UO Libraries

Permanent URI for this community

https://hdl.handle.net/1794/7

Browse

Now showing 1 - 20 of 23

Open Access
Afterword
(UC Berkeley, 2022-02-01) Lee, Corliss S.; Lym, Brian
While working on this book, we encountered other intriguing writings that also offered practical approaches to diversity, equity, and inclusion in libraries. We also found ourselves asking more questions that we hope other library researchers will someday answer. This afterword is by no means a comprehensive overview of DEI initiatives in libraries. Although recommendations are summarized here, the articles all deserve a fuller reading.
Open Access
Against the Odds: Reflections on Asian American Identity and Multicultural, Shared Leadership in Academic Libraries
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2017-03-28) Lim, Adriene
The author of this essay describes her personal experiences as an Asian American woman, and the influence of these experiences on the multicultural, shared-leadership practice she brings to academic libraries. Drawing upon over two decades of library management and leadership experience, the author reflects upon the reasons why more Asian Americans and members of other marginalized groups are needed within academic library leadership, and why existing biases and persistent discrimination have made it difficult for them to attain these roles.
Open Access
Bibliographic and Item Data
(Neal-Schuman, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2017) McGrath, Kelley
Discusses common pitfalls to be aware of when preparing bibliographic and item data for migration to a new integrated library system (ILS) and suggests methods for mitigating potential problems. Topics covered include metadata quality, system control numbers, local data, boundwith records and call numbers.
Open Access
Contextualizing Ourselves: The Identity Politics of the Librarian Stereotype
(ACRL Press, 2014-06) Pagowsky, Nicole; Rigby, Miriam
Open Access
HealthLinks: A ColdFusion Web Application
(Haworth Press, 2002) Westra, Brian
Libraries are beginning to use Web applications as they grapple with sites of increasing complexity, and the move of more user services to the Web. This article reviews the basic concepts of a Web application, and outlines some of the features of the HealthLinks Web application and site at the University of Washington Health Science Libraries, and the transition from a Java-based application to ColdFusion.
Open Access
“I didn’t believe you that being “written in librarian” made much difference. I was mistaken.” Lessons learned from starting a circulating video game collection at an academic library.
(2008-04-15T23:55:14Z) Zeidman-Karpinski, Annie; Baker, David; Nigro, Rosemary; Robare, Lori; Barth, Duncan
Describes developing and deploying a popular circulating video game collection at an academic library.
Open Access
The Image User and the Search for Images
(The J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, 2002) Sundt, Christine L., 1944-
Users seeking images are faced with many obstacles, not the least of which is how to use words and terms to retrieve an image that resides clearly in their minds. Illustrating a series of paintings by the famous Italian artist, Orazio Gentileschi (1563-1639), I demonstrate that what might be broadly similar in description -- paintings showing the biblical story of Lot following the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah -- can be wholly different in depiction, even by the same artist. Additional barriers to efficient image retrieval include language and cultural differences.
Open Access
Introduction
(UC Berkeley, 2022) Lee, Corliss S.; Lym, Brian
Academic library workers often make use of systemic, bureaucratic, political, collegial, and symbolic dimensions of organizational behavior to achieve their diversity, equity, and inclusion goals, but many are also doing the crucial work of pushing back at the structures surrounding them in ways small and large. Implementing Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion captures emerging practices that academic libraries and librarians can use to create more equitable and representative institutions. 19 chapters are divided into 6 sections: Recruitment, Retention and Promotion Professional Development Leveraging Collegial Networks Reinforcing the Message Organizational Change Assessment Chapters cover topics including active diversity recruitment strategies; inclusive hiring; gendered ageism; librarians with disabilities; diversity and inclusion with student workers; residencies and retention; creating and implementing a diversity strategic plan; cultural competency training; libraries’ responses to Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action; and accountability and assessment. Authors provide practical guiding principles, effective practices, and sample programs and training. Implementing Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion explores how academic libraries have leveraged and deployed their institutions’ resources to effect DEI improvements while working toward implementing systemic solutions. It provides means and inspiration for continuing to try to hire, retain, and promote the change we want to see in the world regardless of existing structures and systems, and ways to improve those structures and systems for the future.
Open Access
Latino History Is Oregon History: Preserving Oregon’s Latino Heritage through the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste Archive
(Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials, 2016) de la Cruz, Sonia; Kays, Stephanie; Woken, David
