Recent uci_libs_lauci items

UAV Forge

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

UAV Forge is a multidisciplinary engineering design team focusing on designing, manufacturing, programming, and testing autonomous aerial vehicles at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). The design aims to fulfill the constraints that allow the team to participate in the SUAS 2025 competition season. The SUAS competition is designed to spark interest in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), promote careers and technology in the field, and allow students to take on a challenging mission.

The TARCiS statement: Guidance on terminology, application, and reporting of citation searching

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

ABSTRACT Evidence syntheses adhering to systematic literature searching techniques are a cornerstone of evidence-based health care. Beyond term-based searching in electronic databases, citation searching is a prevalent search technique to identify relevant sources of evidence. However, for decades, citation searching methodology and terminology has not been standardized. We performed an evidence-guided four-round Delphi consensus study with 27 international methodological experts in order to develop the Terminology, Application, and Reporting of Citation Searching (TARCiS) statement. TARCiS comprises ten specific recommendations on when and how to conduct and report citation searching in the context of systematic literature searches and four research priorities. We encourage systematic reviewers and information specialists to incorporate TARCiS into their standardized workflows.

Postoperative Activity Restrictions After Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

(Abstracted from Urogynecology (Phila) 2025;31(3):266–275 Physical activity restrictions after reconstructive pelvic surgery are not standardized. Traditional recommendations for abstaining from physical exertion seem to be founded on the belief that limiting physical stress can positively influence anatomical and functional recovery, although there is little evidence this is true.

Postoperative Activity Restrictions After Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

IMPORTANCE: Restrictive physical activity after pelvic reconstructive surgery is recommended, although the optimal duration and intensity are not standardized. OBJECTIVE: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the existing literature comparing clinical outcomes for liberal postoperative physical activity versus standard of care, defined as restricted postoperative physical activity, after pelvic reconstructive surgery. STUDY DESIGN: PubMed, CENTRAL, Scopus, Web of Science, and CINAHL databases were searched for observational and randomized studies comparing liberal postoperative physical activity and standard of care in women undergoing pelvic reconstructive surgery, reporting anatomic and functional outcomes. Statistical analysis was performed using RevMan software, presenting results as mean difference (MD) or odds ratio in a random-effects model, with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). RESULTS: Five randomized trials, representing total n = 434, were included,...

Accuracy and precision of minimally-invasive cardiac output monitoring in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Abstract Several minimally-invasive technologies are available for cardiac output (CO) measurement in children, but the accuracy and precision of these devices have not yet been evaluated in a systematic review and meta-analysis. We conducted a comprehensive search of the medical literature in PubMed, Cochrane Library of Clinical Trials, Scopus, and Web of Science from its inception to June 2014 assessing the accuracy and precision of all minimally-invasive CO monitoring systems used in children when compared with CO monitoring reference methods. Pooled mean bias, standard deviation, and mean percentage error of included studies were calculated using a random-effects model. The inter-study heterogeneity was also assessed using an I2 statistic. A total of 20 studies (624 patients) were included. The overall random-effects pooled bias, and mean percentage error were 0.13 ± 0.44 l min−1 and 29.1 %, respectively. Significant inter-study heterogeneity was detected...

The Third Annual Science Boot Camp West for Librarians

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Third Annual Science Boot Camp West for Librarians

Accuracy of Prospective Assessments of 4 Large Language Model Chatbot Responses to Patient Questions About Emergency Care: Experimental Comparative Study (Preprint)

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

BACKGROUND

Recent surveys indicate that 48% of consumers actively use generative artificial intelligence (AI) for health-related inquiries. Despite widespread adoption and the potential to improve health care access, scant research examines the performance of AI chatbot responses regarding emergency care advice.

OBJECTIVE

We assessed the quality of AI chatbot responses to common emergency care questions. We sought to determine qualitative differences in responses from 4 free-access AI chatbots, for 10 different serious and benign emergency conditions.

METHODS

We created 10 emergency care questions that we fed into the free-access versions of ChatGPT 3.5 (OpenAI), Google Bard, Bing AI Chat (Microsoft), and Claude AI (Anthropic) on November 26, 2023. Each response was graded by 5 board-certified emergency medicine (EM) faculty for 8 domains of percentage accuracy, presence of dangerous information, factual accuracy, clarity, completeness, understandability,...

Using EBM to Answer CAM Questions and How to Teach it: a Collaborative Multidisciplinary Approach Workshop

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Using EBM to Answer CAM Questions and How to Teach it: a Collaborative Multidisciplinary Approach Workshop

Clinical Presentation, Imaging Features, and Management of Morel-Lavallee Lesions: A Scoping Review.

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

BACKGROUND: Morel-Lavallee lesions (MLLs) are rare closed soft tissue degloving injuries caused by shearing forces that separate skin and subcutaneous tissue from underlying fascia. These injuries may be underrecognized in polytrauma patients, increasing the risk of delayed diagnosis, infection, prolonged healing, and long-term morbidity. This scoping review aims to provide a comprehensive summary of clinical presentation, imaging features, and evolving management for MLLs, with the goal of identifying gaps in the literature and guiding clinical decision making. METHODS: We systematically searched PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane CENTRAL, and ClinicalTrials.gov between 1992 and 2025 for studies pertaining to adult patients with MLLs. Four independent reviewers screened full texts for inclusion. Data were extracted and summarized using narrative synthesis. Of 633 unique articles, 102 underwent full-text review, and 69 studies met inclusion/exclusion criteria. RESULTS: MLLs...

Accuracy of Continuous Noninvasive Hemoglobin Monitoring

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

BACKGROUND: Noninvasive hemoglobin (Hb) monitoring devices are available in the clinical setting, but their accuracy and precision against central laboratory Hb measurements have not been evaluated in a systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS: We conducted a comprehensive search of the literature (2005 to August 2013) with PubMed, Web of Science and the Cochrane Library, reviewed references of retrieved articles, and contacted manufactures to identify studies assessing the accuracy of noninvasive Hb monitoring against central laboratory Hb measurements. Two independent reviewers assessed the quality of studies using recommendations for reporting guidelines and quality criteria for method comparison studies. Pooled mean difference and standard deviation (SD) (95% limits of agreement) across studies were calculated using the random-effects model. Heterogeneity was assessed using the I statistic. RESULTS: A total of 32 studies (4425 subjects, median sample size of 44, ranged...

Spinal palpatory diagnostic procedures utilized by practitioners of spinal manipulation: annotated bibliography of content validity and reliability studies

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The diagnosis of spinal neuro-musculoskeletal dysfunction is a pre-requisite for application of spinal manual therapy. Different disciplines rely on palpatory procedures to establish this diagnosis and design treatment plans. Over the past 30 years, the osteopathic, chiropractic, physical therapy and allopathic professions have investigated the validity and reliability of spinal palpatory procedures. We explored the literature from all four disciplines looking for scientific papers studying the content validity and reliability of spinal palpatory procedures. Thirteen databases were searched for relevant papers between January 1966 and October 2001. An annotated bibliography of these articles is presented and organized by the type of test used.

