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May 3rd, 2023
Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies is proud to announce that Michael Witt, associate professor of library science, has received a 2023 Charles B. Murphy Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award. The University’s highest undergraduate teaching honor, the Murphy Award is accompanied by a $10,000 cash award and induction into Purdue’s Teaching Academy, which provides leadership for the improvement of undergraduate, graduate and outreach teaching. Witt is the first Libraries faculty member to receive this prestigious award, and an outstanding example of the positive student impact made by Libraries’ forward-thinking instructors, innovative courses, and emphasis on active learning.
Witt brings energy and joy to his popular first-year engineering courses and his leadership role in the Engineering in the World of Data Learning Community. From inviting live pythons from the Columbian Park Zoo to Coach Matt Painter from Purdue Athletics into his classroom, “I like to do things that grab my students’ attention and then channel their attention into engagement,” Witt says. “I try to take an active learning approach where students aren’t just listening to me talk through slides as much as they’re discussing and solving problems that are meaningful to them, working with data and writing code that motivates their learning.”
To learn more about Witt’s journey to becoming a Murphy Award winner, his exciting plans for the future, and how he helps his first-year students develop confidence and a sense of community that endures long past graduation, we invite you to read Witt’s feature story in The Persistent Pursuit.
Filed under: Faculty E-Newsletter, faculty_staff, general, News and Announcements, press_releaseApril 27th, 2023
Humanities, Social Science and Education Library’s Featured Database will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This time we’re featuring Shakespeare’s Globe Archive database, brought to you by Adam Matthew.
Link: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/globearchive
Access the databases off-campus with your Purdue login and password.
Focus: Shakespeare’s Globe Archive database is a collection of documents that offers insights into the performance practice in the space of the reconstructed Globe Theatre. You will find information on over 200 performances through prompt books, wardrobe notes, programs, publicity material, annual reports, show reports, photographs and architectural plans.
Tutorial: Click here see the basics of using the Women’s Studies International database.
Quick tip: If you access the Detailed Record for an article that interests you, to the left side of the page, you will see a link for find similar results. You can use this to generate a new results list that share similar keyword and subjects as the article you selected originally. This is a great way to expand your research.
Related Resources:
Other databases you might want to explore are:
Shakespeare in Performance: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/shinp
JSTOR Understanding Series: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/UnderstndShkspr
April 20th, 2023
Congratulations to the three Libraries and School of Information Studies faculty whose promotions were recently approved by the Purdue University Board of Trustees, effective August 14, 2023.
Ningning Nicole Kong: Professor
Dr. Ningning Nicole Kong joined the Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies as an Assistant Professor and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialist in Fall 2012 and received her promotion to Associate Professor with tenure in 2018. Dr. Kong’s work at Purdue has focused on applying geospatial information and technology across various disciplines and user groups, including developing multi-disciplinary learning programs, enabling easy access to geospatial information, and leading the spatial analysis/visualization portion of research projects. Within Purdue University, she has created and led the Graduate Certificate Program in Geospatial Information Science (GIS) with a team of faculty and staff from 7 colleges and 2 academic units at Purdue. She has been serving as the director for the IndianaView Program, a state chapter for the national program AmericaView, for four years. She has successfully led and continued to grow the IndianaView Consortium, which now includes 16 institutions across Indiana with almost 70 faculty and staff members affiliated. Through her leadership, the Libraries has been designated as one of the first nine participating institutions of Esri Innovation Program (EIP) across the nation. In 2020, Dr. Kong was recognized as an internationally leading GIS expert by Esri with a Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award. She has served as the current Associate Dean for Research in Libraries since 2021.
What’s next for Kong at Purdue Libraries? “I will continue to promote and integrate geospatial information into interdisciplinary research and teaching. The GIS certificate program has been fruitful and we have graduated students from agriculture, engineering, science, business, and anthropology. I hope to continuously grow student enrollment and expand to more disciplines. In the Associate Dean for Research role, I hope to continue to promote and advocate Research Excellence Areas in Libraries (REALs) under the new challenges, including research data management, mis/dis/mal information, knowledge synthesis, generative AI in connection with information literacy, etc.”
