Open Access, Open Borders
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Nebraska C & U/Kansas CULS
2nd Joint Spring Conference
Networking with Colleagues
across State Lines
April 21-22, 2016 Holiday Inn at the Campus
Manhattan, Kansas
Open Access, Open Borders
Pre-Conference
April 21, 2016 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
C. Jason Kegler
Director of Student Rights and Responsibilities,
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, Kansas
ALICE TRAINING ALICE is the leading training solution that increases
students’ and employees’ odds of survival during a violent
intruder event. ALICE, which stands for Alert, Lockdown,
Inform, Counter, and Evacuate, is a post-Columbine, Virginia
Tech, Sandy Hook strategy that goes beyond the
conventional lockdown. Mr. Kegler will address situations
specific to college and university libraries and resource
areas. A guest panel will follow up with questions and
comments.
C. Jason Kegler serves as Pittsburg State University’s
director of student rights and responsibilities. He is
responsible for the overall administration of the university’s discipline and judicial system. He coordinates
the university’s Behavioral Intervention and Threat Assessment Team to design and deliver educational
programs and materials addressing community issues. Kegler came to PSU from Neosho County
Community College Previously, where he was dean of student development at NCCC from 2010 until
2013 and Allen Community College, serving first as director of admissions and marketing and then as
director of student life from 2000 until 2010.
Kegler earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Saint Mary and master’s
degree in organizational leadership from Fort Hays State University.
Networking & Entertainment
April 21, 2016 5:00- 6:30
Jennifer White & Friends
Jennifer White-Vocalist
Roger Wilder-Piano
Bob Bowman-Bass
Conference Keynote Speaker
Josh Bolick
Scholarly Communication Librarian
Shulenburger Office of Scholarly Communication & Copyright
Watson Library
University of Kansas
Josh Bolick joined the University of Kansas Libraries' Shulenburger
Office of Scholarly Communication and Copyright as scholarly
communication librarian in August 2015. He received an M.S. in
library and information studies from Florida State University and
subsequently worked in the Office of Scholarly Communication in
FSU Libraries. Josh is interested in how the Web is changing
academic publishing and the ways that scholars are using Web tools
to increase their visibility as researchers and the impact of their
scholarship.
As the scholarly communication librarian, Josh actively promotes
author rights, as well as those of the creators, disseminators and
users of scholarly information, under fair use. Josh also assists in the
promotion of the university’s institutional repository and open
access initiatives.
In addition to open scholarship, Josh likes bicycles and tacos, “sometimes consecutively”. To
supplement his career in librarianship and need for tacos, Josh has worked in the bicycle industry, as a
kayak guide, and served in the U.S. Navy as a radioman on the submarine U.S.S. La Jolla (SSN 701).
Schedule of Events
Thursday April 21st
12:00 – 1:00 Registration Main Floor Pre-convene
1:00 – 4:30 Preconference-Landon Room ALICE TRAINING C. Jason Kegler, Director of Student Rights and Responsibilities, Pittsburg State University. Pittsburg, Kansas
ALICE is the leading training solution that increases students’ and employees’ odds of survival during a violent intruder event. ALICE, which stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate, is a post-Columbine, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook strategy that goes beyond the conventional lockdown. Mr. Kegler will address situations specific to college and university libraries and resource areas. A guest panel will follow up with questions and comments.
4:00-6:00 Registration Main Floor Pre-convene
4:30-5:00 Free time-hotel check-in
5:00 – 6:30 Networking & Entertainment–Landon Room Jennifer White Trio Jennifer White-Vocalist Roger Wilder-Piano Bob Bowman-Bass Cash Bar Available
7:00-?? Dine arounds/Fun stuff At the conclusion of the networking event on Thursday evening, you are invited to join your fellow librarians for dine-arounds in Aggieville (at your own expense). Attendees will meet in the Landon Room (the same room as the networking event) starting at 6:30pm and depart for their restaurants at 6:45pm. Please sign up using the google spreadsheet. We are also trying to form a group to escape Locked Manhattan following dinner ($21 plus taxes and fees per person). If you are interested in joining this group, please contact Ray Walling to express your interest.
