Research priority areas of work (drafted by Michelle Markesteyn Ratcliffe & Anupama Joshi
For discussion purposes at the Detroit Short Course – May 2010.
This document outlines several case studies of partnerships between US and Kazakh universities that were funded through the US-Kazakhstan University Partnerships program. The partnerships focused on a variety of goals such as faculty and student exchanges, joint research projects, curriculum development, and training programs. Each case study summarizes the goals, outcomes, and impacts of the partnership, which included publications, conference presentations, updated teaching materials, and memorandums of understanding for future collaborations.
Peter Berkery of AAUP was a keynote speaker at the 2015 Academic Publishing in Europe conference. He gave an overview of the AAUP community of publishers, the association's strategic goals, and our roles in the global community of scholarly communications.
Beyond the Institutional Repository: Campus Research Distribution StrategiesMarilyn Moody
1) The document discusses research distribution strategies that universities can implement to more actively disseminate faculty and student research. This includes developing institutional repositories, open access policies, and educating faculty on issues like author rights.
2) It provides an overview of Boise State University's efforts to implement such strategies through initiatives like their institutional repository ScholarWorks and educating faculty on author rights.
3) The research distribution strategies model emphasizes aligning efforts with university priorities and benefits to faculty research over a passive role in research distribution.
Libraries at the Universities of Oslo and Bergen are establishing dedicated research support units to strengthen services for researchers. They face challenges including accessibility of diverse sources, long-term availability of content, and completeness of collections. Research is increasingly international, competitive, interdisciplinary and digital. Libraries aim to identify researcher needs and tailor services accordingly. Studies show researchers value efficiency but lack overview; libraries operate on a "deficit model". Libraries' annual plans focus on supporting international research through collections, competencies, dissemination and knowledge development. Their main challenge may be developing their own competencies for the future.
This document discusses how dominant funding models are steering higher education and research in the UK, EU, and USA. It notes that major research funders in these regions take a top-down, programmatic, multi-disciplinary, and collaborative approach. It also outlines some of the political, economic, and strategic contexts surrounding higher education funding in each location and how this impacts universities. Specifically, it covers the sources of UK research funding, EU framework programs like Horizon 2020, and the unstable nature of US funding sources.
This document outlines the goals and activities of an urban policy clinic at a university in Israel. The goals are to provide students with hands-on experience helping cities develop more equitable policies, help cities gain knowledge, and attract students to applied social research. Key activities include urban clinic courses for students on real-world issues, fellowships for students and practitioners, publishing research, and incubating new initiatives.
- The document discusses the importance of knowledge sharing mechanisms in agricultural innovation and development. It notes that while agricultural knowledge and research is important, much of it is not widely accessible.
- It introduces CIARD (Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development), a global initiative with over 100 partners working to improve access to public agricultural research information and knowledge.
- CIARD aims to provide a platform for coherence between information initiatives, and to make agricultural research information truly accessible to all. It works with partners to coordinate efforts, promote common standards and formats, and create an open global network of public information collections.
This document outlines several case studies of partnerships between US and Kazakh universities that were funded through the US-Kazakhstan University Partnerships program. The partnerships focused on a variety of goals such as faculty and student exchanges, joint research projects, curriculum development, and training programs. Each case study summarizes the goals, outcomes, and impacts of the partnership, which included publications, conference presentations, updated teaching materials, and memorandums of understanding for future collaborations.
Peter Berkery of AAUP was a keynote speaker at the 2015 Academic Publishing in Europe conference. He gave an overview of the AAUP community of publishers, the association's strategic goals, and our roles in the global community of scholarly communications.
Beyond the Institutional Repository: Campus Research Distribution StrategiesMarilyn Moody
1) The document discusses research distribution strategies that universities can implement to more actively disseminate faculty and student research. This includes developing institutional repositories, open access policies, and educating faculty on issues like author rights.
2) It provides an overview of Boise State University's efforts to implement such strategies through initiatives like their institutional repository ScholarWorks and educating faculty on author rights.
3) The research distribution strategies model emphasizes aligning efforts with university priorities and benefits to faculty research over a passive role in research distribution.
Libraries at the Universities of Oslo and Bergen are establishing dedicated research support units to strengthen services for researchers. They face challenges including accessibility of diverse sources, long-term availability of content, and completeness of collections. Research is increasingly international, competitive, interdisciplinary and digital. Libraries aim to identify researcher needs and tailor services accordingly. Studies show researchers value efficiency but lack overview; libraries operate on a "deficit model". Libraries' annual plans focus on supporting international research through collections, competencies, dissemination and knowledge development. Their main challenge may be developing their own competencies for the future.
