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July 8th, 2013
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Rey Junco, a Purdue University associate professor of library science, has been named as a returning fellow to the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, the center announced Monday (July 8).
According to a press release issued by the center, fellows will work primarily in Cambridge, Mass., alongside Berkman directors and staff, and will serve as key instigators within the vibrant research community.
The Berkman Center is a research program founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. Founded in 1997 through a gift from Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman, the center is home to a community of faculty, fellows, staff, and affiliates working on projects that include cyberspace, technology, and society. More information can be found at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu
Junco is a social media scholar who investigates the impact of social technologies on college students. His primary research interest is using quantitative methods to analyze the effects of social media on youth psychosocial development, engagement, and learning. His research has also focused on informing best practices in using social technologies to enhance learning outcomes.
Filed under: DIGIT, faculty_staff, general, press_release, RSRCH, scholcommJuly 2nd, 2013
The Distributed Data Curation Center (D2C2), based in the Research Department of the Purdue University Libraries, is the 2013 recipient of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Science and Technology Section (STS) Innovation in Science and Technology Librarianship Award for their work on the Data Curation Profiles Toolkit.
The award was presented during the 2013 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago this past weekend.
“Purdue Libraries, and its Distributed Data Curation Center (D2C2), are honored to receive the ACRL STS Innovation Award for work on the Data Curation Profile Toolkit, said Jake Carlson, associate professor and data services specialist, Purdue University. “It is extremely gratifying to know that our peers recognize this work as cutting edge. As is often the case, many others have contributed in some way to its success, from co-PIs at the Graduate School of Librarian and Information Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, to subject librarians at Purdue, UIUC and Cornell, to library schools such as University of Michigan or University of North Carolina who are using it to educate new librarians, and to DataNet participants such as those at University of Tennessee who are using it to interview scientists.”
The goal of the DCP Toolkit was to develop a practical means for librarians to engage with researchers about issues in managing, sharing and archiving their data, with the intent of enabling librarians to work with researchers to address real-world data needs. Work in this area continues through other projects sponsored by the D2C2 including the Data Curation Profiles Directory for publishing Profiles; the Purdue University Research Repository (PURR), which offers a suite of services for researchers to manage and publish their data; and the Data Information Literacy (DIL) Project to develop educational programming for teaching data management and curation competencies to graduate students.
The Distributed Data Curation Center is coordinated by D. Scott Brandt, associate dean for research and professor; Jake Carlson, associate professor and data services specialist; and Michael Witt, assistant professor and interdisciplinary research librarian, all of Purdue University. If you know of anyone who is or has used the Data Curation Profile Toolkit, please contact Jake Carlson (jrcarlso@purdue.ed) or Lisa Zilinski (lzilins@purdue.edu).”
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ACRL is a division of the American Library Association, representing more than 12,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments. ACRL is on the Web at http://www.acrl.org/, Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ala.acrl and Twitter at @ala_acrl.
Filed under: D2C2, faculty_staff, general, press_release, RSRCH, scholcommJune 28th, 2013
Jamillah R. Gabriel, lead library technician at Ohlone College in Freemont, Calif, since 2007, has been appointed as the Purdue Black Cultural Center’s librarian. Gabriel has more than 13 years of experience in both academic and public libraries, and has held leadership positions in professional organizations including the Association of College and Research Libraries, the California Library Association and the California Conference of Library Instruction. At Purdue, she will be responsible for the management of the BCC Library and will spend 25 percent of her appointment working on initiatives within Purdue Libraries. She began her new role on June 17.
Filed under: faculty_staff, general, press_releaseJune 27th, 2013
Purdue Libraries Associate Professor Rey Junco’s new study finds that wealthier students share, connect more on Facebook. Check out the details of his research in a recent story posted by The Huffington Post: http://tinyurl.com/noyjwsy
Filed under: faculty_staff, general, RSRCH, scholcommMay 29th, 2013
Purdue University Libraries seeks a highly motivated, intellectually curious, and reliable Digital Repository Specialist to support the creation of unique digital collections in Purdue University Libraries. Responsibilities of the Digital Repository Specialist will be split between the development of Human-Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI) Central, (a grant-funded online resource focused on the health benefits of the human/animal bond—H/AB) and, to a lesser extent, the licensing and upload of content to the Purdue e-Pubs institutional repository.
