Online Northwest 2022 took place virtually. Recordings of each of the presentations are linked below.
Keynote
OER|EDI + Social Justice on Your College Campus
Presenters
- Angelique Carson, Washington Research Library Consortium
Abstract
In her keynote address, Angelique Carson, Shared Collections Librarian at Washington Research Library Consortium, acknowledges that it is a crucial time for Open Educational Resources (OER) and conveys the belief that we cannot meaningfully discuss Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) topics within higher education without including OER. In fact, she emphasizes the importance of centering OER within EDI efforts. She goes on to share inspiring and creative examples of how academic librarians, information specialists, and educators are addressing and advocating for EDI concerns with OER material on their campuses.
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Session 1
Developing Digital Stewardship Training: Reflections from a Collaborative Project to Strengthen Staff Skills
Presenters
- Dale Musselman, OCLC WebJunction
- Lotus Norton-Wisla, Washington State University
Abstract
We will discuss an IMLS-funded project to develop online digital stewardship training for staff of tribal archives, libraries, museums, and small public libraries, adapted from curriculum from WSU’s Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation.
The project team considered prevalent notions of openness and neutrality, and reflected on how practices around digitization, discovery, and access may perpetuate dispossession and erasure of traditional knowledge. We encourage learners to incorporate responsible, ethical approaches when collaborating with others and including diverse cultural heritage materials in their digital collections.
We will share relevant learnings from the project, courses, and the work of the CDSC.
Learning Outcomes
- Attendees will learn about considerations and resources to support responsible, ethical approaches to digital stewardship and digital collections projects.
- Attendees will learn about practices for working respectfully with tribal archives, libraries, and museums (TALMs) from cultural heritage professionals who have engaged in collaborative projects with them.
- Attendees will learn about the content and resources offered by WebJunction’s Digital Stewardship Training Courses for TALMs and Small Public Libraries and know how to access these freely available online courses.
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Equity and Open Education Cohort Model for Faculty and Teaching and Learning Support
Presenters
- Amy Hofer, Portland State University
- Jen Klaudinyi, Portland Community College
Abstract
This session will describe the Equity and Open Education Faculty Cohort professional development course, originally designed by Jen Klaudinyi at Portland Community College, and scaled statewide in collaboration with Open Oregon Educational Resources. A new version of the course aimed at participants in support roles, such as librarians, instructional designers, accessibility services, will launch in Spring 22. The central insight of the course is that faculty often assume that their course is more equitable when they adopt affordable materials, but an open license does not ensure an equity lens, including universal design, cultural relevance, and diverse perspectives.
Learning Outcomes
Attendees will consider the intersection of open education and EDI.
Attendees will be aware of professional development opportunities for faculty and support roles in Oregon.
Attendees will access openly licensed materials that can be adopted/adapted at their own institution.
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Introduction to PubMed Central
Presenters
- Emily Hamstra, Network of the National Library of Medicine, Region 5
Abstract
PubMed Central (PMC) is a database of over 6 million free, full-text articles from the 1700s to the present in the biomedical sciences. PMC is maintained by the National Library of Medicine and is freely available online (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/). PMC includes Open Access articles, preprint articles, author manuscripts, and more. This presentation will explore how to use PMC, cover content you can expect to find in PMC, discuss and define Open Access articles, preprint articles, and author manuscripts in PMC, and will explain the relationship between PMC and the biomedical database PubMed.
Learning Outcomes
- Use PubMed Central (PMC) to find free, full-text articles in the biomedical sciences
- Describe the content within PMC, including Open Access articles, author manuscripts, and preprint articles
- Discuss the relationship between the biomedical databases PubMed and PMC
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Learn-STATIC: Innovative Digital Humanities Pedagogy With Static Web Technologies
Presenters
- Olivia Wikle, University of Idaho
- Evan Williamson, University of Idaho
- Kate Thornhill, University of Oregon Libraries
- Gabriele Hayden, University of Oregon Libraries
Abstract
Static web technologies offer an exciting opportunity for Digital Humanities instructors to incorporate transferable digital literacy skills into the classroom, while producing low-cost, low-maintenance web projects that are sustainable even for institutions with limited resources. These tools spur students to learn transferable data management and digital literacy skills, and their open nature strengthens instructors' control over classroom web projects. This presentation will introduce the NEH-funded Learn-STATIC initiative, which aims to make static web technologies more accessible for students and instructors alike through open-source learning sequences that contain reusable code stored in GitHub repositories, example lesson plans, and documentation.
