PROGRESS REPORT 2017-20182018-2019 Libraries INFORMATION THE UO LIBRARIES AND KNOWLEDGE is a vital component of University of Oregon’s mission to educate its students and prepare them for future success. I am pleased UO LIBRARIES PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT AND UNIQUE CONTENT AND to present this Progress Report providing an overview of the library’s many COLLECTIONS TO ENHANCE RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP. contributions to this effort during the 2017–18 and 2018–19 academic years. The University of Oregon has increased the Video interviews and archival documents of The information distilled in the following pages represents the collective effort of Libraries’ budget for scholarly information over 80 local women were collected by the over 150 librarians, managers, and staff members who bring tremendous energy and resources and collections with a new, recurring Eugene Lesbian Oral History project. passion to their work on a daily basis. Having stepped into the role of Interim Dean annual allocation of $250,000. of Libraries this July, it is my privilege to highlight their exceptional work and to build UO Libraries convened a library User on the momentum and legacy of my predecessor, Adriene Lim. A new and improved Experience (UX) working group to focus on l.j- - LibrarySearch web interface users’ perspectives of library services and to The Progress Report is organized into sections that reflect the high-level goals in i 111111, .V/ makes it easier than ever for promote universal design principles in our the UO Libraries’ Strategic Plan. These goals, like the North Star, provide a precise 111111 r students and faculty members library offerings. means of navigating through times when change seems to be the only constant. ··· ~1;,e1: ~.~ to locate and engage with Resources may ebb and flow, the political climate may vary, and people may come the collection materials Implementation of the BrowZine system and go, but the UO Libraries remains committed to making a positive impact on the that support their learning, facilitated campus access to electronic journals. research and teaching enterprise and on student success through our ongoing work. {11 ' '\ . . '· teaching, and research. Special Collections and University Archives In reviewing this Progress Report, I hope you will agree that it reflects how the UO Our new acquisitions are processed three major collections now available Libraries continues to play an extremely vital role at the University of Oregon. now accessible online and to researchers: Ken Kesey, Ursula K. Le Guin, updated daily, helping users discover the latest and Doris Ulmann. Mark Watson resources as our vast collections continue to Interim Dean of Libraries grow and diversify. UO Libraries provided mediated access to Operations Kanopy, a streaming video service, for use in $2,065,885 The Oregon Digital Newspaper Program teaching and research. celebrated the milestone of surpassing one million pages of content served online, Library memberships and partnerships have including expanded representation from increased to expand open-access publishing minority communities. opportunities and promote their use by UO Collections scholars and researchers. $7,578,025 The Libraries’ exhibits program increased public awareness UO Libraries gained access to the TOTAL of key collection materials HistoryMakers, a collection of video $18,836,319 ranging from Native American oral histories with African-Americans, in EXPENDITURES heritage photographs to anticipation of the grand opening of the Lyllye athletics memorabilia, Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center. Japanese votive slips to Reformation-era Bibles. UO Libraries joined the Mountain West Digital Library, expanding our role in national- and Personnel state-level digital library efforts. $9,192,409 *Benets not included U N I V E R S I T Y O F O R E G O N L I B R A R I E S 1 STUDENT SUCCESS UO LIBRARIES PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN IMPROVING STUDENT SUCCESS THROUGH EXEMPLARY TEACHING, ENGAGEMENT, AND FACULTY DEVELOPMENT. Our librarians taught credit courses and The largest employer of students among all provided research consultations, workshops, academic units on campus, UO Libraries provided and guest lectures spanning across the entire hundreds of students with jobs that deliver UO curriculum. needed income and valuable professional •••••••••• experience while aligning with their class •••••••••• Undergraduates visit the Librarians created and published online schedules and educational goals. ••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••• 63% Research Guides that serve as “first-stop” Library at least weekly resources connecting teachers and students The library-sponsored “Show Up, Stand Out, •••••••••• with key learning materials in a full range of Empower” art exhibition provided creative •••••••••• subject areas. students with an opportunity to showcase the •••••••••••••••••••• values and campus culture to which they aspire. •••••••••• 156 UO Libraries administered the Canvas learning •••••••••••••••••••• TOTAL STAFF FTEmanagement software and its transition from Fifteen accomplished young scholars received •••••••••• (Full-time