Since the spring of 2011, the University of Oregon Libraries have been working closely with the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (Northwest Tree Planters and Farmworkers United, PCUN) to organize, preserve, and make accessible to the public the extensive records they have generated during their history. A union of largely Latino farmworkers based in Oregon’s fertile Willamette Valley, PCUN is the largest organization representing Oregon’s growing Latino population. As in many other states, the state’s Latino community is growing so rapidly that, as of the 2010 census, Latinos constitute Oregon’s largest ethnic minority. Since 1985, PCUN has been a fierce advocate of the rights of farmworkers, 98 percent of whom are Latino. Engaged faculty at the University of Oregon have worked closely with PCUN over the years, advancing research and social justice through intellectual and activist collaboration. As PCUN has matured as an organization, it has increasingly recognized the need to preserve its own story, both for the institution’s future and as a contribution to Oregon’s Latino community. For its part, the University of Oregon (UO), as the flagship public university of the state of Oregon, has acknowledged the importance of recognizing and serving all segments of Oregon’s diverse population. This convergence of interests led to the agreement between PCUN and the UO, signed in June of 2011, to house and make accessible to the public PCUN’s records. Since that time, faculty, students, and staff at the UO Libraries have been working to organize and advocate for this important collection. Drawing on a network of engaged scholars, community activists, and skilled librarians, the PCUN records have been a nucleus for projects to ensure that UO truly serves all of the people of Oregon, and that the state’s history does not marginalize its Latino community.
Open Access
Lessons from a research trip to Mexico
(De Gruyter, 2022) Maxson, Bronwen K.; Reyes, Betsaida M.
As practitioners who work closely with international students, the researchers sought to understand the information literacy (IL) preparation that students coming from Mexico may have experienced prior to studying at US institutions. US researchers have done some work with Mexican information professionals related to collection development and cultural exchange, but less is known about their current training for and attitudes toward IL instruction. The researchers designed a cross-cultural and cross-national study to interview library and information professionals in Mexico to learn how they teach IL. On the surface, this seemed like a straightforward project: develop a research instrument, apply for IRB, and go. The reality proved more challenging as the researchers navigated the nuances of conducting research in another country. Throughout the project, the researchers engaged with questions about logistics, institutional review board requirements, their own positionality, cultural appropriateness and appropriation, and emotional labour. This chapter will detail the lessons learned about conducting research internationally, giving insights to other researchers who want to work in a similar context, suggest additional methods and approaches to avoid some of their pitfalls, and discuss the rewards of engaging with peers in another country.
Open Access
Marine Science and Technology
(Bowker, 2011) Webster, J.; Butler, Barbara A.
Open Access
Marine Science and Technology
(Bowker, 2012) Butler, Barbara A.; Webster, J.
Open Access
Marine Science and Technology
(Bowker, 2007) Webster, J.; Butler, Barbara A.
The worldÃ¢ s ocean and estuaries fascinate many Ã¢ from oceanographers studying the deep-sea to resource managers regulating fishing seasons to children finding their first seashell on the beach. The complexity of the marine environment is reflected in the specialized and interdisciplinary journals covering marine science. Journals can focus on particular flora or fauna, a certain sub-discipline or on one ocean basin. Specialized scientific publications address particular aspects of the system including its physical dynamics, its chemistry and geology as well as its biology. There are journals devoted to the technology used to explore the oceans and estuaries, advising engineers how to manage and harness the dynamic environment. Policy and management journals address the complexity of human interaction with the sea and aid planners who need to translate research into practice. Maritime titles cover transportation and law of the sea. The breadth of the field challenges a librarian shaping a collection. A comprehensive research collection is difficult to maintain given the vastness of the subject and the number of related titles. The classic sub-fields of oceanography - physical, biological, chemical and geological - each have specific journals in addition to the ones covering all aspects. Studying the marine realm at a global scale often involves remote sensing technology, a topic not covered in this section. Also, other special technical and engineering journals are important to marine science research, and should be part of a strong academic collection. The marine policy is crafted on scientific foundations; so collections involved with environmental planning and management need the scientific and the social science titles. For those collecting for a general audience, few marine titles are aimed at this audience, yet the subject is well covered in National Geographic, Scientific American and other general science and environment periodicals in additional to ones mentioned below. Librarians selecting journals in the marine sciences should know the interests and needs of their audience, and make choices accordingly. Identifying marine science information is also challenging as it is so multi-disciplinary. One index does cover the field comprehensively. Web of Science provides adequate general access. For the sub-fields of oceanography, the librarian will need access to the resources such as SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts) or GeoRef depending on the research question. Biosis and Zoological Record cover the biological abstracts well. Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) is an essential resource for the applied science of the marine and estuarine environments. Marine policy and management information remains more difficult to access and requires multiple indices including ASFA and relevant social sciences databases. For general public and basic academic collections, an index such as EBSCOÃ¢ s Academic Search Premier is adequate for both the science and management elements of the field.
Open Access
Marine Science and Technology
(Bowker, 2009) Webster, J.; Butler, Barbara A.
Open Access
Marine Science and Technology
(Bowker, 2008-12) Webster, J.; Butler, Barbara A.
