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Contributor(s): Richard Hayman
Date issued: 2018
Description: A Review of: Chang, Y-W. (2017). Comparative study of characteristics of authors between open access and non-open access journals in library and information science. Library & Information Science Research, 39(1), 8-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2017.01.002 Objective – To examine the occupational characteristics and publication habits of library and information science (LIS) authors regarding traditional journals and open access journals. Design – Content analysis. Setting – English language research articles published in open access (OA) journals and non-open access (non-OA) journals from 2008 to 2013 that are indexed in LIS databases. Subjects – The authorship characteristics for...
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan
Date issued: 2015
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan
Date issued: 1999
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan; Stephanie Rosenblatt
Date issued: 2015
Description: Paper presented at International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan
Date issued: 2010
Description: Handout from Centennial Symposium on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Richard Hayman
Date issued: 2009
Description: Human rights centres and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have crucial information support needs, many of which can be met by the existing and ongoing development of information technology software applications. For communication and Internet use, the psiphon program allows for secure and anonymous information exchange and distribution, including firewall circumvention. For data collection, organization, encryption, and storage, Martus software can be deployed to help protect sensitive information and identities. Based on documented projects and websites, the following research examines these emancipatory tools to determine: the technologies in use, emergent, and under development;...
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Erik G. Christiansen
Date issued: 2017
Description: This presentation provides an overview of the open education movement and open education resources (OER) policy directions in Western Canada. In addition, it discusses way libraries can support the open education movement and provides examples of provincial OER initiatives. This presentation was given at the 2017 Alberta Library Conference in Jasper, Alberta.
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Brian Jackson; Margy MacMillan; Michelle Sinotte
Date issued: 2014
Description: In the fall of 2012, our library surveyed teaching faculty to gauge their expectations around students’ use of information. We asked instructors what they thought was important for students to know in each year of study, how proficient they felt students were in performing tasks associated with research, how they expected students to acquire that proficiency, and how they assessed students’ skills. The survey also polled faculty on the types of resources they felt were important for each year of study. The results of the study are informing the development of the library’s strategic plan and the inclusion of information literacy outcomes in program reviews and assessments. The good news...
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Richard Hayman
Date issued: 2015
Description: A Review of: Scarletto, E. A., Burhanna, K. J., & Richardson, E. (2013). Wide awake at 4 AM: A study of late night user behavior, perceptions and performance at an academic library. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 39(5), 371-377. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2013.02.006 Abstract Objective – To assess late night library usage, including a demographic profile of students benefitting from late night hours, with an analysis of the services and resources they used, and whether the use of late hours is connected to student success. Design – A mixed-methods approach including quantitative demographic information alongside qualitative user feedback collected using a web-based survey....
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan
Date issued: 2013
Description: Presentation for International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference.
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan; Allison MacKenzie
Date issued: 2012
Description: Paper presented at the 33rd Annual IATUL [International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries] Conference.
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Brian Jackson
Date issued: 2017
Description: The ways in which university quality assessments are developed reveal a great deal about value constructs surrounding higher education. Measures developed and consumed by external stakeholders, in particular, indicate which elements of academia are broadly perceived to be most reflective of quality. This paper examines the historical context of library quality assessment and reviews the literature related to how library value is framed in three forms of external evaluation: accreditation, university rankings, and student surveys. The review finds that the library’s contribution to university quality, when it is considered at all, continues to be measured in terms of collections, spaces,...
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan; Siobhán Dunne
Date issued: 2016
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Peter Felten; Margy MacMillan; Joan Ruelle
Date issued: 2019
Description: This essay is the product of a collaboration between three authors who bring diverse understandings of SoTL, librarianship, and professional development. Writing this has been a form of professional development, encouraging the authors to think more deeply about discipline-based practices and how they connect to student learning, increasing understanding of each other’s disciplines, and transforming that joint reflection into work that may impact teaching.
Type: book chapter
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Brian Jackson
Date issued: 2015
Description: University rankings play an increasingly large role in shaping the goals of academic institutions and departments, while removing universities themselves from the evaluation process. This study compares the library-related results of two university ranking publications with scores on the LibQUAL+™ survey to identify if library service quality—as measured within the LibQUAL+™ dimensions affect of service, information control, and library as place—is related to the standings. The results suggest that some indicators used to rank universities favor libraries with more highly rated physical facilities, while largely ignoring the impact that other services have on library quality
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Erik G. Christiansen
Date issued: 2017
Description: This lightning talk was given during an afternoon event hosted by the MRU Library Scholarship Sub-Committee on December 12, 2017. It discusses the progress of two research projects on open educational resources (OER) - one of OER policy in Western Canada and the other on the challenges introduced by openness in higher education.
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan
Date issued: 2014
Description: Presentation at International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference.
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Brian Jackson
Date issued: 2018
Description: Academic libraries have to a large extent taken the lead in facilitating new approaches to research data management, but changes to the research data landscape have had an impact on numerous areas of academic work, including ethics review. Using interpretive phenomenological analysis of interviews with chairs of Canadian research ethics boards, this study explores how ethics review boards have experienced changes to data policy and related technologies in order to describe the ethical implications of new approaches to data management and to explore ways in which the library, ethics review boards, and other campus partners might harmonize efforts to support emerging data practices. While...
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Richard Hayman; Erika E. Smith
Date issued: 2020-03
Description: Objective - To review mixed methods research trends in the field of library and information science (LIS). In particular, we examine the extent to which research about or using mixed methods has been occurring in library and information science over the past decade (2008-2018), and how much of that mixed methods research is done in health contexts. Methods - We conducted a methodological review and analysis of mixed methods research (MMR) in LIS for published articles indexed in LISTA and Web of Science. After deduplication and verification for inclusion, we coded 417 articles to identify contributions using or about MMR. Given the connections between evidence based practice in health and...
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Pearl Herscovitch; Margy MacMillan; Sara Sharun
Date issued: 2015
Description: Librarians at an undergraduate university have embarked on a year-long project to map what is actually being taught in each of the over six hundred course-integrated information literacy (IL) classes taught each year. Data from the project is informing planning for IL programming as we develop a more strategic program-integrated curriculum that makes better use of librarians’ expertise. We are gaining insights on areas of duplication and opportunities to develop higher-level IL sessions to address more advanced use of information.
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

