Tell Your Story Well: How Embedded Librarians Demonstrate and Communicate Their Value

SLA Embedded Librarians Caucus Conference panel session from the Special Libraries Association 2018 Annual Conference, selected for the SLA "Best Of" Webinar series of the seven most highly-rated sessions from this SLA 2018 conference. Embedded librarians have unique opportunities and challenges in demonstrating and communicating their value. Metrics and communications have to be tailored to each situation, and can depend on the type of organization, the organization’s mission and strategy, and the personalities involved. In this panel session, experienced managers and librarians shared perspectives, principles, and examples for making sure others in your organization (especially the higher ups) understand the value librarians are adding in their embedded role. Moderator: Nadine Anderson. Panelists: *Jennifer Martin, Associate Librarian, Arizona Health Sciences Library *Ethel M. Salonen, Principal, Ollin AssociatesSLA Embedded Librarians Caucus Conference panel session from the Special Libraries Association 2018 Annual Conference, selected for the SLA "Best Of" Webinar series of the seven most highly-rated sessions from this SLA 2018 conference.https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/150201/1/Tell Your Story Well - How Embedded Librarians Demonstrate and Communicate Their Value.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/150201/2/2018-10-02 14.03 How Embedded Librarians Demonstrate and Communicate Their Value.mp4Description of Tell Your Story Well - How Embedded Librarians Demonstrate and Communicate Their Value.pdf : Presentation SlidesDescription of 2018-10-02 14.03 How Embedded Librarians Demonstrate and Communicate Their Value.mp4 : Webinar Recordin

The ocean carbon sink – impacts, vulnerabilities and challenges

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is, next to water vapour, considered to be the most important natural greenhouse gas on Earth. Rapidly rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations caused by human actions such as fossil fuel burning, land-use change or cement production over the past 250 years have given cause for concern that changes in Earth’s climate system may progress at a much faster pace and larger extent than during the past 20 000 years. Investigating global carbon cycle pathways and finding suitable adaptation and mitigation strategies has, therefore, become of major concern in many research fields. The oceans have a key role in regulating atmospheric CO2 concentrations and currently take up about 25% of annual anthropogenic carbon emissions to the atmosphere. Questions that yet need to be answered are what the carbon uptake kinetics of the oceans will be in the future and how the increase in oceanic carbon inventory will affect its ecosystems and their services. This requires comprehensive investigations, including high-quality ocean carbon measurements on different spatial and temporal scales, the management of data in sophisticated databases, the application of Earth system models to provide future projections for given emission scenarios as well as a global synthesis and outreach to policy makers. In this paper, the current understanding of the ocean as an important carbon sink is reviewed with respect to these topics. Emphasis is placed on the complex interplay of different physical, chemical and biological processes that yield both positive and negative air–sea flux values for natural and anthropogenic CO2 as well as on increased CO2 (uptake) as the regulating force of the radiative warming of the atmosphere and the gradual acidification of the oceans. Major future ocean carbon challenges in the fields of ocean observations, modelling and process research as well as the relevance of other biogeochemical cycles and greenhouse gases are discussed

Embedded Librarians Knowledge Café

SLA Embedded Librarians Caucus Conference session from the Special Libraries Association 2017 Annual Conference. For this session, David Shumaker and Nadine Anderson moderated a series of roundtable discussions centered on issues, topics, and strategies for embedded librarianship. "Takeout from the Embedded Librarians Knowledge Café" compiles and categorizes the take-aways from this session into three categories: basic issues and questions; specific success strategies; and key competencies for embedded librarians.SLA Embedded Librarians Caucus Conference session from the Special Libraries Association 2017 Annual Conference.https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/150197/2/Takeout From the Embedded Librarians Knowledge Cafe.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/150197/6/Discussion Topic Handout for Embedded Librarians Knowledge Café.pdfDescription of Takeout From the Embedded Librarians Knowledge Cafe.pdf : Conference session takeaways handoutDescription of Discussion Topic Handout for Embedded Librarians Knowledge Café.pdf : Conference session handou

Leaving the Library: How We Improved Information Literacy by Joining Our User Communities

