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- Appendices in relation to "Information Literacy Instruction Programs: Supporting the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Community at Virginia Tech" published in Library TrendsDeBose, Kyrille; Haugen, Inga; Miller, Rebecca K. (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016-10-07)The following items in this record are the appendices that accompany an article published in the Winter 2017 issue of Library Trends. The six appendices include:
A: "Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise Information Literacy Program" B: "Learning Outcomes for the First Year Experience (FYE) Agriculture & Life Sciences (ALS) Course" C: "GRAD 5124 Lesson Plan, Learning Objectives, and Weekly Assignments" D: "Scientific Writing Workshop: Synthesizing and Paraphrasing What You Read" E: "Learning Outcomes for AREC and Extension Visits" F: “'Seminar for Scholars' Workshop Series (Topics and Learning outcomes)" - Copyright in ScholarshipMcMillan, Gail (2012-11-05)You can legitimately use someone else's work in your own when you know about copyright and you understand your rights as well as your responsibilities.
- A Framework for Analyzing any U.S. Copyright ProblemWalz, Anita R. (2015-08)This framework lists five-steps which in order may assist anyone in navigating where to begin regarding a "can I use it?" U.S. Copyright problem. It is adapted (links added) from a guide with the same name © 2014 Kevin Smith & Lisa Macklin CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://d396qusza40orc.cloudfront.net/cfel/Reading%20Docs/A%20Framework%20for%20Analyzing%20any%20Copyright%20Problem.pdf
- Preconference: Introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) for LibrariesWalz, Anita R.; DeLaurenti, Kathleen; Cassidy, Tara; Fair, Stephanie; McCulley, Lucretia; Yeager, Joy; Pannabecker, Virginia (Virginia Tech, 2015-10-21)This presentation was given as a preconference session at the Virginia Library Association Annual Conference 2015. Librarians of all types can benefit from learning about the Open Educational Resources movement: what it is, why it is growing, opportunities and challenges presented by this movement, and opportunities to explore how each librarian may leverage OER to benefit and contribute to their respective institutions and communities. An increasing amount of free, openly licensed content is available for reuse and modification, ranging from complete textbooks to images, games, simulations and nearly any other type of copyrightable property. Openly licensed content, often licensed with a Creative Commons license, another open license, or available in the public domain, is frequently referenced as Open Educational Resources, or OER. Such content is increasing in prominence through use in a variety of cost-saving, learning, social, creative, and commercial applications. The session will: Provide a brief overview of what Open Educational Resources are and how they are being used Share some top trends that support use of OER in Virginia and nationally Share evidence and arguments which explain the value of OER for higher education Guide exploration of OER relevant to each participant’s professional role and user community Facilitate discussion between participants regarding the benefits and challenges of using OER in different contexts Facilitate an action plan activity whereby each participant may develop one or more ideas to experiment with using OER relevant to the participant’s institution and community Explore creating a network wherein librarians engaged in OER initiatives can work together toward common goals
- Supplementary Materials for "Sustaining Graduate Information Literacy Instruction: A Case Study of Best Practices" Book ChapterBecksford, Lisa; DeBose, Kyrille; Lener, Edward F.; Pannabecker, Virginia; Saylor, Kodi (Virginia Tech, 2019-04-30)This record includes supplementary materials compiled for the book chapter titled, "Sustaining Graduate Information Literacy Instruction: A Case Study of Best Practices." These materials include an example syllabus (from Fall 2018 semester) and example assignments (from Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 semesters) from sections of the GRAD 5124: Research Skills for Graduate Students course. The assignment examples address topics such as: selecting and using citation managers, creating professional profiles, evaluating and selecting open access publication venues, exploring scholarly identity, finding and using an archival collection, and research as a mode of creative production. All items are openly licensed with a CC BY 4.0 Attribution International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Unpacking Creative Commons LicensesWalz, Anita R. (2014)This editable resource is a 1-page handout explaining the six different Creative Commons licenses, their symbols, full names, and what users may, must, and must not do according to the terms of the licenses. This resource does not replace Creative Commons legal or human-readable license versions.
- VLA Writing AcademyPannabecker, Virginia; Burns, Brian; LaParo, Susan; Sofge, Robin; DiPilato, Renee (2016-10-26)The Virginia Libraries Editorial Board invites participants from all types of libraries or library degree programs to this hands-on Writing Academy session. Join us for a discussion of writing goals, the writing process, and tips for preparing journal article manuscripts for submission (to Virginia Libraries, or elsewhere). The 3-hour session will focus on brainstorming and developing individual writing goals, and will include discussion and hands-on activities to prepare, and make a start towards your next writing project. Participants attending this session can expect to (1) Have time to develop topic ideas with fellow participants and Writing Academy facilitators; (2) Identify and be able to apply submission guidelines for Virginia Libraries journal (and other journals) while planning a writing project; and (3) Be familiar with expectations and review criteria for journal articles submitted to Virginia Libraries journal or other journal publications. Presenters: Virginia Pannabecker, Health Sciences Research Support Coordinator, Virginia Tech University Libraries; Brian Burns, Interim Media & Access Services Librarian, Hampden-Sydney College; Renee DiPilato, Deputy Director, Alexandria Library; Susan LaParo, Head of Youth Services, York County Public Library; and Robin Sofge, Youth Services Manager, Duncan Branch Library