Jane Kinkus Yatcilla: Professor
Professor Jane Kinkus Yatcilla’s career at Purdue Libraries dates back to 2001. Her areas of research interest include bibliometric analysis, citation context analysis, and evidence synthesis. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including Anthrozoos, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Journal of the Medical Library Association, and Journal of Library Administration. In her own words, Yatcilla describes her career: “Academic librarianship has changed drastically since I entered the field in the early ‘90s. I have had the opportunity to do things as a Purdue Libraries faculty member that I probably couldn’t have envisioned back then, including designing and teaching credit courses, participating as a full member on other faculty’s research teams, and developing my own research agenda. In recent years my research has focused on using bibliometric techniques to better understand multidisciplinary fields like human-animal interactions (HAI) research, as well as collaborating on systematic reviews with colleagues from across campus (and around the world), both of which have been very rewarding.”
What’s next for Yatcilla at Purdue Libraries? “Going forward, I plan to continue my work supporting human-animal interactions research, including the HABRI Central web platform for HAI research materials, and following up on the numerous HAI-related research questions on my to-do list. And I expect that evidence synthesis projects will remain a key element in my research collaborations across campus. I also look forward to focusing on teaching, especially the Libraries’ systematic review course and my information skills course for new graduate students in the health sciences. Some of the most gratifying moments of my career have come through getting to know Purdue graduate students and helping them in tangible ways with these courses.”
Matthew N. Hannah: Associate Professor
Dr. Matthew N. Hannah joined the Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies in 2018. Dr. Hannah’s research focuses on digital humanities, information studies and literacies, and online conspiracy theories, and his writing has most recently appeared in Social Media + Society, First Monday, The Journal of Magazine Media, and Collection Management, among others. In addition, he has a chapter forthcoming in the field-defining Debates in the Digital Humanities in 2023. Dr. Hannah’s teaching focuses on exploring challenging problems at the intersection of technology and culture, and he’s offered innovative courses at Purdue such as American Conspiracy Theories, Diplomacy Lab, #Anonymous, Digital Humanities Foundations, and Dead Media. Dr. Hannah also launched the first certificate offering in the School of Information Studies with the Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate. Alongside Associate Professor Bethany McGowan, Dr. Hannah offered the Diplomacy Lab project, which featured a collaboration between Purdue students and officials in the U.S. Department of State on a global information challenge. Before coming to Purdue, he was an Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Scholar in Public and Digital Humanities at the University of Iowa’s Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, and he received his PhD in English from the University of Oregon.
What’s next for Hannah at Purdue Libraries? “I plan to continue my research into challenging information dynamics surrounding social media and the internet, focusing particularly on the problematic of online conspiracy theories. Future projects will develop opportunities to collaborate with Purdue’s talented students to develop “de-radicalization” toolkits, providing resources for individuals to help family and friends escape from conspiracism, and I hope to develop such resources for state and local governments, to ensure that Hoosiers have a resource for healthy information practices and anti-conspiratorial thinking.”
Filed under: Faculty E-Newsletter, faculty_staff, general, GIS, News and Announcements, press_releaseApril 18th, 2023
Parrish Library’s Featured Database will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This time we’re featuring Vivvix, formerly Ad$pender, brought to you by Kantar Group.
Vivvix provides a top-level summary of the multi-media advertising marketplace, including advertising expenditures and occurrence information for more than three million brands across eighteen different types of media.
The List of Business Databases is the alphabetical list of the databases specially selected for those in a business program of study. Access the databases off-campus with your Purdue Career Account.
Please note that there is a limit of 3 concurrent users so please remember you log off when finished.
Click Getting Started with Vivvix to see the basics of using this database.
Some other resources you might want to explore are:
Featured Database 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. Also let us know if you know of a colleague who would benefit from this, or future Featured Databases.
Since usage statistics are an important barometer when databases are up for renewal, tell us your favorite database, and we will gladly promote it. Send an email to parrlib@purdue.edu.
Filed under: database, general, MGMTMarch 30th, 2023
Humanities, Social Science and Education Library’s Featured Database will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This time we’re featuring Women’s Studies International database, brought to you by EBSCO.
Link: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/db306
Access the databases off-campus with your Purdue login and password.
Focus: The Women’s Studies International database covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. That coverage includes more than 871,000 records and over 2,000 periodical sources, which spans from 1972 to present.
