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    • A tale of two Islandoras 

      La Faive, Rosie; Matthews, Courtney; Moses, Donald; Robichaud, Danielle (2017-02-02)
      The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) and the University of Waterloo (UW) represent two distinct experiences on the road to implementing Islandora – one pioneered its development and the other is launching the ...
    • Thinking Outside The Library: Being Embedded In A Professional Practice Lab 

      Gordon, Shannon; Mclean, Lisa; Nakhla, Nardine (2014-01-31)
      Librarians need to strategically market their expertise, which often involves thinking outside of the library for meaningful collaborations. Partnering with a Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technician, a librarian provided on-site ...
    • Toward core competencies for entrepreneurship librarians 

      Toane, Carey; Figueiredo, Rachel (Taylor and Francis, 2018-03-26)
      This article shares results of a survey of North American academic librarians supporting campus entrepreneurship to identify the job responsibilities and tasks, skills and experience they employ, and the impact of campus ...
    • Transcending Academic Power Structures: Navigating STEM Misinformation for Undergraduate Learning 

      Mutch, Stephanie; Mercer, Kathryn; Weaver, Kari D. (Ontario Library Association, 2022-02)
      When students enter university, they learn that there are two types of information: information that can be found using library resources and the information that is found using Google. Sources are often framed in opposition ...
    • Understanding Undergraduate Engineering Student Information Access and Needs: Results from a Scoping Review 

      Mercer, Kathryn; Weaver, Kari; Stables-Kennedy, Ariel (American Society for Engineering Education, 2019-06-16)
      To the authors knowledge this is the first review to examine the current body of research on how engineering students access, use, and understand information; identify gaps in the literature, and how this can be used to ...
    • Walking the Talk: Editing Wikipedia with Purpose 

      Robichaud, Danielle (2020-03-10)
      Started nineteen years ago Wikipedia is one of the most visited websites on the Internet, but its popularity is not without issue. Editors are predominantly males from the global north which has led to documented systemic ...
    • What is #LODLAM?! Understanding Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives [and Museums] 

      Hitchens, Alison (2015-01-29)
      This session provides an overview of linked data and then explains how it can be used in libraries and archives to share our unique data on the web and to enrich the user experience by using linked data ourselves. This ...
    • White Paper on OER: Seven Recommendations to Improve OER Uptake in Higher Education Institutions 

      Chee, Michael; Weaver, Kari D. (University of Waterloo Library, 2022)
      A qualitative study conducted with 13 faculty instructors at Waterloo on their interest, motivation, and use of OER informed seven recommendations made in this white paper. Recommendations are grouped in three categories: ...
    • White Paper: Measuring Research Outputs Through Bibliometrics 

      University of Waterloo Working Group on Bibliometrics; Byl, Lauren; Carson, Jana; Feltracco, Annamaria; Gooch, Susie; Gordon, Shannon; Kenyon, Tim; Muirhead, Bruce; Seskar-Hencic, Daniela; MacDonald, Kathy; Özsu, M. Tamer; Stirling, Peter (University of Waterloo, 2016)
      This White Paper provides a high-level review of issues relevant to understanding bibliometrics, and practical recommendations for how to appropriately use these measures. This is not a policy paper; instead, it defines ...
    • Why libraries aren’t dead: open access and the evolving liaison role 

      Gordon, Shannon (The Editorial Board of the Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 2011)
      This is the second in a series of commentaries from members of the Open Access Interest Group of Canadian Health Libraries Association / Association des bibliothèques (CHLA / ABSC). Devon Greyson’s inaugural contribution ...
    • Wikipedia as an arena for public scholarship 

      Robichaud, Danielle (Centre for Career Action, 2020-10-14)
      Wikipedia provides scholars with an avenue for meaningfully contributing to the widely used public knowledge platform despite contribution guidelines that restrict the use of original research. This slide-based learning ...
    • Wikipedia Edit-a-thons: Thinking Beyond the Warm Fuzzie 

      Robichaud, Danielle (Editorial Board of the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2017)
      Wikipedia edit-a-thons represent a unique and fruitful avenue for galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAMs) to engage with new and existing segments of their user communities. Encompassing information and technical ...
    • WorldCat Local in a Health Sciences Environment: One Library's Experience 

      Gordon, Shannon (2010-06-07)
      In 2009, Memorial University Libraries embarked on a pilot project with WorldCat Local (WCL), an available discovery layer. As of May 2010, WCL remains in internal testing and will likely be released it in beta form in ...

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