This document discusses how dominant funding models are steering higher education and research in the UK, EU, and USA. It notes that major research funders in these regions take a top-down, programmatic, multi-disciplinary, and collaborative approach. It also outlines some of the political, economic, and strategic contexts surrounding higher education funding in each location and how this impacts universities. Specifically, it covers the sources of UK research funding, EU framework programs like Horizon 2020, and the unstable nature of US funding sources.
This document outlines the goals and activities of an urban policy clinic at a university in Israel. The goals are to provide students with hands-on experience helping cities develop more equitable policies, help cities gain knowledge, and attract students to applied social research. Key activities include urban clinic courses for students on real-world issues, fellowships for students and practitioners, publishing research, and incubating new initiatives.
- The document discusses the importance of knowledge sharing mechanisms in agricultural innovation and development. It notes that while agricultural knowledge and research is important, much of it is not widely accessible.
- It introduces CIARD (Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development), a global initiative with over 100 partners working to improve access to public agricultural research information and knowledge.
- CIARD aims to provide a platform for coherence between information initiatives, and to make agricultural research information truly accessible to all. It works with partners to coordinate efforts, promote common standards and formats, and create an open global network of public information collections.
Presented by Dr Karen Lucas on 9th July 2014
http://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/people/k.lucas
Abstract:
Until now, human and social factors have not been very dominant aspects of transportation research. The general trend has been a biased towards more technical and engineering studies and transport economics. Nevertheless, there has been continuous social science research on the fringes of transport studies. For example behavioural psychology has been used in traffic safety risk management and human geography has been concerned with the interface between space, time, and mobility. There has also been a significant academic discourse around transport equity and the mobility and accessibility needs of transport disadvantaged groups, which has gathered momentum in recent years. More lately, sociologists and cultural geographers have begun to explore the embodied meanings and the cultural significance of different transport modes within our everyday social practices.
A number of scholars within the Institute of Transport Studies at Leeds have already forged important cross-disciplinary partnerships with other disciplines within and outside the University. In this lecture, I will explore the potential to further strengthen and exploit these new directions within transport research. I will briefly reflect on the opportunities for achieving this through mechanisms such as within the University’ core research themes, the new Social Science Strategy, other research University-wide supported initiatives and more informal collaborations. But more importantly I will be asking whether it is possible to use these inter-disciplinary collaborations to radicalise our research enquiries so that we are able to offer transformational solutions to overcome the currently environmentally unsustainable and socially unjust allocation of mobility resources within and between nations.
The document discusses the Association of American Universities (AAU) and its role in research and education. It summarizes the recommendations of the 2009-2010 Scholarly Publishing Roundtable to make federally funded research articles publicly accessible. It also discusses the OSTP Public Access Directive, responses like SHARE and CHORUS, and legislative battles around public access policies. Finally, it outlines collaborations between AAU, ARL, and their task force on scholarly communication regarding university presses, journals, and repositories.
Establishment Of Regional PGRN at WANA,Dr. G. AyadAARINENA
The document proposes establishing a Regional Plant Genetic Resources Network (PGRN) in the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region. The network would coordinate conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources among member countries. It would have a coordinating board, secretariat, focal points in member countries, and technical working groups focused on activities like germplasm management, characterization, and capacity building. The long-term goal is for the network to become self-sufficient in funding its operations.
The document summarizes the 5th E-waste Academy - Scientists Edition (EWAS) which will be held from November 1-7, 2014 in Shanghai, China. The EWAS, organized by the United Nations University, provides a platform for young scientists involved in e-waste research to share their work, interact with experts, and develop partnerships. The event is open to PhD students and post-docs investigating the political, social, environmental, health or technological aspects of e-waste. Participants will gain insights through lectures, presentations and study tours. Financial support is available and the application deadline is August 31, 2014.
This document discusses the rebranding of the journal Shofar to make it more relevant in the 21st century. Shofar, a multidisciplinary Jewish studies journal founded in 1981, had grown slowly until the late 1990s and was seen as niche focused on modern culture. Its leadership skewed older and lacked publishing experience. The rebranding goals were to improve submissions, readership, efficiency and reputation. Strategies included energizing the editorial board with younger diverse members, focusing on strengths, enforcing peer review, and increasing marketing through social media and web redesign while reducing special issues and acceptance rate. Challenges included resistance to change from long-time board members and differences of opinion on the peer review process and need
1) A collaborative preservation learning programme was developed in the UK to address the identified preservation needs of research libraries and higher education libraries.
