Accomplishments: University Libraries
Amanda Koziura (Libraries) is the co-author of a chapter "Disrupting Vocational Awe: Strategies for Supervisors to Identify, Counter, and Prevent Unsustainable Workloads and Unreasonable Expectations," published in the book "Person-Centered Management in Academic Libraries." This chapter gives practical advice for supervisors on how to reduce…
Melissa Bowles-Terry (Libraries) spoke at the HS OnlineEd roundtable, "Strengthening the Bond Between Academic Libraries and Faculty," viewed by more than 400 registrants from 70 countries. Her invitation followed a presentation on the intersection of information literacy and faculty development at LILAC 2024: The Information Literacy…
Brittani Sterling and Su Kim Chung (both Libraries) are the authors of a chapter, "We Need to Talk: Creating a University Library-Driven Series on the UNLV Campus to Address Systemic Racism" published in the book, Creating an Inclusive Library: Approaches for Increasing Engagement and Use with Students of Color. The chapter discusses how the…
Katherine Manifold (Libraries) and co-authors Annamarie C. Klose, Alexis Fintel, and Amy McCrory from The Ohio State University published the article “Fragments in Cyberspace: The Ohio State University’s Digital Collection of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments” in the Journal of Library Metadata. This open access article reports on…
Christina Miskey (Libraries) was featured as the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Member of the Week for the week of Sept. 16.
Emily Lapworth (Libraries) is part of the team that was awarded a $150,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant program to establish a prioritized research agenda for the archival profession. Lapworth is co-chair of the Society of American Archivists Committee on Research, Data, and…
Susie Skarl and Amanda Slater (both Libraries) co-authored an article, "Library Workers and Disabilities: An Annotated Bibliography," in Codex: The Journal of the Louisiana Chapter of the ACRL. The article highlights the key journal articles and book chapters that have been published internationally between 2011-2022 to offer…
Andrea Wirth (Libraries) presented "Participatory science, open science, and community engagement" at the FORCE11 Conference on the future of research communication. The presentation reported on early results of a project that looked at how research guides created by academic libraries are supporting participatory science…
Christina Miskey, Kathryn Houk, and Jason Aubin (all Libraries) authored a chapter, "Developing Recommendations for More Inclusive Academic Librarian On-Site Interviews," in the new book, Toward Inclusive Academic Librarian Hiring Practices, published by the Association for College and Research Libraries. The chapter details an intentional…
Kathryn Houk (Libraries, Medicine) is the co-editor of a new book, Toward Inclusive Academic Librarian Hiring Practices, published by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The book provides evidence-based discussions on inclusive hiring practices in academic libraries that recenters people in the process and incorporates…
Chelsea Heinbach (Libraries) gave a presentation titled, "Introducing LibParlor Online Learning: An Open-Source Curriculum for LIS Researchers," at the American Libraries Association annual conference. This presentation introduced the plan for an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)-funded curriculum that will be launched in Fall 2024…
Joseph Kevin Sebastian (Libraries) published an article, "Queering critical digital literacy scholarship: A new framework," in New Directions for Teaching and Learning. The article critiques and builds upon critical digital literacy studies by synthesizing queer theory to inspire more inclusive approaches to understandings of digital literacy…