Tutorial: Click here see the basics of using the Women’s Studies International database.
Quick tip: If you access the Detailed Record for an article that interests you, to the left side of the page, you will see a link for find similar results. You can use this to generate a new results list that share similar keyword and subjects as the article you selected originally. This is a great way to expand your research.
Related Resources:
Other databases you might want to explore are:
Women’s Studies Archive: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/wmns
Women and Social Movements in the U.S. 1600-2000: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/wasm
March 28th, 2023
The Libraries Research Council has voted to support three research seed grant proposals that will advance the Research Excellence Areas in Libraries (REALs). The selected seed grant projects will occur between now and the end of August.
Gang Shao: Exploring Data Management Courses in U.S. Higher Education Institutions
This project will provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of data management education in higher education data science programs in the U.S. The findings will contribute to a better understanding of the extent to which data management skills are being taught in these programs and identify any gaps in the curriculum.
Heather Howard: International Business Information
In this project, Professor Howard will start a book project for International Business Information. The short-term goal is to complete a proposal to publish a new book on international business information that can be used by practicing librarians, library school students, and business researchers worldwide.
Chao Cai: Automated Citation Deduplication Tool for Systematic Reviews
Removing duplicated citations from multiple database searches is an essential step in evidence synthesis projects. Existing tools are not robust enough for comprehensive removal of duplicated citations. The outcome of this project will provide a user-friendly tool for fast and more reliable results when removing duplicated records, for researchers who conduct evidence synthesis research, such as systematic reviews.
Congratulations to our faculty members who were awarded!
Filed under: faculty_staff, general, News and Announcements, Research HighlightMarch 21st, 2023
Parrish Library’s Featured Database will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This time we’re featuring Mergent Online brought to you by Mergent.
Mergent Online includes financial statements, company news, industry analysis, historical information on M&A activity, country information, product and brand names, historical ratings, U.S. executive biographies and compensation details, and historical daily stock pricing back to 1925.
The List of Business Databases is the alphabetical list of the databases specially selected for those in a business program of study. Access the databases off-campus with your Purdue Career Account.
Click Getting Started with Mergent Online to see the basics of using this database.
Some other resources you might want to explore are:
Featured Database 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. Also let us know if you know of a colleague who would benefit from this, or future Featured Databases.
Since usage statistics are an important barometer when databases are up for renewal, tell us your favorite database, and we will gladly promote it. Send an email to parrlib@purdue.edu.
Filed under: database, general, MGMTMarch 14th, 2023
By: Ayn Reineke, in conversation with Neal Harmeyer, clinical associate professor, assistant head of Archives and Special Collections, and archivist for Digital Collections and Initiatives
There are certain stereotypes and assumptions that exist about “library people”—that we’re all introverts, that we’re all hyper-organized and obsessed with data, order, and peace and quiet. And most pertinent to today’s topic, that all library people would rather read a good book or enjoy their own tranquil, scholarly pursuits over participating in outdoor activities, crowded gatherings, and all things sports.
While that may be true for some of us, even many of us, Purdue Libraries employs a diverse faculty and staff with interests and personalities as eclectic, varied, and interesting as the resources on our shelves and online. Today, I, resident extroverted library person, am excited to shine the spotlight on Neal Harmeyer, who joins me from Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, to discuss his love of college basketball as we enter tournament season.
AR: Hi, Neal. So tell me, how did your love of college basketball start?
NH: I am a native Hoosier and grew up playing basketball with my parents and siblings on our farm. From that, I grew interested in all levels of basketball, and I have continued to follow college basketball—men’s and women’s—for my entire life.
AR: That’s a long time! I imagine you must have picked up some favorite rituals and traditions for tournament season over the years, right?
NH: Yes. Each year after the teams for the Men’s and Women’s tournaments are announced, I participate in a bracket competition with my family; nothing is on the line but bragging rights. At the onset of the first weekend of the Men’s and Women’s NCAA Tournaments, I always cook a large pot of chili, create a set-up to watch all of the concurrent games at once, and settle down for several weeks of great games.
AR: You’re an archivist. Do you think your profession has had any impact on how you enjoy and participate in college basketball?
