(via Rachel Hamelers, Muhlenberg College)
Research Forum (separate registration required)
Please join us for the ACRL Science and Technology Session Research Forum on Thursday, June 18, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. Please register for this free event here, so that we can send you a Zoom link to participate.
We are pleased to showcase our two research forum presentations:
Abigail Goben, University of Illinois at Chicago – Current Practices in Data Management Education: Results of Surveying Doctoral Nursing Programs
Despite growing data capture and reuse for quality improvement, informatics, and research, little is known about nursing data management (DM) education. Health sciences librarians and nurse faculty collaborated to determine how DM is taught in nursing doctoral programs. The purpose of this study was to identify current practices of DM education and where gaps exist.
Greg Nelson, Brigham Young University – Think Twice Before You Get Rid of Your Backfiles! Scan Quality of Elseiver’s Electronic Backfile PDF Collection
Journal publisher Elsevier sells perpetual access to their research articles published prior to 1995 through an institution’s ScienceDirect subscription. Brigham Young University recently purchased a large number of the backfile collections and wanted to evaluate the collection’s scan quality in hopes to deaccession our matching print collection and free needed shelf space. This is the first evaluation assessing the scan quality of Elsevier’s large corpus of electronic backfiles and will provide evaluation criteria for those contemplating a purchase or for those who may also want to determine whether to keep or discard in-house print versions of their Elsevier journal collection.
Poster Session (separate registration required)
Please join us for the ACRL Science and Technology Section 2020 Virtual Poster Session on Thursday, June 19, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CDT. Please register here to receive a Zoom link for the poster presentation session and a Google folder link to view and comment on the posters after the session.
In the live session on June 19, presenters will showcase their work and take questions. The digital posters will then be open for viewing and commenting for one week (June 19-June 26). Presenters will actively engage with commenters during this time. Posters are:
- Biomedical Engineering a visualization analysis based on Web of Science data, Nestor L. Osorio Northern Illinois University
- Calling Earth: The academic library as podcaster, Drew Smith, University of South Florida; Meghan Cook, University of South Florida; and Matt Torrence, University of South Florida
- Framing our future: The development of the Science and Technology Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education, Britt Foster, California State University, Fresno and the members of the STS Framework Taskforce
- Is this offer a good deal? Analyzing data to make informed collections decisions, Allison Langham-Putrow, University of Minnesota (poster available online only)
- Memes of engagement: Using memes on social media to engage students, Samuel R Putnam, University of Florida
- Planting trees while performing scientific scholarly research: An evaluation of the Ecosia search engine, Aleshia Huber, Binghamton University
- Preventing the sophomore slump: Information literacy for second-year science undergraduates, Nicole Helregel, Purchase College (SUNY)
- STS Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Task Force findings and recommendations, Stacy H. Johnson, Sam Houston State University; Natasha Johnson, Purdue University; and Bonnie L. Fong, Rutgers University-Newark
- The ‘elements’ of data literacy: Exploring competencies in undergraduate chemistry education, Megan Carlton, University of North Carolina – Greensboro and Kay Bjornen, Oklahoma State University
- Visual literacy strategies in STEM library instruction, Allison Brungard, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania