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Item Best Practices for Driving Adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER)(2017-05-24) Morrison, Ashley J.; University of Texas at AustinOver the course of a semester, I identified instructors at the University of Texas at Austin currently building or utilizing open educational resources (OER) as course materials. I interviewed those instructors to learn more about their use of OER and identified and documented best practices, which were distributed to subject librarians, to share with instructors in their departments. Outside of the interview process, I conducted research on the role that librarians in other higher education institutions have in driving adoption of OER. The ultimate objective of this initiative is to help drive adoption of OER and other open access materials at UT in the long term. In my poster session, I will share with attendees the strategy I used to get useful interviews from faculty members, key insights and recommendations from my conversations and research, and a link to a completed LibGuide aimed at instructors linking to available OER and tips. I expect that my presentation will be relevant to any academic librarian interested in digital scholarship, scholarly communications, or open access.Item Challenges and Opportunities: A Library Directors' Panel Discussion(2013-04-29) Anderson, William; Dyal, Donald; Shupala, Christine; Ferrier, Douglas; McQuesten, Pamela; Heath, Joan; Texas Tech University; Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Texas A&M International University; Texas State University; Southwestern University; University of Texas at AustinA panel consisting of several heads of Texas academic libraries will discuss the pressing issues facing university libraries today. The panel discussion will be led by UT i-School faculty member William Anderson and will include leaders from a representative sample of higher education institutions across the state. Possible topics touched on in this free-flowing discussion may include digital preservation and data curation as well as larger trends in higher education and scholarly communication.Item Mapping GIS Across Texas Libraries(Texas Digital Library, 2023-05-16) Jones, Sylvia; Carter, Kate; Been, JoshuaIn this poster, we will describe the work of the TDL GIS Interest Group’s Survey and Outreach Subcommittee in developing a dashboard that maps GIS support in academic libraries across the state. Our poster will describe the development of the original survey and dashboard and the updates we have incorporated into its second iteration. The GIS Across TX survey and dashboard have helped inform our understanding of GIS services provided by libraries, and can help connect librarians who have interests and/or responsibilities related to GIS. This poster aims to promote awareness of this resource, ensure representation of all libraries on the map, and encourage interested librarians to join the group and connect to the wider network of like-minded, maptastic colleagues!Item The Training Games: A Method for Digitization Skills Refreshment and Certification(2016-05-25) McIntosh, Marcia; Willis, Shannon; University of North TexasThis year the University of North Texas Libraries Digital Projects Lab piloted a digitization training program called “The Training Games.” The refreshment program was designed to encourage understanding, accuracy, and skills development in student assistant employees. It sought to answer the research questions “Does a semester-long digitization training program increase the knowledge and digital imaging skills of student technicians?” and “Can such a program positively affect the confidence of student imaging technicians in his or her work?” The Training Games consisted of developing and administrating a number of task-based exercises, or challenges, similar to those traditionally given to student workers in the lab and providing prompt feedback on their work. Following the successful completion of all the exercises, the students received a certificate acknowledging their basic proficiency in digital imaging.Item When Too Many Cooks Do NOT Spoil the Broth: Selecting and Implementing a New Web Scale Discovery Tool for a Large University Library.(2013-04-29) Fleming, Jane; Kessler, April; Diaz, Jade; Lyon, Colleen; Snow, Sara; University of Texas at AustinIn early spring of 2011, the University of Texas at Austin Libraries convened a working group to recommend a discovery tool to be implemented on the Library’s Web site. The group's broad membership of user services staff, technical services staff, librarians and classified staff and branch and main library staff, reflected the desire that this search function provide patrons the "Google-like" single point access to the entirety of the University's collections and databases that our patrons now expect. A second working group was convened to implement the tool chosen. The second group included a few core members of the first and was extended to include staff qualified to consider the implementation's information architecture, the user (patron) experience and its integration with the Libraries’ existing technology and bibliographic processes. The new search tool, dubbed "scoUT", was fully launched in August 2012, and has been the most successful rollout of any new service at the Libraries. The poster presentation will cover the process to the present day. Both teams began with research into best and recommended practices for their tasks, and an evaluation of peer institutions' experiences and implementations. Both formally sought the input of library staff and of users. The first working group developed an extensive evaluation tool for discovery tool products, evaluated the tools and made a recommendation from among the final candidate tools, and contributed to the development of an RFP and to negotiation of the final contract for the tool. The second working group guided the customization of the discovery tool's capabilities to the library's needs, devised a continuing process for updating bibliographic metadata on the libraries' holdings and subscription services, and designed the incorporation of the discovery tool into the Libraries' Web site. The group also coordinated the marketing of the tool and the development of training in its use for library staff and the Libraries' user community. Concurrently to other work, group members created and carried out a usability assessment plan. Heuristic evaluation and usability testing of other libraries’ implementations of the same product, an analysis of analytics and search logs for the existing UT interface, and an assessment of technology constraints informed the information architecture and design. The prototype of the scoUT search interface and the final scoUT search interface were tested and assessed between May and August 2012 in an iterative design process leading to the version in full release. Months of staff training preceded the full launch. Feedback on staff training prompted subsequent tutorials in customizing scoUT training for different user groups. We continue to collect feedback on scoUT to enable us improve service to our users. The University of Texas Libraries' rollout of scoUT exemplifies what can be accomplished when groups of individuals who collectively have broad knowledge from across the library structure work together. (Presenters from both working groups will be at the poster reception to field questions.)