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Syllabus Alchemy: How to Propose Creative Library Instruction from Quick Syllabus Analysis
No full textGetting our hands on a syllabus is often the gold standard for course-integrated library instruction. Too often, though, we simply scan the course schedule to identify the assignment we will support and then zero in on the assignment description to see the sources required. True course integration requires more granular analysis and more mercurial pedagogies. As a snapshot of the course, a syllabus can be a window onto the learning scenarios a professor has designed for her students to work through over the course of a semester. Designing instruction that fits seamlessly into those scenarios is complicated and creative work, but having on-hand tools for analyzing syllabi and developing a “menu” of creative instructional strategies to experiment with can become the touchstone of a more responsive integrated library instruction service.
In this workshop, facilitators Beth Rugan Shepard and Jason Ezell will demonstrate their approach to quick-fire syllabus analysis before walking participants through small-group “reads” of sample syllabi. Next, presenters will lead the full group through the process of classifying the instructional priorities of each course and matching them to information literacy outcomes and frames. Small groups will then use this information to guide brainstorming lesson ideas. At the end of the workshop, facilitators will share how such a process is leading to the creation of their own programmatic instruction menu. The aim of the session is for attendees to leave not only with the skill set to replicate this process but also to leave with their own “starter” menu.
Workshop Schedule Intro to Syllabus Analysis (Ezell) – 10 mins Small-Group Analysis of Sample Syllabi (Ezell/Shepard) – 15 mins Mapping the Syllabi to Information Literacy Outcomes & Frames (Shepard) – 10 mins Small-Group Lesson Brainstorming (Ezell/Shepard) – 10 mins Large-Group Sharing of Lesson Ideas (Ezell/Shepard) – 15 mins Conducting the Faculty Consultation (Shepard) – 5 mins Developing an Instructional “Menu,” Sharing USA’s – (Ezell) – 5 mins Questions (Ezell/Shepard) – 5 min
Marx Library Live: Increasing Student Engagement with Library Resources Using Social Media
No full textStudents’ use of social media has extended beyond chatting with friends or uploading funny pictures. They now use platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat to collaborate on projects and engage with classmates, faculty, and university organizations. Especially popular are live streaming platforms such as Facebook Live, which allows users to view a live broadcast and interact through comments, likes, and reactions. The University of South Alabama’s Marx Library determined that live streaming could improve student familiarity with the library’s services, and in August 2017, two Reference librarians started a weekly Facebook Live broadcast called Marx Library LIVE
Marx Library Live: Increasing Student Engagement Using Social Media
No full textLive streaming platforms such as Instagram Live, which allows users to view and interact with broadcasts, have become increasingly popular with students. Our library determined live streaming could improve student familiarity with library services, so two librarians started a broadcast called Marx Library Live. Episodes answer recurring reference questions, the librarians are unscripted and personable to dispel students’ anxiety about seeking help, and students ask questions through comments, providing another point of contact
Research in the Age of AI
No full textA guide for higher education professionals on conducting and supporting research effectively in a rapidly changing technological environment using AI. This strategy emphasizes the importance of critical engagement with research sources, understanding the cultural impact of AI technology, and using AI tools responsibly and strategically. It outlines a framework for navigating research in the age of AI, focusing on controlling the corpus of information, engaging in critical thinking, and understanding the various roles of AI in research processes. The strategy advocates for continuous learning and adaptation to technological change, emphasizing the need to approach AI tools with ethical considerations, privacy concerns, and a clear understanding of their purpose and potential benefits
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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