Friday April 22nd
8:00 – 9:30 Registration Main Floor Pre-convene Poster Sessions will be set up in the Pre-Convene
9:00 – 9:45
State Meetings- Landon Room Nebraska-East side Kansas –West side Continental breakfast available
10:00-10:50 Sessions Breakouts #1 (Five Rooms) Lower Level Room A Juggling Collections and Connections to Community: Changing Role of
Libraries~~Jorge A Leon, Learning Outreach Librarian, Pittsburg State University ,Barbara
Pope, Periodicals Reference Librarian, Pittsburg State University Room B Opening Borders: Current Information Literacy Strategies of the Small University Kind~~Julie Pinnell Director, Doane College, Jayne Germer, Learning & e-
Resources Librarian, Doane College Billy Moore, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Concordia University Martha A. Tanner, Head of Library Instruction & Reference and Assistant Professor, Nebraska Wesleyan University Room C An Exercise in Self Improvement: Using Gold Rush's Library Catalog Comparison System to Improve Collections ~~ Robert Kelly Library Director,Hutchinson Community College, Rose Nelson, Assistant Director Prospector/Gold Rush Coordinator CO Alliance of Research Libraries Kansas Room Manual Not Included: Technical Services Librarians Developing Digital Curation Workshops for the Community~~Allison Ringness, Digital Initiatives Librarian, Kansas State University
State Room Lightning Sessions
Bridging the Communication Gap Successfully for Library/IT Projects~~Amanda Harlan,
Metadata Librarian, KSU, Dhanushka Samarakoon, Programmer, Kansas State University Summer LibGuide Workshops: Making our digital content more user-friendly~~Eleanor Johnson, Assistant Professor (Social Sciences Librarian),UNO Library Instruction with Rural Nebraska Public Schools~~Julia Powell, Coordinator of Instruction and Government Documents Librarian, University of Nebraska-Kearney
11:00-11:20 Break (Snacks provided) Pre-Convene Lower Level
11:20 – 12:20 Welcome/Keynote Landon Room Josh Bolick University of Kansas Libraries Shulenburger Office of Scholarly Communication and Copyright
"The (Rough & Divergent) Road to Open: How Do We Get There From Here?" Josh Bolick joined the University of Kansas Libraries' Shulenburger Office of Scholarly Communication and Copyright as scholarly communication librarian in August 2015. He received an M.S. in library and information studies from Florida State University and subsequently worked in the Office of Scholarly Communication in FSU Libraries. Josh is interested in how the Web is changing academic publishing and the ways that scholars are using Web tools to increase their visibility as researchers and the impact of their scholarship. As the scholarly communication librarian, Josh actively promotes author rights, as well as those of the creators, disseminators and users of scholarly information, under fair use. Josh also assists in the promotion of the university’s institutional repository and open access initiatives
12:25 -1:30 Lunch Landon Room
1:40-2:30 Session Breakouts #2 (Five Rooms) Lower Level Rooms Room A Transfer Skills and Google Searching: Applying Nowacek’s Concept of
Recontextualization to Search Skills~~Ruth Mirtz, Library Director, Kansas Weslyan
Room B Transcending institutions and borders: 21st century digital scholarship at K-
State~Ryan Otto, Digital Scholarship Librarian, Kansas State University,
Char Simser, Coordinator of Electronic Publishing, Kansas State University, Rebel Cummings-Sauls, Director-Center for the Advancement of Digital Scholarship, Kansas State University, Rachel Miles, Digital Scholarship Librarian, Kansas State University,
Room C Creating our Spaces, Evolving our Roles~~Joyce Neujahr, Director of Patron
Services, University of Nebraska, Criss Library, Jackie Mitchell, Creative Production Lab Supervisor, University of Nebraska, Criss Library
Kansas Room An Overview of Free and Useful Resources from the NLM~~Alicia
Lillich, Kansas Outreach Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine
State Room Lightning Sessions Academic Libraries and Open Educational Resources : a Preview of what to do when your college puts "Open Access" in their description ~~Robert Kelly, Coordinator of Library Services, Hutchinson Community College, Rita Sevart, Library Director, Wichita Area Technical College Do I need clearance? Serving as the library liaison to USSTRATCOM Fellows~~Heidi Blackburn, STEM Librarian, University of Nebraska - Omaha
2:40 - 3:30 Session Breakouts #3 (Four Rooms) Lower Level Rooms Room A Creating Green Open Access to Institutional Scholarship using Digital