HABRI Central represents a unique collaboration between a library, a publisher, and a disciplinary center. It is comprised of a bibliography of published and unpublished literature relevant to H/AB studies, a repository of full text and data resources, an online publishing venue, and digital community workspace built on the HUBzero software “platform for scientific collaboration” developed at Purdue University. The Digital Repository Specialist will be responsible for maintaining the repository component of the project, including licensing content from publishers and describing and uploading previously unpublished materials, both visual and textual.
Purdue e-Pubs is the University’s institutional repository and contains almost 30,000 documents of Purdue scholarship with over one million downloads annually. It is built on the Digital Commons platform. The Digital Repository Specialist will assist the manager of Purdue e-Pubs with the deposit of Purdue scholarship, checking rights, creating metadata, and uploading materials with some student and part-time staff support.
The Digital Repository Specialist will collaborate with other Purdue Libraries and Press staff to establish repository guidelines, including policies and procedures and metadata standards. He or she will provide regular reports on progress and status and maintain both internal and user documentation. This position will be funded for a period of three years from the date of hire with possibility of extension.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
Preferred:
APPLICATION PROCESS:
To be considered for the position, applications must be made through Purdue University’s employment web site at: www.purdue.edu/hr/employment and reference Job Number 1300804. Please include a cover letter with your application outlining your qualifications for this position. Review of applications will begin June 3, 2013 and will continue until the position is filled. Questions can be directed to: libhr@purdue.edu. Resumes or CV’s sent to this email address cannot be considered. Please put “HABRI/e-Pubs” in the title of all email correspondence.
Purdue University is an equal opportunity/equal access/affirmative action employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce. A background check is required for this position.
Filed under: faculty_staff, general, press_release, scholcomm, Uncategorized
May 29th, 2013
On May 9, Richard L. Funkhouser was the recipient of a 2013 Purdue University President’s Council Pinnacle Award. The award was given in recognition of a gift to the Purdue University Libraries of a million dollars or more. The gift consisted of farmland purchased by his great-great grandfather William Whistler in 1853 and was owned by five generations of the Whistler-Funkhouser family.
Funkhouser retired from Purdue University Libraries in August 2001, after serving for over 44 years. He grew up on the family farm and attended Delphi Community Schools. He began his Purdue career as an assistant in the Reference Unit of the General Library on June 11, 1957, the day after he received his graduate degree from Indiana University. In 1958, he became the Engineering Librarian and later took on responsibilities for the Mathematical Sciences and Aviation Technology Libraries. He was the Science Librarian from 1975 until his retirement. He also served as the Coordinator of Physical Sciences and Engineering Libraries for several years. He held a two-year appointment as Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India where he advised on the development of the new university’s library, especially in collection development and the architectural design of its new library building. Upon retirement, the University granted Funkhouser professor emeritus status in recognition of his distinguished career.
In June 2002, Funkhouser was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). He served on the SLA Board of Directors, as treasurer and chair of the Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics (PAM) Division, and as chair of the Science-Technology Division. In addition, he was a member and chair of several national committees and was treasurer, vice-president, and president of the Indiana Chapter.
During his career he received the John H. Moriarty Award from Purdue Libraries, the John H. Moriarty Award from the Indiana Chapter of the Special Libraries Association, and the Achievement Award from the PAM Division of SLA. He was named a Sagamore of the Wabash by the Governor of Indiana in 2001.
Funkhouser continues to be a guest at many of the Libraries events and activities and is a great resource for stories about the Libraries’ history. Now in his eightieth year, he continues to travel, having gone to China last year and to China and Canada this year. He does research on his family’s history and recently wrote a book on a cousin who died on the ill-fated, 1881-1884 “Greely Expedition” to the Arctic. He is now working on a book on this cousin’s brother who was the world champion Greco-Roman wrestler in the 1880s.
Filed under: events, faculty_staff, general, press_release, UncategorizedMay 16th, 2013
Purdue University Libraries has launched a new library management system, Alma to replace both Voyager and SFX. This includes functions associated with an integrated library system (ILS) and an electronic resources management system (ERM).
The benefits of Alma will include:
· Streamlined workflows resulting in efficient and effective processes.
