Faculty Research in Georgia Southern Commons
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Submissions from 2024
Leveraging Generative AI and ChatGPT to Reference Services in Academic Libraries, Kay Coates and LiLi Li
Retention through Empathy An Invitation to Compassionate Progressive Discipline, Jessica Garner and Kay Coates
The Future of Academic Reference Services in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: An Overview, LiLi Li and Kay Coates
Artificial Intelligence In Library Access Services, Xuan Pang and Jessica Garner
Submissions from 2023
Mindfulness Practices in University and High School Settings: A Systematic Literature Review, Ruth L. Baker and Katia G. Karadjova-Kozhuharova
Applications of Analog Board Game Play in Higher Education Teaching and Learning: A Systematic Review, Nathaniel Lee Bareford
"I Was Told There'd Be Homebrew": Using Open Resources to Build No Cost/Low Cost Campaigns, Nathaniel Lee Bareford
“I Was Told There’d Be Homebrew”: Using Open Resources to Build No Cost/Low Cost TTRPG Events, Nathaniel Lee Bareford
Yours, Mine, and Ours: An Exploration of Personal Pronouns and Idioms, Nathaniel Lee Bareford, Kay G. Coates, and Payton Smith
Accessibility and Online Learning Tools: A Survey of Academic Librarians, Nathaniel Lee Bareford, Justin Fuhr, Kelli Anne Gecawich, Julia Martyniuk, and Chris Vaughn
Copyright, 3D Printing, and the Value of Open Vetted 3D OER, Nathaniel Lee Bareford, Wilhelmina Randtke, and John Schlipp
Yours, Mine, and Ours: An Exploration of Personal Pronouns and Idioms, Nathaniel Lee Bareford and Payton Smith
Making Data Bearable: Teaching Data Management, Dawn N. Cannon-Rech and Jeffrey M. Mortimore
Compassion Satisfaction: Redressed Professional Stress and Representation Burnout, Kay Coates
The “Butterfly Effect-Cascading Compassion Satisfaction in Library Land, Kay Coates
Putting our Thoughts Together: Information Creation as a Process in Pursuit of Inclusive Excellence, Kay Coates and Nathaniel Lee Bareford
Flow with Compassion, Kay Coates and Jessica Garner
Reversing the Downward Curve: When is Progressive Discipline Necessary and How to Focus on Positive Improvement and Retention within an Access Services Department?, Kay Coates and Jessica Garner
Take a Joy Ride: Applying the Theory of Interdependence to Library Practice, Kay Coates and Jessica Garner
Creating Flow thru the Compassion of Satisfaction, Kay G. Coates and Jessica Garner
Growing and Maintaining your Tech Collection: A Guide for Libraries Large and Small, Kyle Culpepper and Wilhelmina Randtke
New Frontiers: Integrating Academic Libraries when Universities Merge: Implications for Libraries, Teaching, and Learning, Scott DiMarco, Lisandra R. Carmichael, and Anthony McMullen
Addressing the Unmentionable at the Circulation Desk: An Unlikely Library Partnership for an Often-overlooked Cause: Period Equity, Jessica Garner
When Leadership Changes How Do You Build a Project Team on the Fly, Jessica Garner and Kay Coates
Management Challenges Around Vacancies, Jessica Garner and Karen Doster-Greenleaf
Training Student Assistants on Diversity Literacy Through a Cross Departmental Mentorship Program, Rebecca J. Hunnicutt and Jessica Garner
A Scholar’s Journey into Alexander Von Humboldt in Bulgaria, Katia G. Karadjova-Kozhuharova
Positive Effects of Mindfulness Practices on Academic Performance and Well-being, Katia G. Karadjova-Kozhuharova and Ruth L. Baker
The Concept We Map: ACLR + Whole Child Strategy for Pre-Service Teacher Education Training, Beverly A. King Miller and Kay G. Coates
Implementation and Evaluation of the Forensic Chemistry CURE using High Impact Practices, Shainaz Landge, Dawn Cannon-Rech, Jeffrey M. Mortimore, Elizabeth C. Sargent, and Debanjana Ghosh
Fight the Rot: Improving Support for Linking to Electronic Resources, Jeffrey Mortimore
Improving Library Discovery: Assessing Practices With the ODI Conformance Checklist for Libraries, Jeffrey M. Mortimore
Links, Links Everywhere: Supporting Creation of Reliable Access URLS, Jeffrey M. Mortimore
