C&RL News November 2018 534 N e w s f r o m t h e F i e l dDavid Free Project Information Literacy releases “How Students Engage with News” research report Project Information Literacy (PIL) has re- leased a new research report, “How Stu- dents Engage with News: Five Takeaways for Educators, Journalists, and Librarians.” Commissioned by ACRL and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the report pres- ents findings about how a sample of U.S. college students gather information and en- gage with news in the digital age. Six recommendations are included for educators, journalists, and librarians working to make students effec- tive news consumers. The findings suggest young adults believe news is valuable to their lives and to society on the whole, and many see social media as an important channel for giving them a voice in the world. Yet, the new digital environment and current political real- ity has made successful navigation extremely dif- ficult. The report, along with supplemental infor- mation, is freely available on the PIL website at www.projectinfolit.org /news_study.html. Value of Academic Libraries Travel Scholarship recipients ACRL is pleased to announce recipients of its second round of Value of Academic Li- braries Travel Scholarships in 2018. These scholarships of up to $2,000 each support librarians presenting on their work demon- strating the impact of academic libraries in the broader landscape of higher education. The selection committee chose three proposals in this competitive round of applica- tions. They are Rebecca A. Croxton (University of North Carolina-Charlotte), Heidi Schroeder (Michigan State University), and Megan E. Welsh (University of Colorado-Boulder). Applications for the next round of scholarships are due Feb- ruary 15, 2019. More information is available on the ACRL website at www.ala.org/acrl/awards /researchawards/valtravel. Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications Joint Statement of Principles The Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC) has re- leased a Joint Statement of Principles to demon- strate the commitment of participating organi- zations to promoting in- volvement, innovation, and expanded access to leadership opportunities that maximize engage- ment across identity groups and professional levels. C4DISC is currently comprised of ten trade and professional associa- tions that represent orga- nizations and individuals working in scholarly com- munication. These organizations include the Association of University Presses, Association of Learned and Professional Society Publish- ers, Canadian Association of Learned Journals, Council of Science Editors, International Society of Managing and Technical Editors, Library Publishing Coalition, NASIG, Open Access, Scholarly Publishers Association, and the Society for Scholarly Publishing. The coalition invites other organizations and companies to adopt the Joint Statement of Principles to show their support for and com- mitment to improving diversity and inclusion in scholarly communication. The Joint State- http://www.projectinfolit.org/news_study.html http://www.projectinfolit.org/news_study.html http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/researchawards/valtravel http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/researchawards/valtravel November 2018 535 C&RL News New ACRL books focus on outreach, repositories ACRL announces the publication of The Li- brary Outreach Casebook, edited by Ryan L. Sittler and Terra J. Rogerson, and Institutional Repositories, compiled and edited by Brighid M. Gonzales. The Library Outreach Casebook is designed as a tool for librarians working in all types of libraries to start or further their current outreach efforts, and provides readers with many different approaches, formats, and solutions that lead to successful outreach. The cases in The Library Out- reach Case- book provide creative and reproducible formats, ideas, and inspira- tions, from engaging so- cial media to hosting per- fo r m a n c e s to creating exhibits. Ex- pert chapter authors take you from the beginning steps—determining which tools and resources you need for your outreach efforts—all the way through implemen- tation of a variety of outreach initiatives, and every step in between. Divided into three sections—Starting Strategies, Programing and Event Planning, and Outreach to Select Populations—The Library Outreach Casebook includes easily realized ideas and plans for content marketing, graphic design, games nights, student-curated exhibits, and more. Institutional Repositories is book number 44 in ACRL’s CLIPP series (formerly called “CLIP Notes”) and focuses exclusively on institutional repositories at colleges and small universities by collecting relevant survey data about the planning, funding, staffing, and implementation of repositories at these institutions, as well as documentation on best practices, policies, guidelines, and other information germane to the deployment of an institutional repository in an environment focused primarily on teaching. In six sections—Introduction, Literature Review and Bibliography, Analysis and Dis- c u s s i o n of Survey R e s u l t s , C L I P P S u r v e y with Re- sults, Ad- d i t i o n a l Resourc- e s , a n d S a m p l e D o c u - m e n t s — I n s t i t u - t i o n a l Repositories collects some of the techniques and solutions unique to their size that col- leges and small universities have found, including shifting the focus of collection to student research, joining other schools in consortiums to offset costs, creative combina- tions for staffing, and creating new methods for increasing faculty participation. The Library Outreach Casebook and In- stitutional Repositories are both available for purchase in print and as ebooks through