Using a Definition of Information Literacy to Engage Academics and Students: A UK Perspective

Following the publication of an updated definition of information literacy in 2018 by CILIP, the United Kingdom's library and information association, librarians at Royal Holloway, University of London, began to use the definition with both students and staff. Their aim was to foster a better understanding of information literacy and how it can benefit learners throughout their studies and beyond. The students were first-year English undergraduates, and the staff were working toward a postgraduate teaching certificate. Discussions during and after the sessions indicated that the updated definition was effective in introducing the concept of information literacy to both students and staff, highlighting its importance in academia and the wider world

Virtual Poster Exhibit: Connectedness @ the Alex

The mission was to determine effective combination of apps to support both the workflows and the social connectedness of a collegial staff forced to pivot to working from home with one week’s notice The University of Georgia’s Alexander Campbell King Law Library has a staff of around 25 with a strong culture of face-to-face communication, collegiality and socialization. Our work is often team-driven, and small groups walk to nearby coffee shops nearly daily for informal meetings and camaraderie. When we transitioned rapidly to a work-from-home environment in mid-March, the library’s leadership was concerned not only that every staff member would have the proper technology and equipment to be able to work comfortably and productively from home but were also concerned about losing this sense of community and connectedness. The library’s director and trio of associate directors solicited ideas for communicating both about work projects and about social matters in ways that would most closely mimic our in-library environment. The combination that is working effectively for us is: Trello boards: posting lists, instructions, and documents such as virtual reference schedules and student assistant hiring; Slack workspace: both work and social communications, including multiple channels for subjects such as reference question assistance, digital repository issues, views from our home offices, recommended books, movies, and shared anxieties and methods of coping; Zoom: for meetings, including work-related projects, library PR events, and regularly scheduled, purely social Friday Happy Hour

Best International Poster Presentations: Connectedness @ the Alex

The mission was to determine effective combination of apps to support both the workflows and the social connectedness of a collegial staff forced to pivot to working from home with one week’s notice. The University of Georgia’s Alexander Campbell King Law Library has a staff of around 25 with a strong culture of face-to-face communication, collegiality and socialization. Our work is often team-driven, and small groups walk to nearby coffee shops nearly daily for informal meetings and camaraderie. When we transitioned rapidly to a work-from-home environment in mid-March, the library’s leadership was concerned not only that every staff member would have the proper technology and equipment to be able to work comfortably and productively from home but were also concerned about losing this sense of community and connectedness. The library’s director and trio of associate directors solicited ideas for communicating both about work projects and about social matters in ways that would most closely mimic our in-library environment. The combination that is working effectively for us is: Trello boards: posting lists, instructions, and documents such as virtual reference schedules and student assistant hiring; Slack workspace: both work and social communications, including multiple channels for subjects such as reference question assistance, digital repository issues, views from our home offices, recommended books, movies, and shared anxieties and methods of coping; Zoom: for meetings, including work-related projects, library PR events, and regularly scheduled, purely social Friday Happy Hour

Messy Data Secrets Revealed: How We Digitized Theses and Improved Discovery

The article offers information on how the digitized thesis and improved discovery. Topics include tracing its origins from accession and early digitization through to continuing consolidation and cleanup of decades\u27 worth of data, the benefits of providing open access to the scholarship in the theses, and the inclusion in the institutional repository (IR) has been advantageous

Building Virtual Community

At the Alexander Campbell King Law Library we had to get creative in the ways we redesigned methods for communication, instruction, outreach, and wellness for the library\u27s staff, faculty, and students in 2020. Those efforts continue into 2021, and we\u27ve learned a ton along the way. In this short lightning talk, we hope to share a variety of examples to illustrate how we work together to build community both virtually and at a distance. Attendees will hear about the technology deployed, quick tips for getting the most out of online events, ideas that worked well for us for specific groups of students, and more

Georgia Library Spotlight: Library Fest at UGA’s Law Library

This fall the Alexander Campbell King Law Library at the University of Georgia turned library orientation for incoming students into a Fest, and opened the event up to the entire law school community. The idea for a fest was a collaborative one, with examples from other library orientation programs as well as UGA’s staff resource fair, our experiences at conferences like CALICon, and even a AALL poster session contributing to the final event design and deployment. How did we get here? This article summarizes the team effort and the outcome. Georgia Library Spotlight is a regular feature managed and hosted by the Georgia Library Association to highlight success and interesting programming from libraries across the state. Georgia Library Quarterly is the official journal of the Georgia Library Association

Designing data driven persuasive games to address wicked problems such as climate change

This paper considers the increasing utilisation of games design as an approach to encouraging behavioural change through design. In particular it considers how to address issues that cannot be reduced to easily actionable personal goals such as climate change and are often termed ‘wicked problems’ by designers due to their innate complexity. This paper presents a research through design approach that focuses on rhetoric within the design of a mobile phone game - Cold Sun. Thus the aim is not to examine the utility or usability of the game but rather offer it as an example of a design approach we believe is desirable and productive for future practice. Cold Sun provides an example that illustrates how scientific and real world data can be integrated into game mechanics to enhance the rhetoric of the game by engaging the player at a more personal level. Thus Cold Sun allows players to effectively rehearse issues of climate change that will affect their plausible futures, and thus develop a greater understanding of some of these complex issues and consider ways to respond

Implementing Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Programs: A Case Study of Implementer Perspectives

Sexual violence prevention programs are important for addressing sexual violence and are often implemented in local community and university settings. However, program implementer perspectives are often missing from academic research literature, limiting access to practical knowledge that can provide insights to improving programs and prevention. This study illustrates the landscape of sexual violence primary prevention work in a Midwestern metropolitan area. Seven interviews with community and university implementers took place in 2020, providing information about local prevention programs and expert insights to community prevention culture. Geographic data about implementation locations was also collected to visually assess coverage of preventive services and confirm that the major sub-areas of the metropolitan area were represented by this research. Interviews provided descriptions of local programs implemented with adolescents and young adults which usually took place in school or university settings and focused on healthy relationships. Capacity was most often cited as a challenge faced internally, whereas broader outer contexts may inhibit or support prevention externally. Findings capture the perspectives of sexual violence prevention program implementers, including discussion of tensions related to adaptation versus fidelity and how implementation contexts specific to this programming may influence implementation

North Carolina Cooperative Extension Professionals\u27 Climate Change Perceptions, Willingness, and Perceived Barriers to Programming: An Educational Needs Assessment

The educational needs assessment reported here measured North Carolina Cooperative Extension (NCCE) professionals\u27 perceptions of global warming and identified barriers to climate change programming. Survey results from 400 NCCE professionals show 70% are cautious, concerned, or alarmed about global warming. Liberal and female Extension professionals were more likely to be alarmed and concerned than their conservative and male counterparts. Respondents indicated willingness to engage in programming, but need in-service training to address conflicts, gather information, and emphasize relevancy. NCCE professionals perceive lack of audience interest, conflicts within available information, and lack of applied information as the greatest barriers to climate change programming