2) Focus groups and surveys with librarians, archivists, and conservators were conducted to determine the key staff development needs, which included practical training, strategic development, and developing an institutional culture of preservation.
3) The programme addressed these needs by providing disaster response training, preservation policy workshops, and training on prioritization, digitization, and damaged collections in various regions across the UK from 2009-2010.
The document discusses various aspects of collection development and management for libraries, including developing collection policies, assessing community needs, selecting materials, handling donations and weeding, intellectual freedom considerations, and assessing collections. It covers topics such as writing collection policies, performing needs assessments, criteria for selecting different materials like books, audiovisuals, periodicals and electronic resources, the importance of weeding policies, and qualitative and quantitative assessment techniques.
The document summarizes an inception workshop for the Strategic Network: New National Planning for Sustainable Development in the Global South. The network aims to (1) identify and analyze elements of new strategic national development planning; (2) understand the concepts and processes underlying national plans; and (3) analyze relationships between planning and development outcomes. It will involve researchers from multiple countries collaborating and exchanging knowledge to produce case studies, papers, and other outputs analyzing national planning processes and their impact on development. The workshop took place in Lima, Peru in August 2017 and was funded by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council.
Shannon kindornay ccic presentation future of the aa-shareJackLitster
The document discusses the future of the international aid architecture. It outlines some of the challenges with the current fragmented system and proposes designing a new Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation. This would have common principles but differentiated approaches for countries. It would also focus on ownership, results, and accountability. The document considers where to house this new structure and what role other organizations may play in monitoring and evaluation.
The Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship (ICES) at the University of Guelph works to build capacity for community engaged research through various projects and programs. ICES supports community partnerships, responds to community research needs, engages and mentors students, and facilitates faculty research. The Research Shop serves as a portal between the community and university, developing collaborations to address social problems through community-based research and knowledge mobilization. Student interns are mentored and gain professional skills while contributing to interdisciplinary projects. ICES also works on initiatives like developing new policies to support community engaged scholarship and creating an open access archive of research outputs.
This document summarizes Dr. Frances Pinter's experiences promoting open access for scholarly monographs. It discusses various open access business models and initiatives, challenges around metadata and discoverability, and calls for stakeholders to work together on sustainable and cost-effective open access processes. Key points include Bloomsbury Academic's early adoption of open access, Knowledge Unlatched's crowdfunding model, and the importance of Central European University Press's mission. The document advocates for improving metadata standards, tracking usage data, and integrating open access monographs into libraries.
OA Models for Communities in the Social Sciences and in the HumanitiesK|N Consultants
At this presentation at the October 23, 2015, NFAIS workshop on "The Impact of Open Access Models: Finding Stable, Sustainable, and Scalable Solutions," Rebecca Kennison outlines the importance of open access in the context of the social sciences and in the humanities. In articulating the differences in research output between HSS and STEM, Kennison offers an approach to funding infrastructure in such diverse disciplines through the Open Access Network, which is designed to be supportive of both traditional short- and long-form output as well as emerging digital forms.
Christine Ennew, pro vice-chancellor for internationalisation and Europe, University of Nottingham discusses internationalisation among world-class universities.
This document discusses how research assessment and funding criteria are changing to focus more on real-world impact. It provides examples of initiatives that emphasize engaging with non-academic audiences and applying research to benefit society. The document also offers suggestions for researchers to demonstrate impact, such as publishing practitioner commentaries alongside papers, participating in research learning communities, and co-creating articles with industry professionals. Overall, it encourages researchers to consider how to communicate their work to relevant end-users and incorporate impact planning from the beginning of the research process.
This document outlines the key features and requirements of coordinating centres being established to support community engagement related to the centenary of World War 1. The centres will facilitate collaboration between academic and public histories, contribute to research themes, and provide expertise, training, and funding to support community projects. Successful proposals will demonstrate cross-sector collaboration, support for capacity building, and plans for sustainable legacies. Funding of up to £500,000 over 3 years will be provided to 5-7 selected centres.
