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Science Education Gone Wilde: Creating Science References that Work
written by John Rennie, fl. 2014; produced by Alexander Street (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street), 52 mins
Thursday, November 6 • 10:20am - 11:10amScience Education Gone Wilde: Creating Science References that WorkScience education suffers from more than a little bit of its own problem with earnestness and triviality. As politicians, education reformers, and social critics point out relentlessly, STEM literacy is cru...
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written by John Rennie, fl. 2014; produced by Alexander Street (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street), 52 mins
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Thursday, November 6 • 10:20am - 11:10amScience Education Gone Wilde: Creating Science References that WorkScience education suffers from more than a little bit of its own problem with earnestness and triviality. As politicians, education reformers, and social critics point out relentlessly, STEM literacy is crucial to the nation's well-being, not simply as an economic driver but because average citizens must increasingly grapple with the pract...
Thursday, November 6 • 10:20am - 11:10amScience Education Gone Wilde: Creating Science References that WorkScience education suffers from more than a little bit of its own problem with earnestness and triviality. As politicians, education reformers, and social critics point out relentlessly, STEM literacy is crucial to the nation's well-being, not simply as an economic driver but because average citizens must increasingly grapple with the practical and ethical impacts of new science and technologies in their lives. Most conversations about science education and, indeed, most educational science works therefore come wrapped in a mantle of earnest gravitas—which is a shame because it only reinforces the joyless “eat your vegetables, they're good for you” impression with which much of the public regards science and makes students approach their science lessons with dutiful, doomed resignation. This is not a formula for success.
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Date Written / Recorded
2014-11-06
Field of Study
Education
Content Type
Conference materials
Contributor
Alexander Street
Author / Creator
John Rennie, fl. 2014
Publisher
Alexander Street
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Swets: What is Going On in Our Industry
written by Dan Tonkery, fl. 2014; produced by Alexander Street (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street), 47 mins
Thursday, November 6 • 3:15pm - 4:00pmSwets: What Is Going On In Our Industry?Discussion of the Swets bankruptcy led by Dan Tonkery.
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written by Dan Tonkery, fl. 2014; produced by Alexander Street (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street), 47 mins
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Thursday, November 6 • 3:15pm - 4:00pmSwets: What Is Going On In Our Industry?Discussion of the Swets bankruptcy led by Dan Tonkery.
Date Written / Recorded
2014-11-06
Field of Study
Education
Content Type
Conference materials
Contributor
Alexander Street
Author / Creator
Dan Tonkery, fl. 2014
Publisher
Alexander Street
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To Boldly Go Beyond Downloads
written by Carol Tenopir, fl. 2014 and Gabriel Hughes, fl. 2014; produced by Alexander Street (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street), 44 mins
Friday, November 7 • 10:30am - 11:15amTo Boldly Go Beyond DownloadsWith more scholarly journals being distributed electronically rather than in print form, we know that researchers download many articles. What is less well known is how journal articles are used after they are initially downloaded. To what extent...
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written by Carol Tenopir, fl. 2014 and Gabriel Hughes, fl. 2014; produced by Alexander Street (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street), 44 mins
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Friday, November 7 • 10:30am - 11:15amTo Boldly Go Beyond DownloadsWith more scholarly journals being distributed electronically rather than in print form, we know that researchers download many articles. What is less well known is how journal articles are used after they are initially downloaded. To what extent are they saved, uploaded, tweeted, or otherwise shared? How does this reuse increase their total use and value to research and how doe...
Friday, November 7 • 10:30am - 11:15amTo Boldly Go Beyond DownloadsWith more scholarly journals being distributed electronically rather than in print form, we know that researchers download many articles. What is less well known is how journal articles are used after they are initially downloaded. To what extent are they saved, uploaded, tweeted, or otherwise shared? How does this reuse increase their total use and value to research and how does it influence library usage figures? University of Tennessee Chancellor’s Professor Carol Tenopir, Professor Suzie Allard, and Adjunct Professor David Nicholas are leading a team of international researchers on a the project, “Beyond Downloads,” funded by a grant from Elsevier. The project will look at how and why scholarly electronic articles are downloaded, saved, and shared by researchers. Sharing in today’s digital environment may include links posted on social media, like Twitter, and in blogs or via e-mail. Having a realistic estimate of this secondary use will help provide a more accurate picture of the total use of scholarly articles. The speakers will present the objectives of the study, share the approach and avenues of exploration, and report on some preliminary findings. Furthermore, the speakers will discuss how the potential learnings could yield benefits to the library community.
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Date Written / Recorded
2014-11-07
Field of Study
Education
Content Type
Conference materials
Contributor
Alexander Street
Author / Creator
Carol Tenopir, fl. 2014, Gabriel Hughes, fl. 2014
Publisher
Alexander Street
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We Sincerely Regret to Inform You That the Material You Have Requested is Unavailable via Interlibrary Loan
written by Carol Kochan, fl. 2014 and Jennifer Duncan, fl. 2014; produced by Alexander Street (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street), 49 mins
Saturday, November 8 • 9:45am - 10:45amWe Sincerely Regret to Inform You That the Material You Have Requested is Unavailable via Interlibrary LoanDo local collection development decisions have an impact on consortium resource sharing agreements? And, does it matter? Many libraries make collection development dec...
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written by Carol Kochan, fl. 2014 and Jennifer Duncan, fl. 2014; produced by Alexander Street (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street), 49 mins
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Saturday, November 8 • 9:45am - 10:45amWe Sincerely Regret to Inform You That the Material You Have Requested is Unavailable via Interlibrary LoanDo local collection development decisions have an impact on consortium resource sharing agreements? And, does it matter? Many libraries make collection development decisions independently of others in their consortium. Because some of these decisions (e.g. moving to e-book only purchasing, reducing ap...
