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September 30th, 2013
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — Purdue Libraries is now sponsoring BrowZine, a new tablet application that allows users to browse, read and monitor many of the Libraries’ scholarly journals, all in a format optimized for iPads, Android tablets, and Kindle Fire HDs.
Users can mark journals to follow and will receive push notifications when new issues of journals come out. Users can read and save articles in BrowZine; send PDFs of articles of interest to preferred PDF readers or other places like Dropbox; and, save articles to reference management tools such RefWorks and Zotero. This app recreates the experience of browsing new journal issues and discovering interesting articles at their fingertips.
Instructions on how to download the app onto tablets can be found on the Libraries website: http://guides.lib.purdue.edu/browzine
Who can use BrowZine? Any student, staff, or faculty member currently associated with Purdue
Is there a fee?Cost to download the app is free
What devices are supported? So far, just tablets are supported, including the iPad, Android tablets (with OS v4.0+), and Kindle Fire HD.
What about smartphones? Early 2014, iPhone and Android smartphones will be supported
What publishers are supported? A list of publishers can be found here: http://support.thirdiron.com/knowledgebase/articles/132654-what-publishers-do-you-support-
Journals that are available as part of aggregator subscriptions, like ProQuest or Ebsco databases, aren’t included. Only subscriptions direct with participating publishers will be available.
What if a patron has problems with BrowZine? ThirdIron, the company who owns BrowZine, offers great customer support here: http://support.thirdiron.com
Questions or concerns about Browzine: Send to Rebecca Richardson, rarichar@purdue.edu.
Filed under: collections, DIGIT, general, press_release, scholcomm, servicesSeptember 27th, 2013
Welcome to Database of the Week. This feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics is intended to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know. These weekly snapshots will have only basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources, and hopefully tempt you to explore. Feedback is always welcome. If you have a suggestion for a database or research topic that should be covered, please let us know.
This Week’s Featured Database: WARC, from World Advertising Research Center Ltd.
Find it: www.lib.purdue.edu/parrish, Under the column with the header Collections, click on List of Business Databases.
Description/focus: WARC is a marketing and advertising information service used by media and market research agencies.
Try this: WARC has the familiar box to do a key word search, but you can also use the pulldown menus to search by type of content: case studies, trends, news, data, forecasts. If you click on one of the fields along the top, you’ll see the options for further breakdown. The Topics list includes consumers, marketing, industries, and profiles of global brand owners. For example, the industry Topic Page for Travel & Tourism shows case studies, trends, and company profiles. See here for a short demonstration of a basic WARC search.
Why you should know this database: Content in WARC includes news stories, case studies, research papers, conference papers, best practice guides, speeches, data, and WARC’s own reports. The subjects covered include communications, media research, market research, trends, and more.
Why students should know this database: Searching in WARC is easy to do so even students who are unfamiliar with database searching will be able to find marketing or consumer information.
Tags: articles, communications, consumers, countries, datasets, industries, market research, media, news, products, scholarly journals
Cost: Paid by the Libraries annually.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact parrlib@purdue.edu. Database of the Week is archived at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/MGMT/. For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries).
If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: database, general, MGMTSeptember 26th, 2013
Liaison Services
As liaisons to academic departments, Libraries faculty members work with faculty across campus to provide services and support for instruction, information literacy, scholarly communication, and data. The Libraries offers repository services for your scholarship, Purdue e-Pubs, and research data, PURR. Please contact your departmental liaison for more information and assistance. (http://www.lib.purdue.edu/help/askalib/librarians)
Instruction & Information Literacy ( http://www.lib.purdue.edu/infolit )
Libraries faculty can assist instructors with determining the best way to teach students to use information to support course learning goals. Informed learning is a pedagogic approach to teaching students to use information to learn about subject content. It is based on the idea that rather than information literacy being taught as a subject of its own, learning to use information should be part of the process of understanding a subject.
As departments are identifying courses or co-curricular activities to meet the Core Curriculum embedded outcomes Libraries faculty can assist with identifying how students will meet the information literacy outcomes. Liaisons can help determine what embedded information literacy is for the fields covered by the department, through standards, policy documents, etc., but also discussion with curriculum committees, etc. Liaisons can also assist with addressing the embedded information literacy requirement, e.g., courses, service learning experience, etc. , where possibly a already exist that meets or can be adapted to meet the embedded information literacy criteria, or is there an opportunity to develop something new?