Commons~~Deborah White,Digital Resources & Initiatives Manager, Pittsburg State University, Yumi Ohira, Digital Curation Librarian, Fort Hays State University
Room C Can smaller colleges use the AAC & U Value Rubrics?~~Gloria Creed Dikeogu,
Director of Library Services, Ottawa University
Kansas Room New Framework, New Friends: Open Access Information Literacy
Instruction and Collaboration ~~Heather Healy, Health Sciences Librarian, University of Kansas Medical Center, Julie Hartwell, Health Sciences Librarian, University of Kansas Medical Center
State Room A Fireworks Display of One Shot Library Instruction~~Terri Rickel, ILL
Lending Team Leader, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
3:30-4:00 Networking/Door Prizes (Snack) Lower Level Room B
4:10-5:00 Kansas Roundtables and Interest Groups Meetings State Room PALS Kansas Room TYLDC
Concurrent Session Descriptions
10:00-10:50 Juggling Collections and Connections to Community: Changing Role of Libraries
Jorge A Leon, Learning Outreach Librarian, Pittsburg State University, Barbara Pope, Periodicals Reference
Librarian, Pittsburg State University
The traditional role of librarians has long been to support the university’s needs through instruction, collection
development, and research assistance. Pittsburg State University’s challenge has been to balance our print and
electronic collections at a university whose programs sometimes do not draw enough on library resources while also
creating meaningful connections with students and faculty. In an effort to increase the relevancy of our collections
and create meaningful connections with the university community, we have been actively creating opportunities for
patrons to create content in the library. This has allowed users to engage with library resources and services in a new
and different way while helping to shape the space. The goal is to make users content creators and empower them to
be invested in the future development of the library space. This approach allows us to share with students, faculty,
and staff the wide variety of library resources and services that can be both informative and fun. Room A
Opening Borders: Current Information Literacy Strategies of the Small University Kind
Julie Pinnell Director, Doane College, Jayne Germer, Learning & e-Resources Librarian, Doane College Billy
Moore, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Concordia University Martha A. Tanner, Head of Library
Instruction & Reference and Assistant Professor, Nebraska Wesleyan University
Four librarians from three smaller Nebraska universities speak about their latest Information Literacy endeavors:
improving instruction and support for distance students, piloting a personal librarian program, incorporating open-
access resources into reference and instruction, working with first year seminar faculty to re-energize IL instruction
and assessment within the course, writing a program review to focus IL learning outcomes, assessment and
curriculum mapping,and using different apps or using apps differently to help various processes and engage students
and instructors in different ways.
Room B
An Exercise in Self Improvement: Using Gold Rush's Library Catalog Comparison
System to Improve Collections Robert Kelly Library Director, Hutchinson Community College, Rose Nelson, Assistant Director
Prospector/Gold Rush Coordinator CO Alliance of Research Libraries
An overview of Gold Rush's Library Catalog and Database Comparison Tools and its intended use by a Kansas
community college to improve collection assessment and purchasing decisions will be presented. Other use cases for
the tools will also be explored.
Room C
Manual Not Included: Technical Services Librarians Developing Digital Curation
Workshops for the Community
Allison Ringness, Digital Initiatives Librarian, Kansas State University
Scanners may come with instruction manuals, but unfortunately they don’t come with a manual for curating digital
objects. The need for practical community guidance in digitizing, curating, and enhancing historic images led Kansas
State University Digital Initiatives Librarian Allison Ringness to collaborate with Chapman Center Visiting Instructor
Tom Parish to deliver a workshop on digitizing and enhancing historic photographs.
Kansas Room
Lightning Sessions-Each session approximately 15 minutes
Bridging the Communication Gap Successfully for Library/IT Projects
Amanda Harlan, Metadata Librarian, KSU, Dhanushka Samarakoon, Programmer, Kansas State University Highlight specific examples of communication barriers faced in collaborative library/IT projects, and how they have
informed the current processes and methodologies used to complete projects successfully.
