Does the idea of the soaring price of textbooks and the lack of your student’s ability to purchas... more Does the idea of the soaring price of textbooks and the lack of your student’s ability to purchase them keep you up at night? If so, then please join our Digital Learning & Engagement Librarian, Christina Wray and Research and Information Services’ Science Librarian, Sandy Avila for a presentation about partnering with your subject librarian to explore quality library-sourced or open access/online resources for your next class
In today’s academic publishing environment, open access journals have become an increasingly comm... more In today’s academic publishing environment, open access journals have become an increasingly common and used venue for publication by STEM faculty and researchers. Subject librarians at one of the largest public research institutions in the United States are tailoring workshops geared towards faculty to create awareness of predatory publishing. Our research question involved identifying STEM faculty at our institution who have published in questionable journals and bringing this to their attention through a series of faculty workshops. This poster was presented at the American Library Association Annual Conference meeting for the Association of College and Research Libraries- Science Technology Section Poster Session Breakfast, held on June 24, 2018 in New Orleans, LA
This presentation was given at the virtual SEFLIN 2021 Conference, titled, Whose Library is it An... more This presentation was given at the virtual SEFLIN 2021 Conference, titled, Whose Library is it Anyway: Improvisation in Improbable Times. The presentation was part of a concurrent breakout session that was held on July 29, 2021. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries’ Research & Information Services Department (RIS) implemented a virtual reference service called Tele-Reference providing a safe alternative to in-person reference desk service. This session will explore how the UCF Libraries RIS Department pivoted during the public health crisis and examined reference services to meet the needs of the community. It will highlight the formation and implementation of Tele-Reference, as well as explore future plans for utilizing this innovative technology. Perspectives from librarians who have staffed Tele-Reference will also be shared. Attendees will learn about the benefits and challenges of this service to help them implement and leverage virtua...
"The Time Has Come . . . to Talk of Many Things", 2020
Subject librarians are uniquely poised to facilitate conversations and assistance about scholarly... more Subject librarians are uniquely poised to facilitate conversations and assistance about scholarly communication topics to faculty and students -- helping make the connections between scholarly communication and discipline-specific research. The University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries offers a unique intersection between scholarly communication and subject librarians by implementing a robust subject librarian model that includes activities related to scholarly communication and partnering with UCF’s Office of Scholarly Communication to provide support on a variety of topics to the campus community. In particular, this model has been particularly effective with STEM disciplines. The subject librarians in these respective disciplines have actively partnered with the Office of Scholarly Communication to provide a series of workshops targeted to STEM faculty on topics such as predatory publishing. These conversations have prompted invitations to speak at college and department meet...
Does the idea of the soaring price of textbooks and the lack of your student’s ability to purchas... more Does the idea of the soaring price of textbooks and the lack of your student’s ability to purchase them keep you up at night? If so, then please join our Digital Learning & Engagement Librarian, Christina Wray and Research and Information Services’ Science Librarian, Sandy Avila for a presentation about partnering with your subject librarian to explore quality library-sourced or open access/online resources for your next class
In today’s academic publishing environment, open access journals have become an increasingly comm... more In today’s academic publishing environment, open access journals have become an increasingly common and used venue for publication by STEM faculty and researchers. Subject librarians at one of the largest public research institutions in the United States are tailoring workshops geared towards faculty to create awareness of predatory publishing. Our research question involved identifying STEM faculty at our institution who have published in questionable journals and bringing this to their attention through a series of faculty workshops. This poster was presented at the American Library Association Annual Conference meeting for the Association of College and Research Libraries- Science Technology Section Poster Session Breakfast, held on June 24, 2018 in New Orleans, LA
This presentation was given at the virtual SEFLIN 2021 Conference, titled, Whose Library is it An... more This presentation was given at the virtual SEFLIN 2021 Conference, titled, Whose Library is it Anyway: Improvisation in Improbable Times. The presentation was part of a concurrent breakout session that was held on July 29, 2021. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries’ Research & Information Services Department (RIS) implemented a virtual reference service called Tele-Reference providing a safe alternative to in-person reference desk service. This session will explore how the UCF Libraries RIS Department pivoted during the public health crisis and examined reference services to meet the needs of the community. It will highlight the formation and implementation of Tele-Reference, as well as explore future plans for utilizing this innovative technology. Perspectives from librarians who have staffed Tele-Reference will also be shared. Attendees will learn about the benefits and challenges of this service to help them implement and leverage virtua...
"The Time Has Come . . . to Talk of Many Things", 2020
Subject librarians are uniquely poised to facilitate conversations and assistance about scholarly... more Subject librarians are uniquely poised to facilitate conversations and assistance about scholarly communication topics to faculty and students -- helping make the connections between scholarly communication and discipline-specific research. The University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries offers a unique intersection between scholarly communication and subject librarians by implementing a robust subject librarian model that includes activities related to scholarly communication and partnering with UCF’s Office of Scholarly Communication to provide support on a variety of topics to the campus community. In particular, this model has been particularly effective with STEM disciplines. The subject librarians in these respective disciplines have actively partnered with the Office of Scholarly Communication to provide a series of workshops targeted to STEM faculty on topics such as predatory publishing. These conversations have prompted invitations to speak at college and department meet...
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