Presented at the Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU) held in Winnipeg, MB, Canada, May 22-24, 2019. How can we develop a better understanding of the goals of our user communities and what they’re trying to accomplish? What can we do to ensure that our information literacy goals and initiatives align with what our students need to learn? How do we demonstrate our value and expertise to our user communities? One strategy is to disrupt where we practice librarianship. By practicing librarianship solely in the library, our practice is shaped mainly by the library. Moving out of the library and inhabiting the space where our students and faculty work gives librarians opportunities to engage with and develop strong working relationships with our program faculty and stakeholders. We can then use these strong working relationships to better learn about the culture, goals, and needs of our user communities and align our information literacy goals and initiatives with them. By focusing our information literacy initiatives to what will have the biggest impacts on our user communities, and through partnerships with faculty and campus stakeholders, we become seen as a valuable partner in problem-solving and meeting their goals. Our practice of librarianship becomes informed by and integrated into our user communities. This presentation describes the process of getting librarians out of the library and engaged with their user communities at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business. We also discuss strategies that librarians used to build relationships with faculty and other stakeholders in their program areas as well as those used to learn about the program’s culture, goals, and needs. Librarians were able to leverage this into integrated information literacy initiatives tailored to these goals and needs and developed in collaboration with partners in their user communities, which had a greater impact on desired student outcomes. This increased the perceived importance of information literacy learning and awareness of librarian expertise among program faculty and stakeholders, who also found it easier to collaborate with their librarians. It also became easier and more motivating for students to consult their librarian and use library resources. By moving into the spaces where our students and faculty work and learn, we were able to develop high-impact information literacy goals and initiatives aligned with those of our user communities and demonstrate our value.By moving into the spaces where students and faculty work and learn, librarians broaden our understanding of the culture, goals, and needs of our user communities. This approach has enabled us to partner with program faculty and stakeholders to develop high-impact, customized information literacy initiatives aligned with program goals.Workshop for Instruction in Library Usehttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/149196/3/Anderson & Scheuher - Leaving the Library.pdf17Description of Anderson & Scheuher - Leaving the Library.pptx : PowerPoint PresentationDescription of Anderson & Scheuher - Leaving the Library.pdf : Presentation Slide

Reliability and Validity of the Adapter COPE Scale with Deaf College Students

The purpose of the current study was to investigate the reliability and validity of the Adapted Coping Operations Preference Enquiry (COPE) Scale with deaf college students. The Adapted COPE identifies15 strategies for managing stresors. 117 deaf college students from Gallaudet University, between the ages of 18 and 25, participated in the present study. When used with this sample, the majority of the Adapted COPE subscales evidenced high or moderate internal consistency reliability, except for the Mental Disengagement and Active Coping subscales. To investigate structural validity, principle component analysis was conducted utilizing quartimax rotation. Initial analyses retained 17 factors and failed to replicate the intended subscale structure of the measure. Post-hoc t-tests indicated that responses to the Original COPE by hearing participants and the Adapted COPE by deaf participants were largely similar, except for the Substance Use subscale, with significantly higher mean scores in the deaf sample. This suggests that the psychometric analyses of the original COPE scale indicate a need for additional restructuring of the measure