State Room
Summer LibGuide Workshops: Making our digital content more user-friendly
Eleanor Johnson, Assistant Professor (Social Sciences Librarian), UNO
In July of 2015, a series of internal library workshops were conducted to improve the quality and accessibility of our
LibGuides. The Summer LibGuides Revamp was a four week series, with each week focusing on a different aspect of
LibGuides best practices. Each workshop built upon the last one in a scaffolding approach: the profile box/guide
homepage, links, appearance, and accessibility. A key component of the workshops was two hours of reserved time
each week for participants to work on their LibGuides in a computer lab. Participants had devoted time for
implementing ideas from that week’s lesson with others working on the same task nearby. This fostered a sense of
collaboration and teamwork, in addition to providing an opportunity to ensure the changes were made.Participants at
this lightning round session will understand the importance of internal training to ensuring high quality output and
recognize the necessity of devoting time to best practices in LibGuides.
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Library Instruction with Rural Nebraska Public Schools
Julia Powell, Coordinator of Instruction and Government Documents Librarian, University of Nebraska-
Kearney
Many of the public schools in the communities around Kearney bring their students to campus in order to conduct
research at the Calvin T. Ryan Library (CTR) at UNK. Also, many of the schools are a 1-to1 laptop or iPad school,
which would allow them to conduct research both at school and at home. I am the Coordinator of Instruction at CTR,
and I have been conducting library instruction classes with various high schools in the Kearney area. At the
beginning of each school year, I send a letter most of the public schools in roughly a 70-mile radius to UNK. I invite
the teachers to bring their students to campus to experience the ability to conduct research in an academic library,
and use resources that might not be available to them at school. When the students arrive in the library, they are
brought to a computer lab, and I go through a library instruction session with them.
State Room
1:40 – 2:30 Transfer Skills and Google Searching: Applying Nowacek’s Concept of
Recontextualization to Search Skills
Ruth Mirtz, Library Director, Kansas Weslyan
This presentation uses Rebecca S. Nowacek’s (2011) work on transfer in order to devise rhetorically rich and
meaningful questions about using Google as an information search strategy. Rather than see Google as a problem to
be avoided or solved, or as a tool to be used or misused, librarians can recast Google as a point of inquiry for helping
students articulate the transfer of search and research skills from one location (such as everyday search using
Google) to another (such as academic information search using a library database) and back again (complex search
strategies using both Google and library databases). As collaborators, students and instructors can move through at
least three interconnected processes: the contextualization of Google in a broader world of information searching, the
defamiliarization of Google by observing and questioning how searchers use Google, and Nowacek’s
recontextualization, where skills transfer to new purposes and genres.
Room A
Transcending institutions and borders: 21st century digital scholarship at K-State
Ryan Otto, Digital Scholarship Librarian, Kansas State University, Char Simser, Coordinator of Electronic
Publishing, Kansas State University, Rebel Cummings-Sauls, Director-Center for the Advancement of Digital
Scholarship, Kansas State University, Rachel Miles,Digital Scholarship Librarian, Kansas State University,
Digital scholarship of the 21st century transcends institutions and borders with its freedom from print and physical
locations. In this session, the presenters will discuss various aspects of establishing a digital scholarship center,
supporting open access through the institutional repository (K-State Research Exchange - K-REx) along with other
outreach efforts, and the implications of building a sustainable open access publishing platform (New Prairie Press-
NPP). The Center for the Advancement of Digital Scholarship at K-State Libraries serves our campus community, but
digital scholarship extends K-State's impact far beyond Manhattan, Kansas. Highlighting the scholarship at our
campus is only one small piece of the landscape. Collaboration on campus with both faculty and students includes
working with authors, editors, and site administrators; but our roles in publishing, supporting, and managing open
access, including data management, publishing funds and textbook initiatives, have broader implications. The
presenters will demonstrate how a single direct connection to K-State can translate into partnerships which have
regional, national, and international reach and will lead to the development of standards and best practices. We will
highlight the Center's engagement with university press partners and colleagues at national organizations and other
universities. We will illustrate how our strategies have changed and will change over time in order to support all types
of digital scholarship.
