Meeting Them Halfway: Using YouTube in a First Year Information Fluency Program

First year college students are used to gathering information through resources such as YouTube and Google. They need to learn about the approach scholars take to disciplinary inquiry. We designed a standardized session that asked students to critically evaluate a message conveyed through a YouTube video. In the session, they used library and network resources to produce a short bibliography of academic articles and books on the topic

Let’s Talk About E-Books: A Conversation Between Publishers and Librarians

Publishers, libraries, and content providers are navigating an e-book market that is trying to find it’s footing. Issues like sales, ownership, access, preservation, sharing, acquiring, and weeding are not universally defined. Questions around fair use and copyright are unsettled. All parties need to negotiate ways to sustain themselves economically and provide for their customers without sacrificing core values. This session will have publishers, librarians, and an e-book content provider conversing about e-books. We will also share thoughts on how to move this conversation forward. Publishers have developed a variety of models for providing access to e-books. Some offer DRM free e-books while others have many restrictions on their products. Some e-books can only be used a limited number of times, while other publishers fully transfer ownership to the library with the sale. Each of these models have advantages and drawbacks. Many libraries have promoted various ideas on what they want from e-books. Some libraries are looking into publishing. Others are joining together to advocate for standards. While all of these efforts have merits, there is not a clear single path forward. E-book content providers provide a platform for e-books from multiple publishers to be utilized by people through a wide variety of libraries. This service requires them to have a good understanding of the interests of both publishers and libraries. Publishers, libraries, and content providers need to engage each other in more conversations about e-books. While there are times when our interests compete there is also common ground. Clear expressions of priorities should be made in order to reduce misunderstandings and fears

Supporting Data Use in Undergraduate Student Research: From Teaching Basic Data Literacy to Incorporating Data Documentation into Empirical Research Projects

Effectively managing data is an increasingly important part of the researcher\u27s responsibilities and an important skill that undergraduate students need to possess as they move through their academic career. As part of our ongoing information literacy efforts, librarians at Macalester College have developed strategies to support research data use in the classroom and in individual student research projects. In this session, we will highlight a series of online modules created to introduce undergraduate students to best practices for managing research data and will discuss a partnership with faculty, based on Haverford\u27s TIER Protocol, for documenting data use in empirical research to ensure transparent and reproducible research results. We will also share plans for assessing these efforts

DeWitt Wallace Library Annual Report 2013-2014

Summary of library and media services activities for 2013-201

DeWitt Wallace Library Annual Report 2016-2017

Summary of library and media services activities for 2016-201

DeWitt Wallace Library Biennial Report 2011-2013

Summary of library activities for 2011-201

Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Adapting Best Practices for Data Management

Looking for ways to talk to researchers about data management? Wondering whether text, video, and image collections “count” as data? Daunted by the idea of helping someone write a data management plan? Never fear! In this workshop-style session, you will learn how you can support researchers and students with their data projects by building on existing librarian knowledge, skills, and practices. Through discussion and interactive exercises, this session will familiarize you with key concepts and tools you’ll need to start assisting with and planning services for data management, curation, and data literacy

DeWitt Wallace Library Annual Report 2014-2015

Summary of library and media services activities for 2014-201

DeWitt Wallace Library Annual Report 2015-2016

Summary of library and media services activities for 2015-201

DeWitt Wallace Library Annual Report 2017-2018

Summary of library and media services activities for 2017-201