively conduct research for academic projects. It discusses developing search strategies, evaluating information sources, and referencing styles. The document recommends students search databases and use library subject guides to find quality, up-to-date sources on their topic. Students are also encouraged to consider keywords, alternative terms, and related subjects to improve their searches. Contacting a librarian is suggested for any additional research help.
This document discusses taxonomies, folksonomies, and metadata services at MIT Libraries. It provides examples of controlled vocabularies and taxonomies developed for clients. It also discusses the differences between taxonomies and ontologies, and some Semantic Web projects using ontologies. Additionally, it outlines MIT Libraries' efforts to incorporate user tagging and folksonomies through tools like The Virtual Browsery and Facebook apps. Finally, it discusses lessons learned about using taxonomies and folksonomies to improve findability of information resources.
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Discovery Tools in the Information Literacy ...Shaundra Walker
A presentation on the impact of the Summon Discovery tool on information literacy and reference services at Hunt Memorial Library at Fort Valley State University.
Library management and User Trends for SAGE Editors Jason Price, PhD
This document discusses trends in journal management and user behavior from a librarian's perspective. It covers how libraries are increasing availability of journals through bundled publisher packages and going electronic-only. It also examines how libraries are evaluating journal usage through downloads and citations to assess value. Regarding user behavior, the document notes users are finding abstracts through Google and moving beyond basic keyword searching to tools for related articles, citations, and current awareness. It suggests users may be reading more, linking more, and citing more content now that it is more accessible online.
Redesigning the University Website: Participatory Design Case StudyStefanie Panke
The document describes a case study of redesigning a university website using participatory design with faculty. Over a series of workshops from August 2013 to June 2014, faculty were engaged as co-designers to address problems with the current website like poor search and navigation. Workshops covered topics like identifying audiences, organizing content, developing a taxonomy of categories, and designing an information architecture and sitemap. Through activities like creating personas, building with content blocks, and mapping a museum, faculty provided input that resulted in a detailed conceptual design for the new website with broad support.
FLVC Region III Presentation April 2014Rachel Owens
This document outlines the goals and components of a pilot information literacy program for SLS 1101 courses at Daytona State College. The program aims to help students distinguish between library, academic support, and writing center services, and emphasize how to navigate the library website and resources. It will be piloted in 3 SLS 1101 courses in Spring 2014 and involve team teaching by librarians over 4 segments. The document also provides context about changes to English course sequences and information about DSC library services and resources.
This document discusses trends in reference services in academic libraries. It notes that reference is moving from traditional service desks to a more distributed model with embedded librarians, virtual services, and tiered staffing. Key aspects of this model include merging service points, placing librarians in areas where users work as liaisons, and offering various virtual methods like chat and text in addition to in-person help. The goal is to meet users' needs through flexible and accessible reference services.
This document provides guidance and best practices for academic libraries to successfully promote and adopt the Talis Insight reading list management system on their campus. It outlines the key elements for success, including understanding the product, effective communication and promotion strategies, library and academic rollouts, and developing support materials. Potential benefits of Talis are presented for students, academics and the university. Suggestions are given for developing a consistent demonstration of Talis' features, different types of training sessions, and next steps for implementation. The goal is to maximize adoption and realize the benefits of Talis across the university community.
This document provides an overview and syllabus for LIB 103 Library Skills course at Mercer County Community College. The course aims to teach students information literacy skills through weekly readings, assignments, exercises and a final project. Grading is based on assignments, class participation and a final pathfinder project. The syllabus outlines 5 weekly classes that cover different types of library resources and how to search them effectively.
The document discusses web scale discovery tools and their relationship to information literacy. It provides context on the social, economic, technological, and political factors driving adoption of these tools. It then examines perceptions of libraries and describes various commercial and open source discovery services. Desired features of discovery services and early experiences with them are outlined. However, the document notes tensions between a resource-based view of libraries versus an information literacy view. It poses four questions for debate around how well discovery tools support student development of information literacy skills and the need to augment these tools to better deliver on libraries' information literacy mission.
