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Title: 2022 report on the experiences of Black students at Atkins Library
Author: Moore, Jon, Croxton, Rebecca A., Davis, Tiffany, Krumbine, Tracie, Ornat Bitting, Natalie, Perry, Crystal
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Academic libraries, College students, Black, Anti-racism
Description: This report describes the study our team conducted to better understand the needs and experiences of Black students at UNC Charlotte related to the spaces, services, and resources of Atkins Library. The research team for this study was comprised o...

Title: 2023 report on the experiences of neurodivergent students at Atkins Library
Author: Moore, Jon, Barbour, Triston
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Academic libraries, Neurodiversity
Description: This report describes the study our team conducted to better understand the needs and experiences of students at UNC Charlotte who identify as neurodivergent and/or as having a disorder related to mental health or function, specifically as they re...

Title: 8 reasons researchers should use the GetFTR browser extension
Author: Boardman, Erika
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Academic libraries, Communication in learning and scholarship
Description: What is the problem we’re trying to solve? Researchers are not always able to easily make use of the resources their institution has made available to them. When presented with a plethora of links in a discovery tool, researchers may inadvertently...

Title: Artivism, virtual workshops, and the pandemic
Author: Bennett, Adreonna
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Social justice, Photography, COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-), Academic libraries, Internet videoconferencing
Description: I was hired as a Community Engagement Archivist in the Special Collections and University Archives unit at J. Murrey Atkins Library, University of North Carolina at Charlotte in June 2019. Not only was this my first full time library job but it wa...

Title: Assessment of library instruction for freshmen engineering students
Author: McAdams, Jeff, Croxton, Rebecca A.
Subjects--Topical: Engineering students, Library orientation
Description: This study seeks to assess the impact of the current information literacy instruction program offered by the engineering librarian on freshmen engineering students’ abilities to critically evaluate and select credible and meaningful resources in t...

Title: Atkins Library open access publishing whitepaper
Author: Blankemeyer, Bethany, Siler, Elizabeth, Lampkowski, Christin, McAdams, Jeff, Dickson, Kate, Croxton, Rebecca A., Ornat Bitting, Natalie
Subjects--Topical: Open access publishing, Communication in learning and scholarship
Description: Written by the Open Access & Scholarly Communications Committee at Atkins Library, the Open Access Publishing whitepaper defines OA publishing, describes ways the university supports OA publishing, and outlines a framework for future progress in t...

Title: Beyond assumptions : using design thinking to build better library employee training
Author: Bess, Marc
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Employees--Training of, Academic libraries
Description: Design thinking is a flexible problem solving process that can be used in a variety of settings. While design thinking may be traditionally associated with fields such as product development, it is increasingly being used as an innovative approach...

Title: Braving our blind spots : using a virtual book discussion group to continue conversations on implicit bias in libraries
Author: Harris, Ryan, Jones, Shannon, Bartley, Kelsa, DeSantis, Melissa, Jason, Don, Rios, Dede
Subjects--Topical: Academic libraries, Diversity in higher education, Book clubs (Discussion groups)
Description: Increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of the workforce in libraries throughout the United States has been a strategic priority for years, yet statistically the homogeneous nature of library staffs remains the same. Statistics from the America...

Title: Breaking down barriers for student parents and caregivers with family friendly library spaces
Author: Croxton, Rebecca A., Moore, Anne Cooper, Sprague, Lindsey
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Academic libraries, College student parents
Description: In 2016, J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte opened a reservable study room specifically for student parents and caregivers. Student parents comprise 25.6% of the total student population and this study room c...

Title: Bring your own born-digital (BYOBD) ingesting digital media when you don't have a budget
Author: Cline, Tyler
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Floppy disks
Description: When tackling born-digital records on older media, it is often necessary to utilize period hardware for transfer. This hardware is often obsolete and cannot be sourced through large centralized procurement processes at some Universities. Sometimes...