Learning Outcomes
- Attendees can expect a general introduction to static web technology
- Attendees will gain an overview of how librarians and faculty at the University of Idaho and University of Oregon utilize static web technologies for creating sustainable Digital Humanities projects that also teach students transferable technical skills
- Attendees will learn about where to find templates, documentation, and community support for static web Digital Humanities projects
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Lending a Hand: The Library’s Role in Supporting Open Pedagogy
Presenters
- Robin Jeffrey, Olympic College
Abstract
Open pedagogy doesn't have to live only in the classroom - it can be supported by the library and by librarians! Come to this presentation to learn what open pedagogy is, the benefits of open pedagogy for faculty and students, and how librarians and libraries can help support and integrate the creation and use of open educational resources built by students for students.
Learning Outcomes
After attending this presentation attendees should leave with:
- a basic understanding of open pedagogy
- a basic understanding of the benefits of open pedagogy
- ideas for supporting open pedagogy through the library
- ideas for integrating open pedagogy into their own library work
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Open-Source Archives West: Replacing a Proprietary XML Database with BaseX
Presenters
- Tamara Marnell, Orbis Cascade Alliance
Abstract
Since 2007 the Orbis Cascade Alliance has operated Archives West: a centralized repository of over 42,000 finding aids from institutions across six western states. The Alliance recently replaced the proprietary software used to index finding aids for searching and browsing, Ixiasoft TEXTML, with the open-source project BaseX. This presentation will provide an introduction of BaseX and how it can be used to create fulltext-searchable databases from large collections of XML documents.
Learning Outcomes
What is BaseX, what are the technologies and skill sets needed to implement it, and what are good use cases for the application
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Using the Web of Science to Create a Retrospective Faculty Scholarship Collection
Presenters
- Maura Valentino, Central Washington University
- Daniel Levy, Central Washington University
Abstract
While faculty often understand the benefits of publishing in an institutional repository, they often cannot find the time or feel too technically overwhelmed to upload their articles. At Central Washington University we used the Web of Science to locate articles published by faculty and uploaded those articles into the IR. This has resulted in a nearly complete collection of the Scholarship created by CWU faculty.
Learning Outcomes
Participants will learn:
- How to implement a similar project for their own IR
- What resources are required for such a project
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Session 2
Lightning Talk: From Raising Awareness to Establishing Negotiating Principles: A Model for Promoting Open Scholarly Communication
Presenters
- Zach Welhouse, Oregon State University
Abstract
This talk introduces one model for promoting campus-wide support of open and sustainable scholarship principles, which a library can use in negotiations with publishers and vendors. It follows the formation of the library-based Open & Sustainable Scholarly Communication group and its faculty advisory committee through its tasks.
These tasks include: Surveying faculty on their attitudes toward Open scholarship, raising campus awareness of Open scholarship, and developing a reasonable set of principles that support our commitment to Open.
Learning Outcomes
- Attendees will learn about common faculty reactions to open publishing;
- Attendees will explore one model for discussing open scholarly communication at an institutional level;
- Attendees will leave with suggested resources for promoting open scholarship at their own institutions.
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Lightning Talk: Researchers like Money: Library Funding to Support Open Access Publishing via Article Processing Fees
Presenters
- Miriam Rigby, University of Oregon
- Franny Gaede, University of Oregon
Abstract
Open Access publishing is publishing, and it costs money. At the UO Libraries, one of the ways we are supporting OA publishing though a pilot Article Processing Charge Fund. It is designed to support all researchers - from undergraduates to faculty to staff - in publishing their work in fully open access journals and books. Now in its second year, we can share what works, difficulties we’ve encountered, ways we are expanding financial support for open access publishing, and how this program has facilitated advocacy for open access.
Learning Outcomes
- Attendees will be able to articulate the types of open access publishing they would be interested in supporting
- Attendees will be able to retrieve information about open access publications from reputable resources
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Session 3
Defending Your Rights: Author Agreements and Open Access
Presenters
- Holly Gabriel, Southern Oregon University
- Thomas A. Dodson, Southern Oregon University
Abstract
Disseminating scholarly activities can be a complex field to navigate for both librarians and faculty. This session will advise attendees regarding how to maintain authors’ rights when publishing scholarly work. We will explore several journal copyright transfer agreements to highlight authors’ rights to share their work openly, such as in their campus institutional repositories. The presenters will showcase the SHERPA/RoMEO database as well as SPARC’s online author addenda tools to locate publisher’s policies. Attendees will also learn the benefits of sharing scholarly work openly together with tips for negotiating with publishers.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand and evaluate copyright transfer agreements when publishing in a journal
- Learn how to find and examine a journal’s standard copyright and authors’ rights policies
- Discover the benefits of retaining authors’ rights and making work freely available
- Gain tips to negotiate authors’ rights with publishers
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Doing Open Digital Stewardship in the Digital Humanities: Digital Scholarship Research Consultations for Graduate Students and Faculty
Presenters
- Kate Thornhill, University of Oregon Libraries
Abstract
University of Oregon graduate students and faculty come to UO Libraries Digital Scholarship Services for open digital humanities research consultations. They either find the department through the Digital Research, Education, and Media Lab’s website, research grant-funded initiatives, word of mouth from UO peers, or Office of the Vice President for Research & Innovation, graduate advisors, or UO archivists and librarian recommendations. This presentation foregrounds the digital stewardship theory and practices that are core to working with researchers who contribute to the open digital humanities. The consultation strategies used by DSS will be shared so other academic libraries can use them.