Screening emergency department patients for opioid drug use: A qualitative systematic review

Tue, 2 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

INTRODUCTION: The opioid drug epidemic is a major public health concern and an economic burden in the United States. The purpose of this systematic review is to assess the reliability and validity of screening instruments used in emergency medicine settings to detect opioid use in patients and to assess psychometric data for each screening instrument. METHODS: PubMed/MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched for articles published up to May 2018. The extracted articles were independently screened for eligibility by two reviewers. We extracted 1555 articles for initial screening and 95 articles were assessed for full-text eligibility. Six articles were extracted from the full-text assessment. RESULTS: Six instruments were identified from the final article list: Screener and Opioid Assessment for Patients...

Accuracy and precision of non-invasive cardiac output monitoring devices in perioperative medicine: a systematic review and meta-analysis † † This Article is accompanied by Editorial Aew442.

Tue, 2 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Cardiac output (CO) measurement is crucial for the guidance of therapeutic decisions in critically ill and high-risk surgical patients. Newly developed completely non-invasive CO technologies are commercially available; however, their accuracy and precision have not recently been evaluated in a meta-analysis. We conducted a systematic search using PubMed, Cochrane Library of Clinical Trials, Scopus, and Web of Science to review published data comparing CO measured by bolus thermodilution with commercially available non-invasive technologies including pulse wave transit time, non-invasive pulse contour analysis, thoracic electrical bioimpedance/bioreactance, and CO2 rebreathing. The non-invasive CO technology was considered acceptable if the pooled estimate of percentage error was <30%, as previously recommended. Using a random-effects model, sd, pooled mean bias, and mean percentage error were calculated. An I2 statistic was also used to evaluate the inter-study heterogeneity....

Relation of Patent Foramen Ovale to Acute Mountain Sickness

Tue, 2 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Over 50% of patients who rapidly ascend to extreme altitudes develop various symptoms known as acute mountain sickness (AMS), which rarely can be life threatening. It is unclear why some patients are more susceptible to AMS than others. Our objective was to determine whether patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a risk factor for AMS. Subjects who had hiked to altitudes above 10,000' (∼3,000 meters) on the John Muir Trail in California were recruited. Participants completed a questionnaire and 2-physician adjudication was performed in regard to AMS status. A transcranial Doppler with agitated saline contrast injection was performed to evaluate the presence or absence of PFO. The primary outcome was the development of AMS. From 2016 to 2018, 137 hikers were recruited into the study. There was a higher prevalence of PFO in hikers with AMS 15 of 24 (63%) compared with hikers without AMS 44 of 113 (39%); p = 0.034. In the multivariate model, the presence of a PFO significantly increased the...

Use of Artificial Intelligence for Special Collections & Archives Work

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Use of Artificial Intelligence for Special Collections & Archives Work

EBSCO Interface Change Up

Mon, 9 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The summer of 2025 will include a change up of the EBSCO interface for many academic libraries. This article will describe many of the changes and the ‘new normal’ user interface (UI) for searching the extensive EBSCO offerings. In order to ready our communities, some libraries haven already created updated videos for their students, like this upbeat review from Phillips Library at Aurora University. The vendor’s “Introduction to the New EBSCOhost - Tutorial” states that the “interface features many improvements including personalized dashboards, modern results lists, enhanced displays, greater citing and sharing options, and enhanced detailed record and viewer experiences.” Let’s take a look at these enhancements.

Collectively Creating an AI Literacies Community of Practice

Mon, 2 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This presentation will share the AI Literacies Community of Practice (CoP), which was developed by academic librarians at the University of Florida to deepen our collective understanding of artificial intelligence technologies and establish a common language around literacies and pedagogies related to information literacy. This initiative included co-facilitated bimonthly virtual meetings and pre-selected readings over a sixteen week period, during which participants explored topics such as AI literacies, AI ethics, teaching impacts, and AI pedagogies. Additionally, the co-facilitators organized bimonthly conversations in a comfortable space within the library to encourage open dialogue and community building around AI topics. This approach led to a core group of members who attended regularly and formed the community. We found that this approach not only encouraged colleagues to learn from one another, but also fostered an environment where experimentation with emerging technologies...

The New Version of MEDLINE: What Searchers Want.

Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The article focuses on the user-friendly features were added to PubMed, including an improved interface that allowed users to limit searches by age group, gender, human or animal studies, languages, publication types, dates, and so on; and mentions that many frequent users of PubMed noticed the removal of other features that have been found useful in the past, such as the XML export option.

De novo colorectal cancer after kidney transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

BackgroundKidney transplant (KT) patients have higher risks of developing de novo colorectal cancer (CRC) compared to the general population. However, there is still a knowledge gap in their clinical characteristics, as most single- or multi-center efforts are underpowered and lack generalizability.MethodsPubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane CENTRAL, and Scopus databases were queried for studies published until July 22nd, 2024. Studies reporting the clinicopathologic characteristics and outcomes of de novo CRC among KT recipients were included.ResultsThere were 49 articles included involving 1855 KT patients who developed CRC. The mean time from transplantation to CRC diagnosis was 8·7 years (95%CI 7·2, 10·3 years; I2 = 98·3%). De novo CRC was most commonly located in the ascending colon (43·6%; 95%CI 29·5%, 58·9%; I2 = 55·3%), and 37·1% had advanced CRC at diagnosis (95%CI 22·3%, 54·8%; I2 = 64·1%). Although 68·8% underwent curative intent treatment (95%CI 45·4%, 85·4%; I2 = 65·4%),...

Guidance on terminology, application, and reporting of citation searching: the TARCiS statement

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Evidence syntheses adhering to systematic literature searching techniques are a cornerstone of evidence based healthcare. Beyond term based searching in electronic databases, citation searching is a prevalent search technique to identify relevant sources of evidence. However, for decades, citation searching methodology and terminology has not been standardised. An evidence guided, four round Delphi consensus study was conducted with 27 international methodological experts in order to develop the Terminology, Application, and Reporting of Citation Searching (TARCiS) statement. TARCiS comprises 10 specific recommendations, each with a rationale and explanation on when and how to conduct and report citation searching in the context of systematic literature searches. The statement also presents four research priorities, and it is hoped that systematic review teams are encouraged to incorporate TARCiS into standardised workflows.

