MARC-y MARC and the Coding Bunch

For two years librarians at Nevada State College have been collecting student-level data on library resource use and matching it to student success outcomes like retention and GPA. This presentation will share what we’ve learned about collecting, storing, and securing student-level data sets.

The document discusses challenges with managing electronic resources due to issues with metadata from content providers. It summarizes that incorrect, outdated, or incomplete metadata from publishers can lead to resources not being discoverable by users or libraries unaware they own content. The document then recommends solutions for libraries such as promoting metadata standards, documenting entitlements, and collaborating with other institutions and vendors to address problems in the complex data supply chain for e-resources.

This document provides an overview of data collection, interpretation, visualization and ethics. It discusses collecting both quantitative and qualitative data, cleaning data by addressing formatting errors and incomplete information. Data can be transformed through mathematical formulas or assigning categories. Statistics describe data while inferential statistics determine relationships. Visualization methods include tables, bar graphs and scatter plots. Best practices for visualization include clear labels, standard intervals and avoiding unnecessary complexity. Data collection and use raise ethical issues around privacy and informed consent.

A presentation of ways in which social science data, such as census data, can be used to construct and test a hypothesis.

The document summarizes the University of Denver's implementation of demand-driven acquisition (DDA) for ebooks and print books. It discusses data showing a high percentage of unused books purchased under the previous just-in-case model. The new DDA model allows books to be purchased only after a certain number of uses or short-term loans, reducing unnecessary spending. The transition involves setting up plans with ebook vendors EBL and YBP to provide access and integrate purchasing workflows with the library system. Assessment of the new model will examine use data and purchasing patterns over time.

Presentation at the workshop 'Open Citations: Opportunities and Ongoing Developments' at the ISSI2019 conference. Rome, Italy, September 2, 2019.

This document discusses a research study analyzing how freelance language teachers use Twitter for professional development. It employs Deleuzo-Guattarian concepts of assemblages, rhizomes, and becomings to analyze teachers' participation in Twitter networks like #ELTchat. Situational analysis and social network analysis were used to map relations between teachers, hashtags, and the "Twitter machine." Emerging findings suggest teachers' professional development occurs through unpredictable interactions within human and technological assemblages, reconfiguring understandings of teaching and professional learning.

This document contains Jeffrey Xavier's resume. It summarizes his work experience in educational evaluation, research assistance, data collection, and internships. It also lists his technical skills in SPSS, SQL, VBA, Java, and various computer programs and operating systems. Finally, it provides details of his graduate education in applied sociology and undergraduate dual major in sociology and psychology from UMass Dartmouth and Bishop Feehan High School.

Presentation by Kimberly Vardeman and Jessica van Haaften at Designing for Digital on March 5, 2018. We explore how to share user research results with library colleagues, students, and faculty. Our goal is to report information in a meaningful and useful way, while providing transparency and presenting the Library positively. We want to communicate how we take action—that user feedback doesn’t disappear into a data dungeon. We offer a review of how university library websites report findings publicly. We present successes and failures of sharing our work internally and externally. Any questions or feedback, please contact me.

The document summarizes a presentation about using electronic data collection to inform staffing decisions at reference desks in the USF Tampa Libraries. Statistical data was collected using tools like tally sheets, clickers, and Aeon Desktracker to analyze reference questions. This data found that most questions were basic informational queries that could be handled by graduate assistants, and led to recommendations like single-staffing librarians during peak times and instituting better referral systems between departments. The libraries implemented these changes, reducing hours but maintaining coverage through virtual reference options. Evaluation of the data supported modifying scheduling and increasing focus on consultations and individual research assistance.

An introduction to University of Cape Town (UCT) Libraries resources, including navigating the website, understanding print and digital resources, getting to know a reference managing tool and enabling students to evaluate resources.

This document describes a study being conducted as part of LILAC, a multi-institutional initiative that analyzes gaps in students' information literacy skills. The study involves surveying and observing 50 students at Kennesaw State University to understand their research behaviors and abilities. Initial quantitative analysis found that most students conduct research on the web rather than academic databases and have trouble evaluating source types. Qualitative coding is being used to analyze observations of students' search and evaluation processes. The researchers hope to identify ways to help students improve their information literacy skills.

Online discovery portals are providing information about your content to researchers and linking to your site via Crossref. A richer record can result in significantly more traffic from places you weren’t expecting. Learn about where publisher metadata goes, how it is used, and the importance of depositing rich metadata in making the most of these downstream services. Our speakers include Stephanie Dawson of ScienceOpen; Pierre Mounier of OPERAS, OpenEdition, and the HIRMEOS project; and Laura J. Wilkinson and Anna Tolwinska of Crossref. Webinar held September 11, 2018

The document discusses priority areas for researching the value and impact of academic libraries. It identifies the key areas as communication, mission alignment, learning analytics, student success, teaching and learning, and collaboration. For each area, it provides exemplar effective practices from literature and interviews with librarians and administrators. It then outlines potential research questions within each area and discusses research design considerations. The document concludes with an overview of a visualization tool being developed to showcase findings.

Presentation for my co-authored paper "Open University Data" on the CIIT conference in 2012. It describes the process and benefits of opening parts of the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering data in a structured format.

This document summarizes findings from faculty surveys about use of scholarly monographs. It finds that monographs remain very important to researchers, especially in humanities. While e-book usage is growing, print still dominates for in-depth reading. Searching and skimming are easier digitally. Over time more believe e-books could replace print, though humanities remain less convinced. The document also notes historians' heavy reliance on Google Books for discovery and access.

How are MARC records performing in our search environment? This presentation will look at the process and results of a research project that analyzed how users’ search terms matched up with MARC fields, as well as how and where MARC records were displayed in search results lists. Presenters will discuss the process, the results of the project, and outline how attendees can implement similar research projects at their institutions, including tools and techniques they can use to analyze how their own records are surfacing in a search environment.

This document analyzes query data from the University of Oslo library search engine Oria to gain insights into search behavior and query success rates. The analysis found that (1) many of the most popular queries were for curriculum-related materials and had successful results, (2) "zero result" queries were often due to too specific queries like pasted references or misspellings, and (3) suggestions are provided to improve query suggestions, expand indexing, and better integrate curriculum materials to help resolve more queries.

Paper presentation of updated query analysis at the VIRAK conference 2017, done by project members of the Visual Navigation Project

Standards for archival description have been in place for more than thirty years, but what does actual practice look like? In this OCLC Research Library Partners Works in Progress webinar presented 3 December 2015, OCLC Research Program Officer Jackie Dooley gave an overview of her deep dive into the four million records for archival materials in WorldCat.

This document summarizes the results of a study analyzing circulation data and interlibrary loan (ILL) usage to evaluate the scope and coverage of a library's print collection. Some key findings include that 48% of titles have never circulated, 88% circulated 5 times or fewer, and 97% have not circulated in the last year. Subject areas with high ILL usage but low circulation may need increased purchasing. Challenges included inconsistencies in the library system data and scaling expectations about what data could be extracted and analyzed. The study aimed to identify areas of the collection that are over- or under-used to inform collection development and management decisions.