Room B
Creating our Spaces, Evolving our Roles
Joyce Neujahr, Director of Patron Services, University of Nebraska, Criss Library, Jackie Mitchell, Creative
Production Lab Supervisor, University of Nebraska, Criss Library
Academic libraries are relentlessly evolving as are the communities we serve. What will we be the next disruption in
our professional role? Being fiscally responsible, how do you decide where to invest knowing rapid obsolescence is
ensured? Maker Spaces are an example of this evolution. Is this a fad? How do I start? What will it cost? This
engaging and informative session will help take some of the mystery and guessing out of creating your own space.
Have your questions answered about how to start and what to avoid while we share some of the Do’s and Don’ts we
have learned over our two years of creating and making at the University of Nebraska, Omaha Criss Library.
Room C
An Overview of Free and Useful Resources from the NLM
Alicia Lillich, Kansas Outreach Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine
It’s hard out there for a librarian supporting health and/or science programs. You’re expected to provide access to
cutting-edge research, without breaking the bank on costly subject-specific databases. Luckily, the National Library of
Medicine (NLM) can help. NLM, a division of the National Institutes of Health, is the world’s largest medical library
whose mission is to advance the progress of medicine and improve health through access to health information. This
session will focus on the free products and services offered through NLM such as online databases, training, and
promotional/educational resources. This will include: MedlinePlus, PubMed, PHPartners, the Household Products
Database, Genetics Home Reference, and the NLM Exhibition Program. This session will equip librarians to utilize
and provide instruction on a variety of resources suitable for students and faculty teaching health professions and
science curricula.
Kansas Room
Lightning Sessions-Each session approximately 15 minutes
Academic Libraries and Open Educational Resources : A Preview of what to do when
your college puts "Open Access" in their description. Robert Kelly, Coordinator of Library Services, Hutchinson Community College, Rita Sevart, Library Director,
Wichita Area Technical College
Our college is in the midst of the great OER or Open Educational Resources switchover. This change has been
followed by many questions and concerns about the Library's role and some possible new avenues in marketing the
Library to the departments. ACRL's Community & Junior College Library Section is sponsoring a session at
American Library Association's 2016 Annual Conference in Orlando, FL, entitled "Academic Libraries and Open
Educational Resources : Developing Partnerships." As a committee member of the CJCLS ALA Annual Conference
Planning Committee I will provide a preview of that presentation, of which I will be moderating.
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Do I need clearance? Serving as the library liaison to USSTRATCOM Fellows
Heidi Blackburn, STEM Librarian, University of Nebraska – Omaha
The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) hosts the Strategic Fellows Leadership Program, a graduate education-
level leader development program for the United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) civilian employees
who have been identified as committed to delivering results, making sound decisions, and showing commitment to
the mission, values, and personnel of USSTRATCOM. The Fellows complete a rigorous 13-week program housed full
time in UNO’s College of Business Administration Strategic Leadership Laboratory. The educational program
increases the students’ mission awareness and breadth of skills across Command-specific areas by providing a
cohesive set of exercises, applications, experiences, and projects geared at increasing core competencies related to
diverse issues of national security.
The individuals in this program are technically students at UNO and have a required capstone paper and
presentation. The final deliverable is a paper written with the intent of submission for publication in a reputable journal
at the end of the semester. The literature review and resources required for this program were of the highest caliber,
mainly academic journals and government reports. Most of these participants had never been in Criss Library let
alone performed advanced academic research or prepared a manuscript submission. Criss Library was contacted
about providing an orientation and tour for the Fellows to show resources specific to their research needs and nine of
the ten Fellows participated (the absentee had a follow-up one-on-one consultation later). Additionally, a
multidisciplinary LibGuide was created pulling together information from government documents, criminal justice,
public administration, information systems, and computer science. The background of the USSTRATCOM program,
the librarian’s preparation for helping this distinct patron population, and research guidance on sensitive projects will
be covered in this presentation.