Open Access Network Charleston Conference 2015K|N Consultants
The Open Access Network continues to evolve but remains the most promising model for scalable and sustainable open access publishing and preservation in the humanities and social sciences.
Speakers: Claire McGuire, Aaron Redman, and Aaron Benavot
IFLA has partnered with the Monitoring and Evaluating Climate Communication and Education (MECCE) Project to create an indicator of climate activities organized by libraries. The MECCE Project is working to increase the quantity and quality of climate communication and education (CCE) globally. The Project’s indicators, which are available on their global interactive data platform, support benchmarking, target setting, and progress in CCE provision by governments, civil society, and researchers. The library-specific climate communication and education global indicator provides a metric for understanding the roles libraries play in addressing the climate crisis. Join this webinar to find out more about MECCE Project, how you can participate in building indicators and how you can use this platform in your own libraries.
ROER4D Update March 2016 - Presentation to the Hewlett FoundationROER4D
Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) in the Global South:
Update March 2016
Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams with the ROER4D team's presentation to the Hewlett Foundation, UCT, Cape Town
14 March 2016
Presented by Dr Karen Lucas on 9th July 2014
http://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/people/k.lucas
Abstract:
Until now, human and social factors have not been very dominant aspects of transportation research. The general trend has been a biased towards more technical and engineering studies and transport economics. Nevertheless, there has been continuous social science research on the fringes of transport studies. For example behavioural psychology has been used in traffic safety risk management and human geography has been concerned with the interface between space, time, and mobility. There has also been a significant academic discourse around transport equity and the mobility and accessibility needs of transport disadvantaged groups, which has gathered momentum in recent years. More lately, sociologists and cultural geographers have begun to explore the embodied meanings and the cultural significance of different transport modes within our everyday social practices.
A number of scholars within the Institute of Transport Studies at Leeds have already forged important cross-disciplinary partnerships with other disciplines within and outside the University. In this lecture, I will explore the potential to further strengthen and exploit these new directions within transport research. I will briefly reflect on the opportunities for achieving this through mechanisms such as within the University’ core research themes, the new Social Science Strategy, other research University-wide supported initiatives and more informal collaborations. But more importantly I will be asking whether it is possible to use these inter-disciplinary collaborations to radicalise our research enquiries so that we are able to offer transformational solutions to overcome the currently environmentally unsustainable and socially unjust allocation of mobility resources within and between nations.
The document discusses the Association of American Universities (AAU) and its role in research and education. It summarizes the recommendations of the 2009-2010 Scholarly Publishing Roundtable to make federally funded research articles publicly accessible. It also discusses the OSTP Public Access Directive, responses like SHARE and CHORUS, and legislative battles around public access policies. Finally, it outlines collaborations between AAU, ARL, and their task force on scholarly communication regarding university presses, journals, and repositories.
Establishment Of Regional PGRN at WANA,Dr. G. AyadAARINENA
The document proposes establishing a Regional Plant Genetic Resources Network (PGRN) in the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region. The network would coordinate conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources among member countries. It would have a coordinating board, secretariat, focal points in member countries, and technical working groups focused on activities like germplasm management, characterization, and capacity building. The long-term goal is for the network to become self-sufficient in funding its operations.
The document summarizes the 5th E-waste Academy - Scientists Edition (EWAS) which will be held from November 1-7, 2014 in Shanghai, China. The EWAS, organized by the United Nations University, provides a platform for young scientists involved in e-waste research to share their work, interact with experts, and develop partnerships. The event is open to PhD students and post-docs investigating the political, social, environmental, health or technological aspects of e-waste. Participants will gain insights through lectures, presentations and study tours. Financial support is available and the application deadline is August 31, 2014.
This document discusses the rebranding of the journal Shofar to make it more relevant in the 21st century. Shofar, a multidisciplinary Jewish studies journal founded in 1981, had grown slowly until the late 1990s and was seen as niche focused on modern culture. Its leadership skewed older and lacked publishing experience. The rebranding goals were to improve submissions, readership, efficiency and reputation. Strategies included energizing the editorial board with younger diverse members, focusing on strengths, enforcing peer review, and increasing marketing through social media and web redesign while reducing special issues and acceptance rate. Challenges included resistance to change from long-time board members and differences of opinion on the peer review process and need
1) A collaborative preservation learning programme was developed in the UK to address the identified preservation needs of research libraries and higher education libraries.