· Elimination of silos between print and electronic resources
· Improved collection analysis through Alma Analytics and Oracle Business Intelligence
Purdue University Libraries is not only an early adopter of this new system; but it was a co-developer of Alma with Ex Libris, Princeton University, Boston College and University of Leuven (Belgium).
Many Purdue University Libraries faculty and staff have been involved in the planning and implementation of Alma over the last few years to ensure a successful launch.
Further information regarding Alma’s key features will be communicated in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact: Paul Bracke, Associate Dean for Digital Programs and Information Access, Associate Professor of Library Science, Purdue University Libraries at (765) 496-3606 or pbracke@purdue.edu or George Stachokas, Assistant Professor & Head of Resource Services, Purdue University Libraries at (765) 494-2812 or gstachok@purdue.edu.
Filed under: ADM, CIRC-SERV, collections, DIGIT, facilities, faculty_staff, general, press_release, services
May 13th, 2013
Have you heard of PURR but want to find out more information on the key functions of this Purdue University Libraries repository?
Check out PURR’s latest video, which has also been launched on YouTube and learn the four main ways the Purdue University Research Repository (PURR) can help you manage your data and research:
Filed under: D2C2, DIGIT, general, MGMT, scholcomm, services
May 7th, 2013
Purdue University Libraries is very pleased to welcome Rey Junco to our Libraries staff. Rey is an associate professor and First Year Experience and Emerging Technologies Specialist Rey will be temporarily located in HSSE 347 this summer, and will move to Hicks after the renovation. He can be emailed at: rjunco@purdue.edu. Welcome to Purdue Libraries, Rey!
Filed under: ADM, faculty_staff, general, HSSE, press_release, RSRCH, scholcommMay 7th, 2013
Purdue University Libraries seeks an energetic, outgoing, and innovative individual to join a collaborative, dynamic team of information professionals who carry out a robust program of integrated information literacy, data services, scholarly communication, and collaborative research, and, as a faculty member, contribute to the research and scholarship in these areas.
Duties and Responsibilities: As a member of the Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Technology Division of the Libraries, the person in this position will have primary liaison responsibilities for the departments of Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics, and depending on the interests and abilities of the successful candidate may also liaison with other departments in the Colleges of Science, Engineering, and Technology; Make connections between disciplinary faculty and different units of the Libraries to enable greater research productivity, sustainable publication and dissemination of scholarship and data; Participate in the development of informed learning activities in support of the University’s new core curriculum that requires both foundational and embedded information literacy outcomes for all undergraduates; Contributes to Libraries-wide initiatives and participates in faculty governance of the libraries; Participates in interdisciplinary research initiatives as appropriate.
Requirements: MLS from an ALA-accredited library school or a PhD in a relevant discipline; experience providing information services for a technical clientele; evidence of a proactive, user-centered vision for services; strong interpersonal and communication skills; demonstrated ability to work collaboratively; familiarity with current trends in instructional best practices and data curation services. Commitment to engage in research and scholarship, and ability to achieve promotion and tenure.
Desired: Experience developing and implementing active learning techniques in a curricular setting; record of scholarly achievement; Knowledge of statistical applications and technology. For applicants with MLS degrees a degree in science or engineering is also desired.
Environment:The Purdue University Libraries system (http://www.lib.purdue.edu/) includes the divisions of Archives and Special Collections (ASC); Health and Life Sciences (HLS); Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, and Business (HSSEB); and Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PSET). Other areas include Collections Management, Circulation and Repositories, Resource Sharing, Resource Services, Instruction and Digital Program Services, the Research Division/Distributed Data Curation Center (D2C2), and Scholarly Publishing Services. The Purdue University Press and the University Copyright Office report to the dean of libraries, and the work of these units is integrated with and into the operations of the Libraries. The staff of 175 includes 70 faculty and professionals.
At Purdue, the Libraries faculty is redefining its role within the learning, discovery, and engagement initiatives of the University, through involvement in information literacy instruction, re-defining of learning spaces, scholarly communication, e-science and data management, and global outreach. Members of the Libraries faculty can either have as preparation a professional degree in library/information/archival sciences or the appropriate terminal degree in another discipline, typically a doctorate. Libraries faculty are full members of the Purdue University faculty with professorial rank and tenure and therefore must achieve and meet the requirements for promotion including published scholarship.
