Reading the Region 2019-2020: Award -Winning Titles from Around the Region

Reading the Region 2019-2020: Award -Winning Titles from Around the Region is a poster in the 2020 PNLA Virtual Poster Session. We encourage you to engage in discussion by leaving a comment on the page. The author of the poster will respond to comments the week of August 4-7, 2020.

Presenters:

Alaska Julie Niederhauser, Alaska PNLA Representative, Public Library Coordinator, Alaska State Library, Juneau (julie.niederhauser@alaska.gov)
Alberta Jocie Wilson, PNLA YRCA Chair, Manager, Collections and Resource Sharing, Yellowhead Regional Library, Spruce Grove (director@llbcl.ca)
BC Barbara Weston, Manager of Programming and Community Connections, Coquitlam Public Library (bweston@coqlibrary.ca)
Idaho Ellie Dworak, Idaho PNLA Representative, Associate Professor, Scholarly Communications and Data Management Librarian, Albertsons Library, Boise State University (elliedworak@boisestate.edu)
Montana Jan Zauha, Past PNLA President, Humanities & Outreach Librarian, Archives & Special Collections, Montana State University, Bozeman (jzauha@montana.edu)
Washington Jane Lopez-Santillana, Washington PNLA Representative, Interim Managing Librarian, Oak Harbor Library (JLopez-Santillana@sno-isle.org)
Regional Rick Stoddart, PNLA Co-President, Library Assessment Coordinator, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene (ricks@uoregon.edu); Jocie Wilson; & Jan Zauha

Track: Public & School Libraries

Abstract: Overwhelmed by your reading list? Shocked by how minuscule your collections budget is? As readers and as stewards of library collections, we want to spend our book budgets and our time wisely on the very best titles. Join PNLA’s leadership (past and present) to explore award-winning book titles for 2019-2020 from Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, and Washington. Books for all ages and interests will be reviewed in this program. You’ll come away with a great reading list for yourself and your patrons!

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About the Presenter: Jan Zauha, Humanities & Outreach Librarian in Archives & Special Collections, has been a faculty member at Montana State University for 25 years. Her background is in English Lit and her goal is to increase reading in the community. She has led PNLA’s presentation about regional book awards since 2006.

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Love is a Battlefield

Love is a Battlefield is a poster in the 2020 PNLA Virtual Poster Session. We encourage you to engage in discussion by leaving a comment on the page. The author of the poster will respond to comments the week of August 4-7, 2020.

Presenters: Robin Bradford & Nancy Clark

Track: Public Library

Abstract: Our goal is to show why a diverse romance collection is important to the public library, who reads it, and why it matters to your community. And also, we aim to introduce library staff to the broad range of diverse romances available and where to acquire them.

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About the Presenters:
Nancy Clark is a branch manager and former readers’ advisory librarian for Anchorage Public Library. A lifelong Alaskan, she writes contemporary romance novels and hopes for another World Series win for her beloved Chicago White Sox.

Robin Bradford works for the Pierce County Library System in Tacoma, WA. She was recognized as RWA’s 2016 Cathie Linz Librarian of the Year and as a 2018 Library Journal Mover & Shaker.

Collections and Publishing | Public Library

Publishing During the Pandemic: Strengthening Relationships, Removing Barriers, Reaching New Heights

Publishing During the Pandemic: Strengthening Relationships, Removing Barriers, Reaching New Heights is a presentation in the 2020 PNLA Virtual Poster Session. We encourage you to engage in discussion by leaving a comment on the page. The authors of the presentation will respond to comments the week of August 4-7, 2020.

Presenters: Sherry Buchanan & Maika J. Yeigh

Track: Academic Library

Abstract: Library-supported open access journal publishing has been flourishing amidst the pandemic, but we recognize that our work is rapidly evolving and will never be “business as usual” as we extend our services to meet new needs and challenges. Portland State University (PSU) Library has always been empathetic and service-oriented toward journal editors as we provide hosting and technical support, but now we find ourselves going the extra mile for our editors and authors whose lives have been disrupted — doing whatever it takes to maintain sustainable publishing and highlight social justice. Our focus is directly aimed at helping the underdogs and fostering change.

Portland State University offers an online publishing platform and support for five journals and has uploaded content for two conferences during the pandemic. Readership is at an all-time high across the board. Three out of five journals released issues in May 2020, including our undergraduate journal that had been on hiatus since 2017. The other two hosted journals are publishing in summer and fall, along with a special issue from Northwest Journal of Teacher Education set for fall 2020, solely devoted to manuscripts that take a critical, social justice stance on teacher education at this time of the COVID-19 crisis.

This poster provides readership data for all PSU-published journals, highlights events/issues published this year, and offers strategies that the Library and editors have used to serve as scaffolding and net for authors and each other in a time of unprecedented adversity.

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About the Presenters:
Sherry Buchanan, MFA, MSLIS, oversees journals and conferences hosted by PDXScholar, the campus repository, at Portland State University Library. She has twenty years of experience within universities, having worked in the classroom, and for digital initiatives, library technologies, circulation, course reserves, interlibrary loan, reference, and statewide chat. Sherry’s research interests include discovery, accessibility, usability, open access, content strategy, universal design, and data-driven collaborative decision-making.

