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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
September 20th, 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: ProQuest Statistical Insight from ProQuest.
Find It: www.lib.purdue.edu/libraries/mgmt. Under the column with the header Collections, click on List of Business Databases.
Description/focus: Proquest Statistical Insight provides demographic, business, and marketing data.
Try this: The interface for Proquest Statistical Insight opens with a simple search box and a list of hot topics. If none of the featured topics is related to your subject, enter key terms in the search field, using either basic or advanced search. All of these starting points yield a long list of results, but then you can start to narrow down the results with filters displayed on the left, choosing sources, locations, or subjects. See here for a short video tutorial on the basics of searching Proquest Statistical Insight.
Why faculty should know this database: Because Proquest Statistical Insight draws from such a variety of sources such as domestic and foreign government agencies, research organizations, and academic institutions, it covers subjects from humanities, social sciences, and science.
Why students should know this database: Statistics are critical for decision making and with Proquest Statistical Insight students don’t have to hunt for the right government agency to supply the data they need.
Tags: census data, consumers, country data, datasets, demographics, economic conditions, government information, international research, Proquest, social conditions, statistics
Cost:For annual subscription information, contact Mary Dugan.
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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, MGMT, scholcommSeptember 17th, 2013
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University Libraries will host a symposium on “Data Information Literacy” on Monday (Sept. 23) and Tuesday (Sept. 24). The event’s focus will be on the knowledge and skill sets on data management and curation that graduate students will need to acquire to be successful in their career, and on how librarians can help in teaching them.
This symposium is a component of a research project led by the Purdue Libraries and supported through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Librarians from Purdue University, Cornell University, the University of Minnesota and the University of Oregon have investigated this topic through developing and implementing data information literacy instruction programs for graduate students in a range of science and engineering disciplines.
“We are seeing an increased interest from funding agencies, publishers and others in making data available for discovery and re-use outside of the labs in which they were generated,” says Jake Carlson, associate professor with the Purdue Libraries. “We believe that librarians, with our long history of managing, disseminating and preserving information, can play a role in helping students understand and address these new requirements.”
The audience for the data information literacy symposium is academic librarians and others who are providing research data management instruction for students, or librarians who are interested in doing so. The symposium will help librarians acquire an understanding of current issues in teaching data management and curation competencies to students. Through presentations, discussions and hands-on activities, attendees will develop strategies for creating their own instructional programs suitable for the needs of their students and faculty.
A reception will be held on Sunday (Sept. 22) from 6-8 p.m. at the South Ballroom in the Purdue Memorial Union. The symposium registration will begin at 8 a.m. on Monday and will conclude at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Due to the high interest in the symposium topics, registration was full within in a matter of days; however the symposium will be simulcast via a live web stream at: http://www.kaltura.com/tiny/i82md
Source: Source: Jake Carlson, 765-494-6665, jakecarlson@purdue.edu
Related Web sites:
Purdue University Home Page: http://datainfolit.org
Filed under: D2C2, events, faculty_staff, general, press_release, RSRCH, scholcommSeptember 17th, 2013
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – In conjunction with the Hicks Renovation Celebration, Purdue University Libraries is launching a “Why I Love Purdue Libraries Video Contest,” beginning Monday (Sept. 16), with a top award of $400 to be announced on Nov. 1.
The contest is open until midnight Oct. 11 for all currently enrolled Purdue students. All eligible video entries must be one to three minutes long and follow the complete rules and guidelines for the contest as outlined on the Purdue Libraries website, http://lib.purdue.edu
Finalists will be selected by the Undergraduate Student Libraries Advisory Council (USLAC) and winners will be selected by the Libraries Dean’s Council from those finalists.
Top award categories are as follows:
$400 – First Place
$250 – Second Place
$100 – Third Place
Contest finalists and/or award winners will be featured on the Purdue Libraries website and communications channels, and all awards will be distributed through the Purdue University Division of Financial Aid. Complete details, rules and guidelines for the contest are available at: http://www.lib.purdue.edu/videocontest
Filed under: events, general, press_release, scholcommSeptember 13th, 2013
Purdue University Libraries Seminar Committee welcomes award-winning CIO for Palo Alto, CA for a Libraries seminar on innovation and open data in local government. The presentation will take place on Friday, Sept. 27 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in Lawson Hall, Room 1142 on Purdue University’s campus.
Jonathan Reichental is the award-winning CIO for Palo Alto, CA, 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.
Jonathan 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, Dr. Reichental will discuss these transforming items and help the audience to think about how they too can participate in this new data economy.
Additional Information:
City of Palo Alto Open Data Platform: http://data.cityofpaloalto.org/
Jonathan Reichental’s webpage: http://www.reichental.com/
Source: Lisa Zilinski, Purdue University Libraries, lzilins@purdue.edu, 765-494-1583
Filed under: events, faculty_staff, general, press_release
September 13th, 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 Database: Mediamark Reporter, from GFK Mediamark Research & Intelligence.
Find it:www.lib.purdue.edu/parrish, under the column named Collections, click on List of Business Databases.
Description/focus: Mediamark Reporter provides demographic, lifestyle, product usage, and media data.
Try this: Mediamark Reporter works in Internet Explorer. If it’s your first time, you’ll have to create an account using your Purdue email and a password of your choosing. After you login and get to the database called MRI+, you can explore the choices, but click on Mediamark Reporter in the banner so see the tables and statistics. If your goal is to find out which population groups are the best potential market for a product or service, the column of Index numbers tells which groups are likely targets. Click here to see the basics of selecting options in Mediamark Reporter. For personalized assistance with navigating this database, send a request to parrlib@purdue.edu.
Why faculty should know this database: Mediamark Reporter includes historic demographic data back to 2005 so comparisons can be made.
Why students should know this database: A marketing plan should include data on user preferences. This kind of information is also included in SimplyMap but Mediamark Reporter displays the data in a spreadsheet which might be more straightforward than a geographic display for some students. The interface is not intuitive, but students can get assistance by sending a request to parrlib@purdue.edu.
Tags: consumers, datasets, demographics, exportable excel, government information, historical information, market research, market segments, products, social conditions, spreadsheets, statistics
Cost: Paid annually by the Libraries.
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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, MGMT, scholcommSeptember 9th, 2013
Access to Springer content is currently unavailable due to an unforeseen issue affecting all subscribers in North America. Purdue University Libraries is actively working with our vendor to quickly provide a resolution. We will update the Purdue University Libraries website when this resource is back up and running. Thank you.
Filed under: Uncategorized