One Form to Rule them All: A Simple Codebase for Streamlined Search Form Creation and Management, Jeffrey M. Mortimore and Justin Barnett
Self-Assessment Questions Supplemented with Concept Videos for Enabling Independent Learning in a General Chemistry Course, Beulah Narendrapurapu, Deborah Walker, Dawn N. Cannon-Rech, Jeffrey M. Mortimore, and Leah Williams
Self-assessment Questions Supplemented With Concept Videos for Enabling Independent Learning in a General Chemistry Course, Beulah Narendrapurapu, Leah Williams, Deborah Walker, Dawn Cannon-Rech, and Jeffrey M. Mortimore
Special Topic Panel Discussion: Artificial Intelligence in Access Services, Xuan Lily Pang, Jessica Garner, and Shandra Jones
Artificial intelligence history, and libraries: History and Legacy of Library Contributions to machine learning, Wilhelmina Randtke
Getting Onboard the Intranet, Wilhelmina Randtke
Software testing: How to design a software testing process for everyone, Wilhelmina Randtke
Ways to participate in ongoing regulation around artificial intelligence ethics in the United States, Wilhelmina Randtke
The Google Analytics Change: Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4: Overview and checklist for Libraries, Wilhelmina Randtke and Justin Barnett
Software Maintenance: Planning a server upgrade - a library perspective, Wilhelmina Randtke and Melissa Jackson
Panic at the One-Shot! Exploring Current and Historic News Media through Liaison partnership/collaboration, Kevin J. Reagan and Autumn Johnson
Submissions from 2022
Yours, Mine, and Ours: An Exploration of Personal Pronouns and Idioms, Nathaniel Lee Bareford
Playing to Win: Supporting Student Engagement and Success With a Circulating Games Program, Nathaniel Lee Bareford and Wesley Dasher
Yours, Mine, and Ours: An Exploration of Personal Pronouns and Idioms, Nathaniel Lee Bareford and Payton Smith
Author Metrics and Impact, Beth Burnett
Building Inclusive Excellence Plans in Academic Libraries: A Means for Preserving Cultural Rights, Lisandra R. Carmichael
Go Live! A Research Services Librarian’s View of Phenomenology in Library Research Design, Kay Coates
Bringing joie de vivre back: Workplace burnout & Black Women in academia, Kay Coates and Vivian F. Bynoe
Intelligent Libraries and AI: Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Academic Libraries in the Future, Kay Coates and LiLi Li
Library Resources for Future/Current Resource Conscious Educators, Kay Coates and Lamonica Sanford
Mergers and Acquisitions in Georgia Higher Education, L. M. Cornelius and Lisandra R. Carmichael
OER Discovery: Where Have We Come From, and Where Are We Going?, Jeff Gallant, Dawn N. Cannon-Rech, Rebecca J. Hunnicutt, Beth Burnett, and Jeffrey Mortimore
OER Discovery: Ensuring OER Rise to the Top, Rebecca J. Hunnicutt, Beth Burnett, Dawn N. Cannon-Rech, Jeffrey M. Mortimore, and Jeff Gallant
Dismantling the Silos: Access Services and Technical Services Work Together to Support Student Assistants, Rebecca J. Hunnicutt and Jessica Garner
Archival Silence: Closing Gaps in African American History in Bulloch County, GA, Alvin D. Jackson, Nkenge Jackson-Flowers, Autumn Johnson, Beth Burnett, and Jennifer Gerrald
Mindfulness And Technology: Can They Be Two Sides Of The Same Coin?, Katia G. Karadjova-Kozhuharova and Ruth L. Baker
Traveling Libraries: From ancient times to present days at the IV International Scholarly Symposium: Books, Travel & Travelers, Katia G. Karadjova-Kozhuharova and Jessica Garner
Trying Something New: Developing New Tools for Educational Resources Assessment, Jessica Minihan and Jeffrey Mortimore
Reader Meet Author: Student and Faculty Content Creation, Jeffrey Mortimore, Autumn Johnson, Dawn N. Cannon-Rech, and Ruth L. Baker
Unbundling the Big Deal: Researcher Perceptions and Behavior Before and After, Jeffrey Mortimore, Jessica Minihan, Jesse Koennecke, and Kizer S. Walker
Creating Open-source Self-Assessment Quizzes on Libguides in General Chemistry course for Engineering Majors, Beulah S. Narendrapurapu, Dawn N. Cannon-Rech, Jeffrey Mortimore, and Deborah Walker