Saturday, November 8 • 9:45am - 10:45amWe Sincerely Regret to Inform You That the Material You Have Requested is Unavailable via Interlibrary LoanDo local collection development decisions have an impact on consortium resource sharing agreements? And, does it matter? Many libraries make collection development decisions independently of others in their consortium. Because some of these decisions (e.g. moving to e-book only purchasing, reducing approval expenditures, increasing demand-driven activity, etc.) may reduce the content available to share with other libraries, the authors want to examine what effect these behaviors might have on interlibrary loan activity within a consortium. This study looks at collection development and resource sharing budgets, practices, and policies and considers the possible effects of widespread changes in collection development practices on interlibrary loan operations, particularly within a consortium but potentially across all lending partners. Attendees will hear results of the authors’ research study of one consortium, including local practices and policies that appear to have affected other member libraries. Attendees will consider whether this analysis identifies concerns that they should investigate with their own consortium partners. The group as a whole can then begin to explore how significant this issue might be on a national scale; whether these issues might be prevalent enough to warrant a broader analysis; and what solutions might be starting points for discussion.
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Date Written / Recorded
2014-11-08
Field of Study
Education
Content Type
Conference materials
Contributor
Alexander Street
Author / Creator
Carol Kochan, fl. 2014, Jennifer Duncan, fl. 2014
Publisher
Alexander Street
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What Faculty Want Librarians to Know
written by Phil Richerme, fl. 2014, James J. O'Donnell, fl. 2014, Timothy Johnson, fl. 2014 and Christine Fair, fl. 2014; produced by Alexander Street (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street), 1 hour 13 mins
Friday, November 7 • 8:45am - 10:00amWhat Faculty Want Librarians to KnowWhat's happening on the front lines? When academics use their libraries, what do they use? When they talk about them, what do they say? A panel of rising star academics from diverse fields will tell it like it is: how they use their librari...
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written by Phil Richerme, fl. 2014, James J. O'Donnell, fl. 2014, Timothy Johnson, fl. 2014 and Christine Fair, fl. 2014; produced by Alexander Street (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street), 1 hour 13 mins
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Friday, November 7 • 8:45am - 10:00amWhat Faculty Want Librarians to KnowWhat's happening on the front lines? When academics use their libraries, what do they use? When they talk about them, what do they say? A panel of rising star academics from diverse fields will tell it like it is: how they use their libraries, how they don't use them, and what they'd like to get from their libraries that they don't now get.
Date Written / Recorded
2014-11-07
Field of Study
Education
Content Type
Conference materials
Contributor
Alexander Street
Author / Creator
Phil Richerme, fl. 2014, James J. O'Donnell, fl. 2014, Timothy Johnson, fl. 2014, Christine Fair, fl. 2014
Publisher
Alexander Street
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What’s the Big Idea? Mellon, ARL, AAU, University Presses, and the Future of Scholarly Communication
written by Leila Salisbury, fl. 2014, Raym Crowe, fl. 2014, Helen Cullyer, fl. 2014, Charles Watkinson, fl. 2014 and Barbara Kline Pope, fl. 2014; produced by Alexander Street (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street), 58 mins
Thursday, November 6 • 4:30pm - 5:30pmWhat’s the Big Idea? Mellon, ARL, AAU, University Presses, and the Future of Scholarly CommunicationIn the summer of 2014, both Mellon and an AAU-ARL Task Force on Scholarly Communication announced proposals designed to seek innovative ways that “digital technologies can...
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What’s the Big Idea? Mellon, ARL, AAU, University Presses, and the Future of Scholarly Communication
written by Leila Salisbury, fl. 2014, Raym Crowe, fl. 2014, Helen Cullyer, fl. 2014, Charles Watkinson, fl. 2014 and Barbara Kline Pope, fl. 2014; produced by Alexander Street (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street), 58 mins
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Thursday, November 6 • 4:30pm - 5:30pmWhat’s the Big Idea? Mellon, ARL, AAU, University Presses, and the Future of Scholarly CommunicationIn the summer of 2014, both Mellon and an AAU-ARL Task Force on Scholarly Communication announced proposals designed to seek innovative ways that “digital technologies can increase access to and reduce the cost of scholarly communications” (AAU-ARL) and to discover “opportunities to shape knowledge fo...
Thursday, November 6 • 4:30pm - 5:30pmWhat’s the Big Idea? Mellon, ARL, AAU, University Presses, and the Future of Scholarly CommunicationIn the summer of 2014, both Mellon and an AAU-ARL Task Force on Scholarly Communication announced proposals designed to seek innovative ways that “digital technologies can increase access to and reduce the cost of scholarly communications” (AAU-ARL) and to discover “opportunities to shape knowledge formation and dissemination to emerging needs and media” (Mellon). Concern over issues of cost, access, the free-rider problem, and ongoing sustainability for scholarly monographs and their sponsoring publishers (often university presses) are not new issues, but the announcement of these large-scale initiatives have the potential to change the conversation and develop some viable solutions and new thinking in the research publication value chain. The AAU-ARL initiative seeks to address the problems of the tenure monograph, while Mellon also aspires to make digital publishing “a first-class means” of dissemination and to encourage scholars to “participate more fully in the interactive Web.”
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Date Written / Recorded
2014-11-06
Field of Study
Education
Content Type
Conference materials
Contributor
Alexander Street
Author / Creator
Leila Salisbury, fl. 2014, Raym Crowe, fl. 2014, Helen Cullyer, fl. 2014, Charles Watkinson, fl. 2014, Barbara Kline Pope, fl. 2014
Publisher
Alexander Street
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