The end of the spring semester is here, and so it is time for our semester round-up of research contributions by our library faculty and academic professionals! This spring, U of I librarians traveled across the state, the country, and the globe to share their research. As always, we applaud these researchers for their contributions to the field of Library and Information Science. You can find a full list of presentations below, including some you can still catch through the end of May!
- Benson, Sara R. “Addressing Affective Impediments to Learning: Fear and Fair Use.” 2017 Information Literacy Summit, DePaul University, Palos Hills, IL, May 5, 2017.
- Centeno, Miriam, and Ann Marie Willer. “Diversity and Inclusion in Preservation.” ALCTS Midwinter Symposium, Atlanta, GA, Jan 20, 2017.
- Cheshire, Kelsey. “Discovering Organic Opportunities for OA Advocacy in the Classroom.” California Conference on Library Instruction 2017, San Francisco, CA, May 5, 2017.
- Chrzastowski, Tina, Jessica Harris, and Lynn Wiley. “DDA/EBA Assessment in the Mega-Sized and the Medium-Sized Library: Going Beyond “They Clicked It → We Bought It → Done” ER&L Conference, Austin, TX, April 3, 2017.
- Colson, Harold, Arielle Lomness, Josh Petrusa, Melanie Schaffner, and Lynn Wiley. “Evidently Rising: New Providers, Models, and Lessons in Evidence-Based Acquisitions of E-books” ER&L Conference, Austin, TX, April 4 2017.
- Dickinson, Meg, Eric Kurt, and August Schiess. “How to Create Engaging Videos for Social Without Losing Your Sanity.” Webcon 2017. iHotel and Conference Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. April 6, 2017.
- Dougan, Kirstin. “The Black Box: How Students Use a Single Search Box to Search for Music Materials.” Music Library Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, February 24, 2017.
- Emerson, Melanie. “Collaborating to Build Collections.” College Book Art Association Annual Meeting, Tallahassee, FL, January 14, 2017.
- —. “Reinvigorating Programming, Services, and Space Through Outreach and Collaboration at the Ricker Library of Architecture & Art.” Annual Association of Architecture School Librarians’ Conference, Detroit, MI, March 24, 2017.
- Gore, Emily, Molly Huber, Brandy Karl, Nicole Lawrence, Hannah E. V. Stitzlein, Elliott Williams, Micah Zeller. “Turn the Rights On: A RightsStatements.org Update and Comparison of Regional Rights Standardization Projects.” DPLAFest 2017, Chicago, IL, April 20-21, 2017.
- Hahn, Jim, Ben Ryckman. “Engineering Virtual Reality Experiences in Library Settings,” Code4Lib 2017 Pre-conference, Los Angeles, CA, March 6, 2017.
- Harris, Joshua Stewart. “Audio Decoding and Restoration of Joseph Tykociner’s Early Sound-on-Film Experiments.” EYE International Film Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 28-30, 2017.
- –. “Audiovisual Preservation at Universities and University Libraries: Where do we go from here?” Conference of the Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Archives Association (SEAPAVAA), Manila, Philippines, April 2017.
- –. “Managing Audiovisual Collections in Libraries.” Presented at the Cinematheque Centre Manila and National Film Archives of the Philippines, April 3-4, 2017.
- –. “Community Archiving Workshop.” In association with the IBON Foundation and University of the Philippines School of Library and Information Science. UP-Diliman, Philippines, April 1, 2017.
- Hayes, Sean, Joy Novak, Miranda Rectenwald, Anna Trammell. “Using Voices of the Past to Shape the Future: Primary Sources as Outreach Tools for Social Justice.” Midwest Archives Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, April, 8, 2017.
- Hoiem, Elizabeth M., and Daniel G. Tracy. “Engaging the Public through Digital Publishing.” ALISE 2017, Atlanta, GA. January 17-20, 2017.
- Jin, Qiang, and Deren Kudeki. “Identity and Access Management for Libraries”, 9th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, Limerick, Ireland, May 26, 2017.
- Koppang, Diana, Joan Shear, and Heather Simmons. “Hiding in Plain Sight: Tips and Tricks for Finding Elusive Patent Information.” American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, Austin TX, July 17, 2017.
- Morgan, Christopher. “Getting Started in ER Work at a New Job.” ER&L Conference, Austin, TX, April 3, 2017.
- Rimkus, Kyle, and William Schlaack. “United States Newspaper Digitization in an Age of Uncertainty,” International Federation of Library Associations’ 2017 International News Media Conference, Reykjavík, Iceland, 28 April, 2017.
- Rimkus, Kyle. “La Conservation, l’Archivistique et la Numérisation.” Workshop on preservation, archival arrangement and description, and digitization held at the National Library and Archives of Togo at the invitation of the American Embassy in Togo, Lomé, Togo, April 4-6, 2017.
- Song, Yoo-Seong. “Assessing Knowledge Management Options and Developing Knowledge Management Platforms,” International Consulting Network Global Conference, New York City, NY, January 2017.
- Sotomayor, Antonio. “Race and Sport in Latin America and the Caribbean.” 21st Annual Arturo A. Schomburg Symposium: Sports and Blackness: Inclusion? Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, PA, February 27, 2017.
- –. “Empire, Sport, and Religion in Puerto Rico and Cuba’s YMCA, 1898-1930s.” 2017 Joint Area Center Symposium: Governing Globalization: Challenges for Democracy and Global Society, Champaign, IL, April 1, 2017.
- –. Comments on panel “Responding to U.S. Colonialism in Puerto Rico.” 64th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies. Salt Lake City, UT, April 5, 2017.
- –. “Hacia una Web del Deporte Latinoamericano y Caribeño.” Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Lima, Peru, April 28, 2017.
- –. “Sport and the Imperial Project of Mission Work: The YMCA in Puerto Rico, 1898-1920s.” XXXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. Lima, Peru, April 30, 2017.
- –. “Building a Library Identity: The Latin American and Caribbean Sport Collection at the University of Illinois.” 62th Annual Meeting of the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials, Ann Arbor, Michigan. May 24, 2017.
- –. “A Historian at the University Library: Explorations on Complimentary Fields.” 62nd Annual Meeting of the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials. Ann Arbor, Michigan. May 22, 2017.
- Stitzlein, Hannah E. V. “Introduction to Shareable Metadata in DPLA.” CARLI Spring Forum: Collection Management and Technical Services Committees, University Park, IL, April 28, 2017.
- Trammell, Anna. “A Revolution Online and On the Quad: Capturing Student Activism at the University of Illinois.” Personal Digital Archiving, Palo Alto, California, March 30, 2017.
- Witt, Steve. “Creating the International Mind: Promoting Peace and the Global Society through Books, Dialogue, and Cultural Exchange, 1917-1938.” The Science of Information, 1870-1945: The Universalization of Knowledge in a Utopian Age, University of Pennsylvania, February 24, 2017.
U of I Librarians also presented at the ACRL 2017 conference in Baltimore, Maryland, which was covered in a prior post.