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    Search Terms Up for Debate: The Politics and Purpose of Library Subject Headings
    Gross, Tina
    The Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) are used by most libraries in the United States to help users find resources in their collections. For the last century, librarians have worked to make LCSH more inclusive and accurate by replacing offensive or racist terms with language that more fully reflects the identities and experiences of diverse populations. This article explains the purpose and function of subject headings and discusses the process by which they are continually updated. The main emphasis of the article is the history of debates and advocacy associated with that process, with a particular focus on the long campaign to change the former subject heading "Illegal aliens."
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    At Lightning Speed? The Recent Surge of Long-Needed Changes to LCSH
    Gross, Tina
    In the past few years, changes to longstanding problematic (dehumanizing, pejorative, marginalizing) Library of Congress Subject Headings are being made at an unprecedented rate. Particularly since the "lightning rod" of the urgency of changing the subject heading "Illegal aliens" galvanized the library world in 2016, so many have been changed recently that it's actually hard to keep up! This presentation gives a quick overview of newly created & changed subject headings, subject headings are still unchanged & needed headings that are still lacking, and changes currently in progress (as of March 2023).
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    What's in Your Discovery Layer?: An Introduction to Format
    (2016) Eggebraaten, Lisa; Twomey, Beth
    The purpose of this activity is to introduce students to the “Information Creation as a Process” frame using the variety of resources retrieved from a discovery layer. Students are asked to use a discovery layer record to determine the format of a specific resource. This activity prompts a discussion about how and for what purpose resources were created. Through this activity students will be able to identify different formats, the process that leads to their creation and how to determine if resources are appropriate to use for a given assignment.
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    State of State Documents
    (North Dakota State University, 2017) Caro, Susanne
    Article in "Against the Grain" (December 2017 - January 2018)
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    Primo VE Migration @ NDSU
    (North Dakota State University, 2018) Reese, Amy
    Presented at the 6th Upper MidWest User Group for ExLibris Conference (UMWUG) held in Coralville, IA on October 16, 2018.
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    Making the Most of Student Employment: Revising Onboarding, Evaluation, and Student Projects
    (North Dakota State University, 2018) Trude, Laura; Aaker, Debbie
    We undertook three initiatives related to student workers this past year: improving and spreading out the onboarding process, revising student worker evaluations to connect their work to competencies valued by employers, and adding semester-long projects that allow students to explore areas of interest during their down time on the desk while working on something that benefits the library. This poster will summarize the problems we addressed, best practices from the literature, what we did, and what we learned from implementation.
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    Academic Research Landscape: A Setting for Developing Partnerships
    (North Dakota State University, 2018) Mocnik, Joe
    Presented at the ARC18 OCLC Americas Regional Council Conference held in Chicago, Illinois on October 25-26, 2018.
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    Collection Development and CAM: Prioritizing Intellectual Freedom or Quality Information?
    (2018) Christianson, Merete
    The objective of this research was to explore the collection development opinions and actions of health sciences librarians when considering controversial health information resources, particularly regarding complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) resources that may not be evidence-based. The current research on the ethics of intellectual freedom is particularly focused on moral or subjective issues. This research focuses on something more objective: how librarians, as information professionals, can or should approach misinformation. As health sciences librarians collaborating with and supporting academic and practicing health professionals, what materials are collected regarding CAM? How do health sciences librarians prioritize intellectual freedom and high-quality information when doing collection development regarding CAM?
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    Beyond "Is It Peer-Reviewed?": Exploring Information Creation in the Sciences
    (North Dakota State University, 2018) Juve, Nicole; Twomey, Beth
    Undergraduate students tend to rely on simplistic criteria for choosing sources for their research, such as whether a particular source is peer-reviewed or not. This one-shot instruction session is designed to expand students’ view of scholarly outputs. It prompts students, working in groups, to analyze and uncover for themselves the relationships between different types of scholarly outputs which occur over time from raw data to original research and book chapters. Each student group works with a diverse set of documents about a specific body of research to collectively determine how they relate to each other and their role in the research and scholarly publication process. This lesson was originally designed for upper level plant sciences students, but is readily adaptable by discipline, breadth, and depth.
