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The University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS) has initiated steps toward centralizing the digital assets it stewards across its diverse institutional, subject-based, and digital collections repositories and toward adding new access possibilities to assets impacted by copyright licenses by investing in a digital preservation system. Historically, the ULS has acquired, created, and provided access to digital content for 20 years using various platforms and standard business backups. However, in June of 2020, the ULS invested in Preservica to provide full digital preservation for this data. This system allows the use of APIs to transfer data between platforms. It also offers access to content via an authenticated account. This briefing will describe the work underway to build a digital preservation program at our institution. We will not only look at the challenges of technical implementation but also describe the opportunities and tensions surrounding content selection and authenticated access to materials under copyright.
Presentation from the MARAC conference in Morgantown, WV on April 11-13, 2019. S10 - Out of Sight but Not Out of Mind: Providing Service During Collection Moves.
The University Libraries have been storing general collection items in offsite storage for several years, but only now are we starting to accession and store special collections items. At Severn Library, we have had to figure out not only how to store special collections which require specialized care, but also develop intake and request procedures. In this talk, I will discuss Severn’s method of handling special collections items and our partnership with UMD Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives department. I will also go over how we distinguish special collections items from general collection items, and go over how I developed the workflow for handling requests for special collections items.
In 2016, Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) began moving collections from their stacks in Hornbake Library to high-density offsite storage at Severn Library. When Severn Library is at capacity, at least half of the Libraries' space will be dedicated to storing materials from SCUA. Our poster will outline how storing collections at Severn Library has affected SCUA's carbon footprint when compared with the energy consumption of onsite storage and how this change fits into wider campus goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2020 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. We will use data provided by Sustainable UMD's energy dashboard and UMD Facilities Management to determine the energy consumption of each facility and determine whether moving collections to Severn has reduced our unit's energy consumption.
Many institutions of higher education have created or want to start an Open Educational Resources (OER) program, but do not have robust resources to put towards these efforts. Establishing an intentional and structured action plan for OER project management is an immensely helpful approach to scoping work, setting goals, establishing benchmarks, and securing funding, regardless of the stage of the OER program. The Open Textbook Network (OTN) recently developed an online and in-person training program to help librarians develop institutional OER action plans. This panel includes members of the inaugural cohort for the OTN’s Certificate in OER Librarianship and will be moderated by Cheryl Cuillier, one of the program’s mentors. Participants in the Certificate Program started their work in February 2019, completed writing their plans in April 2019, and have been making progress on their SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-Bound) goals and project timelines. Panelists will discuss and field questions about the OER Action Plans they created and how these plans have guided their approaches to implementation, management, budgeting, and assessment of their OER programs. Each participant was at a different point in their OER program implementation and had needs and priorities specific to their institutions. Panelists will reflect how developing an individualized action plan advanced their campus OER efforts. Panelists will also reflect on roadblocks and challenges encountered while implementing their action plans. Session participants will be encouraged to create their own action plans and will be provided with examples of completed plans for local adaptation and adoption.
Are you an MLS student or early career librarian exploring career paths? This panel of experienced science librarians share their stories and insights along the road to science librarianship. This webinar offers the opportunity to learn more about different types of science librarianship, the importance of mentoring, making yourself marketable, and more!
While geologists have attempted to educate people within the Appalachian area of the poten-tially world changing opportunity to produce clean natural American gas; biologists, naturalists, and environmentalists are heeding warning of the long-lasting negative impact for the area. The current status, as a newly discovered gas re-gion, has companies from around the world offering policy-makers and regulators the promise of economic and fi nancial gain, yet government offi cials and the general public lack the knowledge to make informed decisions. This presentation will be a direct result of a prepared bibliography pointing to the fundamental building blocks that our decision makers of tomorrow will need to make educated choices about the fu-ture of Marcellus and Utica Shale Gas. The goal of this pre-sentation is to frame the essential content knowledge areas so educators have a basic framework to incorporate discipline specifi c material into the curriculum so individuals affected will possess the appropriate tools and knowledge to make in-formed decisions on the future of our region.
We introduce The Tromsø Recommendations For Citation of Research Data in Linguistics, designed to help language researchers properly cite data and give credit to everyone involved in language work. We provide practical ways to improve data citation in your own work and in your language or research community.
Workshop presentation used by ETD Support to instruct students on how ETDs are handled at Pitt and how to edit their ETD Word templates.
The University of Pittsburgh's Library System (ULS) holds vast resources on African American and Black Studies which are available to the university community. Through this presentation "University Library System Resources for Black History Month," faculty librarians Catherine Baldwin and Kim Bailey share the many layers of ULS holdings including: LibGuides, Databases, Journals, Special Collections, and Interactive Events.