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LIS Practitioner-focused Research Trends Toward Open Access Journals, Academic-focused Research Toward Traditional Journals [Evidence Summary]

Research as transformational experience

Finding the right pieces for your Info Puzzle

They've found it. Can they read it? Adding academic reading strategies to your IL toolkit.

Unconventional classrooms, unconventional methods: Conducting scholarship of teaching and learning research in places you don't expect

Human Rights Software: Information Support Solutions For Social Justice

Open, Get Ready! Public and Academic Libraries' Support for Open Education in Canada

Great Expectations: results from a faculty survey of students’ information literacy proficiency

Students and Libraries May Benefit from Late Night Hours [Evidence Summary]

Reading Through Connections: A phenomenographic study of student connections to scholarly text.

Strategies for integrating information literacy and academic literacy: Helping undergraduate students make the most of scholarly articles.

The Representation of Library Value in Extra-Institutional Evaluations of University Quality

Information use in natural habitats

SoTL difference: The value of incorporating SoTL into librarian professional development

University Rankings: How Well Do They Measure Library Service Quality?

Openly Obsessed: Open Educational Resources Policy in Western Canada & Conceptualizing Openness in Higher Education

From Passive Consumers to Passionate Creators: Undergraduate students and the research process.

The Changing Research Data Landscape and the Experiences of Ethics Review Board Chairs: Implications for Library Practice and Partnerships

Mixed methods research in library and information science: A methodological review

Patterns in Information Literacy Instruction: What’s Really Going on in Our Classrooms?

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