2) Focus groups and surveys with librarians, archivists, and conservators were conducted to determine the key staff development needs, which included practical training, strategic development, and developing an institutional culture of preservation.
3) The programme addressed these needs by providing disaster response training, preservation policy workshops, and training on prioritization, digitization, and damaged collections in various regions across the UK from 2009-2010.
The document discusses various aspects of collection development and management for libraries, including developing collection policies, assessing community needs, selecting materials, handling donations and weeding, intellectual freedom considerations, and assessing collections. It covers topics such as writing collection policies, performing needs assessments, criteria for selecting different materials like books, audiovisuals, periodicals and electronic resources, the importance of weeding policies, and qualitative and quantitative assessment techniques.
The document summarizes an inception workshop for the Strategic Network: New National Planning for Sustainable Development in the Global South. The network aims to (1) identify and analyze elements of new strategic national development planning; (2) understand the concepts and processes underlying national plans; and (3) analyze relationships between planning and development outcomes. It will involve researchers from multiple countries collaborating and exchanging knowledge to produce case studies, papers, and other outputs analyzing national planning processes and their impact on development. The workshop took place in Lima, Peru in August 2017 and was funded by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council.
Shannon kindornay ccic presentation future of the aa-shareJackLitster
The document discusses the future of the international aid architecture. It outlines some of the challenges with the current fragmented system and proposes designing a new Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation. This would have common principles but differentiated approaches for countries. It would also focus on ownership, results, and accountability. The document considers where to house this new structure and what role other organizations may play in monitoring and evaluation.
The Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship (ICES) at the University of Guelph works to build capacity for community engaged research through various projects and programs. ICES supports community partnerships, responds to community research needs, engages and mentors students, and facilitates faculty research. The Research Shop serves as a portal between the community and university, developing collaborations to address social problems through community-based research and knowledge mobilization. Student interns are mentored and gain professional skills while contributing to interdisciplinary projects. ICES also works on initiatives like developing new policies to support community engaged scholarship and creating an open access archive of research outputs.
This document summarizes Dr. Frances Pinter's experiences promoting open access for scholarly monographs. It discusses various open access business models and initiatives, challenges around metadata and discoverability, and calls for stakeholders to work together on sustainable and cost-effective open access processes. Key points include Bloomsbury Academic's early adoption of open access, Knowledge Unlatched's crowdfunding model, and the importance of Central European University Press's mission. The document advocates for improving metadata standards, tracking usage data, and integrating open access monographs into libraries.
OA Models for Communities in the Social Sciences and in the HumanitiesK|N Consultants
At this presentation at the October 23, 2015, NFAIS workshop on "The Impact of Open Access Models: Finding Stable, Sustainable, and Scalable Solutions," Rebecca Kennison outlines the importance of open access in the context of the social sciences and in the humanities. In articulating the differences in research output between HSS and STEM, Kennison offers an approach to funding infrastructure in such diverse disciplines through the Open Access Network, which is designed to be supportive of both traditional short- and long-form output as well as emerging digital forms.
Christine Ennew, pro vice-chancellor for internationalisation and Europe, University of Nottingham discusses internationalisation among world-class universities.
This document discusses how research assessment and funding criteria are changing to focus more on real-world impact. It provides examples of initiatives that emphasize engaging with non-academic audiences and applying research to benefit society. The document also offers suggestions for researchers to demonstrate impact, such as publishing practitioner commentaries alongside papers, participating in research learning communities, and co-creating articles with industry professionals. Overall, it encourages researchers to consider how to communicate their work to relevant end-users and incorporate impact planning from the beginning of the research process.
This document outlines the key features and requirements of coordinating centres being established to support community engagement related to the centenary of World War 1. The centres will facilitate collaboration between academic and public histories, contribute to research themes, and provide expertise, training, and funding to support community projects. Successful proposals will demonstrate cross-sector collaboration, support for capacity building, and plans for sustainable legacies. Funding of up to £500,000 over 3 years will be provided to 5-7 selected centres.
Open Access Network Charleston Conference 2015K|N Consultants
The Open Access Network continues to evolve but remains the most promising model for scalable and sustainable open access publishing and preservation in the humanities and social sciences.
