Tag Archives: faculty

Working with Faculty to Meet Their Library Collection Needs  

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Nancy Turner

Scholarship and teaching about the performing arts is continually changing. Temple Libraries’ new librarian for Music Performance, Becca Fulop, has worked hard to get to know her faculty – in particular their needs in library collections. She wanted to learn more … 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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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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Assessment Community of Practice Focus: Faculty Survey on Undergraduate Instruction

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Nancy Turner

Last week’s Assessment Community of Practice meeting focused on findings from the Ithaka S+R faculty survey, particularly those related to Undergraduate Instruction. Twelve librarians participated and we were lucky to be joined research project team members  (Rebecca Lloyd, Annie Johnson, … Continue reading →

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Assessment & Analytics Community of Practice “Kick Off” : A Recap

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Nancy Turner

Yesterday here at Temple University Libraries we kicked off a new approach to developing our culture of assessment, an Assessment & Analytics Community of Practice discussion to which all staff were invited. The Kick Off  focused on two recent research … Continue reading →

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Improving our Understanding of Faculty Work: Two Research Projects

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Nancy Turner

Over the last couple of years, Temple librarians have engaged in two significant research projects with potential for informing our work with faculty. This week’s kickoff for the Libraries/Press Assessment Community of Practice provides an opportunity to discuss these projects … 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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