Our oceans surround us, and we depend upon them for food, transportation, and recreation. They affect us daily as they shape our climate and rattle our world with unexpected events. Current headlines indicate that they are in flux and perhaps in trouble. Coral reefs are dying due to rising ocean temperatures. Fisheries throughout the world are collapsing, threatening ecosystems and livelihoods. Hypoxic zones suggest that ocean conditions are either shifting from one cycle to another or perhaps into a very different status. Increasing acidification raises concerns for the future of marine life. Are the oceans actually dying or just changing? Inquiring minds want to know. Librarians serving these inquiring minds face a range of distinct questions. Research scientists examine the problems and explore solutions or answers. The general populace wonders how the shifting ocean environment affects the present and future of the earth. Students want help tackling difficult questions. The marine environment is complex, and its literature is multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and highly specialized. Much of the research focuses on the four classic oceanographic disciplines-physical, biological, chemical, and geological. However, general audiences want information that crosses all disciplines. The audience and the questions being asked should help shape the local collection. A university with a marine engineering program will need different journals than do universities focused on teaching marine biology or high school libraries attempting to cover all of the sciences. Even the core academic collection, once simple to identify, eludes us as more specialized titles emerge; the general titles expand coverage, causing users to be overwhelmed with information on multiple scales. Librarians need to take particular care in marine science to recognize the scope of their collection. Such considerations include geographic focus, discipline segmentation, teaching needs, and research requirements. Breadth and depth are possible in a marine science collection, but at costs typical to many scientific fields. There is a dearth of quality, focused marine science titles for the general public, yet the subject is covered in National Geographic, Scientific American, and other general science and environmental periodicals. The ocean environment intrigues many, so the issues and questions appear frequently throughout the print and electronic media. As with any environmental field, bias can be an issue, making balanced selection essential. Identifying marine science information is also challenging because not one index covers the field comprehensively. Web of Science provides adequate general access. For the subfields of oceanography, the academic librarian will need access to resources such as SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts) or GeoRef, depending on the research question. Biosis and Zoological Record cover the biological aspects well. Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) is an essential resource for the applied science of the marine and estuarine environments. Policy and management information remains more difficult to access and requires multiple indexes including ASFA, Google Scholar, and relevant social sciences databases. For general public and basic academic collections, an index such as EBSCO's Academic Search Premier is adequate. Our relationship with the ocean will not disappear. People will continue to want timely information on ocean conditions, its inhabitants, and its problems. The scientists continue their exploration. New journals emerge to address the timely issues in new and traditional ways. The American Fisheries Society will launch its open-access journal, Marine and Coastal Fisheries, sometime in late 2008 or early 2009. A new annual review is due in late 2008 as well, Annual Review of Marine Science. The ever-changing and dynamic nature of the ocean is well reflected in the information that describes it.
Open Access
The Mathlete Program at the University of Oregon Libraries
(ABC-CLIO, 2017) Zeidman-Karpinski, Annie; Schaak, Genevieve
This chapter examines the University of Oregon’s math homework help program, which is entirely staffed by students working for the Libraries. These student employees, called Mathletes, provide drop-in homework help for all underclass mathematics courses in the reading room of the Math Library. The program has proved successful, with patron participation far exceeding initial projections. However, the real success of the program has been what the Mathletes themselves have gained as peer to peer instructors, through meaningful work experience and a supportive community. We will describe our training process, which emphasizes leadership, mentoring and problem solving throughout. In order to ascertain the benefits of peer-assisted learning on the Mathletes, we conducted a qualitative and quantitative survey assessment of our program. Results of this assessment reveal that the work has meaning above and beyond the amount that students earn as an hourly wage. Finally, providing this program has been a wonderful way to connect to both an academic department that can be difficult to serve and the greater UO community.
Open Access
Motivating Students on a Time Budget: Pedagogical Frames and Lesson Plans for In-Person and Online Information Literacy Instruction
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2019) Steiner, Sarah; Rigby, Miriam
Open Access
Oregon Practice Materials: A Selective Annotated Bibliography
(William S. Hein & Co., Inc., the copyright holder and publisher, grants permission to include Oregon Practice Materials: A Selective Bibliography, in Scholars' Bank., 2005) Clayton, Mary; Midkiff, Stephanie
Includes primary and secondary legal materials commonly used in the practice of law in Oregon. Part of a larger set of state annotated legal practice materials.
Open Access
"Playing at the Big Table": Betting on Transformative Change and Collaboration at the Frye Leadership Institute
(Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, 2015) Lim, Adriene; Lewis, Vivian; Baker, Neal; Herold, Irene M. H.
Open Access
Teaching Business Research Using Strategic Analysis Diagrams
(ACRL Press, 2022-05) Snipes, Genifer
The ability to successfully research and analyze the business environment is a critical skill for any type of successful business project - whether in the classroom or in real life. However, students often assume their casual information-seeking habits will work equally well in academic business research, in the process missing, misunderstanding, or misapplying information as they build their propositions. In this chapter's activity, students use one of the major strategic analysis frameworks – SWOT, Business Model Canvas, or Five Forces, as a guide to identify which topics to research as well as where various business resources can be applied to the research process.

Browse

Browsing UO Libraries by Content Type "Book chapter"

Results Per Page

Sort Options