State Room
2:40-3:30
Creating Green Open Access to Institutional Scholarship using Digital Commons
Deborah White, Digital Resources & Initiatives Manager, Pittsburg State University, Yumi Ohira, Digital
Curation Librarian, Fort Hays State University
Has your institution mandated an Institutional Repository for open access? Do you feel intimidated by working with
two digital repositories simultaneously? We will share our success and experience of working with two repositories
with a small staff at two small universities in rural Kansas.
The repository serves as a Green Open Access solution to globally share. Both Pittsburg State University (PSU) and
Fort Hays State University (FHSU) currently use CONTENTdm (CDM) as their primary digital repository. In 2015 both
PSU and FHSU purchased and launched BePress Digital Commons (DC), a more robust repository. If you see global
discoverability, unlimited storage, efficient technical support, and the ability to share a wide range of file formats in
one interface, then Digital Commons by BePress is the most reliable.
We will share the experiences and challenges of adapting and implementing the IR at PSU and FHSU. We will
compare and contrast our advantages and disadvantages of the two platforms. Finally we will share the challenges
associated with IR initiatives at PSU and FHSU including marketing, workflows, and collection development.
Room A
Can smaller colleges use the AAC & U Value Rubrics?
Gloria Creed Dikeogu, Director of Library Services, Ottawa University In 2009 the American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) Value Rubrics were created by a group of ARL
colleges/university faculty experts for use in the assessment of the skills of undergraduate students at their
colleges/universities. Currently many ACRL exemplary colleges/universities are tweaking several of the rubrics and
using them to assess their integrated information literacy programs. Like the larger ARL universities, smaller
colleges/universities can also use these rubrics for assessment. This presentation will introduce participants to these
Value rubrics and suggest ways in which they can be used to meet their unique outcomes and assess how their
students are faring in information literacy and other related skill areas. Room C
New Framework, New Friends: Open Access Information Literacy Instruction and
Collaboration Heather Healy, Health Sciences Librarian, University of Kansas Medical Center, Julie Hartwell, Health
Sciences Librarian, University of Kansas Medical Center
The New Literacies Alliance (NLA) consortia collaboration creates online, open access lessons that are based on
ACRL’s Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. The lessons are designed to teach students the
literacies needed for academic success and lifelong learning. Discover how librarians and instructors can freely
embed these lessons into their courses and become members of the collaboration to actively participate across
institutional borders in the creation of new lessons. Listen to two librarians share how they implemented NLA lessons
in an online course and in a flipped classroom environment. The session examines planning for initial lesson use,
differing degrees of implementation, results and feedback, and strategies for the future.
Kansas Room
A Fireworks Display of One Shot Library Instruction
Terri Rickel, ILL Lending Team Leader, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Instructing students on how to use the library and the databases in one setting, especially when there is only 50
minutes, can be extremely overwhelming for the students and instructor. This session will cover tips that can be used
in the interview process with the professor, creating a flipped classroom or blended instruction opportunities to
enhance the learning process ( including pre or post-session), as well as demonstrating guides for assisting students
in database searching techniques. Finally, the session will end with ways to get buy-in from professors about
tutorials and guides used outside the lessons. State Room
Presenters’ slide will be posted with permission by May 8th.
Refer to the CULS Website or Twitter (tagged NEKS16) for
location.
Directions to Conference Hotel
Holiday Inn at the Campus 1641 Anderson Avenue
Manhattan, KS 66502
From I-70, take Exit 113 - KS-177 North 8.3 miles to KS-18. Take the KS-18 ramp on right. Turn left onto KS-177
North; the street becomes US-24 West (Turtle Creek Blvd). Turn left onto Bluemont Ave. and continue 0.9 of a mile to
Anderson Avenue. Turn left into hotel parking lot.
Holiday Inn at the Campus
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Thank you to the many sponsors, vendors, and
individuals that worked at making our 2nd joint
conference a success.
ALA/ACRL
EBSCO
WT Cox
Nebraska C & U
Kansas CULS
Labette Community College Print Shop
The faculty, staff members, and student assistants at
our institutions for all their work and for use of their
use of presentation materials
Baker University
North Central Kansas Library System
Kansas State University
Manhattan Area Technical College
Manhattan Christian College