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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: 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: From matriculation to graduation : alignment of library data with university metrics to quantify library value
Author: Croxton, Rebecca A., Moore, Anne Cooper
Subjects--Topical: Libraries and students, Academic libraries, Longitudinal studies, Prediction of scholastic success
Description: To determine which engagement factors contribute to student success at a large, public, research university in the southeast, the university library, along with representatives from Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and other academic and support...

Title: In-person, remote, or hybrid? Planning a conference that works for all
Author: Binder, Amanda, Lake, Savannah
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Career development, Internet videoconferencing, Academic libraries
Description: In April 2022, Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte hosted the Digital Humanities Institute, a conference that brings together digital humanities enthusiasts from across the state of North Carolina to discuss digital pedagogy, digital research methods,...

Title: Nothing ever changes ... or maybe it can! Let's begin by listening
Author: Croxton, Rebecca A., Krumbine, Tracie, Looby, Kimberly
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Work environment, Academic libraries
Description: “Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right” (Jane Goodall). In Fall 2022, J. Murrey Atkins Library created the "Library Workplace Climate Committee" to coordinate in...

Title: Quantifying the value of the academic library
Author: Croxton, Rebecca A., Moore, Anne Cooper
Subjects--Topical: Libraries and students, Academic libraries, Longitudinal studies, Prediction of scholastic success
Description: To determine which engagement factors contribute to student success at a large, public, research university in the southeast, the university library—along with representatives from Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and other academic and support ...

Title: Visualizing COUNTER metrics with SUSHI : exploring Alma Analytics for e-resource evaluation
Author: Boardman, Erika
Subjects--Topical: Library science, Academic libraries, Electronic information resources, Academic libraries--Statistics
Description: Electronic resources are more frequently acquired for library collections, and the need to obtain and analyze e-resource usage data for collection decisions is a key component to the day-to-day work for e-resource librarians. The ability to effect...