Accuracy of Prospective Assessments of 4 Large Language Model Chatbot Responses to Patient Questions About Emergency Care: Experimental Comparative Study

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

BACKGROUND: Recent surveys indicate that 48% of consumers actively use generative artificial intelligence (AI) for health-related inquiries. Despite widespread adoption and the potential to improve health care access, scant research examines the performance of AI chatbot responses regarding emergency care advice. OBJECTIVE: We assessed the quality of AI chatbot responses to common emergency care questions. We sought to determine qualitative differences in responses from 4 free-access AI chatbots, for 10 different serious and benign emergency conditions. METHODS: We created 10 emergency care questions that we fed into the free-access versions of ChatGPT 3.5 (OpenAI), Google Bard, Bing AI Chat (Microsoft), and Claude AI (Anthropic) on November 26, 2023. Each response was graded by 5 board-certified emergency medicine (EM) faculty for 8 domains of percentage accuracy, presence of dangerous information, factual accuracy, clarity, completeness, understandability, source reliability,...

Community-centered Archives Workshop

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In this video recorded workshop, University of California, Irvine (UCI) Libraries Special Collections and Archives librarians provide an overview of the importance and purpose of community-centered archives. Community-centered archives come into being through collaborative partnerships between mainstream archival institutions and communities that are underrepresented in the historical record. Their goal is to empower communities in the process of telling and preserving their own histories. Topics covered in the worshop include: why archives matter, community-based archives, and the concepts of symbolic annihilation and representational belonging. This workshop is based on an in-class workshop for UCI undergraduates conducted as part of the "Transforming Knowledge, Transforming Libraries" 3-year Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) research grant in the community anchors category awarded to UCI Libraries.

Web of Science, Scopus, & Altmetrics

Tue, 7 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Author Profiles - Self-presentation is particularly important when it comes to conveying professionalism.The Scopus Author Identifier assigns a unique number to groups of documents written by the same author via an algorithm that matches authorship based on a certain criteria. If a document cannot be confidently matched with an author identifier, it is grouped separately. In this case, you may see more than 1 entry for the same author.

ResearcherID provides a solution to the author ambiguity problem within the scholarly research community. Each member is assigned a unique identifier to enable researchers to manage their publication lists, track their times cited counts and h-index, identify potential collaborators and avoid author misidentification.

You Think You Know: Where Learner-Centered Pedagogy Meets Management

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This contributed volume focuses on person-centered management practices in academic libraries that create space for criticism, sharing of lived experiences, and a willingness to investigate and make changes to the status quo.

A New Way to Discover Playscripts: Using Tagpacker to Better Explore Collections

Wed, 4 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A New Way to Discover Playscripts: Using Tagpacker to Better Explore Collections

Developing Open Access Resource Management Principles in a Consortial Environment: A University of California Model

Wed, 9 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Developing Open Access Resource Management Principles in a Consortial Environment: A University of California Model

Twenty-five years of Medical Library Association competencies and communities

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Professional associations provide resources to support members' career development and facilitate ways for members to engage with and learn from one another. This article describes Medical Library Association (MLA) activities related to the revision of professional competencies and the restructuring of the organization's communities during the past twenty-five years. Grounded in MLA's Platform for Change, the MLA competency statement underwent two revisions with core themes remaining consistent. Major efforts went into rethinking the structure of MLA communities, and it became a strategic goal of the association. Numerous groups spent considerable time guiding the changes in MLA's community structure. Sections and special interest groups were transformed into caucuses. Domain hubs were established to facilitate project coordination across caucuses and create more leadership opportunities for MLA members, but their implementation did not meet expectations. Member engagement and...

Best Practices for Achieving Compliance with the NIH Public Access Mandate

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

NIH Public Access Policy requires that published journal articles resulting from NIH-funded research be made available to the public no later than 12 months after the date of publication. The public access mandate has been extended to NSF-funded research as well, and the government is moving toward making it a requirement for ALL federal funding. Non-compliance with this policy affects researchers because federal funding could be withheld. This presentation will introduce best practices for achieving compliance, and provide access to helpful resources, like the NIH Public Access Compliance video produced by UCI’s Office of Research. The presentation by Brown was supported by funding from a LAUC (Librarians Association of the University of California) Mini-Grant for Travel and Presentation.

A Logical Model of Homology for Comparative Biology

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

There is a growing body of research on the evolution of anatomy in a wide variety of organisms. Discoveries in this field could be greatly accelerated by computational methods and resources that enable these findings to be compared across different studies and different organisms and linked with the genes responsible for anatomical modifications. Homology is a key concept in comparative anatomy; two important types are historical homology (the similarity of organisms due to common ancestry) and serial homology (the similarity of repeated structures within an organism). We explored how to most effectively represent historical and serial homology across anatomical structures to facilitate computational reasoning. We assembled a collection of homology assertions from the literature with a set of taxon phenotypes for the skeletal elements of vertebrate fins and limbs from the Phenoscape Knowledgebase. Using seven competency questions, we evaluated the reasoning ramifications of two...

Development of an Online Library of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Gastroenterology: The GI-PRO Database

Sun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

OBJECTIVES: Because gastrointestinal (GI) illnesses can cause physical, emotional, and social distress, patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are used to guide clinical decision making, conduct research, and seek drug approval. It is important to develop a mechanism for identifying, categorizing, and evaluating the over 100 GI PROs that exist. Here we describe a new, National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported, online PRO clearinghouse-the GI-PRO database. METHODS: Using a protocol developed by the NIH Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS(®)), we performed a systematic review to identify English-language GI PROs. We abstracted PRO items and developed an online searchable item database. We categorized symptoms into content "bins" to evaluate a framework for GI symptom reporting. Finally, we assigned a score for the methodological quality of each PRO represented in the published literature (0-20 range; higher indicates better). RESULTS: We reviewed 15,697...

Diversity Awards -- Presentation to ALA Core Catalog Form and Function Interest Group

Mon, 13 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The UCI Libraries wanted to highlight the collections’ diverse materials but faced the following problems: how do we define diversity and how do we determine whether a specific title should be highlighted to patrons? Also, once we identify materials, how do we make them discoverable? Our solution: we tried two processes using the built-in functions in Ex Libris’ Primo VE and Alma systems. The first process used Primo VE’s user-generated tagging feature and involved the following workflow: identify lists of award-winning titles and add tags to the records in Primo VE. The second process used Primo VE’s Collection Discovery feature to highlight each of the book lists. This second workflow added the award information to the catalog record which allowed us to create a set in Alma and then create a collection that displays in Primo VE. Presentation to ALA Core Catalog Form and Function Interest Group by Cynthia Johnson, Kelsey Brown, Josh Hutchinson, Alyssa Hernandez. Feb 5, 2021

Fostering Library Staff Career Growth Through a Peer Support Group

Mon, 13 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The Library Career Interest Group (LCIG) began ten years ago as the Library School Interest (LSIG). The librarian who heads the UCI Libraries Human Resources Department had been approached by many staff members interested in library school and the library profession. Our core membership is a range of library assistants across departments and we have also had librarians, student workers and interns attend our sessions. We are an informal group without an official charge which gives us the flexibility to adapt to our members’ interests and needs. We define our purpose as providing moral support and encouragement for staff interested in the library profession and those interested in growth and career advancement. For the last few years, we have been committed to becoming more active and developing programming that addresses career growth and job searching skills.

