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STELLA 2020 Voting for Discussion Topics
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DATA
Skills we wish we knew before starting in the field
Intro to Data Management
Teaching data skills to undergraduates etc
Researcher support (data management, grant app process, bibliometrics, etc)
The best data visualization tools and which ones libraries teach users
Programs/workshops libraries are doing in this area
Partnerships with other units also interested in this area (research centers, grant support centers, etc...)
METRICS
The basic types of assessment
Alternative methods of measuring impact such as outreach and community projects
Communicating library impact to administration
Assessing your library instruction program
Analyzing well known citation metrics: what they do measure, what they don't, and what they can't
Methods of effectively collecting/using altmetrics with more traditional citation impact metrics
Dashboards (could go in Collections category too)
Discussing how different systems such as WoS, Scopus, Google Scholar, calculate metrics (i.e. why does Scopus show X citations but WoS shows X-3 and GS shows X+4 ?)
Usage/Journal Metrics on Microsoft Academic v. Google Scholar
How to use bibliometrics tools
OUTREACH
Successful and unsuccessful engagement opportunities
Incorporating DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) in outreach
Communicating our role as STEM librarians
Reaching beyond our disciplinary communities, what role can librarians play in increasing STEM literacy and combating anti-science rhetoric
Supporting STEM pipeline programs for K-12 students
How to reach out/talk to faculty, when library higher ups are communicating directly with deans
Digital marketing and embracing social media
Digital marketing of resources and services to faculty. Getting the department chair and deans involved.
How do we support a larger community of researchers (unaffiliated, community members, guests/visitors)?
How to build relationships with faculty and staff in academia
INSTRUCTION AND INFORMATION LITERACY
Previous teaching experience necessary?
Library-specific instruction necessary?
Incorporating DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) in instruction and information literacy
Incorporating student engagement into remote instruction (synchronous and asynchronous)
Active learning in an online environment
Tutorials and other online/digital teaching tools/objects
Designing effective research assignments
Disciplinary specific models of IL
What do library research assignments look like in lab or math classes
Teaching science communication topics
The intersection of mis/disinformation and science and the growing anti-science movement
How to determine how much teaching support is necessary for tools & skills like Overleaf, LaTeX
how to make instruction in-roads with depts that think library instruction is mainly for the humanities
Developing courses outside of the library/introducing Info Lit through "regular" classes
Suggestions to take to deparements for strengthening IL component of curriculum
Information literacy within scientific/public health/pandemic news
Integrating patent education into STEM library instruction- who is doing it? How are you handilng it?
Information literacy instruction in capstone courses/design projects
Basic instructional design
RESEARCH
Research as part of the job or research as a personal enrichment activity?
Finding Journals to publish in
Topics of research related to STEM librarianship
Research networking - finding collaborators and building up a research interest
What data would be helpful for people to have to do research
What questions would you most like answered
How to get started with publishing a research article/mentorship opportunities for first time publishers
Establishing boundaries with faculty (on co-authored papers)
Balancing literature searches with other responsibilities
Research infrastructure for librarians (How is it different from disciplinary faculty, if it is? What resources do we need to be successful as researchers?)
COLLECTIONS AND SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATIONS
Supporting open science inititiatives (with funding or outreach)
Communicating with departments re: collections, Big Deals, subscriptions, Transformative Agreements, etc
Determining and exhibiting the importance of older collections and material
Where do new forms of media, often non-physical and liable to disappearing, fit into our collections (e.g. podcasts, social media feeds, blogs [ok, so those are not that new]), and what is our responsibility to make sure they survive
Role of video & documentaries & case studies in STEM collections
Collection analysis projects, understanding your campus output with Web of Science/Dimensions/database tools
OER, open education and open access within the STEM field
How to stay engaged w/ literature when collections responsibilities are removed from your portfolio
The role of technology (software, equipment, etc) within collections
Meeting needs while reining in the Big Deal and the high costs of STEM content
How to talk to STEM faculty hesitant to engage in Open Access
How to support faculty, researchers in satisfying their broader/societal impacts criteria (NSF grants, others requiring public reporting)
Virtual lab resources that are OERs or low-cost
High quality OER textbooks for math and computer science classes
Buying standards
Research lifecycle work (ORCID, funder mandates, SciEncv, NSF+)
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION and ACCESS (DEIA) IN STEM
How to address when we're not invited into the classroom
Making extracurricular connections
The state of the current conversation with respect to DEIA and STEM
Example diversity/equity topics or issues to embed into info lit in STEM classes, LibGuides, collection development, and displays
How to approach diversifying without the real or percieved problem of tokenism
How to be involved in
https://www.aps.org/programs/innovation/fund/idea.cfm
with your Physics department
Assessing bias in STEM collections
Critical librarianship within STEM Libraries
How can we begin the effort of decolinizing STEM collections and library practices
INTRODUCTORY LEVEL CAREER
Science Refresher - how have things changed?
Tenure-track advice
How much knowledge of STEM areas needed in order to be a successful STEM librarian (asking as someone with a non-science bachelor's major)
MID-CAREER+
Strategy for someone changing careers to become a science librarian
Crash course for science librarians with little science background
Getting leadership and management/supervisory experience if you can't be a formal manager/supervisor at your org
How can science librarians advance in their careers? what does advancement look like?
TECHNOLOGY
Handy tools and software
When to determine need is sufficient for a Tool Collection - & relationship with Makerspace functions
Comparing online learning tools such as WebEx, Zoom, MS Teams for synchronous and asynchronous info lit
How to quickly become up to date on new (or old) technologies
Project management tools and data privacy issues
makerspace programming
AR/VR/MR and 3d printing maker spaces in your library
Artifiical Intelligence in the library
Basic UNIX
COVID-19
Outreach and engagement in a virtual environment
How to scale more individual consultations
How to do successful outreach when starting in a new job at a fully remote library
Setting boundaries for work-life balance with your supervisor
Tele-reference- using Zoom to staff reference service
Supporting online labs
OTHER
Is familiarity in a STEM discipline necessary before starting in a science librarian, etc role? Pros and cons
Best practices for hiring STEM librarians
When is it best to have all these librarian responsibilties in the position description of a subject librarian vs having functional specialists create a team operation - pros/cons for faculty & user vs those for subject librarian
Planning meaninful programming for library faculty/staff
Job security for science librarians during budget cuts within higher ed
Part-Time STEM Librarianship in a full-time position. How does one learn and balance STEM duties when one is a generalist or primary duties lie elsewhere?
As other science librarians in your library retire and library budgets shrink, how do you handle having their responsibilities put on your plate for a lengthy period of time - maybe even forever?
Panel on similarities/differences between liaison roles for different STEM disciplines
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