The document discusses web scale discovery tools and their relationship to information literacy. It provides context on the social, economic, technological, and political factors driving adoption of these tools. It then examines perceptions of libraries and describes various commercial and open source discovery services. Desired features of discovery services are outlined. Early reports suggest discovery tools have increased usage of licensed resources but students struggle to interpret results. This raises implications for information literacy support. Challenges around balancing convenience with developing research skills are debated. The document concludes by posing four questions around how discovery tools can support information literacy goals.
Presented at the OCLC Research Library Partnership meeting by Senior Program Officer, Karen Smith-Yoshimura and hosted by the University of Sydney in Sydney, NSW Australia, 17 February 2017. This meeting provided an opportunity for Research Library Partners to touch base with each other on issues of common concern and explore possible areas of future engagement with the OCLC Research Library Partnership and OCLC Research.
This document discusses how Zotero can be used for embedded librarianship and instructional assessment. Zotero allows librarians to have longer-term contact with students through embedding in courses. It also provides low-cost ways to assess what students are learning from instruction sessions by analyzing their use of sources over time. The document presents a case study where a librarian used a shared Zotero group library and tools within Zotero like the timeline to evaluate how well students were able to select a wide range of appropriate sources and understand the iterative nature of research. Student feedback indicated that collaboration and communication through Zotero was helpful but that privacy options also need to be clear.
This presentation delivers a detailed understanding of taxonomy definitions, taxonomy value (ROI), and taxonomy design methodologies and approaches. It was originally delivered by Zach Wahl and Tatiana Cakici of Enterprise Knowledge at Taxonomy Boot Camp 2019 in Washington, DC.
This document discusses taxonomies, metadata, and how they work together. It defines taxonomy as a hierarchical classification system and metadata as data that describes other data. Taxonomies facilitate organization, discovery, and retrieval of resources, while metadata supports identification and management. Both taxonomies and metadata can evolve over time through standards development and user contributions. When used together, taxonomies provide a classification structure and metadata describes resources within that structure.
Creating Effective Research Assignments: Bridging the Gap Between Students ...Anthony Holderied
This document discusses creating effective research assignments that bridge the gap between students and information. It provides tips for instructors such as having a clear purpose for assignments, preparing students, avoiding common pitfalls, and using library resources and orientations. Effective assignments have a specific purpose, relate to course objectives, increase subject understanding, teach source evaluation, and reinforce ethical scholarship. The document also provides examples of different types of research assignments and emphasizes assigning projects that get students to critically evaluate sources and ask for research help.
This document summarizes discovery service adoption rates among major library vendors. It reports that EBSCO has the largest number of subscribers to its discovery service (EDS) at 5,612 libraries. OCLC reports 1,717 libraries using WorldCat Local, and Ex Libris has licensed Primo to 1,407 libraries. The document also provides subscriber numbers for ProQuest Summon. It examines themes from user research on discovery services and outlines features and capabilities of EBSCO's EDS product.
This document discusses web scale discovery services and information literacy. It begins by providing context about the social, economic, technological, and political factors driving changes in libraries. It then describes perceptions of libraries and information literacy skills students need. Next, it outlines features of next generation discovery services and their potential pros and cons. Specifically, it notes discovery services make access easier but may diminish search skills. The document concludes by questioning if discovery services compete with or support information literacy goals of teaching students to find, evaluate, and use information effectively.
Information Literacy Champions Transform Lives FLA 3_3_2016 Version 3Mary Howrey
This document provides an overview of a presentation given at the Florida Library Association Annual Conference titled "A 'Lightning Round Session' & 'Pep Talk'". The presentation was given by Dr. Mary Howrey and Dr. Sarah Nielsen from DeVry University and focused on information literacy. It describes the development of a six-week online course taught to faculty and librarians using ACRL's Framework for Information Literacy. The course covered the six threshold concepts through weekly modules and assignments. It provided examples of assignments and discussions that aligned with each framework concept. The goal was to develop "Information Literacy Champions" to promote information literacy skills.
Beyond the Basics: Differentiation Strategies for Online Information Literacy...bwest2
This document discusses strategies for differentiating online information literacy instruction. It begins by explaining differentiation in terms of content, process, and product based on Bloom's taxonomy and learning styles. It then describes the author's experience teaching an online library course and how they differentiated instruction over time. Specifically, they began by providing one tutorial but now offer multiple options for content delivery, independent research processes, and alternative assignment products. The document advocates providing choice, tiered activities, and opportunities for individual and group work to differentiate instruction and better address student needs and learning preferences.
