Instructional Designers\u27 Perceptions Regarding Preparation For Practice In A Health Care Environment

This study utilized a multi-case, bounded case, single-site case study research design to examine how well instructional designers perceive themselves able to practice ID in health care industries. Questions central to this study focused on how instructional designers perceive their preparation to practice, usefulness of professional development organizations or affiliations in which they participated while practicing ID, both academic and non-academic curricula, and utilization of ID practices when designing and developing ID projects in health care environments. The site selected for this study was a teaching hospital in Southeast Metropolitan Detroit, Michigan. Sampling size was limited to five instructional designers who had been working in the health care environment. Using a case study approach, convenient sampling was utilized to obtain detailed information about the experiences of instructional designers in the health care sector. Upon completion of interviews, participants had the opportunity to show completed work projects and were provided an opportunity to reflect on ID practice via journal entries over a two week time period. The constant comparative method was utilized for data analysis whereby a within - case analysis was conducted followed by a cross case analysis. Findings of this research showed that participants felt well prepared to practice ID in their respective health care environment and offered a variety of ways in which an instructional designer can explore the field of health care, how academic program administrators can collaborate with health care organizations to provide ID opportunities for students, and ways in which health care administrators can explore additional learning opportunities for their ID employees

Libraries as Indispensable Partners and Connectors in Data Science

Libraries play an integral role as learning partners and connectors throughout the data science lifecycle in curriculum and research. We will discuss the UNC library system-wide data science initiative around the following issues (1) how to scaffold the integration of data science competencies through layers of education and help solve real-world problems; (2) how to harness the expertise from interdisciplinary experts, and incorporate pedagogical approaches that facilitate problem-based learning; (3) how to bridge the gaps in skill acquisition, application of data science tools, and allocation of resources by playing an intermediary role. The discussion will be framed around social sciences and humanities, digital humanities, and a special emphasis on biomedical and health sciences. Examples will include the research collaborations that the UNC Health Sciences Library established with several campus units, including North Carolina Translational and Clinical Science Institute, UNC School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, and other entities on campus that host large volumes of data

The Foundation of and Future Directions for JEDI @ University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries

This chapter per the authors provides an in-depth overview of how the University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries has leveraged historical connections and special collections to provide a robust foundation for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion programming and initiatives on campus, in the community, and worldwide. Readers will be provided with examples that will inform conversations about JEDI efforts at their own libraries and on their own campuses, as well as insights gleaned during the process of doing this work at University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries

Bibliometrics Supporting Curriculum Transformation

These visualizations represent the bibliometric and curriculum mapping efforts in support of identifying curriculum transformation opportunities for the Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Bibliometric Analyses and Visualizations: Applying Bibliometrics to Examine Research Output and Highlight Collaboration

Visualizations Associated with Case Study from: Applying Bibliometrics to Examine Research Output and Highlight Collaboratio

UNC-Chapel Hill COVID-19 Research Output & Collaboration Analysis: January 2020-April 2021

Research contributing to discoveries associated with COVID-19 has been growing on the UNC campus over the past year. To help increase visibility of this integral research and illustrate the extensive organizational collaborations that help move UNC research forward, a team from University Libraries – Health Sciences Library analyzed the COVID-19 research output of UNC Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) researchers between January 2020 and April 2021

Bibliometric Analyses and Visualizations for Cases 1-7: New data-related roles for librarians: Using bibliometric analysis and visualization to increase visibility of research impact. In Handbook of Research on Knowledge and Organization Systems in Library and Information Science.

Visualizations associated with seven bibliometric analysis cases as described in book chapter. Mani, N.S., Hayes, B., Dodd, A., Yu, F., & Cawley, M. (2021). New data-related roles for librarians: Using bibliometric analysis and visualization to increase visibility of research impact. In B. J. Holland, Handbook of Research on Knowledge and Organization Systems in Library and Information Science (Chp 17). IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-7258-

Analysis of anti-racism, equity, inclusion and social justice initiatives in library and information science literature

Purpose – The objective of this study is to establish the current state of library and information science (LIS) scholarship pertaining to anti-racism, equity, inclusion and social justice initiatives. Design/methodology/approach – Using comprehensive search strategies, three LIS databases were searched for relevant literature published in the last 10 years and results were exported and de-duplicated using Endnote. Citations were screened by two blinded, independent reviewers based on pre-defined eligibility criteria. Citations in the final data set were then hand coded by three reviewers using deductive coding. Subject terms for all citations were categorized and consolidated to identify major themes across the corpus of included publications. Results were analyzed using bibliometrics and thematic analysis. Findings – A total of 691 unique citations were included in this analysis based on inclusion criteria. Publication productivity has generally increased from 2011 to 2020; findings show publications from 170 source titles and 944 authors representing 33 countries. Prevalent themes included access to information, multiculturalism and social justice. Various populations groups, areas of LIS practice, library types and social justice topics have been addressed in the literature. Over 15% of citations focused on anti-racism efforts in LIS. Originality/value –This study applied both bibliometric and thematic approaches to analyzing LIS literature at macro and micro levels regarding anti-racism, equity, inclusion and social justice