Browsing by Author "Maxson, Bronwen K."

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    The Boolean is Dead, Long Live the Boolean! Natural Language versus Boolean Searching in Introductory Undergraduate Instruction
    (2017) Lowe, M. Sara; Maxson, Bronwen K.; Stone, Sean M.; Miller, Willie; Snajdr, Eric; Hanna, Kathleen A.
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    Boolean Redux: Performance of Advanced versus Simple Boolean Searches and Implications for Upper-Level Instruction
    (2020) Lowe, M. Sara; Stone, Sean M.; Maxson, Bronwen K.; Snajdr, Eric; Miller, Willie
    Building off an earlier study, which examined whether or not it was beneficial to teach Boolean logic to introductory students, the present study examines the efficacy of Boolean OR searching in more advanced search strategies, for example, capstone projects and graduate theses and dissertations. Results show that both simple and advanced Boolean searches yield relevant results. Based on relevance, there is no compelling evidence that either search is superior. To capture all the literature on a topic, however, it is important that upper-level students know the relevant databases for their discipline and perform multiple searches. Results can help inform whether teaching Boolean search skills to upper-division students in disciplinary contexts is time well spent.
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    Does Course Guide Design Impact Student Learning?
    (2018-06) Stone, Sean M.; Lowe, M. Sara; Maxson, Bronwen K.
    Course and research guides are a common tool of teaching librarians, expanding the reach of instruction sessions. Traditionally these guides were designed in a pathfinder-style with lists of resources by type (e.g., websites, books, etc.). Guides can also be designed pedagogically, where the guide walks a student through the research process. This paper reports the results of a pilot Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) A/B study that examined whether guide type had an impact on student learning. Results indicate students using the pedagogical guide may learn and retain Information Literacy concepts better than students using the pathfinder guide.
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    From Coast to Coast: A New Librarian's Summer of Professional Development
    (Western European Studies Section (ACRL), 2015-10-12) Maxson, Bronwen K.
    This fall, I have begun my second year as the liaison librarian for the English Department and Spanish Program at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI). I spent my first summer traveling from coast to coast to attend four different professional gatherings. I will summarize my experiences and highlight my major takeaways from the following: • LOEX (conference) • SALALM (conference) • International and Area Studies Workshop (ALA pre-conference workshop, sponsored by SALALM, WESS, and CRL) • ACRL Immersion (teacher track)
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    Improving the Experience of International Students at IUPUI University Library
    (2016-11-09) Maxson, Bronwen K.; Lee, Yoo Young; Jafari, May; Añino, Alicia
    The population of international students has significantly increased at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) in the last five years. They have enriched campus life in terms of culture and diversity. Part of the IUPUI strategic plans is to strengthen internationalization efforts including curriculum internationalization and building a global campus. However, the IUPUI University Library (UL) had not taken steps to provide them with customized services or targeted information literacy instruction because no difference regarding library needs of domestic and international students was assumed. This poster will highlight a journey to developing library services for international students at IUPUI University Library, so that other academic libraries who are interested can benefit from our success and failure. This journey started from forming International Students Working Group with faculty librarians and library staff. The Group has collaborated with other units on campus to identify gaps in services and training. In addition, the Group has conducted informal surveys to solicit their needs and satisfaction which will be presented in the poster. The Group will share their experience in partnership with other units, outreach, different services developed for international students in the poster.
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    IUPUI University Library Peer Teaching Curriculum
    (2019) Lowe, M. Sara; Macy, Katharine V.; Maxson, Bronwen K.; Miller, Willie; Stone, Sean M.
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    A liaison’s role in implementing an open access policy on campus
    (2015-06-15) Maxson, Bronwen K.
    As a new subject liaison librarian, I arrived at IUPUI in the fall when our “Harvard-model” Open Access (OA) policy was passed. Our institutional repository, ScholarWorks, has existed for several years, but now the opt-out policy requires faculty authors to deposit copies of their manuscripts for scholarly articles that were published on or after Oct. 7, 2014. Liaison librarians are contributing to this process through usability testing for a new submission portal for articles, educating faculty about our repository and policy, preparing and uploading manuscripts and contacting publishers for permissions to disseminate work. I will talk about the confusion, questions, and support this change has generated on campus. I will also speak about the impact on my faculty members in terms of receiving personal recognition, inquiries and collaboration requests, and numbers of downloads. I am an advocate for open access and I have shared my own work through the repository.
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    Librarians Versus the Machine: Leveraging Faculty Relationships to Increase Open Access Participation
    (2016-09-23) Pike, Caitlin; Maxson, Bronwen K.
    Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) wanted to determine how liaison librarian intervention affected faculty participation in an Open Access (OA) Policy as compared to generic communication by the Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS). Liaison guidance for the OA policy participation was piloted with promising results in the School of Nursing. Using the pilot as a model, a working group was formed to determine how liaison librarians should be involved in the new, faculty-adopted OA Policy. Based on the Harvard Model, the OA Policy followed an opt-out style, meaning that scholarly output is included by default unless the author explicitly chooses not to contribute. Successful open access policy implementations at other universities show that author participation increases when library staff and faculty help to design and deploy the service. The charter group tested a workflow designed by the CDS, and offered guidance for refining this workflow and related OA services. During this trial period, faculty participation rates from the sample liaison group and the CDS were tracked and compared, which determined that librarian relationships with faculty members did result in higher participation rates.
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    Librarians Versus the Machine: Leveraging Faculty Relationships to Increase Open Access Participation
    (The International Institute of Knowledge Management, 2016-09-23) Maxson, Bronwen K.; Pike, Caitlin
    Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) wanted to determine how liaison librarian intervention affected faculty participation in an Open Access (OA) Policy as compared to generic communication by the Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship (CDS). Liaison guidance for the OA policy participation was piloted with promising results in the School of Nursing. Using the pilot as a model, a working group was formed to determine how liaison librarians should be involved in the new, faculty-adopted OA Policy. Based on the Harvard Model, the OA Policy followed an out-put style, meaning that scholarly output is included by default unless the author explicitly chooses not to contribute. Successful open access policy implementations at other universities show that author participation increases when library staff and faculty help to design and deploy the service. The charter group tested a workflow designed by the CDS, and offered guidance for refining this workflow and related OA services. During this trial period, faculty participation rates from the sample liaison group and the CDS were tracked and compared, which determined that librarian relationships with faculty members did result in higher participation rates.
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    Meet Them Where They Are: Digital Information Literacy Resources
    (ALA Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT), 2017-02-17) Lowe, M. Sara; Maxson, Bronwen K.
    IUPUI University Library has recently expanded our online Information Literacy (IL) presence to create a more robust, uniform suite of resources. The tools are intended to meet students at their point of need, both in and outside of class. There are: self-guided tutorials which include Canvas quizzes; YouTube videos; Library DIY (providing just-in-time succinct help); pedagogical-style course guides; and subject-specific library guides embedded in Canvas. This presentation will cover the robust suite of online resources University Library has developed and adapted, noting how other campuses can utilize them, highlighting lessons we’ve learned as well as our process for assessing effectiveness.