Zotero's group library feature offers an opportunity for librarians to efficiently embed in class research projects while providing appealing visual tools for fast assessment.
The document discusses the next generation of integrated library systems moving towards modularity and outward integration. Key points are:
1) Future integrated library systems will be more modular, allowing components to be combined more flexibly like Lego blocks. This will enable linking between different systems rather than building monolithic systems.
2) Integration should focus outwardly, making library collections visible on the open web where users search. This allows pulling users from search engines into library resources.
3) A longer term vision sees a more coherent global system for discovery and delivery of information across open, loosely connected systems. Libraries play a role alongside other providers and search engines.
The document describes a 50-75 minute library instruction session for students taking a COM 101 course. The session teaches students how to evaluate information sources, particularly websites and academic journals, for their assignment on body image. Students work in groups to evaluate websites on the topic and then search an academic database for peer-reviewed articles. The goal is for students to learn how to critically assess information sources and identify reliable sources for their research.
Literature searching is an essential skill for anyone wanting to pursue a career in online journalism, digital marketing, business research, education and is infact needed by all fact-finding and evidence based roles and assignments.
Similar to What's in a Label? Leveraging Categories and Tags for Orientation and Retrieval (20)
This document summarizes a teacher education workshop that used design thinking and play-based learning approaches. Over the course of 4 days and 22 hours, 30 participants engaged in activities like:
- Writing love letters or breakup notes to their university or profession.
- Rapidly prototyping solutions to teaching challenges using LEGO bricks.
- Discussing the benefits of unstructured play and makerspaces for learning.
Participants provided positive feedback, noting the value of creative expression and equal participation. The workshop models were aimed at developing innovative pedagogies for vocational education.
The document summarizes an open textbook project conducted with 22 graduate students in education at the Asian University for Women (AUW) during the fall 2022 semester. The students, predominantly from Afghanistan, collaborated in groups to write chapters for the open textbook on various education topics using open pedagogy and open educational practices. They utilized various technologies for research, writing, peer review, and publishing their work, including Pressbooks for the e-book, Zotero for literature reviews, Hypothesis for peer review, Anchor.FM for podcasts, and Genially for infographics. The project provided opportunities for students to develop skills in collaboration, writing, research, and using educational technologies, though they also faced challenges with workload distribution
The document provides an overview of a class on web science taught by Dr. Stefanie Panke. It includes sections on the goals and structure of the course, definitions of web science, examples of potential research topics, and discussions of emerging trends like NFTs, e-sports, micro-credentials, the internet of things, and artificial intelligence. The class will involve student presentations, hands-on skills practice, and a final paper.
Futurism- Introduction to Web Science Session 5Stefanie Panke
This document discusses upcoming AI tools for 2023 and beyond. It introduces an AI assistant called Jaqnji and recommends exploring the website Perplexity for more information on AI. Several powerful AI tools are then listed, including chatbots, career assistants, plagiarism detectors, image generators, video editors, and note-taking software.
Web Science Session 3: Research & Writing TippsStefanie Panke
The document provides guidance on writing strong research objectives, structure, literature review, and content for a web science research chapter. It recommends beginning with specific and measurable learning objectives. Next, it suggests creating a concept map or mindmap to outline the chapter structure and link concepts. Steps for conducting literature research through databases and organizing sources are presented. The document then covers paraphrasing, summarizing sources, and using writing tools. Finally, it provides ideas for brainstorming content and techniques for web science research, such as conducting expert interviews or using digital ethnography.
In this session, we talk about the mobile and social web, and how it shapes economy, individual behavior and well-being, political events, and society as a whole.
This document outlines the agenda and activities for a class on creating book chapters. It includes:
- An agenda with timing for guest speakers, group work, and tasks to write learning objectives and chapter information for a book in Pressbooks.
- Information on learning objectives and what makes them effective.
- A discussion on chapter structure with examples of common elements like introductions, sections, examples, and conclusions.
- An activity where students will get into groups based on their book part and collaboratively create a template for book chapters.
The document provides instructors and students with guidance and tasks for working on an educational book project, including best practices for writing learning objectives and examples of chapter components.