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    What Did They Say and Why Did They Say It?: Scholarship as Conversation in the Science Classroom
    (North Dakota State University, 2018) Correll, Robert; Twomey, Beth
    Scholarly articles in the sciences come in different formats, with purposes which students may not fully appreciate. In this chapter, we discuss a lesson plan in which students discuss the relationships between an original research article, a review article and an invited comment, and how they interact. A one-shot instruction session both prepares students for an immediate assignment in a broader course and helps guide them in the construction of their own understanding of scholarly conversations within the sciences, using genuine examples of research articles and how they use citations to build upon each other. Although this lesson was initially designed for upper level biology students, it is readily usable in classes across the sciences.
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    Catalog of Change: Partnering with Subject Librarians to Improve ILS Discovery
    (North Dakota State University, 2019) Hughes, Rex Allen
    The cataloging environment in libraries has undergone extensive changes in recent years, including wider acceptance of alternative metadata standards, automation tools, and enhanced ILS features. This sea change in metadata services presents librarians with an opportunity to collaborate with the cataloging team and share their suggestions for record enhancements. While metadata standards should continue to provide structure to our discovery systems, improved cataloging tools now make it easier to integrate new ideas than ever before. At North Dakota State University, the cataloging team has undergone a two year experiment to give subject librarians the opportunity to share their recommendations through an online “Metadata Request” form. Throughout this process, we have discovered new methods of approaching requests, either by revisiting local policy or by using modern tools such as MarcEdit. This breakout session provided an overview of the Metadata Request and Consultation Process, referencing tools such as Google Forms, MarcEdit, and OpenRefine.
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    Open Scholarship in the Digital Age: Data Initiatives at North Dakota State University
    (North Dakota State University, 2019) Schuh, Jane; Mocnik, Joe
    In response to the changing needs of students and faculty, the North Dakota State University is developing a new digital scholarship initiative. With a goal of creating a network of services to support researchers in all phases of the digital scholarship lifecycle, this collaborative initiative will incorporate new and existing services and resources within RCA, ITS, and the Library, as well as strengthen partnerships throughout NDSU. This session will define digital scholarship in the context of academia, discuss the trends in higher education that set the stage for digital scholarship, and give an overview of how we are working to create a network of digital scholarship services.
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    Research Productivity of Accounting Professors Around a Change in Institutional Affiliation
    (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019) Dowdell, Thomas D. Jr.; Herda, David N.; Pizzini, Mina J.; Trude, Laura
    This study examines the scholarly output of accounting researchers in time periods surrounding a change in university affiliation. Our expectation that publishing activity will increase in periods around an institutional change is based on expectancy theories and informed by studies on the contract year performances of professional athletes. Using a sample of 635 accounting professors who switched universities between 2008 and 2014, we find evidence that accounting authors who switch universities publish more in the years around a switch compared to other years. Our research contributes to the literature on changes in university affiliation by documenting a contract year phenomenon operating within accounting academia. Practical implications for college administrators are discussed.
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    Teaching Anxious Students : Reimagining Library Pedagogy for the Age of Anxiety
    (North Dakota State University, 2019) Bernardo, Al
    In the face of increasing rates of anxiety among college students, how should instruction librarians respond? This paper aims to raise awareness about the prevalence of anxiety among the college student population, discuss potential social forces behind the increase of anxiety, and share information about alternative pedagogical approaches that can help instruction librarians respond to the age of anxiety.
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    Research Support through Repository Access at NDSU
    (North Dakota State University, 2019) Grasto, Jenny; Hughes, Rex Allen
    In order to enhance the digital content and descriptive metadata of an institutional repository, library staff must foster partnerships with researchers and university departments responsible for generating digital content. Over the past two years, NDSU Libraries staff members have revitalized institutional repository efforts by engaging in new partnerships and providing support for research sharing. Their collaboration with the Graduate School has increased access to student theses and dissertations, including supplemental Ph.D. Videos that allow students to describe their research for a general audience. Repository support staff have also worked with university faculty to feature their work on an open access platform, including preprint publication documents, conference proceedings, and research indexes. These efforts have been supported by systems administration of the NDSU Repository as well as an increased focus on metadata enhancement. This presentation showcases examples of these efforts, including digital scholarship and interdepartmental communication strategies.