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Demonstration of FLEXspace Beta Release

Lisa Stephens
Senior Strategist, SUNY Academic Innovation
State University of New York (SUNY)

Megan Marler
Shared Shelf Director, Strategic Services
ARTstor

Members of the core team will lead a demonstration of FLEXspace beta, the Flexible Learning Environments eXchange. This new, image and video intensive, highly searchable, open education resource is designed to encourage a community exchange of best practices in the use, design and construction of learning spaces across three domains: learning and assessment, technology integration, and facilities planning and design. Participants are encouraged to bring laptops to take this very powerful tool for a test drive, and to learn how your campus community can access it in order to provide feedback during the beta release. (Please note that in order to access the system during the demo, participants will need to bring a laptop; FLEXspace is anticipated to be mobile device ready later this year.)

http://www.suny.edu/flexspace

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Enriching How We Create, Teach and Learn: The Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy

Joyce Ogburn
Dean of Libraries and Belk Distinguished Professor
Appalachian State University

Stephanie Davis-Kahl
Scholarly Communications Librarian
Illinois Wesleyan University

Merinda Kaye Hensley
Instructional Services Librarian and Scholarly Commons Co-coordinator
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Mary Ellen Davis
Executive Director
Association of College and Research Libraries

 

Academic librarians are exploring the intersections between scholarly communication and information literacy programs, intersections that have become more apparent as the academic environment has grown increasingly digital. Technological changes and resulting new connections have impacted many aspects of scholarship, teaching, and learning. These changes, coupled with an increased emphasis on creativity and use of media, require a system level approach to literacy and the creation, use, and distribution of knowledge. An Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) white paper issued in 2013 identifies three areas of intersection (economics, digital literacy, and changing roles) and recommended four objectives to pursue (integrate pedagogy and scholarly communication into educational programs for librarians; develop new model information literacy curricula; explore options for organizational change; and promote advocacy). A new ACRL task force is promoting and building on the recommendations of the white paper, identifying professional development opportunities, and ascertaining other strategic actions to bring these programs together. In the project briefing members of the task force will facilitate a discussion about current activities nationally and at attendees’ institutions. The presenters will seek ideas to guide ACRL in helping to advance action at academic institutions; specifically, how to bring others (e.g. IT, e-learning initiatives, teaching and learning centers, and offices for faculty development) into the conversation and identify areas for collaboration. Discussion topics will include connections with teaching methods, learning outcomes, digital literacy, data literacy and management, digital scholarship, and publishing services.

http://acrl.ala.org/intersections/


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E-Textbook Initiatives in Libraries and IT Organizations

Glenda Morgan
Director of Academic Technology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Pat Reid
Manager, Teaching and Learning Initiatives
Purdue University

Todd Grappone
Associate University Librarian Digital Initiatives and Information Technology
University of California, Los Angeles

Milind Basole
Lead, eText Initiatives
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A lot of attention has recently been paid to library publishing initiatives around scholarly works and research. Less attention however has been given to work that is happening in both libraries and information technology (IT) organizations around publishing of e-textbooks and other instructional resources. These materials take a number of different formats: some are open, some involve copyrighted material, they use a number of different technical platforms with a number of different affordances. This panel will illustrate some of the variety of different initiatives occurring around the country on e-textbook publishing in libraries and IT. The presentation will highlight the available opportunities and the progress being made as well as the challenges. Despite these challenges the session will include an argument for an increased role of both libraries and IT organizations in publication of original instructional materials in the form of e-textbooks.

 

The Evolving Scholarly Record

Brian Lavoie
Research Scientist
OCLC Research

Jennifer Schaffner
Program Officer
OCLC Research

This session will report on work in OCLC Research to develop a framework for thinking about the general scope and boundaries of the evolving scholarly record. The scholarly record is evolving into something that promises to be vastly different from traditional print-based models. Its boundaries are blurring, driven by changes in research practices, as well as changing perceptions of the long-term value of certain forms of scholarly materials. The purpose of the framework is to help organize and drive discussions about the scholarly record within and across relevant domains, by defining key categories of materials and stakeholder roles associated with the evolving record. Such a framework would equip libraries, publishers, funders, scholars, and other stakeholders with a common point of reference based on shared concepts and terminology. An increasingly diverse and digital scholarly record has important practical implications for institutions that acknowledge a mission for collecting, making available, and preserving it. Fulfilling this mission requires a shared understanding among stakeholders of what the scholarly record encompasses. In addition to describing the framework, this session will also offer some speculation and discussion on future patterns of stewardship of the scholarly record, based on the view of the scholarly record presented by the framework.

The OCLC Research team associated with this work includes Eric Childress, Ricky Erway, Ixchel Faniel, Brian Lavoie, Constance Malpas, and Titia van der Werf.

http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/scholarcomm.html

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An Exploration of the “Center of Excellence” Model for Information Services

Geneva Henry
University Librarian and Vice Provost for Libraries
George Washington University

Susan Fliss
Associate Librarian of Harvard College for Research, Teaching and Learning
Harvard University

Joy Kirchner
Associate University Librarian for Content and Collections
University of Minnesota

Heather Gendron
Head, Sloan Art Library and Coordinator of Assessment
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

José Diaz
Associate Professor
The Ohio State University

A one-year planning grant was awarded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to study the feasibility of establishing Centers of Excellence (CoEs). This study recognizes CoEs as a means to provide new information services that libraries are increasingly expected to deliver in order to meet the needs of twenty-first century research, teaching, and learning. A team of seven librarians from Association of Research Libraries (ARL) libraries interviewed directors of 19 CoEs and staff from seven funding organizations. The study explored the characteristics of CoEs, what makes them successful, and the challenges commonly faced by centers. Criteria were identified for forming, evaluating, and sustaining a Center of Excellence. This session will include presentation of study findings and preliminary recommendations for following a Centers of Excellence model in developing and delivering information services. The results are intended to be useful to funders who have an interest in funding centers, as well as to institutions interested in forming a center, and staff of existing centers who seek new funding.

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