LUC Sponsor Scavenger Hunt Wednesday Oct. 7th! Click on the URL to begin the LUC Scavenger Hunt Questionnaire. Answer all of them correctly and a winner will be chosen at random to win a prize. All responses must be received on Wednesday Oct. 7th. Good luck! https://louis.libwizard.com/f/LUC_Scav_Hunt_Wednesday_Oct_7
Head over the Sponsor pages to see how they have customized their profiles. Take a moment to thank them on social media with #LUCvirtual20. Their support has made this pivot to virtual possible and free registration!
We decided to research the drive and motivations of our field by using an easily identifiable self-categorization tool: the Hogwarts Houses, as defined in the Harry Potter universe. This session will discuss our motivations behind this topic, outline preliminary conclusions from our survey, and delve into some associated topics that must be considered as part of this research process, namely: what does it means to be using an identification system outlined in an inherently problematic author?
Authors from underrepresented groups are often excluded from traditional forms of scholarship and it can be challenging to find them through traditional research strategies. This presentation will cover activities to engage students in conversations about privilege in scholarship. These activities give learners the practical skills to find the voices they may not have found otherwise. Attendees will leave with resources and exercises they can use in their own teaching, face-to-face or online.
Humanities & Social Sciences Librarian, Louisiana State University
Brittany O'Neill is a Humanities & Social Sciences Librarian at Louisiana State University. She holds an MLIS from Florida State University. Her interests include instruction/communication workflows in academic libraries; critical librarianship and pedagogy; and deconstructing library... Read More →
Monday October 5, 2020 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Virtual
Lightning Talk: Creating OER: Learning from Librarian and Faculty Collaboration - Join a librarian-faculty team as they share their experience working to create an open anthology. Discussion will include tools used, planning and collaboration strategies, keys to success, and challenges faced during this process.
Lightning Talk: Creative Commons - Four Icons, Six Licenses, It's Easy - Creative Commons (CC) licenses provide creators an easy way to define how other people can use their content. The 6 licenses, identified by combinations of 4 icons, allow material to be used without worry about copyright infringement, as long as the rules of the license are followed. However, the relationship between CC and copyright is often misunderstood. I will explain the 4 icons; how they combine into 6 licenses; how the licenses work with copyright and why CC:ND licenses are like cactuses.
Poster: Missteps and Mayhem Bringing a New Elective to Life - This poster describes the attempt at introducing a new Immersion Elective for freshman medical students as part of the spring 2020 semester. Setting/Participants/Resources: Two faculty members from the health sciences library at a public medical school combined talents to present an eight hour elective for up to eight freshman medical students to choose as part of the spring semester Immersion 2020.
David is head of the liaison program at LSU Health Shreveport, coordinating the activities of the six library faculty members while serving as liaisons to departments within the Schools of Allied Health, Medicine, and Graduate Studies. David is the liaison to the School of Allied... Read More →
Head of Resource Management and Discovery, Louisiana State University Shreveport
Sarah Mazur is Head of Resource Management and Discovery at Noel Memorial Library, where her duties include leading the library's affordabiltiy and OER initiatives, among other things. Sarah regularly works with faculty accross all diciplines on campus to connect them with affordable... Read More →
I've been a certified archivist for 30 years and have been teaching American History courses for more than 20 years. I look for opportunities to combine the two.
Copyright & Scholarly Communications Policy Director, Louisiana State University
Feel free to drop by my office hours M, T, TH 8-12 CST to chat about copyright, open access or Creative Commons.COPYRIGHT DROP IN ZOOM LINK. https://lsu.zoom.us/j/637820839
Monday October 5, 2020 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Virtual
COVID-19 has required necessary adjustments for libraries across the country. Its rapid effect on the world called for immediate flexibility and viable options for continuing to provide library resources and services in the safest environment possible for everyone. Proactivity, planning, and teamwork played an intricate part of the Leonard S. Washington Memorial Library's strategy for the continued offering of library resources and services.
Circulation Librarian and Curatorial Specialist, Southern University at New Orleans
Erika N. Witt is an interim circulation librarian for the Leonard S. Washington Memorial Library and adjunct professor for M.A. Museum studies at Southern University at New Orleans. Engaged primarily with collections management, her main focus is in the arts of Africa and caring for... Read More →
August 2020 saw the launch of a new library website for Loyola University that was years in the making. Loyola's Library Web Team was able to leverage university resources, along with an iterative, user-centered design process, to completely re-imagine the library's web presence. From surveys to card-sorting to an annual Hootenanny, learn how the Library Web Team involved library users in order to facilitate investment in the redesign process.
