Georgia Tech Library Professional Publications and Presentations
Published scholarship to foster discourse in the field of knowledge information.
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Recent Submissions
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Toward an Improved Understanding of Research Data Management Needs: Designing and Using a Rubric to Analyze Data Management Plans
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Navigating the Research Information Management Ecosystem
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-10-26)Research Information Management (RIM) systems can track and synchronize data about faculty scholarship and activities, including grants, articles, student courses and advisement, and professional service. These systems ... -
Development of an analytic rubric to facilitate and standardize the review of NSF data management plans
(2015-02-09)The last decade has seen a dramatic increase in calls for greater accessibility to research results and the datsets underlying them. In the United States, federal agencies with over $100 million in annual research and ... -
Sustainable Initiatives for the Renewed Georgia Tech Library
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-10-06)In the coming years, the Georgia Tech Library will be undergoing a renewal process where both library buildings will be redesigned to best support Tech’s 21st-century campus community. How will this new state-of-the-art ... -
An Introduction to Open Educational Resources
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-07)From Librarians at Georgia Tech, Georgia State University, Emory University, and the University of Georgia, this is “An Introduction to Open Educational Resources”. Textbook costs are too high, and getting higher. ... -
Open Access: Generation Open
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-12)From Librarians at Georgia Tech, Georgia State University, Emory University, and the University of Georgia, this is “Open Access: Generation Open”. Open Access is a movement to make academic research available for public ... -
Retrogaming in the GT Archives
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-07)Students in six sections of English 1102 used the GT Archives retroTECH hardware and software in the Spring 2015 semester to complete an assignment as part of their course, Narrative in Videogames, taught by Dr. Josh ... -
Teaching Information Literacy Through Senior Projects
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-10)Presentation on a library information literacy course given to students in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Program. -
Academic Library Visits in Beijing (May-June 2007)
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-08)Presentation on visits to three university libraries in Beijing, China. -
Building on Common Ground: Exploring the Intersection of Archives and Data Curation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-06)Research data management continues to emerge as a distinct information discipline with unique needs, policies and practices, but there are many ways in which it overlaps with the existing disciplines of records management ... -
Applying the DART Rubric to Inform Georgia Tech RDM Service Development
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-06)Panel Abstract: To provide research data management (RDM) support services, libraries need to develop expertise in data curation and management within the library. Many academic libraries are reorganizing to initiate RDM ... -
Bibliometric Study of Scholarly Writing and Publishing Patterns Concerning Copyright and Digital Images
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-05)With the advancement of technology and the digital era, new forms of displaying and accessing information are prevalent. The literature on the subject of digital visual resources—specifically art images—and copyright ... -
Open Access Publishing and the Ends of Scholarship
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-03)Commentary on how framing discussions of Open Access publishing should focus on the desired ends and outcomes of scholarship. -
Beyond Metadata: Leveraging the "README" to Support Disciplinary Documentation Needs
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-04-28)Despite widespread agreement about the importance of metadata to facilitate data sharing and reuse, academic institutions still grapple with questions about how to best support the broader documentation requirements of ... -
Information Sources and Collection Planning for Engineering
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyIGI Global, 2013)This chapter will provide background for practicing librarians who have collection development responsibilities for engineering programs at academic institutions. Although it is intended as a resource for all engineering ... -
Using Vireo to Streamline the ETD Workflow at Georgia Tech
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-09-25)Georgia Tech thesis and dissertation workflows were changed by and benefited from a switch from the ETD-db thesis submission management system to the Vireo ETD system. The added flexibility and capability of Vireo ... -
Paper seismograms shake up research data workflows at Georgia Tech
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-11-03)Although most research data collections submitted for inclusion in Georgia Tech’s institutional repository SMARTech are born digital and comprised of only a few digital files, some researchers still have valuable, non-digital ... -
Does Space Matter? Assessing the Undergraduate "Lived Experience" to Enhance Learning
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-10)Developing an understanding of the lived student experience in relation to physical space is critical in order for designers to create spaces that work for the mobile, fast-paced, and multifaceted lives of university students. -
Funding open access journal publishing: Article processing charges
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-05)An established business model adopted by OA publishers is assessing authors an article processing charge (APC). Often, authors can rely upon research grants to cover APCs in order to comply with the grant requirements or ... -
Re-purposing Archival Theory in the Practice of Data Curation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-02-25)The research data sharing imperative has produced an explosion of interest around institutional research data curation and archiving. For institutions seeking to capture their intellectual output and ensure compliance with ...
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