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Browsing by Author "Adams, Kristen"
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Analysis and Assessment of the 'Get it Now' Service, Five Years after Implementation - is it Fulfilling its Purpose Sustainably?
Adams, Kristen; Messner, KevinThe 'Get it Now' service, from the Copyright Clearance Center, is a rapid document delivery program for journal articles which we implemented in 2014. With five years of data, our analysis addressed questions including: ... -
Analyzing unexpected success of a data visualization video series
Adams, Kristen; Justus, RogerAbstract: About a year ago, the library created a series of 17 YouTube videos on data visualization. These presented practical skills on making graphs and diagrams in Google’s Sheets and Slides, and Microsoft’s Excel ... -
Data Literacy on Demand: Creating a Set of Data Literacy Modules for Remote Instruction
Boehme, Ginny; Adams, Kristen; Benzing, MattThe case study presented here, from Miami University, demonstrates one approach to designing and implementing a series of online modules covering data management skills. Through collaboration with the Miami Ecological Big ... -
Flexible, Scalable, and Sustainable Data Literacy Instruction: Remote Learning and Collaboration for the Future
Boehme, Ginny; Adams, KristenData literacy (DL) is an important topic that is not typically covered in-depth as part of undergraduate curricula, yet is often a skillset that faculty expect new graduate students to have. In spring 2020, librarians ... -
How finding your question and following your curiosity can naturally craft your research identity
Adams, KristenThis talk will emphasize how developing a research identity can begin with a single question. The speaker will share the backstory to a current research project, they didn’t set out to do, that started this way. It involves ... -
Job sculpting in the midst of organizational change
Adams, Kristen; Messner, Kevin“Job sculpting” – matching employees to job duties consistent with their professional interests and strengths — in librarian positions can be a helpful practice for enhancing employee satisfaction and ultimately retention. ... -
Mineral identification numbers for librarians, explained through a short history of Dana's classification scheme
Adams, KristenMany chemistry librarians are likely familiar with chemical identifiers, such as CAS Registry Numbers or InChI strings, that serve as unique IDs for chemicals, which attempts to overcome the challenges in searching the ... -
Nurturing collaboration while weeding collections: A new interdepartmental workflow
Calabrese, Cara; Adams, Kristen; Withers, Rob O'BrienReviewing, transferring, and withdrawing materials is normally a hands-on and collaborative interdepartmental process. Last spring, our institution decided to expedite a closure of a branch library and consolidate holdings ... -
Promoting Transparency and collaboration with a new database A-Z audit and new ER acquisitions workflow
Calabrese, Cara; Sellers, Senta; Adams, KristenA collaborative project with electronic resources (ER) and subject librarians focused on our A-Z resource list, which needed attention as descriptions and links were outdated and/or inaccurate. This was a two-phase project. ... -
RDM Throughout a Rock’s Life (with humans)
Adams, KristenCovers the data life cycle as it applies to geology, including the multiple formats of data involved, both analog (field notes books, rock specimens, and thin sections), as well as electronic formats, and the preservation ... -
Revising and rethinking asynchronous data literacy modules: Addition of practical data visualization skills for students of all abilities
Adams, KristenPreviously a group of librarians created a set of data literacy modules. These were designed to be online asynchronous, taken either in unison or separately, mostly for STEM disciplines with hopes of being useful outside ... -
Revival of a historic bibliography for a modern bibliographic analysis
Adams, KristenConducting a bibliographic analysis on the complete works of an individual has the potential to reveal patterns and themes that are otherwise obscured. Assembling a bibliography for contemporary authors is somewhat ...