Maika J. Yeigh, EdD, is an assistant professor in the Curriculum and Instruction Department who teaches secondary education, mainly serving students in the Graduate Teacher Education Program (GTEP). Her research interests include supporting teachers during their induction years and how a stance of teacher inquiry is displayed in the initial years of teaching, as well as how strong clinical partnerships support developing educators. In addition, she is a licensed K-12 reading specialist, with an interest in humane literacy practices that provide adolescent learners with choice and voice in their learning. She has taught in the Portland metro area for over 20 years.

Collections and Publishing | Academic Library

Demonstrating Library Value: A Practical Application of Citation Analysis And Web-Scraping Techniques

Demonstrating Library Value: A Practical Application of Citation Analysis And Web-Scraping Techniques is a poster in the 2020 PNLA Virtual Poster Session. We encourage you to engage in discussion by leaving a comment on the page. The author of the poster will respond to comments the week of August 4-7, 2020.

Presenters: Laura Baird & Lynda Irons

Track: Academic Library

Abstract:To measure the Libraries’ impact on Pacific University researchers, we analyzed citations from their publications. By using the cited references of Pacific-published works from Web of Science, our discovery layer (Primo), browser automation, and scripting, we found that 78.0 percent of Pacific-cited works are available through the Libraries. Free or open source content accounted for 17.3 percent of availability, and 60.7 percent were provided by paid library subscriptions. Our analysis included top journals and databases used as well as the number of unique content in each database or aggregator. We will share our analysis techniques, findings, and practical applications.

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About the Presenters:
Laura Baird is the Systems and Applications Librarian. Her research interests include universal design and accessibility.

Lynda Irons is the Research and Instructional Services Librarian. Her research interests include assessment, demonstration library impact.

Collections and Publishing | Academic Library

What Can OER Advocates Learn From The Traditional Faculty Textbook Adoption Experience?

What Can OER Advocates Learn From The Traditional Faculty Textbook Adoption Experience? is a poster in the 2020 PNLA Virtual Poster Session. We encourage you to engage in discussion by leaving a comment on the page. The author of the poster will respond to comments the week of August 4-7, 2020.

Presenters: Jylisa Doney, & Jessica Martinez, Rick Stoddart

Track: Academic Library

Abstract: Previous research has demonstrated the positive impacts that Open Educational Resources (OER) can have on student retention and learning, but these connections may not be compelling enough to persuade faculty to adopt OER resources in lieu of traditional textbooks and materials. What are OER advocates missing? What could OER advocates do better or differently? To be successful with OER, it is important to understand not only what OER is replicating or replacing in the classroom, but also understand the whole faculty experience around textbook adoption. How do faculty hear about textbooks? How do vendors communicate with faculty? What are faculty expectations when interacting with new textbooks? This poster reports on a campus survey of faculty and their experiences and expectations regarding textbooks adoption. The results of the survey suggest some lessons OER advocates can learn from when interacting with faculty about textbook selection options such as OER.

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About the Presenters:

Jylisa Doney (jylisadoney@uidaho.edu) is the Social Sciences Librarian at the University of Idaho.

Jessica Martinez (jessicamartinez@uidaho.edu) is the Science Librarian at the University of Idaho.

Rick Stoddart (ricks@uoregon.edu) is the Assessment Coordinator at University of Oregon.

We are all OER advocates.

Collections and Publishing | Academic Library

Diversity Audit Power

Diversity Audit Power is a poster in the 2020 PNLA Virtual Poster Session. We encourage you to engage in discussion by leaving a comment on the page. The author of the poster will respond to comments the week of August 4-7, 2020.

Presenter: Kathleen Story, Eastlake High School (WA) & Brian Hanser, Follett School Solutions

Track: Public & School Libraries

Abstract: Learn about the power of doing a diversity audit for your school library collection. How can data inform our practice as agents of change in the world of education and information access? We can make our collections accurately reflect the people in our communities and across the globe. We have no control over the actions of others on a large scale, but we can control what we offer to our patrons and students in our libraries. Instead of perpetuating negative stereotypes and harmful tropes our collections can be beacons of own voices stories and authors. Students and patrons deserve to feel included and safe when they browse and search our collections no matter who they are or where they come from. This session can provide some guidance and tools for any librarians looking to start this journey of transforming your collection with the lense of equity. We have the power!

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About the Presenters:
Kathleen Story has been a high school librarian for twelve years in the Pacific Northwest.

Brian Hanser (bhanser@follett.com) is a sales consultant for Follett and has worked with Kathleen and other librarians in Washington State school districts to improve their collections, especially for equity and diversity.

Chat with the Presenters:
Kathleen and Brian will be available to chat in real time via comments, Friday, August 7, 8:00am-3:00pm (Pacific time). Can’t make it during these times? Don’t worry! Leave a comment and they will get back to you.

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