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2022 report on the experiences of Black students at Atkins Library
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Author
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Moore, Jon, Croxton, Rebecca A., Davis, Tiffany, Krumbine, Tracie, Ornat Bitting, Natalie, Perry, Crystal
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Academic libraries, College students, Black, Anti-racism
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Description
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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...
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2023 report on the experiences of neurodivergent students at Atkins Library
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Author
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Moore, Jon, Barbour, Triston
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Academic libraries, Neurodiversity
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Description
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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...
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8 reasons researchers should use the GetFTR browser extension
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Author
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Boardman, Erika
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Academic libraries, Communication in learning and scholarship
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Description
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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...
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Artivism, virtual workshops, and the pandemic
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Author
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Bennett, Adreonna
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Social justice, Photography, COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-), Academic libraries, Internet videoconferencing
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Description
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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...
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Beyond assumptions : using design thinking to build better library employee training
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Author
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Bess, Marc
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Employees--Training of, Academic libraries
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Description
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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...
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Braving our blind spots : using a virtual book discussion group to continue conversations on implicit bias in libraries
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Author
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Harris, Ryan, Jones, Shannon, Bartley, Kelsa, DeSantis, Melissa, Jason, Don, Rios, Dede
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Subjects--Topical
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Academic libraries, Diversity in higher education, Book clubs (Discussion groups)
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Description
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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...
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Client/provider relationship: Library as client and art students as provider
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Author
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Rinalducci, Jenna
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Subjects--Topical
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Art, Correspondence schools and courses, Arts, Teaching, Academic libraries, Mural painting and decoration
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Description
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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...
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Conversations that matter : engaging library employees in DEI and cultural humility reflection
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Author
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Lampkowski, Christin, Truesdale, Angel, Looby, Kimberly, Moore, Abby
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Subjects--Topical
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Academic libraries, Multiculturalism, Cultural competence, Career development
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Description
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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...
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Creating an online scientific art exhibit formatted for people with a visual impairment
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Author
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Sorrell, Melanie, Norton, Derek R., McAdams, Jeff, Winterling, Rachael, Dipple, Kathleen
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Subjects--Topical
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People with visual disabilities, Accessible Web sites for people with disabilities, Academic libraries
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Description
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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...
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Creating co-curricular and extracurricular engagement pathways for timely degree completion
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Author
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Croxton, Rebecca A., Moore, Anne Cooper
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Student activities, Academic libraries
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Description
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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...
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Culture of collaborative creation
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Author
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McAdams, Jeff, Lake, Savannah
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Internet videoconferencing, Academic libraries
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Description
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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...
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Extending our reach : integrating librarians and library resources into Canvas
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Author
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Auten, Beth, Croxton, Rebecca A., Tingelstad, Catherine
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Embedded librarians, Academic libraries
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Description
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A team of librarians developed and implemented a plan to create coordinated library access for all students through the Canvas learning management system. Partnering with campus information technology services, librarians developed a specialized r...
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From matriculation to graduation : alignment of library data with university metrics to quantify library value
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Author
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Croxton, Rebecca A., Moore, Anne Cooper
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Subjects--Topical
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Libraries and students, Academic libraries, Longitudinal studies, Prediction of scholastic success
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Description
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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...
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How do we publish when our work is collaborative and everyone's too busy?
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Author
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Caruso, Beth
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Academic libraries, Scholarly publishing
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Description
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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 ...
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Implementation of FAST in two digital repositories : breaking silos, unifying subject practices
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Author
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Nicholson, Joseph, Lake, Savannah
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Subjects--Topical
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FAST subject headings, Metadata, Academic libraries
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Description
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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...
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In-person, remote, or hybrid? Planning a conference that works for all
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Author
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Binder, Amanda, Lake, Savannah
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Career development, Internet videoconferencing, Academic libraries
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Description
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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,...
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Inter-institutional mobile hotspot lending program handbook
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Author
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Croxton, Rebecca A., Price, Bob, McCallister, Kelly, Dusto, David, McLellan, Amanda, Bourne, Brandy, Collogan, Jessica, Brown, Wanda Kay
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Academic libraries, Web-based instruction, Internet access
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Description
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This handbook outlines key components of a inter-institutional mobile hotspots lending model that was developed as a collaborative initiative between seven University of North Carolina System institutions. The project was made possible by grant fu...
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Legacy ETDs with legacy problems : changing ETD workflows to improve discoverability
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Author
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Nicholson, Joseph, Lake, Savannah
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Electronic dissertations, Academic libraries, Metadata
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Description
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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...
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Libraries : spaces to experience and reflect on digital games
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Author
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Sorrell, Melanie, Bahamon, Julio Cesar, Price, Bob
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Subjects--Topical
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Academic libraries, Computer science--Study and teaching (Higher), University cooperation, Computer games
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Description
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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...