Specific items are explored to convey the richness of resources suited to faculty teaching and student research.
Highlights include “The Freedom’s Journal,” a newspaper available through the database “African American Newspapers: The Nineteenth Century.” Photos of Erroll Garner, jazz pianist; August Wilson, playwright; and Duane Jones, actor, also illustrate the historical value of the archived collections. Pathways to resources are explained and current events are shared, including the African American Read-In and the Black History Month Virtual Film Series; both of which are collaborations between the ULS and the PittEd Justice Collective. This presentation can be utilized to enhance faculty and student interest in utilizing ULS resources and librarians to further research and scholarship.
Psychologist Carol Dweck identified the fixed and incremental theories of intelligence, which could affect how students navigate the research process, including if they will seek help from a librarian and what they intend to take away from that interaction. This study explores whether students who made research consultation appointments with a librarian subscribed to a particular theory of intelligence in order to provide evidence that can be used to inform and transform our practice.
Reference and instruction are often seen as separate entities, despite both being fundamental aspects of public services. When they are viewed as two sides of the same coin, however, this facilitates the development of more formal and informal teaching and learning opportunities between students and librarians. This coordination also creates opportunities to connect with faculty and students in new and exciting ways, including a potential increase in face-to-face reference interactions. After a brief description of the presenters’ successful experiences with this approach, attendees will be invited to brainstorm and/or share ideas about what they are doing at their own institutions.
Background/Significance: Despite compelling evidence of protective effects of breastfeeding on obesity-related morbidity in mothers and children, individuals with increased body mass indices (BMIs) have poor breastfeeding outcomes compared to those of normal weight. Sub-par breastfeeding rates among overweight and obese individuals are attributed to a multitude of physiological, psychological, and support barriers. One potential contributing factor to BMI-related breastfeeding disparities may be weight-related stigma, which surfaces during patient-professional communication and is internalized. Obstetric and perinatal healthcare professionals endorse discomfort interacting and providing health advice to individuals with BMIs ≥ 25 - who report feeling stigmatized during obstetric contacts due to weight. This communication breakdown may result in fewer opportunities for healthcare professionals to offer breastfeeding promotion and assistance, and concomitantly, less enthusiasm and greater reservations among overweight and obese parents to initiate and maintain breastfeeding. No known research currently exists examining the potential association of weight stigma (both perceived and internalized by pregnant and postpartum individuals) and breastfeeding outcomes.
Purpose: In this prospective cohort mixed methods study, we examined the relationship between weight stigma and breastfeeding outcomes among individuals with pre-pregnancy BMIs ≥25 during the perinatal period. Specifically, we: 1) examined the temporal variation of internalized weight stigma at 28-40 weeks of pregnancy and 1 month postpartum, 2) explored the predictive relationship between prenatal internalized weight stigma and breastfeeding outcomes (initiation, continuation, exclusivity) and 3) explored postpartum individual’s perceptions about weight stigma experienced during healthcare professional interactions in pregnancy, labor, and postpartum and its perceived impact on their breastfeeding experience.
Methods: A purposeful sample of 110 individuals with BMIs ≥25 who planned to breastfeed were recruited for Aims 1 and 2 at 28-40+ weeks of pregnancy. Participants completed a validated weight stigma questionnaire during the third trimester and at 1 month postpartum, at which time they were also surveyed on their breastfeeding practices. Additional breastfeeding data from the birth hospitalization were collected from the electronic medical record. For Aim 1, a repeated measures t-test was used to determine if differences existed among weight stigma scores during and after pregnancy. For aim 2, we used regression analysis to examine the predictive relationship between weight stigma and breastfeeding initiation, continuation and exclusivity. For Aim 3, we conducted semi-structured telephone interviews at one month postpartum with individuals purposively selected from Aims 1 and 2 regarding their experiences with weight stigma and breastfeeding. Interviews continued until we reached data saturation. A qualitative descriptive approach was utilized in the coding and interpretation of interviews to further explore how individuals perceive weight stigma in the obstetric setting and its influence on their breastfeeding outcomes.
Implications: This study set forth the groundwork for development of nursing interventions to mitigate experienced and perceived weight stigma and promote optimal patient-professional communication and breastfeeding among overweight/obese perinatal individuals. The study had immediate clinical implications for obstetric providers and nursing staff who may be unaware of their unconscious biases in the care of birthing individuals with high BMIs. This research has the potential to lead to improved breastfeeding rates and, consequently, improved health outcomes among overweight and obese perinatal individuals.