Linking Community Preceptors and Students Through Education

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

RATIONALE Recruitment and retention of community preceptors for clinical education is a challenge. CME-based faculty development activities could be effective interventions to help sustain medical student education. Outcome measures of such programs include improvement in teaching skills, attention to student learning and faculty retention. METHODS 100 primary care community preceptors at a suburban setting were targeted for CME-based teaching skills workshops using PEP, OSTE and EBM over one year. Physicians precepted one to two second year medical students in their offices once a week for 12 weeks. They also received site visits with observed teaching by project faculty. Outcome measures included self-assessed teaching skills, preceptor evaluations of activities, and ratings by students and observing faculty. Longer term outcomes will include measures for faculty retention. URL: www.ucihs.uci.edu/family/facultydev/index.html DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: OSTE (Objective Structured...

Virtual Readers’ Advisory Using bANTerbot Code

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Virtual Readers’ Advisory Using bANTerbot Code

UC Irvine PrisonPandemic Levels of Sensitivity and Redaction

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

UC Irvine PrisonPandemic Levels of Sensitivity and Redaction

Cataloging Abstraction: Reflections on Looking, Metadata and Grief

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This poster presentation at the 2023 ARLIS/NA Conference in Mexico City, Mexico describes an ongoing digital project focused on cataloging and organizing a large collection of abstract artwork created by Burton Dickerson, the presenter’s grandfather, who passed away in 2022. The poster highlights technical aspects of organizing the collection, including the decision to self-host an instance of Omeka-S, the use of metadata tags to identify consistent visual motifs across works, and approaches to managing complex items that consist of both digital and physical objects.

The “Wonderful Episodist”: Henry James and Serialization

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

In this essay, I argue that although the nineteenth-century writer Henry James disliked the popular format of serial publication, it actually served an unacknowledged purpose in his works: breaking up his novels into manageable chunks. This allowed readers a greater appreciation of his fresh stylistic ability and intricate descriptions. I first introduce the current scholarship on Henry James as well as serialization. Then, I provide context regarding this publication format and biographical details of the writer Henry James, and look at his literary importance. Next, I focus on one specific work called The American, evaluating the author’s motivations and viewpoint during the publication process. Finally, I turn to reviews of the novel in newspapers and magazines to ascertain the public reaction to and impression of this work specifically, as well as of his style in general.

Effect of exergaming on health-related quality of life in older adults: A systematic review

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

INTRODUCTION: Exercise through video or virtual reality games (i.e. exergames) has grown in popularity among older adults; however, there is limited evidence on efficacy of exergaming on well-being related to health in this population. This systematic review examined the effectiveness of exergaming on health-related quality of life in older adults. METHODS: PRISMA guidelines for this systematic review. Several databases were searched using keywords to identify peer-reviewed journal articles in English. Randomized control trials that evaluated the effect of exergaming on health-related quality of life in older adults when compared to a control group and published between January 2007 to May 2017 were included. RESULTS: Nine articles that in total included 614 older adults with varying levels of disability, mean age 73.6 + 7.9 years old, and 67% female were analyzed. Significant improvements in health-related quality of life of older adults engaged in exergaming were reported in...

Whose Play Scripts Are Being Published? A Diversity Audit of One Library’s Collection in Conversation with the Broader Play Publishing World

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This study is a diversity audit of play script orders during FY2011 and FY2019 to determine if University of California, Irvine Libraries’ orders had shifted to reflect the increased demand for diverse playwrights. The audit also examined the larger publishing landscape for play scripts during these specific years to determine if plays by diverse playwrights were being published and available for acquisition. The audit demonstrates that both the play script orders and publishing landscape have greatly diversified; however, further work needs to be done to continue diversifying local acquisitions with what is being published, so that library collections of play scripts reflect the university and country’s demographics.

Breaking the Ice

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Students and faculty members at Chapman University frequently friend the performing arts librarian on the popular social networking site Facebook. Statistics of reference interactions with all library users from the Conservatory of Music were kept during the fall 2012 semester to determine if library users who are Facebook friends with the librarian were more likely to have reference interactions than patrons who were not connected to the librarian on Facebook. Data analysis demonstrates there is a significant correlation between the numbers of reference interactions with Facebook friends than with non- Facebook friends. It is hypothesized that the creation of personal relationships with library users through social media helps to alleviate library anxiety and increases the amount of librarian interaction during the users' information seeking process. Other facets of users' information seeking behavior, such as where and how long, are also analyzed to provide more insight into...

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Dance Scholarship as Seen Through a Citation Analysis of MFA Theses

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The author analyzed the citations from a total of seventy-five dance MFA theses from the years 2010, 2015, and 2020. Results indicate that dance scholars use books more frequently than other types of information. Based on an analysis of Library of Congress Classification areas, the information cited in the theses was very interdisciplinary, with more non-dance resources being cited than dance-specific ones. This information—the first citation analysis focused on dance—helps to establish a baseline of information use in the scholarly dance field and can also be of practical use to the performing arts librarian wanting to better understand how to potentially work with this unique discipline.

Duloxetine for Postoperative Pain Control Following Knee or Hip Replacement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Background: Duloxetine is a Food and Drug Administration-approved selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor for treating depression, anxiety, fibromyalgia, and neuropathic and chronic musculoskeletal pain. This meta-analysis aims to evaluate the efficacy of duloxetine in reducing pain and postoperative opioid use following lower extremity total joint arthroplasty. Methods: A literature search was performed, identifying randomized controlled trials investigating duloxetine for pain management after total hip and total knee arthroplasty. Data from the visual analog scale (VAS) for pain during movement and at rest were extracted for postoperative days (PODs) 1, 3, 7, and 14, as well as postoperative week 6 and postoperative month 3. Opioid use data were obtained at 24, 48 and 72 hours. All data were analyzed using inverse variance with random effects and presented as weighted mean difference. Results: Eight unique studies were identified and included, 7 of which were analyzed quantitatively....

Ultrasound detected increase in optic disk height to identify elevated intracranial pressure: a systematic review

Wed, 7 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

BackgroundElevated intracranial pressure (eICP) is a serious medical emergency that requires prompt identification and monitoring. The current gold standards of eICP detection require patient transportation, radiation, and can be invasive. Ocular ultrasound has emerged as a rapid, non-invasive, bedside tool to measure correlates of eICP. This systematic review seeks to explore the utility of ultrasound detected optic disc elevation (ODE) as an ultrasonographic finding of eICP and to study its sensitivity and specificity as a marker of eICP.MethodsThis systematic review followed the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses guidelines. We systematically searched PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Central for English articles published before April 2023; yielding 1,919 total citations. After eliminating duplicates, and screening the records, we identified 29 articles that addressed ultrasonographically detected ODE.ResultsThe 29 articles included a total of 1249...

