Library administration of critical research infrastructure: Integrating a DSpace repository and research information management system

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Beautiful/Ugly: African and Diaspora Aesthetics

Book Review of Beautiful/Ugly: African and Diaspora Aesthetics / Edited by Sarah Nuttall.--ISBN 0-8223-3918-8 (pa., alk. paper). Reviewed by Megan Macken

Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body

Book Review of Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body / Edited by Barbara Thompson.--ISBN: 978-0-295-98771-2. Reviewed by Megan Macken

Expanding access to tribal treaties in the United States from 1778-1886

The Oklahoma State University Libraries joined with federal partners to create the Tribal Treaties Database (TTD), based on the seven-volume Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, edited by Charles J. Kappler. In its second year of development, the TTD has seen many advancements, including newly annotated provisions, improved search functionality, and expanded data interoperability. This poster will highlight the background of this important project, showcase screenshots from the database, provide an overview of statistics since its launch, and outline future updates to the online portal to encourage and expand use.Librar

The Creation of the Tribal Nations of Oklahoma Metadata Database

In the closing discussions of last year's symposium the impromptu creation of the Metadata Justice Collective occurred. Those that volunteered to chair, Megan Macken, Lulu Zilinskas, and Kaitlyn Palone, met shortly thereafter about possible projects that could use collaborative work. Megan presented the idea to create a database of Oklahoma Tribal Nation preferred names. The speakers presented on how this work was accomplished, problems encountered, and plans for future

Pattern and representation: Critical cataloging for a new perspective on campus history

Presentation for the session, "Critical Cataloging Conversations in Teaching, Research, and Practice."LibraryArt Histor

Privacy and Research Information Management Systems

This is a post-print of an article whose final version has been published in The Serials Librarian, Taylor and Francis, 8 March 2021.This paper is a case study of privacy considerations in the adoption of a Research Information Management (RIM) System. RIM Systems collection, store, and link together metadata for research, service, grants, and teaching activity. Sometimes called Current Research Information Systems (CRIS) or Faculty Activity Reporting (FAR), these systems enable institutions to collect data from different internal systems and combine it with external information, providing a more holistic perspective on university activity. They provide a single, authoritative source of this data and allow for multiple stakeholders (i.e. faculty, administration, IT, HR, library, communications) to query, analyze, download, visualize, and share it. Oklahoma State University (OSU) recently adopted a RIM System, which is being implemented and supported by the OSU Libraries. A defining factor in the decision making process for product selection was how each system addressed issues around privacy. This case study will review some of the central data privacy considerations at play in the adoption of RIM Systems at both the institutional and individual level. This will include data sharing, ownership, retention, right to reuse data, data deletion obligations upon contract termination, user access to privacy policies, and user data controls. Questions to ask before adoption, key institutional players in discussions of privacy, and issues that may arise after adoption of a Research Information Management System will also be addressed.Librar

Representation and data collection: The ethics of using Linked Open Data for Oklahoma Native artists

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Subjects of linked data: Facilitating informed decisions and securing permissions to implement linked open data for Oklahoma Native artists

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Review: The Place of Many Moods: Udaipur’s Painted Lands and India’s Eighteenth Century

A review of the 2020 book The Place of Many Moods: Udaipur’s Painted Lands and India’s Eighteenth Century by Dipti Khera for inclusion in the September 2021 issue of ARLIS/NA Reviews