Digital Programs Coordinator, Loyola University New Orleans
Elizabeth Kelly, Digital Programs Coordinator at Loyola University New Orleans, manages digitization activities for Special Collections & Archives and is also responsible for collecting, maintaining, and assessing usage data for the library’s digitized collections. Kelly publishes... Read More →
User Experience and Outreach Librarian, Loyola University New Orleans
I'm interested in marketing and design, digital user experience, and information literacy instruction. I enjoy making reusable learning objects such as videos, slideshows, infographics, and formative assessment materials (e.g., online quizzes). The rest of the time, I stay busy with... Read More →
I run Loyola's electronic reserves and ILL department. I'm interested in copyright, fair use, and best practices for online accessibility and readability. I recently updated our ILL webpages, and helped update the library website. Talk to me about ILLiad and Drupal (especially vi... Read More →
When CAS opened its scientific data vault, SciFinder-n emerged. SciFinder-n is more than a typical literature search tool. It enables scientists to gain more insights into their research than any other tool. SFn is unprecedented in its ability to provide predictive reactions to further scientific discovery for scientists. SciFinder-n meets the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, providing Louisiana's academic Library user communities accessibility to CAS' rich content.
Customer Success Manager, CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society
Edwin Robinson has been a member of CAS’ East Regional Sales Team since 2015. He is responsible for sales activities in the southeastern portion of the US (AL,AR,FL,GA,LA,MS,SC). Edwin holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Baldwin-Wallace College and an M.S. degree in Chemistry from The... Read More →
Customer Success Specialist, CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society
After receiving his degree in Chemistry, Scott worked as a chemical patent examiner at the US Patent & Trademark Office for a number of years, then became a searcher for Science IP, the CAS Search Service, searching small molecule structures, as well as more general chemical and technical... Read More →
Tuesday October 6, 2020 10:00am - 11:00am CDT
Virtual
LOUIS recently signed-on to the CloudSource OA pilot program and participation in the project is open to all member libraries. This session will provide an overview of recent trends in Open Access and share data on OA publication patterns. It will also include a demo of the CloudSource OA software that provides easy access to over 6 million OA articles, eBooks and eTextbooks and integrates seamlessly with learning management software to support affordable learning efforts.
Vice President Pre-Sales, Academic & Content Solutions, SirsiDynix
Rick has more than three decades of experience with SirsiDynix including support, product management, business development, marketing, and sales. Formerly leading the Asia Pacific region, he now drives SirsiDynix’s vision and strategy for Academic libraries. He also leads the Pre-Sales... Read More →
Tuesday October 6, 2020 10:00am - 11:00am CDT
Virtual
LSU Libraries have hosted events during LSU's Welcome Week with various levels of success. From Scavenger Hunts and Relaxation Spaces, to full blown House Parties, Welcome Week always brings its own set of challenges. In this presentation, I will discuss all the different ways we have participated in Welcome Week, get ideas about activities that work (and some that don't) and how Welcome Week can be a great place to provide outreach and build relationships.
Head over the Sponsor pages to see how they have customized their profiles. Take a moment to thank them on social media with #LUCvirtual20. Their support has made this pivot to virtual possible and free registration!
Library chat queries changed between the Spring 2018 and Spring 2019 semesters. During the Fall 2018 semester, the Library implemented two major services. Researchers saw trends associated with these services reflected in chats. Analysis examined how the frequency of controlled terms applied to chat transcripts changed before and after the services' implementation. The terms associated with the new services showed a dramatic decline in frequency. An association is strongly suggested.
Have you ever thought about joining the Name Authority Cooperative Program, but not sure if you're up for it? This presentation will cover our library's experiences with becoming a NACO member and creating and updating authority records in OCLC.
Reaching students and faculty on their devices has become even more important since March. In addition, authenticating them into the resources continues to bring challenges as institutions move to more remote services. Join us to see a virtual demonstration of the EBSCO Mobile app and hear about the variety of authentication options including OpenAthens, Single Sign-On (SSO) and Google log-ins to meet students and faculty on their devices through tools that help them connect to your services.
LOUIS recently partnered with Northstar Digital Literacy to offer digital literacy learning modules, assessment, and certification to higher ed students and adult learners in Louisiana. Join us to learn more about why digital literacy matters and how you can take advantage of all Northstar offers.