Design and Development of AntSat 01’s 2U CubeSat Flight Subsystems

Fri, 19 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Abstract: University of California Irvine (UCI) CubeSat is a student engineering project team that aims to design, manufacture, and launch a 2U cube satellite (CubeSat), AntSat 01, to support UCI researchers in pushing the boundaries of spacecraft thermoregulation. AntSat 01’s mission is to be a platform to test two variable emissivity devices (VED) in low earth orbit, and to establish a CubeSat system architecture for future space-based research at UCI. This involves developing a standardized, modular, and scalable architectural design that can be reused as a foundation for a wide range of scientific, educational, and commercial projects. This architecture will provide a blueprint for designing and building CubeSats, thereby facilitating the development of space technology and fostering space-technology innovation at UCI. The development effort is separated into Avionics, Communications, Developer Operations, Payloads, Power, Ground Station Communications, Structures, and Systems...

Effect of exergaming on health-related quality of life in older adults: A systematic review

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Introduction

Exercise through video or virtual reality games (i.e. exergames) has grown in popularity among older adults; however, there is limited evidence on efficacy of exergaming on well-being related to health in this population. This systematic review examined the effectiveness of exergaming on health-related quality of life in older adults.

Methods

PRISMA guidelines for this systematic review. Several databases were searched using keywords to identify peer-reviewed journal articles in English. Randomized control trials that evaluated the effect of exergaming on health-related quality of life in older adults when compared to a control group and published between January 2007 to May 2017 were included.

Results

Nine articles that in total included 614 older adults with varying levels of disability, mean age 73.6 + 7.9 years old, and 67% female were analyzed. Significant improvements in health-related quality of life of older adults engaged in exergaming...

eScholarship - Open Access

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

eScholarship provides a suite of open access, scholarly publishing services and research tools that enable departments, research units, publishing programs, and individual scholars associated with the University of California to have direct control over the creation and dissemination of the full range of their scholarship.With eScholarship, you can publish the following original scholarly works on a dynamic research platform available to scholars worldwide:BooksJournalsWorking PapersPreviously Published WorksConferenceseScholarship also provides deposit and dissemination services for postprints, or previously published articles.Publications benefit from manuscript and peer-review management systems, as well as a full range of persistent access and preservation services.

Impact of library information literacy training on entrepreneurship competition scores: A quantitative study at University of California, Irvine

Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The University of California, Irvine’s (UCI) Innovation and Entrepreneurship Librarian partnered with UCI’s New Venture Competition to provide embedded research support for teams participating in the competition, including a research workshop and individual team research consultations. To assess the impact of these library services, a quantitative study of three years of competition scores was conducted involving a control group and two experimental groups; the difference in the experimental groups was the mode in which the services were provided: in-person and virtually. The study hypothesized that teams who received information literacy training (i.e., attended a research workshop and/or participated in a research consultation) earned higher Concept Paper scores, as well as higher evidence question scores (i.e., scores for a rubric question related to providing evidence in support of claims made in the Concept Paper), than teams who did not receive information literacy training....

Assessing Bayesian Phylogenetic Information Content of Morphological Data Using Knowledge From Anatomy Ontologies

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Morphology remains a primary source of phylogenetic information for many groups of organisms, and the only one for most fossil taxa. Organismal anatomy is not a collection of randomly assembled and independent "parts", but instead a set of dependent and hierarchically nested entities resulting from ontogeny and phylogeny. How do we make sense of these dependent and at times redundant characters? One promising approach is using ontologies-structured controlled vocabularies that summarize knowledge about different properties of anatomical entities, including developmental and structural dependencies. Here, we assess whether evolutionary patterns can explain the proximity of ontology-annotated characters within an ontology. To do so, we measure phylogenetic information across characters and evaluate if it matches the hierarchical structure given by ontological knowledge-in much the same way as across-species diversity structure is given by phylogeny. We implement an approach to evaluate...

How to Publish Open Access at UC Irvine

Tue, 1 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Are you wondering what processes, platforms, and funding are available at UC Irvine to publish your research open access (OA)? This workshop will provide practical guidance and walk you through all of the OA publishing options and funding sources you have on campus. We’ll explain: the difference between (and mechanisms for) self-depositing your research in the UC’s institutional repository vs. choosing publisher-provided OA; what funding is available to put toward your article or book charges if you choose a publisher-provided option; the funding coverage under the UC’s “transformative agreements”; and what options are there for publishing books OA. We’ll also give you practical tips and tricks to maximize your retention of rights and readership in the publishing process.

276 Association of Sodium with a Decline in Residual Kidney Function Among Thrice-Weekly Hemodialysis Patients

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

276 Association of Sodium with a Decline in Residual Kidney Function Among Thrice-Weekly Hemodialysis Patients

Apabetalone Reduces Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, and Recent Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Betonmace Trial Report.:

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Apabetalone Reduces Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, and Recent Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Betonmace Trial Report.:

International Society of Nephrology Global Kidney Health Atlas: structures, organization, and services for the management of kidney failure in North America and the Caribbean

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The International Society of Nephrology established the Global Kidney Health Atlas project to define the global capacity for kidney replacement therapy and conservative kidney care, and this second iteration was to describe the availability, accessibility, quality, and affordability of kidney failure (KF) care worldwide. This report presents results for the International Society of Nephrology North America and the Caribbean region. Relative to other regions, the North America and Caribbean region had better infrastructure and funding for health care and more health care workers relative to the population. Various essential medicines were also more available and accessible. There was substantial variation in the prevalence of treated KF in the region, ranging from 137.4 per million population (pmp) in Jamaica to 2196 pmp in the United States. A mix of public and private funding systems cover costs for nondialysis chronic kidney disease care in 60% of countries and for dialysis...

A Mini Review of Plant-Based Diets in Hemodialysis

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

BACKGROUND: Plant-based diets are defined as an eating pattern focused on the consumption of unprocessed fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, oils, and beans. They can include various forms of vegetarian, vegan, DASH, and Mediterranean diets. Plant-based diets have proven useful in the prevention and treatment of several lifestyle diseases like type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and obesity. Recently, a growing body of literature has emerged regarding plant-based diets for patients with kidney failure, including those on dialysis. Although evidence is still limited, preliminary findings are encouraging. SUMMARY: This article reviews current literature on the use of plant-based diets in the treatment of patients on dialysis.