Speakers: Claire McGuire, Aaron Redman, and Aaron Benavot
IFLA has partnered with the Monitoring and Evaluating Climate Communication and Education (MECCE) Project to create an indicator of climate activities organized by libraries. The MECCE Project is working to increase the quantity and quality of climate communication and education (CCE) globally. The Project’s indicators, which are available on their global interactive data platform, support benchmarking, target setting, and progress in CCE provision by governments, civil society, and researchers. The library-specific climate communication and education global indicator provides a metric for understanding the roles libraries play in addressing the climate crisis. Join this webinar to find out more about MECCE Project, how you can participate in building indicators and how you can use this platform in your own libraries.
ROER4D Update March 2016 - Presentation to the Hewlett FoundationROER4D
Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) in the Global South:
Update March 2016
Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams with the ROER4D team's presentation to the Hewlett Foundation, UCT, Cape Town
14 March 2016
The document discusses plans for Future Earth in Asia. It notes that a regional workshop was held with 51 participants from 21 countries. The workshop identified several key research themes and priorities for the region, including natural hazards, urbanization, coastal impacts, climate issues, social pressures, and environmental challenges. The document recommends establishing a coordination facility for Asia to pursue the priorities of coordination/convergence, learning/capacity building, and strengthening science-policy interfaces. The facility would develop common understandings of sustainability, broker partnerships, provide training, and facilitate science-policy dialogue. Next steps proposed include establishing the coordination office, obtaining funding, planning the work, and beginning implementation.
Doreen Griffiths has extensive experience managing budgets, events, and administrative matters for energy policy organizations. She has a background in education, communications, and business administration. Her skills include project management, budgeting, event planning, and developing marketing strategies. She seeks a position where she can apply her strong leadership, problem-solving, and teamwork abilities.
Selematsela re orienting the role of the informaiton specialist in the knowle...FOTIM
1) The document discusses the changing role of information specialists in the knowledge society, where data sharing and management are increasingly important.
2) It emphasizes the benefits of open data sharing, such as greater knowledge development and research impact, and the need for data preservation policies and partnerships with data organizations.
3) The document argues that information specialists can add value through communities of practice, electronic document management, bibliometric analysis, and supporting data monitoring and evaluation.
Presentation at COAR-SPARC conference “Connecting research, bridging communities, opening scholarship. University of Porto, Portugal, April 15-16, 2015
https://www.coar-repositories.org/news-media/coar-sparc-conference-2015-connecting-research-results-bridging-communities-opening-scholarship/
Presentation at COAR-SPARC Conference “Connecting research, bridging communities, opening scholarship". University of Porto, Portugal, April 15-16, 2015
sparc.arl.org/events/joint-coar-sparc-conference
The document discusses Prof Angie Hart's work using a Communities of Practice approach to support a multi-national resilience research project. It describes how Communities of Practice were formed, bringing together lived experience experts, practitioners, and academics from different organizations. This approach helped embed the work in teaching and research, build connections, and address barriers by promoting mutual learning and recognizing different partners' purposes. Benefits included generating links between people, clustering related projects, and influencing decisions through collaborative solutions. The Communities of Practice approach helped sustain genuine and creative community-university partnerships.
OER presentation and call to action done for CCSSO Innovation Lab Network
ICCS Pre-Conference on Open Educational Resources
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
Seattle
Building Research Partnerships for Public Health ImpactDr. Ebele Mogo
How can collaborative research be used to drive social impact? A presentation as a panelist at the Society for Social Medicine's Early Career Researcher Workshop 2020
AAU executive vice president John Vaughn speaks about the value of ORCID iDs to the university community at the 10/30/13 ORCID Outreach Meeting in Washington, DC.
The Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN) is a non-profit partnership between Alberta's 21 public post-secondary institutions that supports rural development. ARDN facilitates collaboration between institutions and communities on research, knowledge exchange, and education/training. Key goals include identifying community needs and matching them with researcher expertise, sharing information to support rural growth, and using an outcome-based evaluation approach focused on influencing people and organizations.
Doreen Griffiths has over 15 years of experience in administration, education, and project management. She has a proven track record of directing multi-million dollar budgets and projects, and excels at communications, marketing, and event planning. Her areas of expertise include financial management, curriculum development, teaching kindergarten through high school, and coordinating international conferences and educational programs.
Doreen Griffiths has extensive experience in event planning, project management, research, and teaching. She held several administrative roles at the University of Tulsa managing multi-million dollar budgets and projects related to energy policy. Her experience also includes kindergarten teaching, developing math programs, and substitute teaching for K-12. She has strong computer and financial skills.