Equivalent) the Libraries to UO Information Services and recognition through the UO Libraries annual •••••••••••••••••••• 41% Access the library website UO Online. Undergraduate Research Awards. •••••••••••••••••••• 45 at least weekly UO Libraries convened an Undergraduate The Visualization Lab and the DeArmond •••••••• STUDENT ASSISTANTS FTE Student Advisory Board to help align our library MakerSpace in the Allan Price Science Commons •••••••••••• (Full-time Equivalent) efforts with the first-hand experiences and real- and Research Library provided students with •••••••••• life needs of today’s students. hands-on access to the latest, high-tech tools of research and knowledge creation. UO Libraries is a key partner in the Provost’s Teaching Academy, advancing a vision of The Design Library’s pop-up library cart brings undergraduate education that is active, library resources “on the road” to dormitories and 309 INSTRUCTIONAL GROUP SESSIONS inclusive, engaged, and research-led. other student service points. II UO Libraries co-sponsored the Student Success In partnership with UO Online, librarians 98,997 5,683 PARTICIPANTSSummit, an interactive gathering for UO provided workshops on OER (Online Educational faculty members, administrators, advisors, and Resources), copyright and fair use, and CIRCULATION librarians to explore collaborative strategies information literacy to UO faculty members . - . to improve student retention, academic designing online courses. performance, and on-time graduation rates. A LibQual survey of undergraduates, graduate 18,183 Reserves circulation We continued to be a key provider of tutoring students, and faculty members reached 2,821 13,579 'wt.a services in the Mathematics Library to help participants, helping to inform our decisions 42,577 Loaned to other libraries REFERENCE/ students excel in their coursework. about library services, resources, and spaces. 40,604 Loans from other libraries RESEARCH INTERACTIONS 2 U N I V E R S I T Y O F O R E G O N L I B R A R I E S U N I V E R S I T Y O F O R E G O N L I B R A R I E S 3 INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS UO LIBRARIES CREATES AND SUPPORTS INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS TO ADVANCE LEARNING, INSPIRE CREATIVITY, AND BUILD COMMUNITY. Thanks to generous donor support, UO Libraries is in the midst of an extensive program of updates, expansion, and improvements to our physical spaces. Projects completed in recent months include: Replacement of outdated HVAC and Opening of the Educational Technology fire protection systems in the Special Studio in Knight Library—a resource Collections and University Archives space for instructors to create videos and podcasts for use in their classes PASSING THROUGH OUR GATES IN FY ’18 Renovations and artwork restorations 502 in the Knight Library’s historic Additional computer labs and Knight and Branches 1,351,789 PUBLIC COMPUTERS Browsing Room workstations throughout library visitors IN LIBRARIES branches AND LABS Remodeling of the Knight Library west Law 131,637 wing’s public spaces and offices Opening of the DREAM (Digital visitors Research, Education, and Media) Lab in Refurbishing of the Knight Library Knight Library—a dedicated space for Commons near the reference desk faculty members and graduate students 1,048,959---0 to engage in collaborative scholarship PAGE VIEWS ON Physical and service upgrades at the using the latest educational technology 23,762 LIBRARY WEBSITE UO Portland Library Updates to the Douglass Listening Room STUDY ROOM RESERVATIONS A new classroom in the Law Library include an audio engineering studio and open browsing access to the audio 3,199,098 Improved lighting in the Design recording collections Library ITEM VIEWS IN LOCAL Remodeling and rebranding of Café DIGITAL COLLECTIONS Ongoing equipment upgrades in the Verso in Knight Library Price Science Commons & Research Library’s Visualization Lab and Updated and improved the Browsing DeArmond MakerSpace Room’s audio-visual technology infrastructure to facilitate more effective 3,901 meetings, events, and instruction SEATS IN ALL 2,763,458 LIBRARIES DATABASE SEARCHES 4 U N I V E R S I T Y O F O R E G O N L I B R A R I E S U N I V E R S I T Y O F O R E G O N L I B R A R I E S 5 RESEARCH AND ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT CAPACITY UO LIBRARIES ENGAGES WITH DIVERSE PARTNERS TO FUEL DISCOVERY TO SUPPLEMENT OUR BUDGETS AND INCREASE THE SCOPE AND IMPACT OF OUR AND CREATE NEW KNOWLEDGE. SERVICES, UO LIBRARIES ACTIVELY PURSUES FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH EXTERNAL AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS. The Libraries’ Digital Scholarship Services UO Libraries joined HathiTrust, an international department awarded Faculty Grants in support community of research libraries committed to The UO Libraries has received twelve grants totaling $892,911 since 2017. Projects included the processing of of digital humanities projects at UO. the long-term curation and availability of the children’s literature author collections in Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA), conversion of cultural record. SCUA’s rare book card catalog, preservation of film collection materials, digitization of