Georgia Southern’s Checkout Equipment: laptops, cameras, boardgames, and more. How we manage the checkout equipment program, Wilhelmina Randtke, Lonnie Brogdon, Tony Curtis, and Jessica Garner
Submissions from 2021
Claim Your ORCID ID, Ruth L. Baker
Create a Google Scholar Profile (Faculty version), Ruth L. Baker
Create a Google Scholar Profile (Student version), Ruth L. Baker
Create a LinkedIn Profile, Ruth L. Baker
Armstrong Campus Institutional Repository Services, Beth Burnett
Harvest the Author Dashboard for Faculty Reports, Beth Burnett
Request a SelectedWorks Profile, Beth Burnett
Identity Politics: The Weightiness of Black Womanhood in LIS, Vivian Bynoe, Kay Coates, Brittani Sterling, and Dylitchrous Thompson
Supporting the Journey: Adapting Library Services to Support the Entire Process of OER Implementation, Dawn N. Cannon-Rech, Jeffrey Mortimore, Deborah Walker, and Beulah Narendrapurapu
The Flywheel Effect: Bridging the gap for 1st year students in a virtual world, Kay Coates and Vivian F. Bynoe
Information Literacy reimagined: Deep Learning Practice, Kay Coates and Beverly A. King Miller
Collaborations - “What are, projects you hope will work?”: The successes and failures of collaboration, and looking for the happy medium, Rebecca Hunnicutt
Public Notes to the Rescue! Connecting Resources, Services, and Practices in the Library Catalog, Rebecca Hunnicutt and Jeffrey Mortimore
Escape the Show and Tell: Engaging Primary Source Literacy through Immersive Game-based Instruction, Autumn Johnson and Dawn Nikki Cannon-Rech
Culturally Grounded Approaches to Information Literacy Understanding: The Case of Bulgaria, Katia G. Karadjova-Kozhuharova and Tania Y. Todorova
Free is Good! The OER Story of an Organic Chemistry Textbook, Shainaz M. Landge, Christine Whitlock, Karelle Aiken, John C. DiCesare, Rafael L. Quirino, Hans J. Schanz, Mohammed Lnu, Isaac Graves, Alex Whitlock, Dawn Cannon-Rech, and Jeffrey M. Mortimore
Enhancing Information Literacy Instruction through Student-Led Content Creation, Jeffrey Mortimore, Ruth Baker, Amanda R. Scull, Antonia Osuna-Garcia, and Courtney Hoffner
Providing Sustainable Open Educational Resource Materials for Organic Chemistry Students, Jeffrey M. Mortimore, Dawn Cannon-Rech, Christine Whitlock, and Shainaz Landge
Suffering Is Optional, but Not Required: Promotion and Tenure in Technical Services, Jeffrey M. Mortimore and Jessie Copeland
Submissions from 2020
Finding Scholarly Articles using Discover Search, Ruth L. Baker
Introduction to Discover @Georgia Southern, Ruth L. Baker
Harvest the Author Dashboard for Departmental Reports, Beth Burnett
Open Access Week: Institutional Repository, Beth Burnett
PlumX: Take the Driver's Seat with Integrated Metrics Dashboards, Beth Burnett
SelectedWorks Profiles: Create Your Online Scholarly Presence, Beth Burnett
Intermittent Fasting: The Extras that will Really Enhance Your Personal Research Fitness, Beth Burnett and Jeffrey M. Mortimore
About Face Design: Turning your Face-To-Face Instructional Programming to Virtual, Dawn Nikki Cannon-Rech and Autumn M. Johnson
Archives and STEM: The Perfect Formula for Immersive Cross-Disciplinary Instruction, Dawn Nikki Cannon-Rech and Autumn M. Johnson
Archives and Stem: The Perfect Formula for Immersive Cross-Disciplinary Instruction, Dawn Nikki Cannon-Rech and Autumn M. Johnson
Creating and Hosting OER using LibGuides, Dawn Nikki Cannon-Rech and Jeffrey Mortimore
Under the Big Top: A Large- Scale, Cross Disciplinary Research Ethics Escape Game for Student Researchers, Dawn Nikki Cannon-Rech and Jeffrey Mortimore
Everyone Loves Gummi Bears! Removing the Intimidation factor from Research Data Management with Yummy Fun., Dawn Nikki Cannon-Rech and Jeffrey M. Mortimore
Providing No-Cost, Sustainable Learning Materials for Organic Chemistry Students, Dawn Nikki Cannon-Rech, Christine R. Whitlock, Shainaz Landge, Isaac Graves, Alex Whitlock, Karelle Aiken, Rafael L. Quirino, Abid Shaikh, and Hans J. Schanz
Quarantine Queries: A Librarian's 5G Inclusive Reveal, Kay Coates
Reference Diversity: Listening In A Crisis, Kay Coates
