Recent ucsd_libraries_presentations items

Show Me: Performance-Focused Assessment in One-Shot Instruction

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This presentation was delivered at SCIL Works 2026: Assessment is Constructed and Contextual: Measuring What Matters in Information Literacy, February 2026.

Instruction librarians rarely have access to the student course work needed in order to evaluate the effectiveness of a workshop or assess student learning as a result of a one shot instruction session. In this session, we will demonstrate how we have effectively gathered actionable student output from a library instruction session in order to make meaningful changes to instruction content (assessment) and/or delivery (evaluation) using Google Forms. We will have examples of how we have done this for tutorial content and curriculum-integrated one-shot workshops, ranging from small capstone courses to large (300+ students) writing program courses.

Sally T. WongAvery Digital Collections for Chinese Materials

Tue, 7 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Sally T. WongAvery Digital Collections for Chinese Materials

1980s China in the Eyes of an American Artist and an Art Historian: Two Digital Collections at UC San Diego Library

Tue, 7 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

1980s China in the Eyes of an American Artist and an Art Historian: Two Digital Collections at UC San Diego Library

Develop Assignment-Oriented LibGuides

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

What do students need from LibGuides pages embedded within faculty course websites? To answer this question, we conducted three rounds of user studies and performed user flow analysis to better understand students’ needs and behaviors. Based on these findings, we designed and implemented an assignment-oriented LibGuides module tailored to course contexts. This presentation discusses the UX design process used to translate user insights into a practical, scalable LibGuides solution.

Design for Digital Conference, Austin, TX, Apr. 2023.

The Sally T. WongAvery Digital Collections of Chinese Materials at the UC San Diego Library

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Presented at the 45th EASL (European Association of Sinologiical Librarians) Conference, the British Library on September 12, 2025, this presentation provides an overview of a three-year collaboration (June 2023–June 2026) between Cambridge University Library and UC San Diego Library. It describes the project's three components: digitization and metadata, scholarly exchange, and librarian exchange. Both UCSD and Cambridge created the Sally T. WongAvery Digital Collection of Chinese Materials. This presentation focuses on the digital collections UCSD created.

Redesigning Web Page Flow to Reduce Decision Fatigue

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This presentation was delivered at Designing for Digital Conference, March, 2019 .

Library websites can create decision fatigue when navigation, language, and structure reflect internal organization rather than user needs. This project describes a UX redesign of interlibrary loan (ILL) web pages at UC San Diego Library to reduce cognitive load and simplify task completion. Through website analysis, user journey mapping, and interviews with staff and users, the project identified duplicated content, clutter, and library jargon. Solutions included reflowing page structure, streamlining information architecture, consolidating content, and rewriting text in user-centered language, resulting in clearer pathways and improved access to services.

Really Baking It in: Integrating the UX Design Process with a Website Redesign

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The UX design process seeks to create meaningful and effective user experiences while also supporting an organization’s strategic and operational goals. The UC San Diego Library intentionally applied this process throughout its most recent website redesign, from initial project planning through design and development. This presentation examines our decision-making process in selecting and applying multiple UX tools and methodologies, and reflects on how this integrated approach influenced both the project outcomes and team collaboration.

Designing for Digital Conference, Austin, TX. April, 2017

It Takes a Village: Managing Disruption Constructively and Authentically

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

co-presented at California Academic Reference Librarians Discussion Interest Group - South (CARL-DIG), December, 2020

Develop a Library-wide User Research Hub

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This poster highlights the University of California San Diego Library’s development of a Library-wide User Research Hub grounded in UX design principles. Across the library, various programs and units collect data on user interactions with resources and services, as well as preferences and behaviors. However, without a consistent mechanism for sharing these datasets, efforts were often duplicated, and opportunities for collaboration or data-driven decision-making were missed. Our project focused on creating a user-friendly platform for collecting, organizing, and sharing library user research to support informed decision-making across the institution.

2024 Library Assessment Conference, Portland, Oregon, November 6–9, 2024

Understanding Users and Improving Your Website With Google Analytics

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This presentation demonstrates how Google Analytics can be used to understand user behavior and improve website content and design. By examining reports on top content, traffic sources, keywords, and navigation paths, the session shows how analytics data can inform decisions about information architecture, content priorities, and user-centered services. Examples from library websites illustrate practical applications for improving usability and aligning content with users’ top tasks.

Internet Librarian 2011, Monterey, CA, October 17, 2011

Assessing the Quality of the Primo AI Research Assistant for Use in Library Instruction and Research Consultations

Wed, 8 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This was presented at the LOEX 2025 conference in Pasadena, CA in May 2025. The presentation discussed a study conducted by a librarian research team at an R1 university that began testing the new Ex Libris Primo AI Research Assistant in 2024. The research team created a framework to assess the quality of results produced by this tool by inputting one year of research assistance queries from undergraduate writing program students and further comparing the output of a basic search to a prompt-engineered approach. Study findings will be presented along with a discussion of how librarians adapted their practice to integrate this AI tool into instruction and consultations.

Using Generative AI to Improve Your LibGuides

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Presented at the 2025 Generative AI in Libraries (GAIL) Virtual Conference. This lightning talk shares the presenter's experience and experiments with using generative AI tools like Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity to create and improve LibGuides text such as database descriptions, guide introductions, and topical overviews. The presenter also shares experiments with using generative AI to identify and locate sources to include on LibGuides.

