iSchool students to present research at LITA Forum

Three iSchool students will participate in the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) Forum, which will be held November 17-20 in Fort Worth, Texas. The LITA Forum is the annual conference for professionals in archives, libraries, and other information services.

Nicholas Wolf, master's student and research data management librarian at New York University (NYU), will give a talk with Vicky Steeves, NYU librarian for research data management and reproducibility, titled "Using Openness as Foundation for Research Data Management Services." 

Abstract: This talk will describe the building and scaling up of research data management services at NYU solely using open source tools and data for instruction and best practices recommendations. Through demonstrating the applicability of tools such as OpenRefine, the Open Science Framework, ReproZip, and languages such as Python and R in library instruction, classes for faculty, and online knowledge bases, our aim is to encourage researchers to consider the sustainability and interoperability of their research. Through leading by example, Nick and Vicky have scaled up practices to create a culture of data sharing, reproducibility, and open-source advocacy on campus. 

Master's students Kevin Moore and Shelby Hallman will present their poster, "GRIPTS: Increasing Online Visibility of Departmental Research Productivity," which describes a project with potential benefit to multiple units at the University of Illinois.

About the research: Our library has created Group Information Productivity Tool (GRIPT) pages with the focus of facilitating specialized searches and faculty publication retrieval for the College of Engineering and physical science departments. The GRIPT pages serve as hubs for locating departmental resources, tracking faculty research activity, and following current and ongoing scholarly research within their field. As information literacy tools, GRIPTs pages help the users effectively design search strategies by identifying how and where to retrieve publications related to the departments’ ongoing research. We will discuss the role and impact of GRIPTs pages in the university and our plan to improve functionality.

 

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