Roaring Toward a New Future with our Repository of Open Access Research (RoOAR)

We decided at the University of North Alabama to investigate the transition of our repository to a different platform. We were interested in a few things: an open platform, access internally to make changes, cost-effectiveness, and something that was aesthetically pleasant. We think we found all of those and more in our partnership with Ubiquity Press. This presentation will cover our decision making process in choosing the new platform, the transition, and our next steps moving forward

Outreach at a Mid-Size Academic Library

Presentation at the Alabama Library Association (ALLA) Annual Convention.https://ir.una.edu/libfacpresentation/1028/thumbnail.jp

Let\u27s Give them Something to Talk About: Textbook Affordability and OER

Florida Gulf Coast University and the University of North Alabama are both in their second year of Library Textbook Affordability Projects. Presenters will briefly share the structure of the programs at each of their institutions including how we obtained funding, enlisted the support of our campus bookstore and academic departments, identified the most-needed textbooks, set up and maintained the collection, and let students place holds for Reserve textbooks. They will share their successes and their challenges and how developing a robust textbook affordability program can support broader campus Open Education Resource goals. The presenters will facilitate a lively discussion about library-led initiatives to help students afford course textbooks and materials. We will share what worked and what didn’t work at our university libraries. All perspectives and approaches are welcome!https://ir.una.edu/libfacpresentation/1039/thumbnail.jp

Off to a Roaring Start: Successes and Lessons from year One of OER and Textbook Affordability Initiatives

In 2018, the state higher education commission offered a series of informational programs to increase awareness and adoption of OER in colleges and universities. This spurred our university to include OER as part of the current strategic plan and to form a working group to create a sustainable program of OER education and adoption on campus. At the same time, the library was prioritizing the purchase of textbooks and other course material to increase both physical and electronic course reserves to help ease the burden of textbook costs for students.In this session, the presenters, one a librarian who is a member of the OER working group and the other the University Librarian who made TAI a priority, will discuss how they combined their efforts to support the launch of a faculty stipend program that includes money not just for traditional OER but also leverages library resources and fair use guidelines to support textbook affordability.This program, launched in May of 2020 has funded 15 projects to date, some using adoption/adaption/creation of OER, some using course reserves and e-resources, and some using a combination of OER and library resources.Though this first year has exceeded our expectations, we also learned lessons and adapted the program as we went along to better meet the needs of the students, faculty, and administration. We will discuss these lessons learned and how we plan to continue to refine and improve our program over the course of the next year.https://ir.una.edu/libfacpresentation/1046/thumbnail.jp

Sweet and Savory: Separating Fact from Fiction

Too many information diets are overpopulated with junk. This information junk combined with a lack of critical-thinking skills can make digesting news, world events, and other content difficult. This recipe is intended to assist the consumer of information cuisine to get back on track with healthy habits. The intention is to expose those unhealthy lifestyle choices that we are predisposed to make, challenge the habits, and balance the diet through adding quality ingredients and enhanced preparation skills to our practices in the future

Beyond Reinventing the Library Scavenger Hunt: Teaching Library Literacy to First-Year Experience Students Using an Escape Room

Librarians are always looking for inventive ways to engage first year students in Library Orientation programs. In 2017, ACRL released the First Year Experience Cookbook, which included chapters on topics such as how to use social media to engage FYE students and various innovations of the traditional scavenger hunt, among other great ideas. This book showcased how we are looking for new ways to promote active learning of both online and physical resources and to help students understand the importance of the library in their college career at the beginning of their college experience. As early adopters of the Escape Room program, the presenters in this workshop have had a chance to use, assess, and improve the program they are using with their FYE students. In this interactive workshop, the presenters will teach you how to develop an Escape Room game for your library orientation programs, how to assess the effectiveness of your game, and how to continually improve and update it up to keep it fresh for you and the students. They will be bringing their kits and a will have a special LOEX-themed game to give you a chance to “break out” of the traditional and into the innovative world of team-based strategy that has shown to be exceptionally effective at their institution. The presenters will also share the results of their current study of this FYE program. Their current post-instruction survey instrument is comprised of 6 yes/no questions and 2 free-form response questions. With over 150 survey responses to date, preliminary data trends show that over 90% of the students state they have a better understanding of the library and 95% have a better understanding of the library’s website. Over 50% of the student responses to date indicate that the students have retained the ability to name specific website links and specific physical collections within the library.https://ir.una.edu/libfacpresentation/1010/thumbnail.jp

Les effets de la pandémie de la COVID-19 sur la formation des résidents en anesthésie

The clinical role of anesthesia residents during the COVID-19 pandemic has not been well described. As qualified physicians trained in airway management, anesthesia residents could be considered essential personnel. Given the uncertain supply of protective equipment, decision-makers must consider the welfare of trainees in any decision to deploy anesthesia residents. This national survey of Canadian anesthesia residents will develop our understanding of medical education, safety, and perceptions towards training in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Our results may inform the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, program directors, and health officials in optimizing anesthesia residency training during future pandemic conditions

Caring Calls: A Weekly Phone Call Intervention and the Correlation with Loneliness in Rural Dwelling Adults

Purpose: This pilot study’s aim was to examine the impact of weekly phone calls from interprofessional students on loneliness in rural dwelling adults. Design: A pretest and posttest quasi-experimental design was utilized. Setting: The intervention was based in southeastern Minnesota, although the participants could have lived anywhere. Zoom for Healthcare © was utilized, and students were able to make the phone calls from their homes, therefore, no travel was necessary. Subjects: The subjects were rural dwelling adults (over the age 18 years old). Intervention: Interprofessional students made weekly social phone calls to rural dwelling adults over ten weeks. Measures: The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale was used to compare the level of loneliness prior to the intervention to after the intervention. Results: A Wilcoxon non-parametric test was conducted to analyze results. The overall average of the scores was -0.39, showing there was a decrease in loneliness over the ten weeks among participants, although not statistically significant (p = 0.25) Conclusion: Although there was a decrease in loneliness among the participants, the sample size was small, and the results were not statistically significant. More research is needed on this topic to determine if phone calls from students can decrease loneliness in rural-dwelling adults

Non-Malignant Cardiac Tumors

Cardiac tumors represent an unusual clinical problem in that they are often discovered as an incidental finding during a routine echocardiogram or in the course of a work-up for a source of embolism. Malignant tumors of the heart are either defined as primary or metastatic from an extra-cardiac primary source—regardless, the prognosis is poor. However, there are several cardiac tumors that are characterized as being non-malignant with regard to their tumor biology, but their tendencies to cause embolic or obstructive complications can be just as catastrophic despite a lack of invasiveness or potential to metastasize. The purpose of this chapter is to review the common types of non-malignant cardiac tumors with regard to their incidence, presentation, potential for complications, and management—with emphasis on surgical indications and techniques