Farming the Iveragh uplands: A tale of humans and nature

The rugged beauty of the Iveragh peninsula has fascinated many a passing visitor and never fails to make some of us linger or stay for good. For those who need proof of the area’s uniqueness, a variety of national and European designations provide ample attestation of the splendour of Iveragh’s scenery, the diversity of its landscape and its heritage. Being surrounded on three sides by the Atlantic, Iveragh is the largest and most geographically isolated peninsula in Ireland whose western extremity, the Great Skellig, forms the westernmost point of Europe. Despite its maritime location, Iveragh’s character is fundamentally determined by the mountains, valleys and streams that form the peninsula’s interior—the bequest of a landscape sculpted by ice thousands of years ago (Crowley and Sheehan, 2009). Distinctive mountain scene in the Bridia Valley, Glencar Perhaps most distinctive, however, are the extensive blanket bogs and upland heather moorlands that cover most of the peninsula and captivate the imagination with the wild and austere appeal of an area where life did not change much for man and beast until relatively recently. Having come into existence in the wake of woodland clearances, the cutting of vegetation for fuel and the harvesting of crops for food and fiber by Neolithic farmers in the first and second millennium BC, this unique cultural landscape continues to be managed by traditional farmers and their animals to the present day. The value of areas such as Iveragh as repositories of a unique flora and fauna has long been recognized, but they have entered a period of major transformation as the agricultural economy that lay behind them no longer exists (Webb, 1998). The single largest danger is that farming communities may not survive the present discussion of how competitive European agriculture should be, as under present market conditions they are unable to compete without fundamentally changing their way of farming (Luick, 1998). The last 10 years have seen a growing debate over the future of areas like the Iveragh peninsula that may be ‘marginal’ in agricultural terms, but that are quite essential to life in Europe as we know and cherish it. Upland farmed landscapes provide clean water, maintain a rich plant and animal life and help to keep families in regions that offer few alternative employment opportunities – at the same time as attracting millions of tourists each year. The Caragh in Glencar—one of Europe’s cleanest rivers. Such areas, also termed high nature value farmland, cover about 25% of all agricultural land in Ireland and include, besides Iveragh, other parts of Kerry, Connemara, Mayo, Donegal, the Comeraghs, Wicklow, the Burren and the offshore Islands. The farming systems of these areas are characterised by extensive mixed livestock grazing and little agro-chemical inputs combined with labour-intensive management practices. Without dedicated farmers and their families, the character of these areas would change completely leading to the disappearance of unique cultural landscapes with effects such as rural depopulation and the loss of local communities. Already farming systems have changed substantially with livestock being concentrated on better quality land while marginal areas are being abandoned. Along with this, there are changes in the animals being farmed. The traditional Scotch Blackface sheep are increasingly crossed with or replaced by lowland breeds to satisfy market demands for heavy lamb. This has led to a softening in sheep and the fear among farmers that the traditional grazers of the uplands may be extinct in years to come. Going, too, is the use of the native rustic Kerry cow that grazed the rough Farming the Iveragh Uplands grasses, bracken, gorse and soft rushes in the winter - growth that sheep cannot control. Unsurprisingly, this disruption over a relatively short time, in what was formerly a sustainable relationship between farming and nature, will have implications for the area’s flora and fauna. Some of the repercussions are obvious; others need to be researched in more depth if appropriate solutions are to be formulated. It is now a stated objective of EU environment and rural development policy to maintain and conserve traditional farming systems like the one practised on Iveragh. Beyond acknowledging the importance of traditional farming for nature conservation and local livelihoods, it is necessary to understand how such farming systems function and to determine how the inevitable process of change can be redirected to provide a way of life that is socially and economically rewarding for farm families while preserving the farming practices necessary for Iveragh’s unique landscape to persist into the future. In this light, University College Cork (UCC) in conjunction with the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) and funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) initiated BioUp, a 3 year research programme to investigate the upland farming system and rich biodiversity associated with it. Managing rural change in the uplands calls for the active involvement of many stakeholders, including farmers and agricultural advisory groups, land owners, conservation groups, forestry, tourism, and local authorities. In the BioUp project, researchers and stakeholders worked closely together. It is hoped that this will help to obtain a better understanding of the social, economic and environmental challenges facing Iveragh and promote greater public appreciation of the indispensable contributions made by farm families to maintaining our unique heritage - a service that has gone unappreciated too long

Getting in on the Conversation: Implementing and Leveraging Embedded Librarianship

Three panelists from the University of Michigan share their strategies for leveraging embedded librarianship, including “don’t wait for the invitation: crash the party,” “forget the elevator speech: focus on troubleshooting,” and “proactively engage your audience: flaunt your expertise.” This panel session is a discussion between session participants and three embedded librarians, who present three distinct models of embedded librarianship within the University of Michigan, representing a broad spectrum of disciplines, audiences, and goals. Participants learn strategies for implementing embedded librarianship to engage different campus communities and leveraging embedded librarianship to demonstrate their value by contributing to the overall goals at their institution. Each panelist briefly discusses their experience with leveraging embedded librarianship to contribute to the overall goals of their institution: ● Jean Song, in a Health Sciences/Medical program, proactively interacting with faculty in order to partner in research analysis including successfully receiving grant funding to support existing grant funded projects or providing analysis on research projects such as bibliometric investigation ● Nadine Anderson, in a Behavioral Sciences program, proactively working with faculty on issues with undergraduate research and critical thinking skills (or lack thereof) and becoming part of the solution by partnering with faculty on educational projects and a credit course integrated into their courses and curriculum ● Joel Scheuher, in a Business program, collaborating directly with graduate students as a member of their action based learning teams, contributing as research experts to solve real-world challengesSpecial Libraries Association, Embedded Librarians Caucushttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/138106/1/Getting in on the Conversation_ Implementing and Leveraging Embedded Librarianship.mp4https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/138106/2/Getting-in-On-the-Conversation-Implementing-and-Leveraging-Embedded-Librarianship-slides.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/138106/3/Getting in on the Conversation_Questions&Answers.pdf17Description of Getting in on the Conversation_ Implementing and Leveraging Embedded Librarianship.mp4 : Webinar RecordingDescription of Getting-in-On-the-Conversation-Implementing-and-Leveraging-Embedded-Librarianship-slides.pdf : SlidesDescription of Getting in on the Conversation_Questions&Answers.pdf : Q&A Sessio