This document provides an agenda and overview for an online course on creating a book and podcast about strong schools. The course will be project-based and collaborative, with students working in teams to research, write, and produce content. Key activities will include brainstorming topics, creating an outline and table of contents, conducting research, writing and reviewing chapters, recording podcast episodes, and presenting final work. The goal is for students to collectively author an open-access e-book about aspects of founding, leading, and teaching in secondary schools. The platform Pressbooks will be used to publish the book, allowing for embedded multimedia.
Session 5 was about space for creativity. We talked about how rooms for design thinking should be set up, and went through different ideation exercises to advance your group work.
Design Thinking for Education: AUW Session 4 Stefanie Panke
The document outlines an agenda for a workshop on applying design thinking and learning science to pedagogical planning. The workshop includes sessions on what design thinking and learning theories are, using them for curricular and lesson planning, and guest speakers on making and playfulness as pedagogy. It provides background on cognitive, social, and metacognitive perspectives on learning and examples of design thinking activities used in classrooms and makerspaces. The document discusses having students in groups identify threshold concepts for a topic area and plan a teaching session using design thinking techniques like sketchnotes and concept maps.
The document discusses open educational resources (OER) and provides several examples of OER projects. It begins with an agenda for a workshop on OER that includes advancing a group project, learning about OER, and an guest speaker. It then provides definitions and examples of OER including free online courses from various organizations. The remainder of the document describes three case studies of OER projects: 1) Using MOOC videos in a flipped classroom on research methods, 2) An open textbook on local government that includes multimedia formats, and 3) A badges program to award micro-credits online. Key lessons from the cases include using OER for active learning, updating materials for sustainability, and considering authoring tools.
This document provides an overview and agenda for a Design Thinking session. It discusses forming project groups to tackle problems using design thinking techniques. Examples of project topics include improving the AUW experience, developing new curriculums, or creating informal learning spaces. The document also outlines activities for the session, which include creating personas and customer journeys to represent stakeholders, and developing organizational personas to represent the culture and structure of organizations.
Design thinking for Education, AUW Session 1Stefanie Panke
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The document provides an overview of the author's experiences using design thinking in educational settings. It describes several design thinking workshops conducted at universities in Germany between 2013-2019. The workshops focused on topics like website redesign, course design, learning spaces, and social inclusion. Design thinking activities included brainstorming solutions with LEGOs, creating customer journey maps, and prototyping ideas. Student feedback indicated benefits like increased empathy and reduced biases, but also potential challenges like frustration and shallow ideas.
Design Thinking For Educational Technology Stefanie Panke
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This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
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providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
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help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
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What's in a Label? Leveraging Categories and Tags for Orientation and Retrieval
1. What’s in a label? Leveraging
Categories and Tags for
Orientation and Retrieval
UNC School of Government
Website Workshop Series,
March 2014
Stefanie Panke
2. Metadata
• Keywords, Tags: Usually
assigned to describe a
single resource, dynamic,
as many as needed
• Categories: Usually
assigned to describe more
than one resource, stable,
limited vocabulary
Result:
Index
Result:
Taxonomy
3. Taxonomy
• Tree structure
• Strict taxonomy:
Every item has one
exact place
• Related concept:
Ontology – multiple,
interconnected
trees
9. In Search of the Rosetta Stone
The Goal: Harmonize different sets of
categories to create functional vocabulary
• speak to faculty, staff
and clients / web users
• allow for effective information
display in more than one place
11. Categorize Resource Sites: Round 1
• Form 9 Teams (1-2)
• Each team categorizes 5 resource sites
• Each team assigns 10 categories (2 per
resource)
• Time: 5 Minutes!
12. Categorize Resource Sites: Round 2
• Switch resource sites between team
• Assign 10 categories (2 per resource), only if
needed
• Time: 5 Minutes!
13. Review Categories
• Review Mindmaps / Index Cards
• Put a sticker on every category you want to
see as part of a School of Government
Taxonomy
• Use small colorful stickers for subcategories
• Use large blue stickers for main categories
• Time: 20 Minutes
14. Index Cards
Sticker = Term Part of School of Government
Taxonomy
Don’t worry about duplicates!
15. Taxonomy on the fly
Shout out categories, we will document on the fly