Developing Scalable Library Research Training: Search Protocols, Modular Learning, and AI-Assisted Support

Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

University of California San Diego Library launched a project to transform health sciences library instruction – traditionally delivered in classroom settings – into a scalable, self-directed learning model that fosters independent research skill development. The project developed a structured search protocol to support systematic literature searches and library resource navigation. It follows a linear workflow, incorporating problem-solving actions, systematic search templates, an information needs taxonomy, and worked examples to support information retrieval. Unlike general library research guides, this protocol helps users apply search heuristics and methodologies to support System 1 (intuitive) and System 2 (analytical) problem-solving for more effective search strategy development. Its modular design enabled the development of instructional content in multiple formats, including videos, web-based guides, infographics, quizzes, and instructor resources, supporting diverse...

Evaluating One-shot Asynchronous, Online Primary Source Instruction: a Case Study Using Student Feedback

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This poster explores how librarians can evaluate students’ perceptions of their ability to apply skills about how to evaluate and use primary sources taught via an online tutorial for a large-scale (250+ students each quarter) writing program course that does not provide access to student work products. We reviewed data from a writing program course taught in two quarters with a combined enrollment of 574 students. Students completed an online tutorial where they learned skills required to analyze primary sources and an evaluation to determine their perception of the effectiveness of the tutorial format to teach these skills. Our data show students preferred the online tutorial format and 75% feel very confident or confident about their ability to analyze a primary source after completing the tutorial. This is significant because only 50% were able to demonstrate their abilities in completing the tutorial activities. While we are pleased students have confidence to proceed...

Evaluating How Library Employees Apply Their EDI Training

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

PURPOSE & GOALS: At UC San Diego Library, we are committed to continuously improving equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in our services and team. We aim to inspire all employees to actively advance EDI through a multi-faceted training initiative. This program includes comprehensive training for all staff, with additional leadership development for managers and supervisors. After the training, we evaluated how staff applied what they learned in their roles and in delivering Library services. This feedback is essential for shaping future EDI strategies and ensuring every employee can meaningfully contribute. Rather than focusing solely on learning recall or satisfaction, we prioritized understanding how employees applied the training in real-world settings. This evaluation guides the Library’s strategic planning, fostering continuous improvement by integrating training, evaluation, and employee-driven enhancements.

DESIGN & METHODOLOGY: We used the CDC’s “Recommended...

An agile approach to managing a Data and GIS Lab

Wed, 2 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Presented at the Western Association of Map Librarians (WAML) Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, Sept. 25-27, 2024

At UC San Diego, our Library’s Data & GIS Lab employs between four and six student workers. These students not only serve as the front line to patrons who drop by the lab with geospatial or data analysis questions, they also have them work on Library related projects. We will discuss how we’ve taken Agile principles and applied them to help us manage our Lab and the projects our students work on. While Agile methodologies and principles emerged as a response to challenges and limitations observed in traditional software development and project management practices, we are applying them as a flexible and adaptive approach to managing projects and delivering value to our end users. We leverage weekly standups, a Trello kanban, and allocate time to reflect and make changes to how we operate and can continue to improve as a Lab. Taking these approaches have...

An Actionable Guide to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Scholarly Communication

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Libraries strive to increase diversity in the workforce and foster equity and inclusion through the resources and services we provide. Recognizing the inequities and biases that exist within the scholarly publishing ecosystem, the authors created a publicly accessible online resource on the University of California Office of Scholarly Communication website to guide stakeholders to actions they could take to create more equitable scholarly communication environments. The resulting site offers distinct sections for peer reviewers, editorial boards, authors, scholarly publishers, and libraries, each summarizing research into the equity challenges for that group and suggesting actionable steps for addressing these challenges. We hope that, by interacting with this resource, scholarly communication stakeholders will gain a better understanding of the landscape and know how to take action. This poster will present our model for raising awareness of the inequities in the scholarly...

Inclusive Team Visioning: Building the Leadership Muscles to Get Beyond the Groan Zone

Wed, 3 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Structural changes in library leadership and services impact how librarians experience their work. When faced with externally imposed change, our public services team did more than adapt and navigate. We partnered management with organizational development to build a more inclusive team through shared visioning. Recognizing that everyone’s experience of change is unique, we employed a variety of tools and techniques to discover factors underlying motivation and resistance. We will share how we built our leadership skills to move a large team through change while respecting the identities, professional values, and experiences of each individual in the team.

Safeguard Plan for E-resources : Specifying Licensing Terms for Perpetual Accessand Exploring Means of Data Preservation

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The presentation discussed the current and potential issues we faced with electronic resources, especially Chinese e-resources like ebooks from Apabi, which filed bankruptcy (and we've bought a lot of books there!), and databases from CNKI, which are suspended until further notice due to government audits. Brings up a lot of questions on how to handle these situations from perpetual access rights in licensing terms to safeguard plans for preservation and activating perpetual access.

Intellectual Property Legislation and Litigation Update: Copyright Claims Board / Copyright and AI

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Intellectual Property Legislation and Litigation Update: Copyright Claims Board / Copyright and AI

The Pornographic Digital Divide: Libraries and Forbidden Knowledge