Getting in on the Conversation: Implementing and Leveraging Embedded Librarianship

Webinar presented by the Special Libraries Association Embedded Librarians Caucus on August 29, 2017. This panel session is a discussion between session participants and three embedded librarians, who present three distinct models of embedded librarianship within the University of Michigan, representing a broad spectrum of disciplines, audiences, and goals. Panelists shared strategies for implementing embedded librarianship to engage different campus communities and for leveraging embedded librarianship to demonstrate their value by contributing to the overall goals at their institution, including “don’t wait for the invitation: crash the party,” “forget the elevator speech: focus on troubleshooting,” and “proactively engage your audience: flaunt your expertise.” Panelists also compiled their answers to questions from webinar participants in Q&As document. Panel Moderator: David Shumaker. Panelists: ● Jean Song, in a Health Sciences/Medical program, proactively interacting with faculty in order to partner in research analysis including successfully receiving grant funding to support existing grant funded projects or providing analysis on research projects such as bibliometric investigation ● Nadine Anderson, in a Behavioral Sciences program, proactively working with faculty on issues with undergraduate research and critical thinking skills (or lack thereof) and becoming part of the solution by partnering with faculty on educational projects and a credit course integrated into their courses and curriculum ● Joel Scheuher, in a Business program, collaborating directly with graduate students as a member of their action based learning teams, contributing as research experts to solve real-world challengesWebinar presented by the Special Libraries Association Embedded Librarians Caucus on August 29, 2017.https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/150200/1/Getting in on the Conversation - Implementing and Leveraging Embedded Librarianship .mp4https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/150200/2/Getting in On the Conversation - Implementing and Leveraging Embedded Librarianship slides.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/150200/3/Q&As from Getting in on the Conversation-Implementing & Leveraging Embedded Librarianship Webinar.pdfDescription of Getting in on the Conversation - Implementing and Leveraging Embedded Librarianship .mp4 : Webinar RecordingDescription of Getting in On the Conversation - Implementing and Leveraging Embedded Librarianship slides.pdf : Presentation SlidesDescription of Q&As from Getting in on the Conversation-Implementing & Leveraging Embedded Librarianship Webinar.pdf : Q&A Sessio

Choose Your Partners Wisely: Strategic Choices for Embedded Librarians

SLA Embedded Librarians Caucus Conference panel session from the Special Libraries Association 2018 Annual Conference. One of the keys to establishing an embedded librarianship role is choosing your partner wisely. Whether introducing the embedded model in their organization for the first time or expanding their relationships, librarians have to ask themselves, "Who can I turn to to help start up and establish my embedded librarianship role?" and "is this the right partner to build a successful relationship with?" In this session, successful corporate and academic embedded librarians shared strategies on using political and marketing insights to figure out both where in the organization to concentrate your efforts and which people in your organization you should partner with, so that you can maximize your value and achieve long-lasting success. Moderator: David Shumaker. Panelists: *Nadine Anderson, Behavioral Sciences and Women’s & Gender Studies Librarian, University of Michigan-Dearborn *Barbara Kahn-Aitken, Senior Research Analyst, The Coca-Cola Company *Joel Scheuher, Business Librarian, University of Michigan, Ross School of BusinessSLA Embedded Librarians Caucus Conference panel session from the Special Libraries Association 2018 Annual Conference.https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/150202/1/Choose Your Partners Wisely - Strategic Choices for Embedded Librarians.pdfDescription of Choose Your Partners Wisely - Strategic Choices for Embedded Librarians.pdf : Presentation Slide