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Jeff Steely

Micro assessing: Library impact story logs - 1 views

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    Interesting idea...
Jeff Steely

Humanizing Academic Citation - Lingua Franca - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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    Practical approach!
Jeff Steely

CURQuarterly : Scaffolding the Development of Students' Research Skills for Capstone Ex... - 0 views

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    Interesting article. UNLV Libraries are engaged in similar curricular mapping work.
Jeff Steely

Trends in Digital Scholarship Centers (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE.edu - 0 views

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    "Looking back over the past 18 months, we have four observations. First, we have learned the critical importance of clearly defining the Sherman Centre's scope and purpose for the campus community. Understanding of digital scholarship's boundaries is still relatively low on all of our campuses. Work in the center falls outside traditional norms for how research is done - the norm being that research is a solitary activity, with no "bumping around" required. In terms of libraries, it is definitely outside the norm. Libraries are traditionally very transaction-based: we count the number of people who enter our doors, ask us research help questions, and attend instruction sessions. We have no mental model for tracking activity within a digital scholarship center, which is inherently more relationship-based. Second, we've learned that the relentless demand for physical space on campus creates pressure on our new center. Faculty members and graduate students are always looking for a place to run their experiments and relocate their staff. We often find ourselves having to turn people away when their work is not advancing the digital scholarship agenda. Saying no is not easy, but it must be done to protect the center's integrity. Third, we've learned of the vital need for patience - both individual and organizational. Digital scholarship centers are not created in a day or even in 18 months. Building a good center requires patience on the part of our senior university administrators, faculty, and staff. A digital scholarship program is built on relationships, as well as on the careers of its scholars. Centers evolve as junior faculty members incorporate digital scholarship into their research and then rise to become senior scholars. Finally, we've discovered the strong need for training and mentorship opportunities on our campus. Our graduate students (like any other graduate students) do not enter their programs with deep digital scholarship skills, but they are e
Jeff Steely

Digital humanities and the future of technology in higher ed. - 0 views

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    I love the final paragraph "Another way of putting that is: Do not spend eight years getting a doctorate with the sole purpose of becoming digital humanist, as you would be better off just learning to code and getting a job as a software engineer. However, if you have already made the unwise choice to enroll in a humanities Ph.D. program, one way to salvage what will otherwise be your eventual entrée onto a jobless hellscape might be to "disrupt" your Eliot (George, T.S., whichever) and start using technology to analyze, distribute, or supplement your research. The worst possible outcome, after all, will be that more than three people read your work."
Jeff Steely

» A Librarian's Guide to OpenRefine ACRL TechConnect Blog - 0 views

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    This looks like it could be very useful for manipulating large data sets.
Jeff Steely

Developing an Institutional Research Data Management Plan Service | EDUCAUSE.edu - 0 views

  • nstitutions and researchers have worked together for years on streamlining and improving campus processes to sustain institutional research at all levels. The challenges have been and are many. The new EDUCAUSE ACTI Data Management Working Group (ACTI-DM) white paper, Developing an Institutional Research Data Management Plan Service, provides guidance on developing research data management planning services at higher education institutions, based on a broad sampling of trends in these services at institutions across the U.S. and internationally.This white paper includes three key sections: What Should be Included in the Data Management Plan (DMP) Developing a DMP Service at Your Institution Skill Sets Required for a DMP Consulting Service
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