Oregon’s sanctuary UO Libraries offered digital scholarship law history and folklore collections, and the creation of an exhibition celebrating the history of diverse workshops to help familiarize faculty members With support from Facebook and Google, the communities on campus. and graduate students with the latest software Network Startup Resource Center continued applications that are making research, data their mission to bring internet connectivity to With support from an IMLS national grant of $203,508, the UO Libraries will partner with Oregon State management, and knowledge dissemination developing regions throughout the world. University Libraries and Press to develop a suite of analytics and reporting tools for Hyrax, the platform that more efficient and effective. Oregon Digital is built on. Once developed, these tools will be shared nationally, helping libraries to tell their The Libraries regularly hosts and promotes stories of collections and users. Librarians shared their expertise within Google map-a-thon and Wikipedia edit-a-thon the professional community by publishing events to help advance the completeness, UO Libraries received an award from the Association of College & Research Libraries to bring a full-day books, chapters, and peered-reviewed journal accuracy, inclusivity, and humanitarian focus of workshop on scholarly communication, open education, and open access initiatives to Eugene. Over 40 articles and giving numerous presentations at public knowledge resources. librarians from the Willamette Valley participated in the training opportunity. professional conferences. UO Libraries launched a new Data Services To supplement an existing project, the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) received a $1,590,746 award Selected as part of the UO President’s department to advance research data from the National Science Foundation, bringing their total funding to $5,939,839. Freedom of Expression speaker series, the management practices, resources, and inaugural biennial Library Symposium, knowledge for our campus. GRANTS AND AWARDS FROM RECEIVED AMOUNT “Allies Not Enemies,” facilitated an in- depth discussion on intellectual freedom, • Oregon State Library / Library Services and Technology Act 2017 $89,340 information policy, and social justice. Delmas Foundation 2017 $8,000 • Oregon Parks & Recreation Department 2017 $17,014 • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2018 $300,000 • Oregon State Library / Library Services and Technology Act 2018 $90,452 • American Association of Law Libraries 2019 $5,000 • National Film Preservation Foundation 2019 $9,290 • UO Diversity Action Plan 2019 $9,800 • Council on Library and Information Resources 2019 $15,533 • National Historical Publications & Records Commission 2019 $59,758 • Oregon State Library / Library Services and Technology Act 2019 $85,216 • Institute for Museum and Library Services 2019 $203,508 TOTAL $892,911 U N I V E R S I T Y O F O R E G O N L I B R A R I E S 7 SPOTLIGHT MELLON FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS AND LIBRARY-MUSEUM COLLABORATIONS Funded in part by a $300,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the UO Libraries and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA) co-sponsor the Mellon Faculty Fellowships, providing direct support for UO faculty members who wish to incorporate library and museum assets into their teaching and research. Sponsored projects may include but are not limited to the development and use of new learning objects, exhibitions, and research publications that focus on collections, relevant expertise, and strategic priorities spanning both organizations. During the 2018-19 academic year, Mellon Faculty Fellowships supported three faculty members engaged in digital scholarship projects. Award funds also facilitated the creation of a Mellon Postdoctoral Scholar position housed in the library’s Digital Scholarship Services department. Working collaboratively with library and museum staff, the Mellon Fellows and Scholar produced three distinct digital exhibits highlighting their research with key holdings in our collections. MORE SUPERLATIVES Our 2018 LibQual survey of undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty members reached 2,821 participants, helping to inform our decisions about library services, resources, and spaces. Find more survey results, library.uoregon.edu/survey-results UO Libraries ranks among the Top Lenders/Borrowers in the Nation according to The Chronicle of Higher Education PROGRESS REPORT is a publication of the University of Oregon Libraries INTERIM DEAN OF LIBRARIES Mark Watson WRITER AND EDITOR Jason Stone DESIGNER Mandi Garcia CONTRIBUTORS Susan Breakenridge, Shelley Harshe, and Erin Stoddart PHOTOGRAPHERS University Communications (Front Cover, p.3-left, p.5), Randy Sullivan (Inside Front Cover), Charlie Litchfield (p.3-middle), Studio McDermott (p.3-right, Inside Back Cover), Mandi Garcia (p.4-top, p.6, p.8), Kiva Hanson themarch.uoregon.edu glam.uoregon.edu/yokaisenjafuda glam.uoregon.edu/fabricofcollecting (p.4-bottom), Nic Walcott (Back Cover) The University of Oregon is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. 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