"Designing practitioner research for impact" Miggie Pickton, DARTS4ARLGSW
Miggie will highlight the growing importance of impact in research generally including impact case studies in the REF, funders’ demands for impact statements in research proposals, and employers requiring impact on service. This section will make a link between librarians supporting researchers and doing (and using) research themselves. This will lead on to looking at opportunities for making an impact in practitioner research.
Tips on becoming a host for the KNAER's Equity NetworkKNAER-RECRAE
The document provides information about a call for proposals from the Knowledge Network for Applied Education Research (KNAER) to establish a Knowledge Network focused on equity and inclusive education. It outlines the purpose, timeline, eligibility criteria, application process, and key dates. Successful applicants will receive multi-year funding to lead the network and facilitate collaboration between researchers, educators, and community partners to identify evidence-informed practices and reduce barriers to equitable outcomes for all students.
Raivio stakeholder engagement in future earthIina Koskinen
This document discusses stakeholder engagement in Future Earth. It outlines some guiding principles of Future Earth, including focusing on solutions-oriented research and co-design with societal partners. It proposes two ways to engage potential stakeholders: 1) Establishing a network of competence centers called "FE observatories" to facilitate interaction and co-design with stakeholders. 2) Establishing a network of national and regional observation stations to provide data to organizations like the UN and build scientific capacity. National and regional committees are seen as key to implementing these stakeholder engagement goals.
Local Flavor Week is a celebration that will take place from September 21-25, 2009 in Washington DC schools. During this week, participating schools will serve local produce from the DC area in their cafeterias and have educational activities to teach students about the health and environmental benefits of eating fresh, local fruits and vegetables. The goal is to support Farm to School programs that improve access to healthy, local food in schools while also providing educational opportunities about food and nutrition. Schools will host farmers, chefs, and educators during Local Flavor Week events.
The USDA procures fresh and processed foods through entitlement and bonus purchases to remove surplus production from the domestic market and provide nutritious food to programs that feed needy people. Entitlement purchases are based on law while bonus purchases fluctuate based on agricultural need. The procured foods are distributed to programs like school lunches and food banks. The procurement process involves recipient surveys, bids from approved vendors, and awarding contracts to vendors with the most advantageous bids while supporting small businesses.
Presentation given by Loren LaCorte and Jaclyn Kupcha of the USDA Farm to School Team - used during the workshop titled "Procuring Food for the School Meals Programs 101"
Press release about Washington DC's Local Food Week. Handout given to participants in the workshop titled "3 Places, 3 Approaches: Farm to School Week in DC, MD and VA"
Summary of information on how the DC Local Food Week went including evaluation numbers. For more information contact Andrea Northup of the DC Farm to School Network.
A handout used during the workshop 3 Places 3 Approaches: Farm to School Week in DC, MD and VA. Highlights a week long celebration in DC schools of local agriculture products.
Participant Melissa DeSa of Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers, Inc. shared this summary of the conference she put together for her community. It highlights the garden tours, speaker highlights and general information about the conference for those unable to attend. Share it around and thanks Melissa!
Matt Benson of the Virginia Cooperative Extension presents on Virginia's Farm to School program that sourced local foods for one week statewide. Presented during the workshop : 3 Places, 3 Approaches: Farm to School Weeks in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC
This document summarizes the Fresh & Local in Philly Schools program, which aims to bring local food to schools in Philadelphia. It involved collaboration between various organizations to source produce from local farms for school meals. In a pilot at 5 high schools, about $15,000 of local produce was purchased by year's end. The program looks to expand to 20 schools while continuing to address challenges of minimum orders, recipe development, and securing long-term funding.
This tool will help farmers determine their interest and ability to market agricultural products to local schools. This information is not necessarily for sharing with schools but is essential for you to know and will be helpful when you begin talking with school food service directors and/or distributors about supplying food to local schools and/or school districts.
Presented by Colleen Matts of the C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems
Michigan State University
Summary handout given out by poster presenter Annette Triplett from University of Missouri Extension highlighting the Missouri's farm-to-school program.
This list of measurement tools used by Farm to School and school garden programs was compiled for
participants at the 2010 Research and Evaluation Short Course. The list includes instruments that have been
validated and / or piloted to varying degrees. Compiled by Anupama Joshi of the National Network.
Gail Feenstra of UC Davis presents on the "3 P's" of evaluation: priorities, procurement and process during the Farm to Institution Short Course offering. Saint Paul Public Schools is used as the case study.
