Browsing STEM Librarians South 2022 by Title
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Active Learning for Entry Level Chemistry Student Research
(2022-07-28)Information literacy instruction sessions are frequently delivered using a teacher-centered lecture approach followed by a hands-on activity session. Inquiry-based science education changes the teacher role from authority ... -
Creating a STEM Collection to House Higher Risk Standard Textbooks
(2022-07-28)It can be challenging to add standard textbooks in science and engineering disciplines to the library collection since many are only available in print format. When these texts are placed in the circulating collection, ... -
Disconnecting from Social Media: A Tale of an Engineering Library
(2022-07-29)In 2014, the Engineering & Computer Science Library at the University of Toronto created a Twitter account as part of our outreach program. This was our first step into exploring social media. We started this account in ... -
DIY Market Reports - STEM & Business Librarians Collaborate
(2022-07-29)When Altamirano worked at the Georgia Institute of Technology, she received questions about obtaining market reports about a STEM subject. Since these reports cost more than $2000.00, she had to tell the researchers that ... -
Do STEM Researchers Understand STEM Librarians' Data Management Terminology?
(2022-07-28)In Spring 2021, STEM research librarians at Pennsylvania State University conducted a mixed-methods research project to investigate the research data management (RDM) awareness and practice of STEM researchers across the ... -
Evidence Synthesis in STEM: Expand your competencies to serve your emerging researchers
(2022-07-29)Engineering and other STEM disciplines are adopting evidence synthesis methodologies from Health and Social Sciences disciplines, and some STEM librarians are being caught unaware. The tools and standards from those ... -
From Zero to Python in 10.5 Hours: Building Foundational Programming Skills in an Introductory Workshop Series
(2022-07-29)Scientists generate increasing amounts of data, often resulting in published papers, datasets, or web-based applications. Python is a general-purpose programming language that can support researchers in data analysis and ... -
Introducing scite.ai, Inciteful.xyz, and Research Rabbit
(2022-07-29)How do you know if an article was withdrawn or retracted? What if you could determine if citations were supporting, contrasting, or simply mentioned for an article? How do you assess the connections between two or ... -
Pivot! Shifting from non-STEM to STEM Librarianship
(2022-07-28)Library school often doesn’t have a STEM librarian track, leaving STEM librarians to find their own way. In this presentation two STEM librarians will discuss how they came from non-STEM backgrounds and adjusted/adapted ... -
A Potentially Novel Use of Systematic Review Screening Software for Thematic Coding of Survey Responses
(2022-07-29)This brief presentation will describe a process used to import responses to an open-ended, text-entry survey question into Rayyan, where three researchers then thematically coded the responses. The presenter will discuss ... -
Science People: Promoting Science Identity Development in Undergraduate Students
(2022-07-29)Science identity, or the ability to see one’s self as a scientist or “science person,” is a key indicator of academic trajectory and student success in STEM fields. The association between science identity and performance ... -
Select survey results from academic librarians and professors on teaching and using pirate websites
(2022-07-29)I will share select survey results from professors and academic librarians on their use of pirate websites. With the never-ending rising cost of academic journal subscriptions, shrinking library budgets and a need for ... -
STEM Researchers: Collaborating to Enhance Global Biodiversity Initiatives
(2022-07-28)When approached by an international team of researchers investigating the lack of global biodiversity metadata, two librarians jumped at the chance to collaborate. In this lightning talk, the presenters will share the story ... -
STEM Workshops and You
(2022-07-28)Have you ever wondered how to reach more STEM students? This seminar will go over how we have used workshops to teach a variety of STEM students and subjects and how you can use workshops to reach your students. -
Teaching Scientific Publishing Literacy as a Special Topics Course
(2022-07-28)In this lightning talk I will share my experience developing and teaching and one-credit special topics course for graduate environmental science students, exploring issues in scholarly, scientific publishing. The first ... -
Using Techsmith Capture videos to analyze a student’s information seeking behaviors
(2022-07-28)When teaching an information literacy credit-bearing course, it can be difficult to assess what students learn, retain, and apply when conducting research. In the LIB290: Information Literacy for Engineering course ...