5 August 2011
2011 STL Section Conference Session
The Science and Technology Libraries Section is pleased to present six papers discussing our challenges and changing roles.
The session is on Monday August 15 from 14:00-16:00.
Working in partnership with researchers to support their research lifecycle: a case study
Heather Todd (University of Queensland, Australia) will discuss how
her library has realigned its services to better support the
University’s research lifecycle that includes monitoring bibliometrics,
assisting with data management and providing e-publishing services.
Challenges in setting up open access IRs in Africa
Richard
Lamptey and Abed Corletey (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology, Ghana) address the challenge of setting up an open access
IRs in Ghana.
Web based reference services to bioinformaticians: challenges for librarians
Shubha Nagarkar (Bioinformatics Center, University
of Pune, India) will describe an intriguing portal for bioinformaticians
that provides personalized reference services using Google Sites as the
platform and integrating open access tools such RSS feeds, Google
Gadgets, Google News, PubMed and GoogleScholar.
Usage statistics analysis of specialized libraries web sites
Julia
Velez and Liz Pagan (University of Puerto Rico) used Google Analytics
to explore how two groups of academicians used their libraries’
websites. Their study revealed differences yet suggested ways to better
serve the two groups by working more closely to improve services and
access. (Also available in Spanish thanks to the authors.
Information literacy and engineering design: developing an integrated conceptual model
Michael
Fosmire (Purdue University, USA) suggests that engineering librarians
have an opportunity to work with students throughout their education
careers due to changing curriculum. He focuses on the information
resources and processes needed by engineers for design projects and
describes integrate them into the learning process.
Beyond these walls: sending researchers out with Research4Life in their pocket
Kimberly
Parker (HINARI, WHO Switzerland), Steve Glover (The Christie NHS
Foundation Trust, United Kingdom), Carla Heister (Yale University
Library, USA and Lenny Rhine (Librarians Without Borders®, Medical
Library Association, USA) combine forces to describe how science and
technology librarians in higher income countries are learning to focus
on the information literacy needs of the international students and
scientists who pass through their institutions. They suggest that
emphasis should be put on making sure those users will be able to make
the best use of information resources in their countries when they
return to study, tech and work.