The Purdue Libraries has embarked upon a comprehensive information literacy program, including the creation of the first endowed chair in information literacy in the country in 2008 and the expansion of collaborative endeavors with disciplinary faculty culminating in 2012 with a core campus curriculum that includes information literacy as a required core requirement. Libraries faculty collaborate with disciplinary faculty to develop methodologies and repositories for discovering, accessing, and sharing of research publications and data. A reconceptualization of spaces is taking place throughout the Libraries. The Roland G. Parrish Library of Management and Economics, created through a major renovation completed in early 2012, (http://www.lib.purdue.edu/adv/newsletters/LibNews_F10.pdf) is a natural extension of the classroom, where students work in teams or individually, using smart boards, image capture equipment, and computer pod workstations, and are able to choose from a variety of space and furniture configurations, including a self-service café. The Hicks Undergraduate Library has had a phased beginning in 2011 and culminating in 2014 through the creation of three active learning classrooms to support Purdue’s innovative course-redesign initiative, IM:PACT. The renovations in 2013/14 will create spaces where students will find seating for quiet individual study, collaboration stations for team learning, and a café area, all open 24/7. In the planning stages in 2013, the Active Learning Center will bring together six of the science and engineering libraries into a facility that will seamlessly integrate learning and classroom spaces in a $100M facility at the center of the campus.
Purdue Libraries is an active member of state, regional, national, and international associations and consortia, including the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), SPARC, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), the Digital Library Federation (DLF), the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), and the International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries (IATUL). Purdue Libraries is a founding member of both HathiTrust and DataCite. Purdue was one of four universities that collaborated with Ex Libris, Inc., on its Alma library system, the next generation library management system. Collaboration and partnerships are hallmarks of Purdue Libraries both on and off campus, including partnership with ITaP (Information Technology at Purdue) and the Purdue Office of Research to provide assistance with funder data requirements.
Purdue Libraries is a leader in the area of data curation, including development of the Data Curation Profiles which provide information professionals a means of investigating, uncovering, and capturing the data needs of faculty researchers. The Purdue University Research Repository (PURR), a Libraries initiative, provides an online, collaborative working space and data-sharing platform to support the data management needs of Purdue researchers and their collaborators. Since 2005, Purdue Libraries has collaborated in interdisciplinary sponsored research on campus with over 100 faculty, as well as off campus with other libraries and institutions and is in its 9th year of a partnership with the ARL Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce to provide ARL Diversity Scholars with a behind-the-scenes look at the advanced operations of research libraries. Purdue Libraries, in concert with five other academic libraries, is partnering with CLIR to offer fellowship placements in the Postdoctoral Fellowship in Academic Libraries program. http://www.clir.org/fellowships/postdoc
Purdue University (http://www.purdue.edu/), located in West Lafayette, Indiana, in the historic Wabash River valley, is one hour from Indianapolis and two hours from Chicago. Renowned for its programs in engineering, science, agriculture, and business, the University has over 39,500 students and 15,000 employees. Purdue is a member of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC). Purdue has the second highest enrollment of international students among public U.S. universities, with over 8,000 undergraduate, professional, and graduate students in Fall, 2012, including over 20% of the first year class. The greater Lafayette area (http://www.homeofpurdue.com/) provides diverse cultural, social, and recreational activities.
Salary and benefits: Salary commensurate with experience in the context of Purdue University’s salary structure. Faculty tenure-track position with a twelve-month appointment. Rank of assistant or associate professor depending on qualifications. Purdue provides a generous fringe benefit package that includes retirement benefits as well as health, disability and life insurance, 22 annual vacation days, and tuition support for employee, children, and spouse/same sex domestic partner.
Application process: To apply, please send a resume, cover letter, and the names and contact information of at least three references via email to Carla Heuss, Libraries Human Resources Assistant, at green113@purdue.edu Please place “Physical and Mathematical Sciences” in the subject line of the email. Nominations for the position will be accepted and should be sent to the same email address. Review of applications will begin on June 7, 2013, and will continue until the position is filled. Questions may be directed to Carla Heuss at 765-494-2899 or the above email address. A background check will be required for this position.
Filed under: ADM, faculty_staff, general, MATH, PHYS, press_release