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Enhancing big data in the social sciences with crowdsourcing: Data augmentation practices, techniques, and opportunities
(2020-06-10)Proponents of big data claim it will fuel a social research revolution, but skeptics challenge its reliability and decontextualization. The largest subset of big data is not designed for social research. Data augmentatio ... -
Multi-tenancy Cloud Access and Preservation
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Creating an inclusive, adaptable model for tracking, assessing, and celebrating student success in undergraduate research
(2020-06)There is a current need for programmatic and curriculum support for inclusive, university-wide programs that incentives and recognizes students’ varied research endeavors. Launched in the spring of 2018, the Undergraduate ... -
3D Data Repository Features, Best Practices, and Implications for Preservation Models: Findings from a National Forum
(2020-07)This study identifies challenges and directions for 3D/VR repository standards and practices. As 3D technologies become more affordable and accessible, academic libraries need to implement workflows, standards, and practices ... -
Livestock and avermectins in Sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a restricted systematic review of the impacts on productivity and documentation of resistance
(Virginia Tech, 2020-07-13)This document provides the protocol for a restricted systematic review (rapid review) intended to summarize the impacts of avermectins on livestock productivity and document resistance to avermectins in livestock in ... -
Make IT Work: Collaborating with IT to Create Sustainable Preservation Systems
(2018-10-18)Preservation systems rely on the tools and technology provided by the expertise of available IT personnel. This panel includes representatives from Virginia Tech, UCLA, University of Arkansas, and the Computer History ... -
Keep calm and cairn on: Improving learning objects with guided feedback through usability testing
(2019-05)These slides are from a workshop about usability testing for learning objects given at LOEX 2019. Additional documents can be found at http://bit.ly/UsabilityVT. -
Creating a Space for Collaborative Instructional Design
(2017-09-26)In this session, faculty from Virginia Tech’s University Libraries talked about the lessons they’ve learned as they establish and grow the Learning Design Studio, an instructional design space to support university and ... -
Creating, Recalibrating, and collecting assessment metrics for Strategic Initiatives and Annual Reporting: A case study at Virginia Tech
(2019-07-24)This paper presentation shares the approach taken by the Data Analytics Team at the University Libraries at Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA, USA) to create and execute a program intended to streamline measurement outcomes ... -
Creating teaching materials for Fall 2020 and beyond: authoring and adapting Open Educational Resources for colleges and universities (strategies, systems, and sources for creating OER)
(2020-05-01)This invited presentation is eighth in the series "Resilient Digital Materials for Teaching and Learning: Copyright and Open Education Strategies Webinar Series" hosted by Washington College of Law. The series was created ... -
7 Tips for Hosting Virtual OTN Workshops
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Rights Reversion: Opening Classic Works to New Global Audiences
(Authors Alliance, 2019-11-12)This blog post, invited by the Authors Alliance, summarizes the story of fielding a course material access inquiry in its evolution as a copyright, fair use, author rights and rights reversion project, and finally as an ... -
Beyond the closed system with Omeka and DPLA
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Environmental Scan of Distributed Digital Preservation Services: A Collective Case Study
(International Conference on Digital Preservation, 2017-09-25)This paper uses a collective case study to reveal similarities and differences in the operations and service models of nine distributed digital preservation services. The study uncovers a wide range of organizations and ... -
Creating a More Inclusive Future for Scholarly Communications
(Electronic Publishing Conference, 2019-06-11)This paper reports findings from a study commissioned by the Association of College & Research Libraries to identify a new research agenda for scholarly communications and the research environment. The final report provides ... -
Creating the ACRL research agenda for scholarly communication: A move towards more equitable, open systems
(College & Research Libraries News, 2019-09-09)ACRL considers the transition to more open and equitable systems of scholarship to be a core part of its Plan for Excellence. To meet this ambitious goal, the association’s Research and Scholarly Environment Committee ... -
The ETD Lens on the IR and the University
(Highwire Press, 2019)Electronic Theses and Dissertation (ETDs) form the foundation of many institutional repositories (IR), and ETDs can provide an important lens on how the IR represents the work that is being done university-wide. To test ... -
Supporting Virtual Reality and 3D in Academic Libraries: Defining Preservation and Curation Challenges
(International Conference on Digital Preservation, 2019-09-16)Academic libraries are increasingly adopting virtual reality (VR) technologies for a variety of research and teaching purposes, yet there is a lack of clear guidance in the community on how to manage these technologies in ...
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