Website Design and Evaluation Workshop

Workbook on website design prepared for presentation at LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE 2004: HUMAN INFORMATION BEHAVIOUR AND COMPETENCIES FOR DIGITAL LIBRARIES includes chapters on pre-planning, card sort technique, focus groups, usability, site architecture, accessibility, and assessmentunpublishednot peer reviewe

Information needs and research practices of graduate students in the master\u27s in development practice program

Building on their previous work exploring the importance of the cultural context in sustainable development and outlining the core information resources supporting a culturally grounded approach, in this follow-up study the authors use case studies to explore the information practices of graduate students training to be sustainable development practitioners. The article details information challenges faced by development students and practitioners when they are in the field. The authors find that the students are quite attentive to the need of development organizations to become learning organizations and they see the importance of not only developing a thorough knowledge of local culture, but of building a knowledge base to support the work of their organizations and the development community at large

Building a Bridge to Next Generation DH Services in Libraries with a Campus Needs Assessment

This poster reports on a needs assessment for digital humanities library services undertaken at large research university in order to provide a basis for transition to a next phase of Digital Humanities (DH) support at a library supporting a growing amount of DH work on campus. It reports key findings and how the library services will evolve to meet needs identified on campus. The full report on which this presentation is based is available at http://hdl.handle.net/2142/100081Ope

Scholarly Commons Digital Humanities Needs Assessment Study

The members of the Digital Humanities Needs Assessment Working Group completed an analysis of current activities and future needs for digital humanities and digital scholarship-oriented research and teaching at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. This study originated as an investigation into the particular practices and work of digital humanities researchers, and how the University Library could support the needs for digital humanities research, particularly via the resources and expertise provided in the Scholarly Commons. This report delivers findings gathered via interviews and follow-up survey, and analyzed by the Working Group. It identifies thematic Areas of Need and also proposed Recommendations for the Library.Ope

Do incoming residents vary in measures of emotional status even prior to residency training?

Objectives: To determine whether Empathy, Emotional Intelligence, and Burnout scores differ by specialty in incoming residents. Methods: This is a single-site, prospective, cross-sectional study. Three validated survey instruments, the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy, Maslach Burnout Inventory, and Emotional and Social Competency Inventory, were written into a survey platform as a single 125-question Qualtrics survey. Over three academic years, 2015-2017, 229 incoming residents across all specialties were emailed the survey link during orientation. Residents were grouped by incoming specialty with anonymity assured. A total of 229 responses were included, with 121 (52.8%) identifying as female. Statistical analysis was performed using the Analysis of Variance or Kruskal-Wallis test, Chi-Square or Fisher\u27s Exact test, and Independent Samples t-test or Mann Whitney U test. A Bonferroni correction was applied for pairwise comparisons. Results: Family Medicine had a higher median Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy score (127) compared to Emergency Medicine (115), (U=767.7, p=0.0330). Maslach Burnout Inventory depersonalization and personal accomplishment subcategory scores showed a significant difference between specialties when omnibus tests were performed, but pairwise comparisons with emergency medicine residents showed no differences. Differences were found in the Maslach Burnout Inventory categories of Depersonalization (χ Conclusions: Differences in measures of well-being exist across specialties, even prior to the start of residency training. The implication for educators of residency training is that some incoming residents, regardless of specialty, already exhibit troublesome features of burnout, and resources to effectively deal with these residents should be developed and utilized

Sustainable development in the cultural context: a review of sources and analysis of gaps

In order to be effective, sustainable development efforts must be grounded in a fundamental understanding of the local context. Two librarians with backgrounds in anthropology will address the issue of culturally-grounded sustainable development resources available online and in digital repositories. The presenters will review the literature on the importance of the cultural context in sustainable development, identify strengths of current culturally-grounded online collections, and review gaps in order to identify areas where libraries should focus further efforts to develop these types of collections.unpublishe