Hackfests, Battlefield Lessons, and Network Visualization: Contributed Papers at SLA 2014

Interested in research and scholarship? Wondering what your peers in SLA have done in these areas, and how you might do it, too?

If so, attend one of the three Contributed Papers sessions at SLA 2014!

Each year, several research papers are chosen through a competitive selection process to be presented at the SLA Annual Conference. A few papers are presented each day, allowing attendees multiple opportunities to hear directly from their peers about experiences they’ve had, research they’ve conducted, and best practices they’ve developed.

Following are this year’s topics, times, and presenters:

Sunday, June 8
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

Lessons from the Battlefield: the Challenges and Evolution of an Embedded Researcher
Leah Swift, R.V. Anderson Associates Ltd., Toronto, Canada

Information Verification in the Age of Digital Journalism
Nora Martin, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Sydney, Australia

Beyond COUNTER Data for Journal Retention Decisions: a Case Study of Chemistry and Biochemistry Periodical Value Metrics at a Research University
Lutishoor Sailsbury, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas

Leaders in Librarianship: Role of Special Libraries Association in Asia
P K Jain, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, India

Monday, June 9
12:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Organizing and Embedding a Library Hackfest into a 1st-Year Course
Sarah Shujah, York University, Toronto, Canada

Citation Study of Faculty Publications in the Department of Marketing and Their Use in identifying and Satisfying Needs at the University
Brittany Tavernaro, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas; Lutishoor Sailsbury, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas

The Game Changer: Developing MITRE’s Environmental Scan Service
Deanna West Martin, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia

Implementation of Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) at a Large Academic Institution
Merle Rosenzweig, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Tuesday, June 10
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Professional Associations as Catalysts for Change through Leadership and Consolidation
Susan Henczel, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Catching up to Corporate: Creating a Data Science Culture in Academia
Jennifer L. Clark, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois; Lori A. Hurley, Chicago, Illinois; Andrea L. Ogier, Virginia Polytechnic University, Blacksburg, Virginia

International Students within our Borders: Looking Back and Moving Forward on Improving Information Literacy and Library Services with Particular Reference to Graduate Engineering Students
Hema Ramachandran, California State University-Long Beach, Long Beach, California

Moving Beyond Borders with Business Information: One Book’s Transformation from Print to Network Visualization
Carissa M. Phillips, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

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