Learning Outcomes
Learners can recognize information, digital, archival, and data literacies that are identified by the presenter.
Learners can discuss library and information science disciplinary issues that are missing from academic research grant ideations and implementations.
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Ebooks & Accessibility
Presenters
- Thomas A. Dodson, Southern Oregon University
Abstract
EPUB 3.0, the current standard for eBooks, and has a number of features that make it more accessible to readers with disabilities than previous formats. In this talk I'll demonstrate how to crack open an EPUB3 and look at the code inside. I'll show some simple techniques for making eBooks more accessible using HTML: ARIA attributes to make generic tags more specific and provide landmarks to help assistive technologies to navigate the book, more semantic tags to make sure screen readers read text aloud properly, long and extended descriptions to communicate the meaning of complex images, and a method to allow users of assistive tech to be literally "on the same page" as print readers.
Learning Outcomes
- Gain knowledge of eBook formats and why they're not equally accessible
- Become familiar with the structure of EPUBs "under the hood."
- Learn HTML techniques to make eBooks more accessible for persons with disabilities (techniques which can also be used for general web content).
- Learn what to ask for to get more accessible eBooks from vendors and publishers.
- Know where to find resources on eBook accessibility.
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Embedded Librarian Shines a Light on “Grey Literature” for Informing Organizational Change
Presenters
- Tiffany Coulson, Altera
Abstract
As the use of “grey literature” becomes more accepted as a legitimate means of informing the implementation of timely research, librarians may become information resources much needed by grant writers, researchers, policy makers and innovative non-profits. Accessibility and timing are at issue for many change makers in a time where innovation and action are needed ahead of the constraints of academic research. This session will introduce ways in which organizational assessments may be quickly translated into real-time research which informs action. Real-world experiences in libraries and non-profits, accessible methodologies and resources for finding and citing non-traditional research will be presented.
Learning Outcomes
A better understanding of "grey literature" in research.
How open access resources can be included in “grey literature”
Acceptable methodologies that support timely, actionable research.
Ways in which librarians can help guide organizations to accessible use of collected research.
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Open Access to Expertise with Humanities Washington’s Speakers Bureau
Presenters
- Asia Lara, Humanities Washington
- Stone Addington, Humanities Washington
Abstract
In the context of open librarianship, access to information is critical, but raw information benefits from contextualization, exploration, and, ultimately, the guidance of an expert. Expertise, however, is typically sequestered in university and college campuses, with little outreach to outside communities.
Asia Lara and Stone Addington present on how Humanities Washington’s Speakers Bureau, an open educational resource for libraries to democratize access to expertise, grow and diversify audiences, and deepen connections with their communities. This program provides free public humanities presentations statewide from engaging scholars, artists, culture bearers, at little to no charge for hosting organizations.
Learning Outcomes
Conference participants will leave with the following:
- An understanding of the access problem in relation to expertise;
- An overview of the Speakers Bureau program and its ability to improve access, produce impactful conversations, while saving time and resources for libraries and other host organizations;
- An understanding of how to easily bolster their existing programming through a streamlined and easy hosting process;
- A list of over 30 speakers who are willing to travel across the state to hosting. communities or lead discussions virtually.
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Wait, You Don’t Have an Open Access Policy?: Passing an OA Policy in 2021
Presenters
- Miriam Rigby, University of Oregon
- Franny Gaede, University of Oregon
- Catherine Flynn-Purvis, University of Oregon
- David Condon, University of Oregon
Abstract
Twenty years after passing a resolution supporting open access, the University of Oregon Faculty Senate passed their first comprehensive Open Scholarship Policy. Library personnel and faculty champions collaborated in this enormous effort over two years. This demanded the recognition of new models of scholarship and the development of new workflows leveraging the institutional repository and other tools. Given faculty hesitancy and uncertainty over mandates and enforcement, significant coalition-building was difficult in the time of COVID-19, but necessary to achieve consensus. We will share our strategies for success and suggestions for how they may be replicated.
Learning Outcomes
- Attendees will be able to identify stakeholders and advocates at their institutions
- Attendees will be able to articulate common concerns of faculty and other campus partners
- Attendees will be able to deconstruct misunderstandings of the term “open access” to advocate at their institutions
- Attendees will be able to adapt a roadmap for their own OA policy success