Data Services (http://d2c2.lib.purdue.edu/ )
As you may know, emphasis on data management has been an increasing focus in research and funding. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget, the OSTP, and many funding agencies require data management plans for all proposals. Libraries faculty can provide support through Data Management Plan ( DMP) consultations, identifying metadata standards, offering an online data-sharing platform through PURR, and providing general data management guidance.
PURR, or the Purdue University Research Repository, provides an online, collaborative working space and data-sharing platform to support the data management needs of Purdue researchers and their collaborators. Go to PURR
Liaisons can also discuss library collections, alternative publishing models such as Open Access, how to deposit into Purdue e-Pubs and PURR, and other services offered by Purdue Libraries. Please contact your liaison for more information.
( http://www.lib.purdue.edu/help/askalib/librarians )
Filed under: Faculty E-Newsletter
September 26th, 2013
While a journal article or a book may be the final record of research, there are many other “informal” types of publishing that faculty at Purdue engage in. These range from technical reports to white papers, from conference proceedings to student publications. Place so many innovative people together, and there will always also be experimental new forms of digital scholarly communication that don’t quite look like any publication that has ever existed. While societies, university presses, and commercial publishers are available to publish formal materials, informal publications have traditionally fallen through the cracks. They have been distributed on CD, placed as PDFs on servers that keep being moved, or printed out and distributed from a closet. Librarians refer to this type of material as “gray literature” because it exists in an awkward limbo area of the information supply system and is hard to discover and even harder to obtain if requested. This situation is a problem for everybody, potentially leading to duplication of research and wasted federal funding.
It was to address this problem that the Scholarly Publishing Services unit of Purdue Libraries was formally established in spring 2012. Using existed staff and infrastructure, SPS provides a complement to Purdue University Press (PUP), the scholarly publishing arm of the University which was established in 1960 and is part of the Libraries: The University Press publishes only formal and peer-reviewed materials, both books and journals, focused on certain disciplines aligned with the strengths of the University and over 50% of the authors published come from outside Purdue. SPS meanwhile publishes informal materials, subject to varying levels of peer review and appearing in a multitude of formats. The publications are all originated from Purdue and come from a wide range of subject areas. The financial model is also different since the Press relies on sales and licensing income to cover its publishing costs and SPS operates on a mixture of internal funding and charge backs. While basic SPS services, such as the design and online hosting of a new digital publication, are offered free of charge to the Purdue community, fees are charged for value-added elements such as copy editing and typesetting. All services, whether fee or for free, emphasize best publishing practices, such as the use of stable URLs and DOIs to allow citation, preservation planning, and discoverability through popular services such as Google Scholar.
The relationship between Purdue University Press and Scholarly Publishing Services is conceptualized as a continuum or “spectrum” of services, from formal to informal. As more and more Purdue centers and departments take advantage of the expertise and infrastructure provided, partnerships are starting to emerge where a mix of products are made available under both PUP and SPS imprints. For example, the Libraries works with the Global Policy Research Institute (GPRI) to publish student scholarship, policy briefs, and conference proceedings (including video) through SPS, and the book series Purdue Studies in Public Policy through PUP. This type of relationship permits links to be made between different publications and for cross-marketing. The end result is increased impact for Purdue scholarship. SPS is always interested in new challenges and further case studies and contact details are available at www.lib.purdue.edu/publishing.
Filed under: Faculty E-Newsletter
September 26th, 2013
What is it?
“Scopus is the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature with smart tools that track, analyze and visualize research.”
[http://www.info.sciverse.com/scopus]
Benefits
· Search a wide variety of sources across most disciplines
o Analyze results to see the most frequent authors, journals, and disciplines related to your search.
o Search by author to view an “Author Evaluator” page that visualizes an h-index, breakdown of publications by source, co-authors, subject areas, and generate a graph of citations per year from 1996.
o Set up email alerts or RSS feeds for: searches, document citations, author citations, or affiliations.
o Export to print, email, citations managers (EndNote, ProCite, Zotero, Mendeley, Excel, and others), or generate a basic bibliography right from Scopus.
o Can search by first author only
· Measure your (and others) scholarly impact [only for publications from 1996 to present]
o Find out who is citing your publications
o Find your most cited publication
o Find the most cited publications in your field/discipline
o Links to other documents that cite your publications, like patents, dissertations, and other documents in academic document repositories
· Analyze the impact of particular journals using two journal metrics – SJR (SCImago Journal Rank; similar to Impact Factors) and SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) that are updated every two months. Compare multiple journals using the Journal Analyzer, a visualization tool.
Significance/Uniqueness
· Scopus indexes over 8,000 unique titles compared to Web of Science.
· More disciplines are represented when compared to Web of Science
Key highlights
· Alternative, but complementary, to Web of Science
· Provides analytics and visualization tools to compare authors, publications, and journals.