Title: Building a brand and telling a story in perpetual crisis : launching a sustainable archives marketing strategy
Author: Cline, Tyler, Marcusse, Molly E.
Subjects--Topical: Marketing, Archives, Education, Higher, Mass media--Social aspects, Social media
Description: The American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming began serious efforts to launch a marketing strategy in 2016, just as the University was hard-hit by a significant funding deficit. The marketing committee was tasked with modernizing and l...

Title: Can we chat privately? : how information seeking anxiety increases privacy concerns with live chat
Author: Moore, Jon, Sanders, Bridgette T., Looby, Kimberly
Date Created: 2023, 2023, 2023
Subjects--Topical: Reference services (Libraries), Data privacy, Library anxiety

Title: Client/provider relationship: Library as client and art students as provider
Author: Rinalducci, Jenna
Subjects--Topical: Art, Correspondence schools and courses, Arts, Teaching, Academic libraries, Mural painting and decoration
Description: What started as a discussion about how to bring more art into the library developed into a valuable collaboration with faculty and students that brought murals into the architecture library. The arts and architecture librarian reached out to one o...

Title: Collaborative blogging : a sustainable professional development and networking tool
Author: Truesdale, Angel, Lovas, Nancy, Krstevska, Summer
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Academic libraries, Business librarians, Career development, Blogs
Description: Three academic librarians, from three institutions, blog together to share their perspectives on the inspiration and challenges they face as business specialists. Through peer collaboration and reflective blogging they are learning and expanding t...

Title: Conversations that matter : engaging library employees in DEI and cultural humility reflection
Author: Lampkowski, Christin, Truesdale, Angel, Looby, Kimberly, Moore, Abby
Subjects--Topical: Academic libraries, Multiculturalism, Cultural competence, Career development
Description: The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Programs Subcommittee of the Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Committee at the Atkins Library of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) formed in 2019 and created a series of DEI-theme...

Title: Creating an online scientific art exhibit formatted for people with a visual impairment
Author: Sorrell, Melanie, Norton, Derek R., McAdams, Jeff, Winterling, Rachael, Dipple, Kathleen
Subjects--Topical: People with visual disabilities, Accessible Web sites for people with disabilities, Academic libraries
Description: An online exhibit accessible by people with a visual impairment was created to accompany a university library’s physical exhibit of microscopic images generated by researchers on campus as “scientific art.” This online exhibit consisted of a Web p...

Title: Creating co-curricular and extracurricular engagement pathways for timely degree completion
Author: Croxton, Rebecca A., Moore, Anne Cooper
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Student activities, Academic libraries
Description: This study investigates which co-curricular, extracurricular, pre-college, and demographic factors contribute to timely degree completion at a large, public university in the southeastern United States. In response to a new statewide performance-b...

Title: Culture of collaborative creation
Author: McAdams, Jeff, Lake, Savannah
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Internet videoconferencing, Academic libraries
Description: An unexpected discovery of the pandemic was a new working style that proved more generative than previous in-person collaboration. Using Zoom to facilitate synchronous coworking sessions on volunteer projects led to fruitful results. People from d...

Title: Don't ruin your anthropology collection : using data to increase representation in small to medium collections
Author: Looby, Kimberly
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Anthropology, Library science, Literary collections
Description: Presented at the IDEAL Conference in Columbus Ohio, August 2019. Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Libraries and Archives Most generational workshops make an honest attempt at trying to understand unique experiences through divers...

Title: Engagement pathways to transfer student success - full paper with statistical details
Author: Moore, Anne Cooper, Croxton, Rebecca A.
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: College students--Transfer, Academic libraries--Services to transfer students
Description: This paper is the comprehensive companion to the paper, Engagement Pathways to Transfer Student Success, that was submitted as part of the 2020 ARL Library Assessment Conference Proceedings. Moore, A. C., & Croxton, R. (2021, March). Engagement Pa...