401 Mortality Risk with Serum Phosphorous in Twice Weekly vs. Thrice Weekly Hemodialysis Patients

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

401 Mortality Risk with Serum Phosphorous in Twice Weekly vs. Thrice Weekly Hemodialysis Patients

275 Association of Sodium Variability and Decline in Residual Kidney Function Among Thrice-Weekly Hemodialysis Patients

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

275 Association of Sodium Variability and Decline in Residual Kidney Function Among Thrice-Weekly Hemodialysis Patients

256 Association of Glycemic Control Level with the Clinical Manifestation of Kidney Injury Among Patients with Diagnosed Diabetes

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

256 Association of Glycemic Control Level with the Clinical Manifestation of Kidney Injury Among Patients with Diagnosed Diabetes

37 Predicting Decline in Residual Renal Urea Clearance via Machine Learning

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

37 Predicting Decline in Residual Renal Urea Clearance via Machine Learning

Convergence of digital humanities and digital libraries

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose – Digital humanities (DH) has become a much discussed topic among both humanities scholars and library professionals. The library and information science (LIS) community has taken efforts in providing new facilities and developing new services to meet humanities scholars’ changing research behaviors and needs employing digital tools and methods. How to effectively collaborate with the DH community has been a challenging task to LIS in their digital library (DL) development endeavors. The purpose of this paper is to discover productive ways for LIS to support DH scholarship, specifically, what DL components, including content, technology, and service, should and could be developed for digital humanists. Design/methodology/approach – As an initial effort of the Digital Humanities Interest Group at University of California, Irvine Libraries, the examination is primarily based on a cross-boundary environmental scan in both DH and DL fields. The environmental survey includes...

Pushing archives to C.A.R.E.: the potential of community-centered archives practice to transform our institutions

Mon, 9 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Keynote for the Northwest Archivists Annual Meeting 2022 Virtual Conference. Reanimated social movements for liberation in the US and around the world at this historical moment should garner greater attention, care, and involvement by library and archival institutions. Starting from a recognition of our shared goals to advance a more inclusive cultural heritage, we propose a framework of C.A.R.E. approaches in community archives from our location in an institutional context. This presentation/conversation will situate our personal and professional commitments in community-centered archives practice and expand on the practical application of how we do this work alongside partners on our campus and organizations beyond.

Cataloging as Outreach - Helping Library Resources Reach the Largest Audience Possible

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This paper will firmly establish cataloging as a form of outreach, and will track the evolution in cataloging standards and library cataloging over the past 3 decades as it has allowed libraries to reach broader audiences for their holdings. Using a variety of unique examples from archival collections, small-run artists books, open access resources, one-of-a-kind materials as well as more widely available material, this paper will examine how cataloging-as-outreach is able to increase the discoverability of materials to larger and traditionally underserved groups of people, including those who may not hold academic or other professional certifications.

Review: Fleeting Monuments for the Wall of Respect

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Book review of Fleeting Monuments for the Wall of Respect edited by Romi Crawford. Green Lantern Press (distributed by University of Minnesota Press), May 2021. 312 p. ill. ISBN 9780997416596 (pbk.), $30.00. [PDF & Print] Reviewed November 2021 by Jenna Dufour, Research Librarian for Visual Arts, University of California Irvine, dufourj@uci.edu.

Open Access Research and Teaching - Building Sustainable Equity

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Open Access content allows authors and users to build sustainable equity to extend their research and learning. UC Open Access Transformative Agreements offer the potential to increase UC author impact as part of the UC Open Access policies. Linking emerging data curation and repository access can also leverage research to a broader audience. Students and instructors are engaged with finding new ways to deliver instruction through Open Education Resources (OER). Please join UCI Libraries' Scholarly Communications Coordinator, Mitchell Brown, UCI Libraries' Data Curation, Wasila Dahdul, and UCI Libraries Student Success Librarian and Research Librarian for Education, Classics, and German, Nicole Arnold, for a presentation on open access on publishing, sharing and preserving data, and open education materials.

Cooking Up Curators

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Cooking Up Curators

Reimagining Canadian Art Practices and Art Collections

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The authors examine two Canadian art initiatives that librarians from Canadian universities have undertaken at individual and institutional levels. The first project addresses an inprogress artists’ biographical dictionary that focuses on an under-documented formof art practice and situates the dictionary within an evolving landscape of biographical art reference resources in Canada. The second initiative reports on a collection management project that assembles essential Canadiana print material and recontextualizes it with renewed visibility and access. These projects are supplemented with an extensive literature review by a third art librarian that parses the library and information science literature related to these two topics and focuses on Canadian scholarship, where available, as a frame of reference. Together, the three sections of this article enrich the bio-bibliographic information about, and exhibition histories of, Canadian artists while improving access to essential...

No Reduction in Surgical Site Infection Obtained with Post-Operative Antibiotics in Facial Fractures, Regardless of Duration or Anatomic Location: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Thu, 5 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Background: We performed a systematic review of the literature on antibiotic prophylaxis practices in open reduction, and internal fixation of, facial fracture(s) (ORIFfx). We hypothesized that prolonged antibiotic prophylaxis (PAP) would not decrease the rate of surgical site infections (SSIs). Methods: We performed a systematic review of four databases: PubMed, CENTRAL, EMBase, and Web of Science, from inception through January 15, 2017. Three independent reviewers extracted fracture location (orbital, mid-face, mandible), antibiotic use, SSI incidence, and time from injury to surgery. Mantel-Haenszel and generalized estimating equations were carried out independently for each fracture zone. Results: Of the 587 articles identified, 54 underwent full-text review, yielding 27 studies that met our inclusion criteria. Of these, 16 studies (n = 2,316 patients) provided data for mandible fractures, four studies (n = 439) for mid-face fractures,...

TCT-766 Relation of Patent Foramen Ovale to Acute Mountain Sickness

Thu, 5 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

TCT-766 Relation of Patent Foramen Ovale to Acute Mountain Sickness

Prognostic Factors and Outcomes of De Novo Sinonasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis

Wed, 4 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

OBJECTIVE: To review overall survival (OS), recurrence patterns, and prognostic factors of de novo sinonasal squamous cell carcinoma (DN-SCC). DATA SOURCES: PubMed, Scopus, OVID Medline, and Cochrane databases from 2006 to December 23, 2020. REVIEW METHODS: The study followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. Articles were required to report either recurrence patterns or survival outcomes of adults with DN-SCC. Case reports, books, reviews, meta-analyses, and database studies were all excluded. RESULTS: Forty-one studies reported on survival or recurrence outcomes. The aggregate 5-year OS was 54.5% (range, 18%-75%) from 35 studies (n = 1903). Patients undergoing open surgery were more likely to receive radiation therapy and present at an advanced stage compared to those receiving endoscopic surgery (all P < .001). Advanced T stage, presence of cervical nodal metastases, maxillary sinus primary site, and negative...

