From the Ground Up: Building a Student-Centered Digital Scholarship Program

In Summer 2017, Bucknell’s Digital Scholarship Student Research Fellows (DSSRF) program welcomed its inaugural cohort. DSSRF is a librarian-led program which introduces students to digital scholarship tools and methodologies, and equips them with the skills necessary to undertake an independent, digitally-based research project. In this presentation, co-facilitators Courtney Paddick and Carrie Pirmann will discuss how the idea of DSSRF was brought to fruition, lessons learned from the first year of the program, and the importance of collaboration (both on campus and interinstitutional) in facilitating a meaningful learning experience for students. Rennie Heza \u2718, Justin Guzman ‘19, and Minglu Xu ‘20, members of the first DSSRF cohort, will talk about their experiences in the program and what drew them to digital scholarship

Behind Hockey\u27s Stars: A Statistical Analysis of Critical Hockey Team Metrics

The NHL has been in existence for 99 years, but the game of hockey is changing. The integration of advanced analytics is permanently altering the standards to which NHL teams are held. This project is dedicated to explaining the regular season success of NHL teams by team metrics. Can an offensive juggernaut win without defense? How important is having an above average goalie? This model to predict NHL regular season success can answer these questions and more