Join the Scholarly and Professional Activities Committee for these upcoming talks.
Lies, Damned lies, and…What LibQual+ 2019 and other statistics mean to me
Thursday, January 16, Noon-1:00 pm, Pane Room, Alexander Library, New Brunswick
Grace Agnew, Special Advisor for Strategic Initiatives and Analytics
So we did this survey in April, 2019. But what does it mean for me? Will anything change? Does anything need to change? Why do we collect numbers, anyway? Grace Agnew will highlight the findings of the 2019 LibQual+ statistics, with specific emphasis on individual user groups and libraries, as well as other statistics we are collecting to get a handle on how we are doing with services and collections. Much of the time will be discussion, as attendees share what they think the statistics mean, based on their observations when working with users.
Learning from the Smithsonian: Reflections of a Museum Studies Fellow
Thursday, February 13, Noon-1:00 pm, Pane Room, Alexander Library, New Brunswick
Kayo Denda, Librarian for Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Douglass Library
The presentation will be based on my 4 week-stay in Washington D.C., during summer ’19 as a museum studies fellow affiliated with the Smithsonian, Center for Learning and Digital Access. I will provide an insider’s view of the nation’s leading historical institution, its uniqueness and its challenges as they forge their future. The presentation will highlight select Smithsonian projects and tools, such as the Learning Lab platform, with great potential for the library community.
Ithaka S+R Research study
Wednesday, March 26, Noon-1:00 pm, Pane Room, Alexander Library, New Brunswick
Triveni Kuchi, Social Sciences/Instructional Services Librarian and Faculty & Graduate Services Coordinator, NBL
Jim Niessen, World History librarian, NBL
Jon Sauceda, Music/Performing Arts librarian and interim liaison to Spanish, Portuguese, Latinx, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, NBL
We examine the research practices of faculty in a particular field, namely language and literatures, to identify what resources and services scholars currently use and wish they had access to at Rutgers University – New Brunswick. This research was part of a study coordinated by Ithaka S+R, a not-for-profit research and consulting organization, working in conjunction with the Modern Language Association (MLA). In this presentation we would like to share our findings and recommendations.
The Nick Virgilio Papers
Monday, April 20, Noon-1:00 pm, Conference Room 290, Robeson Library, Camden (with Webex to remote locations)
Julie Still, Reference Librarian/Collection Development Coordinator, Robeson Library
The Nick Virgilio Haiku Archives arrived at Rutgers (and later at the Robeson Library) in several copier paper boxes over a decade ago. In January the Rutgers University Libraries released the fully searchable database of these poems. The process of getting from Point A to Point B is long and convoluted, full of fits and starts. This presentation will focus not just on the technical nuts and bolts, but also on the human element involved, and what consideration might be due those whose name is invoked in someone else’s work.
Understanding Open Access Trends in Business Schools: A Bibliometric Analysis of Open Access Faculty Publications in Accounting Departments at Three Universities
Monday, May 11, location TBA
Jonathan Torres, Business Librarian, Dana Library
Open access publications and journals continue to be an emerging trend in a variety of academic areas. Studies have indicated that open access journals offer a citation benefit. (Salisbury et.al, 2017) One of the many benefits of OA mentioned in previous studies states that, “advocates argue that OA will increase research efficacy as measured by citation counts and/or citation impact factor” (Atchison and Bull, 2015, p.133). Further research highlights the fact that free access to literature has the potential to increase authorship and readership (Philip and Walter, 2011). Nonetheless, studies have indicated that a top priority for faculty is having their publications viewed by peers within the same field because that impacts their career. As a result, providing articles for open access to the public is secondary. Faculty perceptions of article and journal accessibility tends to vary based on disciplines.
This presentation will examine the outcome using bibliometric analysis between (OA) open access and non-OA publications from the accounting departments of three business schools (University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and Auburn University). These schools were selected based on the comparable sizes of the departments. The research will demonstrate faculty OA compared to non-OA publications and their relative scholarly impact and merits for the period 2013-2018.
SAPAC 2019-2020 Committee Members:
Janet Brennan Croft, Co-Chair
Bart Howard Everts, Co-Chair
Amy Kimura
Laura Costello
Fobazi Ettarh