This document summarizes research on farm to institution programs. It finds that these programs can have positive impacts on students, teachers, food services, farmers, parents, policies, communities, and colleges. Future research priorities include establishing baselines, creating common tools and templates, and further examining impacts on students' health and academics, economics, schools, farms, and local food systems.
Short presentation used by Phyllis Fleming, PhD and Evaluation Director of the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at University of North Carolina during the short course title "Institutional Research"
Presentation given by Stewart Eidel of Maryland Department of Education during the workshop titled "3 Places, 3 Approaches: Lessons from Farm to School Weeks in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC."
Presentation given by Hillary Bisnett of the Ecology Center focusing on efforts within Michigan to develop a more nutritious and sustainable food system within health care facilities.
The 50x20 slideshow was presented during the opening plenary of the conference. We invited submissions from every state to depict their Farm to Cafeteria successes with an image and a caption that could be summed up in 20 seconds. Of all the submissions, the National Farm to School Network chose one photo for each state to provide a snapshot of our national foothold, highlighting innovative Farm to Cafeteria projects around the country and in Canada.
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Presentation highlights the One Tray team (CFSC, School Food FOCUS and National Farm to School Network) and their collaboration with USDA. Updates include farm to school, child nutrition reauthorization, Senator Leahy Bill and opportunities for getting involved in moving the bill along. Presenters included Megan Lott of CFSC, Kate Fitzgerald of National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Loren LaCorte and Charles Parrott of USDA.
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1. National Farm to School Network
Research priority areas of work (drafted by Michelle Markesteyn Ratcliffe & Anupama Joshi
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Strategic activities:
• Priority area work-groups
o Work-group co-leads:
o Foster effective topical work-groups in the three priority research areas of (1)
academic achievement, (2) economic development, and (3) student knowledge,
attitudes, behavior re. healthy eating, (4) parent and family level outcomes (5)
producer/processor/ distributor /agriculture -end outcomes (6) documenting specific
outcomes in low-income schools (7) farm to school program profiles and statistics
Host annual workgroup meetings
Foster effective collaborations through joint grant proposals….
o Connect with pre-school, child care researchers / work?
• Common templates
o Common templates co-leads:
o Facilitate process that results in the identification of preferred outcome measures and
data collection instruments
o Develop templates / reporting forms
(1) Sites to articulate their program activities
o Work with USDA ERS and REE, CDC, numerous universities and stakeholders to
craft and pilot survey instruments that similarly access data collection
o Connect into existing data collection schemes at the federal and state level; and / or
develop our own system of keeping a pulse on research in this area.
• Annual short course
o Annual short-course co-leads:
o Host an annual short course on research and evaluation at the Farm to Cafeteria
Conferences. Attended by approximately 50-100 people, this is the one annual
opportunity for researchers, practitioners, and funders from across the country,
Canada and Mexico to come together to build skills, network, and collectively move
forward in a coordinated effort.
o Regional events – if the need arises
2. • Online social network – www.datadorksunite.ning.com
o NING co-leads:
o Host online social networking site entitled Farm to School & School Garden Research
Consortium
Intentionally cultivate active membership of key stakeholders
Bi-weekly postings to
• Stimulate robust conversations related to study design, data collection
and analysis
• Dissemination of promising practices
• Collaboration and fostering effective public-private partnerships.
o Only online community for scholars, advocates, funders and practitioners to find one
another and collaborate, blog, post videos, and inform members of upcoming events
o Site currently has 172 members
o Currently working on a map-making feature that would allow researchers to locate
potential study sites
• Webinars
o Webinars co-leads:
o Host monthly webinars on hot topics related to research and evaluation including
updating on current research project and preliminary findings, open RFPs,
presentation on data collection instruments, etc.
• Communications
o Communications co-leads:
o Communicate need for relevant research in the priority areas
Author letters to the editor, viewpoints, opinion pieces, and articles in peer
reviewed journals for a variety of scholarly audiences that outlines needs for,
and direction of national research agenda and priority research areas
o Disseminate research findings
Translate research findings for public and policy makers through key media
markets
• Matchmaking
o Matchmaking and Mentoring co-leads:
o Study sites and researchers
Directly connect sites (schools, farms etc.) with potential research partners
Maintain list of potential study sites
Maintain a list of potential academic research partners
o Mentoring
Directly connect early career entrants into the field of farm to school research
with established professionals