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  • Digital Records and Curation
    • New Challenges, New Solutions: How Government Agencies Can Effectively Manage Records Created Using New Social Media Tools

      PI: Dr. Patricia Franks

      Dr. Patricia Franks, an associate professor with the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science, examined use of social media tools by government agencies. Federal agencies are capitalizing on the popularity of social media to foster collaboration and citizen participation. While social media use offers clear benefits, there are associated risks, including privacy and security issues. Managers must identify records, determine what to do with material created by citizens, and use limited resources to manage increasingly limitless online content. Dr. Franks' report describes existing social media initiatives, explores why some agencies restrict use, and provides recommended best practices for managing social media records. Her report provides a framework for understanding records management issues in a Web 2.0 world for agency records managers, web masters, chief information officers, and social media offices.
      Read more about SJSU SLIS students who served as research assistants:

    • Public Records - Public Trust: Reclaiming History

      PI: Dr. Patricia Franks

      Dr. Patricia Franks, an associate professor with the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science, examined the challenges of safeguarding our nation's historical documents. She studied data regarding lost or stolen historical public documents, as well as reclaimed records, along with the laws enacted to address this issue. She developed a virtual exhibit presenting her findings, sharing knowledge regarding how to secure public records, how to reclaim missing records, and the legal aspects of this issue.

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  • Information Access and Use
    • VOYA’s YA Spaces of Your Dreams Collection

      PI: Dr. Anthony Bernier

      Dr. Anthony Bernier is Associate Professor at San José State University’s School of Library and Information Science. This collection is the comprehensive assembly of every library YA space ever profiled in VOYA’s (Voice of Youth Advocates) pioneering and regular “YA Spaces of Your Dream” feature appearing in nearly every issue between 1999 and 2010. The forty-six YA spaces profiled contain detailed descriptions, photos, and commentary on small, medium, and large public and school libraries across the United States, including libraries with large as well as more modest budgets. Dr. Bernier’s nine-page introductory essay places the progressive and still-experimental nature of these spaces into the context of advocacy to advance professional YA LIS service. The introductory essay also begins to ground the topic of YA space in larger contexts by reporting on the survey of these existing library resources and empirically documents how this “spatial turn” produces outcomes that dramatically improve a range of library outcomes in institutions that take YA space equity seriously.

      Read more about SJSU SLIS students who served as research assistants:

    • Social Workers in the Library: A Unique Collaborative Model to Increase Access to Social Services

      PI: Dr. Lili Luo

      Dr. Lili Luo, an assistant professor with the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science, partnered with Dr. Peter Allen Lee, professor with the SJSU School of Social Work, to study how to help library patrons find the information they need regarding local social service resources. They examined a program provided by the San Jose Public Library, known as Social Workers in the Library. This unique collaboration between social work practitioners and information professionals seeks ways to increase access to social services programs and resources by reaching out to library patrons and providing consultation and information regarding local agencies and programs. Luo and Lee examined the efficacy of the program model and assessed additional opportunities to expand the program through new community partnerships, as well as new service delivery models.

    • Evergreen Project
      PI: Dr. Geoffrey Liu

      Article:

      • Liu, G. (2008). School libraries serving rural communities in China: The Evergreen model. School Libraries Worldwide, 14(1), 56-71.

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  • LIS Online Learning
    • Collaborative learning in LIS online education
      PI: Dr. Geoffrey Liu

      Article:

      • Liu, G. (2012). Collaborative learning in LIS online education.
    • Unconventional success: the SJSU colloquium series
      PI: Dr. Anthony Bernier

      Article:

      • Bernier, A. (21 October 2008). Unconventional success: relevance, service, and technical savvy in the SJSU colloquium series. Internet Librarian Conference. Monterey, CA. p. 84-93.

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  • New Literacies and Learning
    • Librarians as disciplinary discourse mediators
      PI: Dr. Michelle Simmons

      Article:

      • Simmons, M. H. (2005). Librarians as disciplinary discourse mediators: Using genre theory to move toward critical information literacy. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 5(3), 297-311. (Named the Ilene F. Rockman Instruction Publication of the Year and one of the LIRT Top 20 Instruction Articles by the ACRL Library Instruction Round Table) 
    • CAVAL Project
      PI: Dr. Michael Stephens, 2009 CAVAL Visiting Scholar in Australia

      Articles:

      • Stephens, M., & Cheetham, W. (2011). "The impact and effect of learning 2.0 programs in Australian academic libraries." New Review of Academic Librarianship, 17(1), 31-63.
      • Stephens, M. & Cheetham, W. (2012). "Benefits and results of Learning 2.0: a case study of CityLibrariesLearning --discover*play*connect." Australian Library Journal, 61(1), 6-15.
      • Stephens, M. & Cheetham, W. (2012). "The Impact and effect of Learning 2.0 Programs in Australian public libraries." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 7(1).

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  • Technological Innovation and Change
    • Mannequins and Avatars: Bridging the Clinical Skills Gap with Innovative Nursing Simulations

      Lead SLIS Partner: Dr. Jeremy Kemp

      Dr. Jeremy Kemp, a lecturer with the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science, partnered with faculty from the SJSU School of Nursing to investigate new ways to create engaging and realistic learning experiences for nursing students through the use of virtual world simulations. The team explored how to integrate 3D virtual world simulations into clinical skills lab. They constructed a 3D model of an acute healthcare setting, allowing nursing students to interact with virtual patients and other healthcare providers in computer-based simulations that mimic real-life clinical scenarios. They evaluated how use of simulation technology can enhance student learning.

    • The Catalyst Project: A New Model for Library Residency Programs

      Sponsor: Institute of Museum and Library Services
      PI: Dr. Sandy Hirsh

      Leaders from the School of Library and Information Science at San José State University, along with other national partners, developed a unique post-MLIS residency model, with emerging technology integration as a focal point of the residencies. A white paper published in June 2012 describes the residency model.  The project ended in August 2012.

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