Category Archives: research work practice

Asking for help from ChatGPT

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Nancy Turner

I’ve been exploring prompt engineering this week in my efforts to learn more about the uses of AI – for personal interests and professional work. It connects to our thinking about the use of AI tools for instruction and by … Continue reading →

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Letters from the Field: Evidence-Based Research for Librarians

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Nancy Turner

This month’s post is from Sarah Bauman, Head of the Charles A. Kraus Library at Temple’s Schools of Podiatric Medicine. Sarah was so excited by the recent conference she attended, I asked her to post about it. Here’s Sarah’s account: … Continue reading →

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Envisioning our Future: The Constant is Change

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Nancy Turner

Last week I shared some highlights of the Envisioning our Future interview project with TULUP staff. In this post I begin to pull together themes that emerged over the course of the project’s three phases: organizational communication, change and connection.   … Continue reading →

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Strategies for Growing Our Institutional Repository: Evaluating TUScholarShare’s CV Review Service Training for Liaison Librarians

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Nancy Turner

A guest post from Alicia Pucci and Annie Johnson  Since the launch of Temple University’s first institutional repository (IR) TUScholarShare in fall 2020, Alicia Pucci,  TUScholarShare’s administrator, and Annie Johnson, assistant director for open publishing initiatives and scholarly communications have tested … Continue reading →

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Supporting Big Data Research at Temple: Reflections on the Research Process

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Nancy Turner

Congratulations to the research team that just completed its report on Supporting Big Data Research at Temple University.  Freely available on TU Scholarshare, I think the report will be widely read and have real impact in contributing to the conversation on support … Continue reading →

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LibGuide Assessment from the Ground Up

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Nancy Turner

Librarian Rick Lezenby authors many Libguides. In this guest post, Rick shares some insights about assessment and the value of listening to users as we collaborate on tools that support their instruction. Libguides at Temple Libraries are guides to library … Continue reading →

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Supporting Online Learning and Research: Assessing our Virtual Reference Activities

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Nancy Turner

Today’s post is contributed by Olivia Given Castello, Tom Ipri, Kristina De Voe and Jackie Sipes. Thank you! The sudden move to all-online learning at Temple University presented a unique challenge to the Libraries and provided a great opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Improving Temple Libraries’ System for Systematic Reviews

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Nancy Turner

Stephanie Roth, Biomedical and Research Services Librarian at the Health Sciences Libraries, doesn’t always think of herself as doing “assessment.” But my conversation with her about the evolving service and education she’s doing with Systematic Reviews is a good example … Continue reading →

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Speaking of Scholarly Communication: Interviews with Faculty

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Nancy Turner

Last week staff from Reference & Instruction, Access Services, the Press, Digital Scholarship Center, Special Collections,  Digital Library Initiatives, and Library Administration gathered for a conversation to share findings from a series of interviews we librarians had this past spring. … Continue reading →

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Supporting the Needs of Faculty – The Research Services Forum

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Nancy Turner

The Research Services Forum met last week to discuss the recent Ithaka Faculty Survey.  Ithaka S+R has conducted a survey of faculty every three years since 2000, providing libraries with a “snapshot of practices and perceptions related to scholarly communications … Continue reading →

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