· Can set up email alerts related to research of interest, when people cite you, and when a particular person has published something new.
Most disciplines are represented, so all researchers should give it a try. (weakest is Arts and Humanities, but they have taken steps to help correct this over the last couple of years).
Filed under: Faculty E-NewsletterSeptember 26th, 2013
Ecotones is a term used in ecology to describe the place in which two ecosystems touch or merge. However, the term could also be used to describe what is anticipated in the Active Learning Center (ALC): the touching or merging of the activities that typically have taken place in a classroom, lecture hall, or laboratory with what has traditionally occurred in a library. Instead of single use spaces, often in different buildings, the ALC will merge the teaching spaces and learning/study spaces in a flexible environment. The ALC will accommodate the teaching pedagogies and methodologies used in the Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Transformation (IMPACT) program and active learning on the site now occupied by the long vacant North Power Plant and the Engineering Administration Building (ENAD), across from the Bell Tower.
The ALC will combine the best of new classroom pedagogies and create a learning commons for the 21st Century — a blend of centrally scheduled teaching spaces, library/information services, formal study spaces, informal learning space, and collaborative work areas. Its design is being developed with assistance from students and faculty collaborators throughout Purdue who are coming together to provide crucial input for a unique learning facility.
Ranked as the Number One capital project by Purdue University when it was submitted for support to the Indiana Legislature, a request was made for support of $50,000,000, of the $79,000,000 project (includes cost of demolition of the North Power Plant and ENAD). The Indiana Legislature allocated the $50,000,000 in cash at the end of the session in April. The University has committed $13,000,000 toward the cost of the demolition required for the project, leaving $16,000,000 to be raised from donors. As of September, approximately $2,400,000 has been committed.
Approximately sixty percent of the overall building will be dedicated to formal classroom settings, with the remaining forty percent committed to individual or collaborative study/learning space. When classes are not being held, and during evenings/nights and weekends, the classroom spaces in the ALC will be available for study, as many of our classrooms are now. An important difference in the new ALC is that it will be monitored by the Libraries to provide a secure and conducive environment for study.
During the day, students may work in teams or individually in the Libraries’ learning/study spaces in preparation for class. After a class is over, a student may continue to work on what was begun during class in the Libraries’ learning/study spaces. The ALC will also provide spaces for you as a faculty member to meet or work with students before or after class.
During the planning and design phase, it is anticipated that faculty will be asked to describe specific types of classrooms settings and to suggest technology that will further instruction in those settings. In addition, faculty will be asked to recommend technology or configuration of learning spaces which will enable learning outside of class in the Libraries’ spaces.
To see what will be possible in the Active Learning Center, you only need to visit existing ‘blended’ spaces at Purdue:
These Libraries’ facility transformations were designed in collaboration with the Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE), Information Technology at Purdue (ITaP), Discovery Learning Research Center (DLRC), and Facilities Planning.
The Active Learning Center will expand upon the successes realized to date and will evolve and adapt, serving as a living laboratory to refine and develop our strategy to plan future learning spaces in response to emerging trends in pedagogy.
The concept of a new centrally-located learning center on the campus will further reinforce Purdue’s leadership as an innovator in teaching and learning. It will also help meet Purdue’s needs for learning space, collaborative study and active learning space over the next decade and beyond.
For more information, please contact: James L. (Jim) Mullins, Dean of Libraries and Esther Ellis Norton Professor, at jmullins@purdue.edu.
Filed under: Faculty E-Newsletter
September 26th, 2013
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — Two Purdue University Libraries Faculty, Ilana Barnes, assistant professor and business information specialist and Tao Zhang, assistant professor and digital user experience specialist, were recently awarded 2013 Sparks! Ignition Grants to jointly develop a web-based help system, “CrowdAsk” for academic libraries. Sparks! Ignition Grants are administered through the federal agency, Institute of Museum and Library Services, IMLS. The grant award totals $23,831 with an additional match of $5,480.
This grant supports Barnes’ and Zhang’s research will be applied and tested within the Purdue Libraries to inform the profession. The project involves building an interactive and shared knowledge base for library service and resources. It will also allow students, faculty and the university community to be embedded in the process and improve students’ information literacy skills
Reference help from librarians has been an integral part of services from academic libraries, but the shift to digital has left gaps in services. The new system will allow users (particularly undergraduate students) to ask open questions related to library service and resources. The user community including librarians, faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and other research staff will review, revise and propose answers to the question. Answers can be voted and ranked by the user community. The user community can also edit the questions and answers to keep the help content up-to-date.
About Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries and Museums Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries and Museums are small grants that encourage libraries and museums to test and evaluate innovations in the ways they operate and the services they provide. Sparks! grantees demonstrate innovation and broad potential impact, often turning turn small investments of funds into nationally significant projects.
Sources:
Ilana Barnes, MSI, Assistant Professor of Library Science, Business Information Specialist, Purdue University Libraries – ibarnes@purdue.edu
Tao Zhang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Library Science, Digital User Experience Specialist, Purdue University Libraries – zhan1022@purdue.edu
Filed under: faculty_staff, general, press_release, RSRCH, scholcommSeptember 25th, 2013
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University Libraries Seminar Committee welcomes award-winning CIO for Palo Alto, Calif., for a seminar on innovation and open data in local government. The presentation will take place on Friday, Sept. 27 from 9-10:30 a.m. in Lawson Hall, Room 1142 on Purdue University’s campus.
The Universal Live Stream URL for those viewing via desktop or mobile device for the September 27th, 2013 Jonathan Reichental Presentation is as follows: http://www.kaltura.com/tiny/urfrk
After the conclusion of the presentation, a Universal streaming archive of the event will be available at the following URL: http://www.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/1020782/uiconf_id/19707562/entry_id/1_xz1qd4ma/embed/legacy?&flashvars[streamerType]=auto
Jonathan Reichental is the award-winning CIO for Palo Alto, Calif., focusing on modernizing the technology environment, implementing enhancements to the citywide SAP implementation, and pushing the boundaries of innovation in local government such as open data and broader civic participation through mobile devices. He was awarded the distinction of being one of the 25 Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers in Government in America in 2013. He has also recently been named the top social government CIO on Twitter.
Presentation Summary
In an era of government deficits it’s comforting to note that there is an abundant surplus of data. But until recently, leveraging value from data beyond its initial creation and use has been difficult. Today, this picture is changing. A combination of new technologies and a more enlightened emerging leadership is finding innovative ways to put data to work. Beyond much desired transparency and accountability, making government data more easily accessible is creating a wave of valuable community applications. In this talk, Reichental will discuss these transforming items and help the audience to think about how they too can participate in this new data economy.
Source:
Lisa Zilinski, Purdue University Libraries, 765-494-1583, lzilins@purdue.edu
Related Web sites:
City of Palo Alto Open Data Platform: http://data.cityofpaloalto.org/
Jonathan Reichental’s webpage: http://www.reichental.com/
Filed under: D2C2, events, general, press_release, RSRCH, scholcommSeptember 23rd, 2013
Purdue University Libraries invites you to join us at Tent #2 (close to the Archway/Armstrong). Special guest and alumnus, Jerry Ross will be signing his book, “Spacewalker: My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA’s Record-Setting Frequent Flyer,” from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Books will be available to purchase from Purdue University Press for $20 per book.
Ross was the first human to fly into space seven times and set the original spacewalk record at nine for NASA astronauts. His 30+ year career at NASA spanned the entire US Space Shuttle program. Ross retired from NASA in January 2012. Read more at www.jerrylross.com
Also, fun giveaways will be available for Purdue family and friends of all ages – sunglasses, t-shirts, Frisbees, temporary tattoos! We look forward to seeing you there. Free and open to the public. For more information contact Becky Bunch at: rsbunch@purdue.edu or 765-494-2849
Filed under: events, general
September 23rd, 2013
The Purdue University Libraries, Discovery Learning Research Center, and Center for Instructional Excellence present
The 5th Information Literacy Research Symposium
“Toward Informed Learning in Professional Practice”
By Dr. Mary Somerville
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Purdue University West Lafayette Campus
During the morning presentation, eminent library leader and researcher Dr. Mary Somerville will discuss her research on informed learning. She will explain how it builds on her experiences as a practitioner/researcher/leader. She will reflect on her colleagues’ engagement with informed learning and the implications of informed learning for academic curriculum design. She will invite questions and comments from the audience members as educators, including a discussion of opportunities to take the ideas presented forward.
The afternoon will consist of a workshop to design an instructional activity or a cross-disciplinary project based on informed learning theory and principles.
PROGRAM:
9:30 a.m. – 10 a.m. Registration
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Presentation
12 p.m. -1 p.m. Lunch
1 pm. – 3 p.m. Workshop
Registration fees:
$60 General Registration
$25 Purdue University Faculty and Staff (waived for Purdue Libraries Faculty)
For more information and to register, go to www.conf.purdue.edu/LITERACY
Filed under: events, general, RSRCH, scholcomm