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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: 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: Claims returned process : using our values to improve the service
Author: Boardman, Erika, Norton, Derek R., Miller, Ryan J.
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Library science, Academic libraries, Library circulation and loans
Description: Through collaboration among Collections Maintenance, Circulation, and Technology and Digital Strategies, an online Claims Returned Form was established and has drastically improved the process for claims returned items. Featuring a unique API comp...

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: 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 guest star to director : transitioning from a one-shot model of instruction to a semester-long course on banned books
Author: Ornat Bitting, Natalie
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Academic libraries, Prohibited books
Description: Instruction librarians are experts at developing one-shot instruction sessions where information literacy concepts are explored in little more than an hour. Serving in a “guest star” role, we arrive as expert visitors within a classroom with an al...

Title: How do we publish when our work is collaborative and everyone's too busy?
Author: Caruso, Beth
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Academic libraries, Scholarly publishing
Description: In the current world of academic librarianship, where collaboration is mainstream and high workloads are commonplace, publishing about collaborative initiatives with colleagues, though ideal, is not always feasible. Sometimes, publishing alone is ...

Title: Implementation of FAST in two digital repositories : breaking silos, unifying subject practices
Author: Nicholson, Joseph, Lake, Savannah
Subjects--Topical: FAST subject headings, Metadata, Academic libraries
Description: This study traces evolving approaches to the use of the FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) in digital repositories at Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where changes in staffing, the launch of an insti...

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: Legacy ETDs with legacy problems : changing ETD workflows to improve discoverability
Author: Nicholson, Joseph, Lake, Savannah
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Electronic dissertations, Academic libraries, Metadata
Description: Atkins Library receives ETD metadata records from ProQuest, delivered in Proquest’s XML standard. This metadata includes student-supplied keywords and controlled terms from ProQuest’s own subject vocabulary—but no terms from the FAST subject vocab...

Title: Libraries : spaces to experience and reflect on digital games
Author: Sorrell, Melanie, Bahamon, Julio Cesar, Price, Bob
Subjects--Topical: Academic libraries, Computer science--Study and teaching (Higher), University cooperation, Computer games
Description: In 2016, a partnership between the J. Murrey Atkins Library and the College of Computing and Informatics at the University of North Carolina Charlotte launched a gaming lab to support the educational needs of computer science students in the Artif...

Title: Planning and coordinating an exhibit of photomicrographic art by science faculty and students in an academic library
Author: Sorrell, Melanie, Joseph, Kenya, Norton, Derek R., Reichard, Sharon, McAdams, Jeff
Subjects--Topical: Academic libraries, Exhibitions, Universities and colleges--Faculty
Description: In 2015, the J. Murrey Atkins Library recruited faculty, staff, alumni, and students to submit digital images of photomicrographic art, which were printed and placed on exhibit in the library’s main lobby. Visualizing Science: Microscopic Images f...

Title: Process mapping as an academic library tool : five steps to improve your workflow
Author: Ornat Bitting, Natalie, Moorefield, Renee K.
Subjects--Topical: Academic libraries, Reengineering (Management)
Description: The academic library is a complex organization whose staff executes numerous processes each day to deliver materials and services in a timely manner to patrons. A process where tasks, information, or documents are passed from one participant to th...

Title: Process mapping for assessment and collaboration in libraries
Author: Ornat Bitting, Natalie
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Academic libraries, Reengineering (Management)
Description: Commonly used in the business world, process mapping is the practice of gathering information on a specific workflow and diagramming it visually, usually in the form of a flowchart. This visual can than be analyzed for process improvement. Besides...