Online Northwest 2021 took place virtually. Recordings of each of the presentations are linked below.
Keynote
Library Futurisms: Interoperability, Adaptation, and Resilience
Presenters
- Scout Calvert, Association of Research Libraries
Abstract
Dr. Scout Calvert’s recent projects have traced the social aspects of data-centric knowledge production in lay communities of genealogists, livestock breeders, and citizen scientists. Dr. Calvert also investigates data and metadata practices in libraries and among academic researchers, exploring emerging research methods afforded by new forms of data, and informing data policy issues in academic libraries. This month, Scout concludes her term as a Visiting Program Officer at the Association of Research Libraries, where she has been investigating emerging technologies and practices with positive and transformative potential for research and learning.
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Session 1
The Challenge of Dual Credit: Creating Sustainable Library Learning Experiences
Presenters
- Amy Stanforth, Portland State University
- Anders Tobiason, Portland State University
Abstract
In this presentation, we explore strategies for creating customizable asynchronous modules designed to teach foundational research skills to dual credit students. With a focus on multi-modal learning, the modules incorporate a variety of learning experiences within the distinct dual credit environment. Portland State University has multiple dual credit programs across more than one LMS presenting us with the challenge of addressing a variety of curriculum and learning outcomes within one package. Finally, we will discuss how an Open ethos helped to shape the project and the final outcome, an Open Educational Resource, and our next steps for the project.
Learning Outcomes
- Investigate the challenges of creating customizable learning content for dual credit programs across multiple LMSs
- Apply an Open lens to content creation to foster academic confidence among novice researchers
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When the Questions Have the Answers: Leveraging Online Reference to Understand User Experience
Presenters
- Alyssa Deutschler, University of Washington Seattle
- Anne Pepitone, University of Washington Seattle
Abstract
UW Libraries already had a longstanding practice of using online reference interactions to understand how users interact with our systems.When the pandemic forced us to close our physical libraries in March, the value of this practice was made even clearer. This presentation will describe how feedback from chat has allowed us to pinpoint areas of confusion about rapidly changing services and policies, informed changes to our website, and been used as evidence to document usability problems for (sometimes) skeptical vendors. We will also discuss how increased cooperation between systems and online reference staff at UW Libraries have resulted in valuable synergies.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand how chat transcripts can illustrate user pain points in your online systems;
- Identify ways to use chat transcripts to create user studies
- Consider how systems and reference staff can partner on usability efforts
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Session 2
Choose Your Own Education: Interactive Fiction and Online Instruction
Presenters
- Stewart C. Baker, Western Oregon University
Abstract
As online instruction becomes more widespread, librarians will need to understand how to create effective web-based learning resources that can be accessed by students at any time. Although short video tutorials and traditional library web guides have a decades-long history, this presentation will focus on how to create interactive text-based resources that are part game and part self-serve instruction session. Rather than discussing 'gamification,' the presentation will explore Interactive Fiction (IF), a genre of text-based games, and will provide attendees with practical tools and tips to create their own interactive resource.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this session, attendees will be able to:
- articulate how interactive web-based resources can increase students' engagement and capacity to learn
- understand the basic concepts of interactive fiction
- locate and use interactive fiction authoring tools to create their own web-based learning resources
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Using Technology to Create Safe Study Spaces during COVID-19
Presenters
- Lucinda Amerman, Oregon State University
- Margaret A. Mellinger, Oregon State University
Abstract
One of the challenges Oregon State University Libraries staff faced when the university decided to re-open the Corvallis campus was determining how to resume services in the Valley Library building in the safest and healthiest way possible. A big question was how to control building access while keeping patrons and staff safe. The answer was opening “by appointment only” with LibCal Seats as our reservation system. In this presentation, we’ll talk about the challenges and the successes of quickly adopting technology that supports both public health and library user needs.
Learning Outcomes
Attendees will learn
- How LibCal Seats is set up by staff and accessed by users.
- What short-term and long-term training staff needs to implement Seats quickly.
- How technology combines with reconfigured spaces and service models to encourage library users adhering to pandemic guidelines.
- How LibCal data supports monitoring occupancy, cleaning protocols and adjusting policy.
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Session 3
Aspirational Equity: An Approach to Online Workshops by the University of Washington Libraries
Presenters
- Elliott Stevens, University of Washington Seattle
- Perry Yee, University of Washington Seattle
- Joanne Chern, University of Washington Seattle
- Melissa Henry, University of Washington Seattle
- Charlotte McGrew, University of Washington Seattle
Abstract
When a crisis occurs, deep inequities are surfaced and revealed. As a response, the University of Washington Libraries adopted an “Online First, Equity First” mindset. It served as the foundation for our work early in the pandemic.
Even before the pandemic, graduate student research and digital scholarship tools have been the focus of programs offered in completely online formats. In this presentation, we will talk about how these programs held up against the pandemic, how these programs have scaled to meet an emergency need, our successes and failures, and where we hope to continue the Online First, Equity First philosophy.
Learning Outcomes
An overview of online-only workshops pre-,during and post-pandemic.
Pedagogical questions regarding online teaching, accessibility and engagement.
Further considerations for aspirational online-first workshop development.
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Demonstrating the Value of Libraries in Academic Research During a Pandemic: An Application of Web-Scraping Based Metrics
Presenters
- Laura Baird, Pacific University
- Lynda Irons, Pacific University
Abstract
Pacific University Libraries strives to provide our researchers with articles, books, and other content to support their research. By analyzing citations from researchers’ publications, we measured the Libraries’ impact on research at our institution. We used the cited references of Pacific-published works, our discovery layer, browser automation, and scripting to find the percentage of Pacific-cited works available through the Libraries. By applying this methodology in 2019, then 2020, we are able to assess the changes in our impact on research at Pacific. We will share our techniques and our metrics-based analysis of library value during a pandemic.
Learning Outcomes
Attendees will learn a methodology to measure library impact on research.
Attendees will learn how this impact changed during the pandemic.
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Session 4
Growing CollectionBuilder: Developing an Agile, Library-Centric Approach to Digital Collections and Scholarship Projects
Presenters
- Olivia Wikle, University of Idaho
- Evan Williamson, University of Idaho
- Devin Becker, University of Idaho
Abstract
Frustrated by the limitations and high overhead of traditional digital repository platforms, librarians at the University of Idaho Library have developed an agile, lightweight approach to creating digital collection websites driven by metadata and powered by static web technologies. This presentation will outline the key technologies and workflows that make up our IMLS-sponsored project CollectionBuilder, which is optimized for non-developers and simple hosting solutions. CollectionBuilder and the methodologies behind it open up new opportunities for collaboration between librarians, researchers, and educators to take true ownership over their digital projects.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand how CollectionBuilder can be used to create digital collection websites or teach digital library concepts.
- Understand the static web development approach and the potential benefits for libraries, librarians, and users.
- Understand how GitHub workflows can be used to facilitate agile development practices.
- Understand how a metadata/data-driven approach supports open data practices and digital preservation
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Re-mix an Open Educational Resource (OER) Textbook to include local and cultural content
Presenters
- Maura Valentino, Central Washington University
Abstract
Learn how to re-mix and Open Educational Resource (OER) textbook to include local and cultural content. Adding cultural and local content makes a textbook more accessible to students. Students engage better with material to which they can relate more personally. This material is part of a capstone project research guide, for the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) Open Education Leadership program which the presenter completed in the Spring of 2020.
Learning Outcomes
- Learn how to find an OER textbook as a starting point
- Learn where to find local content to add
- Learn where to find cultural to add
- Learn how to add the content to the textbook