the ALA Online Store, in print through Amazon. com, and by telephone order at (866) 746- 7252 in the United States or (770) 442-8633 for international customers. C&RL News November 2018 536 ment of Principles can be viewed at https:// c4disc.org/. SUNY Geneseo develops OER search tool In the growing world of open educational resources (OER), SUNY Geneseo’s Milne Li- brary recently developed and launched an innovative new search tool that can access 52 different OER sources that contain more than 150,000 items. OASIS (Openly Avail- able Sources Integrated Search), was code- veloped by Ben Rawlins, director of Milne Library, and Bill Jones, digital resources and systems librarian. OASIS offers users world- wide the ability to search a range of OER materials, including textbooks, courses and corresponding materials, interactive simula- tions, public domain books, audiobooks, modules, open access books, videos, and podcasts on a variety of topics. OASIS also allows users to limit searches by creative commons licenses or by faculty review. Consulting regularly with Alexis Clifton, executive director of SUNY OER Services, and Allison Brown, digital publishing services manager for Milne Library, Rawlins and Jones spent two-and-a-half months on the develop- Choice releases “Course Materials Adoption: A Faculty Survey and Outlook for the OER Landscape” Choice announces the third in a series of white papers designed to provide actionable intelligence around topics of importance to the academic library community. This third paper, “Course Materials Adoption: A Faculty Survey and Outlook for the OER Landscape,” is an analysis of the responses to a survey of U.S. faculty conducted by Choice in the spring of this year. It offers a glimpse into the decision- making process used when selecting instructional ma- terials for higher education courses, with specific atten- tion devoted to the factors critical to the adoption of open educational resources (OER). Written by Steven Bell, as- sociate university librarian at Temple University, the white paper provides an overview of the development and growth of OER in American higher education and presents an empirical look at how faculty evaluate and ultimately decide to choose OER for instructional material. It explores the process used to source appropriate materials, what difficulties this may entail, and whether these obstacles may be preventing some from adopting OER. The conclusions derived from Bell’s analysis of the survey will help OER ad- vocates and educators understand the factors that contribute to instructor decisions when choosing their educational materials. Commenting on the pub- lication of the latest white paper, Choice Publisher Mark Cummings noted, “Steven Bell’s paper not only exposes factors in course materials adoption but also offer s concrete suggestions re- garding the need for better OER discovery tools. Equally important are his remarks on the role of academic librar- ians in the OER adoption process, which emphasize the importance of develop- ing new strategies for engaging with faculty around these critical issues.” “Course Materials Adoption: A Faculty Survey and Outlook for the OER Landscape” has been published under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license and is available on the Choice 360 website at www.choice360.org/librarianship /whitepaper. https://c4disc.org/ https://c4disc.org/ http://www.choice360.org/librarianship/whitepaper http://www.choice360.org/librarianship/whitepaper November 2018 537 C&RL News To nominate an individual or to self- nominate, please submit the nomination form at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r /acrlboardnominations. LRNC will request a curriculum vita and/or a statement of interest from selected individuals prior to developing a slate of candidates. The deadline for nomi- nations is February 15, 2019. If you have any questions about the nominating or election process, contact LRNC Chair Amanda Peters at arforres@ umich.edu. More information about the ACRL Board of Directors is available at www.ala.org/acrl /resources/policies/chapter2. ment process. They intend to keep working to improve OASIS and enhance its functionality. OASIS is available at https://oasis.geneseo.edu/. Gale launches Digital Scholar Lab Gale, a Cengage company, recently launched Digital Scholar Lab, a cloud-based research environment that allows students and researchers to apply natural language processing tools to raw text data (OCR) from Gale Primary Sources archives in a single re- search platform. This new research environment removes key barriers to entry into digital scholarship, enabling users at any level to perform textual analysis on large corpora of historical texts, streamlining the workflow process to help generate new research insights. Built on user-based design principles that help keep research activities organized and accessible, Digital Scholar Lab provides infrastructure for digital humanities research and instruction, as well as simplifies complex workflows by integrating the most com- monly used open source tools. It combines analysis-ready raw text data with digital tools and algorithms to generate visualizations and discoveries that are the hallmark of data min- ing and digital scholarship. More information is available at https:// www.gale.com/primary-sources/digital -scholar-lab. Nominations sought for ACRL Board of Directors Higher education is experiencing unprec- edented change, providing academic librar- ies with tremendous opportunities to define new roles related to learning, teaching, and research. ACRL is dedicated to enhancing the ability of library and information pro- fessionals to dream big and shape our new future. Be a part of shaping that future. 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