Which Applicant Factors Predict Success in Emergency Medicine Training Programs? A Scoping Review

Wed, 4 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

BACKGROUND: Program directors (PDs) in emergency medicine (EM) receive an abundance of applications for very few residency training spots. It is unclear which selection strategies will yield the most successful residents. Many authors have attempted to determine which items in an applicant's file predict future performance in EM. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this scoping review is to examine the breadth of evidence related to the predictive value of selection factors for performance in EM residency. METHODS: The authors systematically searched four databases and websites for peer-reviewed and gray literature related to EM admissions published between 1992 and February 2019. Two reviewers screened titles and abstracts for articles that met the inclusion criteria, according to the scoping review study protocol. The authors included studies if they specifically examined selection factors and whether those factors predicted performance in EM residency training in the United States. RESULTS:...

Annotation of phenotypes using ontologies: a gold standard for the training and evaluation of natural language processing systems

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Natural language descriptions of organismal phenotypes, a principal object of study in biology, are abundant in the biological literature. Expressing these phenotypes as logical statements using ontologies would enable large-scale analysis on phenotypic information from diverse systems. However, considerable human effort is required to make these phenotype descriptions amenable to machine reasoning. Natural language processing tools have been developed to facilitate this task, and the training and evaluation of these tools depend on the availability of high quality, manually annotated gold standard data sets. We describe the development of an expert-curated gold standard data set of annotated phenotypes for evolutionary biology. The gold standard was developed for the curation of complex comparative phenotypes for the Phenoscape project. It was created by consensus among three curators and consists of entity-quality expressions of varying complexity. We use the gold standard to...

Phenoscape: Identifying Candidate Genes for Evolutionary Phenotypes

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Phenotypes resulting from mutations in genetic model organisms can help reveal candidate genes for evolutionarily important phenotypic changes in related taxa. Although testing candidate gene hypotheses experimentally in nonmodel organisms is typically difficult, ontology-driven information systems can help generate testable hypotheses about developmental processes in experimentally tractable organisms. Here, we tested candidate gene hypotheses suggested by expert use of the Phenoscape Knowledgebase, specifically looking for genes that are candidates responsible for evolutionarily interesting phenotypes in the ostariophysan fishes that bear resemblance to mutant phenotypes in zebrafish. For this, we searched ZFIN for genetic perturbations that result in either loss of basihyal element or loss of scales phenotypes, because these are the ancestral phenotypes observed in catfishes (Siluriformes). We tested the identified candidate genes by examining their endogenous expression patterns...

Collecting, Cleaning and Using Bibliographic Data to Perform a Large-Scale Assessment Project on University Library Collections

Thu, 17 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This poster describes the process by which librarians at the University of California, Irvine have collected, cleaned and used bibliographic data (which normally lives in the library’s catalog) in order to perform a large- scale assessment project on their collections.

Collecting, Cleaning and Using Bibliographic Data to Perform a Large-Scale Assessment Project on University Library Collections

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Review -- Linked Data for the Perplexed Librarian by Scott Carlson, Cory Lampert, Darnelle Melvin and Anne Washington

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Review -- Linked Data for the Perplexed Librarian by Scott Carlson, Cory Lampert, Darnelle Melvin and Anne Washington

Review -- Grandmougin, Anne-Cécile. Lucien Herr: Socialist Librarian of the French Third Republic

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Review -- Grandmougin, Anne-Cécile. Lucien Herr: Socialist Librarian of the French Third Republic

Transforming Knowledge, Transforming Libraries - Researching the Intersections of Ethnic Studies and Community Archives: Final Report

Wed, 18 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

In Spring 2017, the University of California Irvine (UCI) Libraries were awarded a 3-year Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant in the community anchors category for “Transforming Knowledge/Transforming Libraries” (TKTL). Our research team (Audra Eagle Yun, Jimmy Zavala, Krystal Tribbett, and Thuy Vo Dang) sought to explore how libraries can fill the gap between calls to diversify the historical record and actually diversifying the profession through student-led action research. The project design for TKTL is rooted in the social justice imperatives and theoretical frameworks of community-based archives and ethnic studies, arguing that together these frameworks can transform the historical record and how we learn about our history. Working with people who identify with members of marginalized communities was central to our approach to the TKTL research project.

For this grant we partnered with the...

Harlem on my mind

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Harlem on my mind

Exploring Bibliographic Records as Research Data

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This article describes the way in which a group of four librarians at the University of California, Irvine is exploring potential uses for bibliographic data from the library catalog for digital humanities (DH) research. The project started when the Research Librarian for Digital Humanities and History (Madelynn Dickerson), who has a background in collections and technical services, reached out informally to colleagues in the Cataloging and Metadata Services department.

Transforming Knowledge, Transforming Libraries Virtual Summit Proceedings

Tue, 16 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The goal of the TKTL Summit is to bring together scholars, educators, library professionals, students, and community members to explore the intersection of community archives and ethnic studies theory and practice. More specifically, the summit seeks to foster dialogue and action around three questions:

What is the impact of putting community archives practice, ethnic studies theory, and grassroots efforts to preserve marginalized histories into conversation?

What are the ways in which students can address the silences and historical erasures prevalent in the archival record by becoming record creators?

How can we sustain resources and prioritize transformative reciprocity to address historical erasure and silences in the archives?

About TKTL

In Spring 2017, the UCI Libraries was awarded a 3-year Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant in the community anchors category for “Transforming Knowledge/Transforming...

A Logical Model of Homology for Comparative Biology

Tue, 7 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Creació, gestió i anàlisi d\''un bot de conversa a biblioteques acadèmiques.

Thu, 6 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Creació, gestió i anàlisi d\''un bot de conversa a biblioteques acadèmiques.

Show them what you got: Throwing an epic open house

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Picture this: all of a liaison librarian’s students and faculty in one place, telling stories about how the library and its resources have been integral to their work, learning about resources and services they never knew about, and inspiring one another with their work and their own unique methods of working with the library. It sounds like an amazing dream, right? Two arts librarians at the University of California-Irvine (UCI) were able to turn their dreams into reality in October 2016, when they worked together to throw an epic library open house for their liaison areas.

The Reach of a Long-Arm Stapler: Calling in Microaggressions in the LIS Field through Zine Work

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Since its inception in March 2014, the LIS Microaggressions project (www.lismicroaggressions.com) has grown as an online source and zine publication for library and information science (LIS) workers from marginalized communities to share their experiences with microaggressions in the workplace. This article will examine the project’s efforts to move conversations on diversity, race, racism, and antiracism in the LIS field to transgressive and actionable steps. Through conference presentations, zine-making workshops, and distribution of zines at LIS conferences, the LIS Microaggressions collective wishes to “call in” or otherwise actively engage the LIS profession for critical reflection and analysis about microaggressions in the workplace with the ultimate goal of fostering support and a participatory community for library workers dealing with microaggressions.