Virtual round tables are a space for LUC attendees to get together and informally discuss a theme. In this relaxed environment, we won’t have a formal agenda but the discussion leader will frame the discussion with a series of topics or questions. Join the conversation!
Virtual round tables are a space for LUC attendees to get together and informally discuss a theme. In this relaxed environment, we won’t have a formal agenda but the discussion leader will frame the discussion with a series of topics or questions. Join the conversation!
Virtual round tables are a space for LUC attendees to get together and informally discuss a theme. In this relaxed environment, we won’t have a formal agenda but the discussion leader will frame the discussion with a series of topics or questions. Join the conversation!
Virtual round tables are a space for LUC attendees to get together and informally discuss a theme. In this relaxed environment, we won’t have a formal agenda but the discussion leader will frame the discussion with a series of topics or questions. Join the conversation!
Virtual round tables are a space for LUC attendees to get together and informally discuss a theme. In this relaxed environment, we won’t have a formal agenda but the discussion leader will frame the discussion with a series of topics or questions. Join the conversation!
Virtual round tables are a space for LUC attendees to get together and informally discuss a theme. In this relaxed environment, we won’t have a formal agenda but the discussion leader will frame the discussion with a series of topics or questions. Join the conversation!
This presentation is an extension of a Spring 2020 Learning with LOUIS session and will cover gathering statistics in Workflows and other platforms such as EBSCOhost for submission to IPEDS (and other data collectors). Topics covered include changes in the 2020-21 IPEDS survey, what reports to run, determining what your usage statistics are telling you about your collection, and how to make life easier for yourself when reporting figures.
The BRCC Magnolia Library as hosted a number of Research 101 information literacy workshops in recent years, and was planning to continue in the spring 2020 semester. With the COVID-19 crisis, this series had to be re-thought, re-worked, and re-imagined to accommodate a virtual setting. How we adapted to this situation, and how we plan to go forward with what we learned from our experience will be discussed.
Head of Resource Management and Discovery, Louisiana State University Shreveport
Sarah Mazur is Head of Resource Management and Discovery at Noel Memorial Library, where her duties include leading the library's affordabiltiy and OER initiatives, among other things. Sarah regularly works with faculty accross all diciplines on campus to connect them with affordable... Read More →
Librarians and staff at John B. Cade Library understand that outreach creates positive associations with the library and contributes to the library's support of the University's mission for research, teaching, and learning. The programming committee at John B. Cade Library has hosted several events and activities so that students will see the library as a partner in their college success and to remove barriers, so that students feel more comfortable seeking help.
Head Public Service/Reference Librarian, Southern University A&M College
Hello All,I am a true Southern lady who likes to eat great food and sit on the patio enjoying the company of good friends and family. I have been working in higher education in various capacities for 25 years. I found my happy place in the library!
I have a BA and MAT in History from Grambling State University and a MSLS in Library Studies from Clark Atlanta University. I enjoy being a librarian because the nature of the profession is conducive to my efforts of living a simple life and it also allows me to help others achieve... Read More →
Wednesday October 7, 2020 10:00am - 11:00am CDT
Virtual
Head over the Sponsor pages to see how they have customized their profiles. Take a moment to thank them on social media with #LUCvirtual20. Their support has made this pivot to virtual possible and free registration!
The session will start with a quick review of copyright's educational exception and the Fair Use balancing test. Then we'll look at 3 recent fair use cases, with the audience testing their understanding of fair use and voting on which way they would decide the case. We'll wrap up with the actual case outcomes and conclude with questions and answers.
Copyright & Scholarly Communications Policy Director, Louisiana State University
Feel free to drop by my office hours M, T, TH 8-12 CST to chat about copyright, open access or Creative Commons.COPYRIGHT DROP IN ZOOM LINK. https://lsu.zoom.us/j/637820839
Wednesday October 7, 2020 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Virtual
OER/AER are resources with a measurable impact in the pandemic and beyond. As faculty face new pressures and limited time to explore options, promotion delivered by librarians can play a significant role. We will discuss the strategic use of online tools, such as social media and workshops, to promote OER/AER. Then, participants will craft promotion in small groups. Attendees will gain an understanding of digital communication strategies and experience in crafting strategies to their context.
Library Director, Electronic Resources Librarian, and OER Coordinator, Nicholls State University
Elizabeth Batte, MLIS, is the Director of Ellender Memorial Library and the Open Education Resource Coordinator for Nicholls State University. She received her MLIS from Louisiana State University and has a BS in journalism from the University of Mississippi. Being a first-generation... Read More →
Join Jessica Hawkes, the First Year Experience and Undergraduate Success Librarian at Louisiana State University Shreveport, as she highlights how LSUS is using pop-up library services such as their Librarian on the Run to connect with the campus at large. She'll discuss the benefits and barriers of this service, how to use pop-up services to increase campus engagement, the lessons learned along the way, and much more.
As libraries closed across the country, interlibrary loan became a challenge for practitioners and a lifeline for researchers. At this forum librarians and staffers from ILL units across the state will share how we kept our services running during the pandemic closure. Topics include adapting to digital delivery, processing from home, communicating service changes to patrons and to other libraries, managing the reopening, and recommendations for the future. We want to start a conversation. Join us and share your story!
I run Loyola's electronic reserves and ILL department. I'm interested in copyright, fair use, and best practices for online accessibility and readability. I recently updated our ILL webpages, and helped update the library website. Talk to me about ILLiad and Drupal (especially vi... Read More →
Pitch Your Passion! Join us as we get to know the passion projects of the LOUIS community! These will be short 5 minute presentations on a variety of topics.
Departmental Librarian for Music and Architecture. Interested in assessment, institutional, shared print and open access repositories, signage, cms, discovery, etc.
Graphic novels are being used to share information for enjoyment and for intellectual pursuit. Humans respond to and rely on imagery and minimal text to convey information. Graphic novels, through their multimodality, expose learners to different literacies. Welcome to the Graphic World as we explore and discuss what kinds of informational comics and graphic novels are available, how can they be used and taught in and out of the classroom, and what are good resources to find them?
I will discuss how I made a libguide highlighting the library's online resources as a whole and guiding students to them for the quarantine period and updated other libguides to highlight the electronic resources on those topics. I will also discuss creating instructional Youtube videos which I incorporated into the Libguides.
As the impact of COVID continues to evolve, safely managing library resources for both users and employees has presented many challenges. The crisis requires quarantining of books and reshaping of public services to maintain effectiveness and visibility. The librarians will share their own re-opening plans and actions such as cleaning, preparing common areas as well as discuss how to develop a social media campaign that communicates steadiness and resolve.
Head of Information Literacy, Library Instruction, & Reference, Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Anna Tapia MacDonald received her BA in Art History from Louisiana State University and her MLS from Texas Woman’s University. She is currently the Head of Information Literacy, Library Instruction, & Reference at Eugene P. Watson Memorial Library – Northwestern State University... Read More →
In March 2020, COVID-19 forced libraries to close their doors, and shift to an online-only support model. This study measures changes in use of library resources during the COVID-19 closure at LSU. Data points considered include website, discovery and catalog usage, ILL requests, e-resource downloads, patron inquiries and more. Did COVID-19 lead to leaps in the use of digital content, online learning, and virtual programs as hinted at by an ALA survey? Find out with us.
Systems & Discovery Librarian, Louisiana State University
Dave is responsible for the management of the LSU Libraries’ online library services platforms. Dave provides vision, leadership, and creative thinking to manage and improve discovery of and access to analog and digital content. He also leads the creation, development, and implementation... Read More →
With the Goldenrod release of FOLIO, a single FOLIO account can collaboratively manage electronic resources across multiple institutions. Learn about an integrated multiple knowledge base deployment allowing for consortia and local management of resources removing manual entry of data across multiple institutions thus eliminating duplicate work. This allows for viewing and managing shared/local information in a variety of FOLIO ERM applications (Agreements, eHoldings, Licenses and Organizations)
Librarians and other non-programmers can use spreadsheets to display and analyze data without knowing a programming language. Learn how to access data via hyperlinks and web services APIs to pull Symphony catalog information into spreadsheets. This presentation will demonstrate some practical applications of this method using Excel spreadsheets and Google Sheets. There will be a discussion of advantages and pitfalls.
Communities of practice (CoP) have demonstrated value as a way for group members to elevate their subject knowledge, solve problems by working together, and also to create new knowledge. The Community of Practice concept has been used in LOUIS in communities, such as the System Administrator community, and academic libraries have benefited from utilizing CoP in both library services and professional education to increase the value of services academic libraries provide.
Reference Librarian/Asst. Professor, University of Louisiana at Monroe
I have worked in public, community college, and university libraries since I graduated from library school from the University of North Texas in 2009 and currently work at the University of Louisiana at Monroe Library as a Reference Librarian. I am married to Brien with one daughter... Read More →
Thursday October 8, 2020 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Virtual