NH: I have a love of knowledge and history, and the history of basketball is full of amazing accomplishments, events, and stories that connect people. Sports are often a reflection of the world in which we all live. As an archivist, I also have a love of knowledge and history and the connections that bring the past into the present and connect people, places, and events. I often think about past eras of basketball, and I always enjoy learning more about the history of the sport.
AR: So, with your knowledge of recent seasons and the rich history of college tournaments past, what are your predictions for how far Purdue will go this year, and which teams besides Purdue will you be rooting for most?
NH: The amazing thing about the NCAA Tournament is its unpredictability, and so any outcome is possible, like seeing UMBC defeat Virginia in 2018. This year, I expect both the Purdue men’s and women’s teams to do well in their postseasons. Each year, I root for all the Big Ten teams, and with strong teams at the top, I expect the conference to do well.
AR: Thanks, Neal. We’re all hoping you’re right!
Boiler Up! This story is the first in a new series showcasing the diverse talents and interests of Purdue Libraries employees.
Filed under: faculty_staff, general, News and AnnouncementsMarch 3rd, 2023
In partnership with the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), Purdue University has entered into new read and publish agreements with several publishers. What this means for Purdue University authors is simple: corresponding authors affiliated with participating BTAA member universities like Purdue may publish their research open access in a large number of journals without having to pay article processing charges (APCs).
The largest and most notable of these new agreements is with global publishing leader Wiley. “In Wiley publications, there will be no fees, no caps, no limits, no hassle,” the BTAA announced in an official statement. “Authors keep rights in their own work under a Creative Commons license; and it is immediately open and available to anyone.” The estimated cost avoidance during this contract term will ultimately save BTAA member universities between $10.4 and $21.1 million dollars in fees associated with open access publishing. The Wiley agreement also applies to authors from Purdue University’s Fort Wayne and Northwest campuses.
“We hope that these new publishing opportunities will encourage more Purdue authors to publish their work Open Access,” said Libraries’ Associate Dean for Collections and Access, Rebecca Richardson. “By removing cost barriers and simplifying the process for our authors, we hope to support our land grant mission by making high quality, groundbreaking Purdue research more accessible to educators, students, and researchers around the world.”
New Open Access publishing opportunities effective January 1, 2023:
Wiley:
Purdue University authors may publish open access in any of Wiley’s hybrid journals (subscription-based journals that offer an open access option), or Wiley or Hindawi fully open access journals, without having to pay Article Processing Charges (APCs). Corresponding authors at Purdue University–West Lafayette, Purdue Fort Wayne, and Purdue Northwest are eligible to participate. This agreement begins on January 1, 2023 and runs through December 31, 2025.
Microbiology Society:
Corresponding authors from Purdue University–West Lafayette campus can publish open access in any of Microbiology Society’s journals without the need to pay article processing charges. Journals covered under this agreement include Microbiology, Journal of General Virology, Journal of Medical Microbiology, Microbial Genomics, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Access Microbiology, and JMM Case Reports. This agreement begins on January 1, 2023, and runs through December 31, 2025.
Institute of Physics (IOP):
Purdue University–West Lafayette has unlimited read access to all content in IOPscience Extra. This agreement supports unlimited Open Access publishing in eligible IOP journals, including 58 hybrid journals representing almost all of IOP and society partners’ hybrid titles and 18 fully open access journals. Corresponding authors from Purdue University–West Lafayette may publish open access in these journals at no cost to themselves. This agreement begins on January 1, 2023, and runs through December 31, 2025.
More details about these and other existing open access publishing agreements can be found at https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/oapublishing.
Questions can be directed to Nina Collins, Scholarly Publishing Specialist: nkcollin@purdue.edu.
Filed under: general, News and Announcements, Open_Access, press_release, scholcommFebruary 28th, 2023
In honor of Black History Month, and in recognition that Black history, culture, and inclusion matter all year long, Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies is highlighting its collection of resources that focus on the Black Experience in America.
These resources are part of several dozen databases that support the learning, research, and teaching of equity, inclusion, and belonging on campus. They cover a range of topics including slavery in the United States, literature, the civil rights movement, Black studies, women’s studies, sexuality and gender, the disabled, and indigenous peoples.
The complete collection of diversity, equity, and inclusion resources can be found via a filtered list on the Libraries’ A to Z database list, or through the Library Search service on the Libraries’ home page.
Libraries Resources on the Black Experience in America