LAUC Spring Assembly 2012: Breakout Session

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Breakout Sessions on what are the next steps for planning for future librarianship. The session will follow on the discussion from campuses on librarian attributes from the Committee on Professional Governance Final Report 2011. Librarians talk about what they want to be doing/or think they should be doing in the future and more specifically how they plan on actually doing these activities to support the initiatives of the UC Libraries and the University. How can we mobilize the “skills” identified for the next generation of academic librarians and how do they plan on acquiring these skills? On the job training, mentoring, recruitment, collaboration with other institutions with specialized knowledge and expertise [both with and outside of UC] i. Shared Service Models ii. Lighting Teams – The New Working Model? iii. Communications Models iv. Training and New Skills

Profile-Mitchell Brown

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Profile-Mitchell Brown

Incautious Stewardship of Library Collections:Creating Collections Where They Don’t Exist, Losing Collections Where They Do

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

This paper will examine the way in which libraries are stewards of collections—the ways in which they help maintain the integrity of a collection, preserve its existence, and ensure that it is in some way made accessible to researchers. Throughout this paper, reference will be made to a variety of collections in libraries where the author has worked. These references are made not necessarily to illustrate best (or indeed worst) practices, but to help describe the difficulties that libraries sometimes encounter as stewards of collections. This paper poses several questions to librarians and to scholars, chief amongst them, ‘when is a collection no longer a collection?’ The collections dealt with in this paper are primarily book collections.

Highlighting diverse content through user tags in Primo VE

Mon, 20 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

UC Irvine migrated to Alma/Primo VE in late summer 2018. Shortly thereafter a small team was charged with examining the use of tags in the discovery layer. Tags enable library employees and patrons to emphasize aspects of records that are often overlooked or simply not included in the course of cataloging. Much of the opportunity lies in highlighting aspects of diversity within the library’s collection.

In reply to: "Not All Young Journals are Predatory".

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to: "Not All Young Journals are Predatory".

(In)cautious Stewardship of Library Collections

Fri, 15 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Presentation of a paper presented at the Collection Thinking Conference, Concordia University, June 12-14 2018. This paper will examine the way in which libraries are stewards of collections—the ways in which they help maintain the integrity of a collection, preserve its existence, and to ensure that it is in some way made accessible to researchers. I’m going to talk about how libraries treat collections, and a little about why they do so. I will present four examples of collections that are held by libraries where I have worked, each of which fulfils a different definition of what a collection is and how it interacts with the larger library collection.

Utilizing Screen Sharing Tools to Connect

Tue, 22 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Have you ever wished you could see what your online patrons or other colleagues are seeing on their computer screen? There are many free/freemium tools that allow just that! The first presentation discusses results of experiments with Google+ Hangouts and Join.me to provide research consultations online. It shares different types of screen-sharing tools, privacy and security issues, and their training and evaluation approaches. The second presentation describes how one public library repurposed existing underutilized PCs in 384 libraries into virtualized workspaces. It discusses the many advantages, including centrally managing the workspaces, zoning libraries for different patron uses, and reducing deployment and main- tenance costs. Get lots of tips!

ORCiD: Manage Author Identity to Maximize Scholarly Impact

Fri, 18 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

About - We will explore the importance of academic reputation, explaining your research to a wider audience, measuring the impact of your activities related to spreading the word about your publications, and what you can do to enhance yours. Authorship and researcher ID Establishing a unique author/researcher identity is an important step to improving your research visibility and impact. There are a variety of options for creating a unique identity, with ORCID being the latest development. ORCID is well supported by many publishers. ORCID is a central registry of unique identifiers for individual researchers and an open and transparent linking mechanism between ORCID and other current author ID schemes

Google Scholar & LinkedIn:Supercharge Your ResearcherProfile

Thu, 3 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Why? Google Scholar Author Profile?

You can manually add publications that aren’t already in Google Scholar.

You can export your Google Scholar citations to a spreadsheet, and then add in citations in judgments or government reports etc. to make a more complete record of your citations and impact.

Why should Scholars use LinkedIn?Showcase your work - online portfolioMake and maintain connectionsExpand your professional networkGet endorsements and recommendationsGet noticed and contacted by recruitersJob hunting and application made efficient

Thu, 3 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

LinkedIn is a shared network for your professional life. Why should Scholars use LinkedIn?

Showcase your work - online portfolio

Make and maintain connections

Expand your professional network

Get endorsements and recommendations

Get noticed and contacted by recruiters

Job hunting and application made efficient

What DSS can Do for You

Thu, 3 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Digital Scholarship Services (DSS)DSS fosters the use of digital content and transformative technology in scholarship and academic activities. We work with the campus community to publish, promote, and preserve the digital products of research in several areas:

Scholarly Communication - Comply with UC Open Access Policies. Extend the reach of publications. Manage your reputation. Track impact.

Data Curation - Write grant winning Data Management Plans. Deposit data into repositories for access and preservation. Increase reproducibility.

Digital Production - Build collections. Digitize/reformat materials for preservation. Computationally mine, visualize, and annotate content.

What We DoDSS collaborates with UCI faculty members, students, and administrators to transform research and scholarly communication using new media and digital technologies. DSS manages content, infrastructure, and user interfaces for all stages of the research lifecycle, including...

Carpentries, Data Tools, and More

Thu, 3 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Software CarpentryThe Unix ShellVersion Control with GitVersion Control with MercurialUsing Databases and SQLProgramming with PythonProgramming with RR for Reproducible Scientific AnalysisProgramming with MATLABAutomation and Make

Data CarpentryData Organization in SpreadsheetsData Cleaning with OpenRefineData Management with SQLData Analysis and Visualization in RData Analysis and Visualization in Python

Measure Your Research Impact: Author Impact Indices & Other Tools

Wed, 2 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

About Author Impact

We will explore the importance of academic reputation, explaining your research to a wider audience, measuring the impact of your activities related to spreading the word about your publications, and what you can do to enhance yours.

Expand your professional networkGet endorsements and recommendationsGet noticed and contacted by recruitersJob hunting and application made efficient

Defining Impact; "… the beneficial application of research to achieve social, economic, environmental and/or cultural outcomes….… impact in the academic domain, which is seen more as an indicator of the intrinsic quality of the research on scholarly or academic measures"; Australian Research Quality Framework; 2006

Google Scholar: Supercharge Your Researcher Profile

Wed, 2 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Why? Google Scholar Author Profile?

Many people search Google Scholar because it’s easy. Google Scholar indexes “scholarly materials” – it includes a very large number of scholarly databases, but not commercial websites, and not law reports. Google Scholar also indexes books and book chapters. This is good for humanities and social science academics (though not perfect).You can manually add publications that aren’t already in Google Scholar.You can export your Google Scholar citations to a spreadsheet, and then add in citations in judgments or government reports etc. to make a more complete record of your citations and impact.

Editorial

Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Editorial

Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Editorial

Professional Literature

Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Professional Literature

Engineering Libraries Division of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference

Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Engineering Libraries Division of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference