Liaison Coffee Chat, Friday October 16
This meeting was led by Anna Craft, a metadata cataloger, who discussed NC Docks as a digital online collection for student submissions as well as a platform for professors’ professional work. The NC Docks server allows for UNCG students to submit their work under certain conditions. A faculty member must speak for the merit of the student’s work, and liaisons can act as the sponsoring faculty member. A disclaimer will also be added to the student work on an external link because there have been instances of students submitting unedited work or a broken link taking the user to a different work. The disclaimer will state that the link worked on uploaded date and any date the work may have been updates. NC Docks remains an important service for students and professors because Jackson Library no longer purchases print theses and dissertations, and NC Docks grants online access thereby reaching a larger audience on a global scale. This server allows the library to continue to add to the collection and create an easy to use online finding aid. You can also search by professor name and see a list of their published works under their profile. This profile is great for professors because NC Docks keeps track of citations by counting every time the link to their work is opened. To read more on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, or ETDs, visit uncg.edu/current/about-etd
This meeting was led by Anna Craft, a metadata cataloger, who discussed NC Docks as a digital online collection for student submissions as well as a platform for professors’ professional work. The NC Docks server allows for UNCG students to submit their work under certain conditions. A faculty member must speak for the merit of the student’s work, and liaisons can act as the sponsoring faculty member. A disclaimer will also be added to the student work on an external link because there have been instances of students submitting unedited work or a broken link taking the user to a different work. The disclaimer will state that the link worked on uploaded date and any date the work may have been updates. NC Docks remains an important service for students and professors because Jackson Library no longer purchases print theses and dissertations, and NC Docks grants online access thereby reaching a larger audience on a global scale. This server allows the library to continue to add to the collection and create an easy to use online finding aid. You can also search by professor name and see a list of their published works under their profile. This profile is great for professors because NC Docks keeps track of citations by counting every time the link to their work is opened. To read more on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, or ETDs, visit uncg.edu/current/about-etd
Interview with an Academic Functional Librarian from a Larger Public Institution, Friday October 16
Beth Bernhardt, the assistant dean for collection management and scholarly communications and Interim Head of the Cataloging Department at UNC Greensboro, works in the cataloging department. As a functional leader at Jackson Library, Beth tries to educate subject liaisons when advocating for scholarly communication by being the one place they can get answers. She keeps current with the education concerning scholarly communication for faculty and helps link them to that information through multiple formats. Beth creates libguides, attends webinars, and emails faculty for scholarly communication opportunities. She also works with a team of representatives for each department. When Beth first started this position at UNCG, she would meet with the office of research, the vice chancellor, and the graduate school as outreach for the library, but her role has evolved to become much more personalized. Beth has developed marketing skills as she reaches out to faculty personally, acting as a representative through the office of research and as a committee member. All of these mediums of education act as opportunities for her to discuss what the library could and can offer patrons through collection materials and scholarly communication. The main challenge Beth faces with her many functional librarian roles is time. Many libraries have more specialists to do the jobs she performs, but Beth is responsible for all three jobs - collection management, scholarly communication, and cataloging.
Beth Bernhardt, the assistant dean for collection management and scholarly communications and Interim Head of the Cataloging Department at UNC Greensboro, works in the cataloging department. As a functional leader at Jackson Library, Beth tries to educate subject liaisons when advocating for scholarly communication by being the one place they can get answers. She keeps current with the education concerning scholarly communication for faculty and helps link them to that information through multiple formats. Beth creates libguides, attends webinars, and emails faculty for scholarly communication opportunities. She also works with a team of representatives for each department. When Beth first started this position at UNCG, she would meet with the office of research, the vice chancellor, and the graduate school as outreach for the library, but her role has evolved to become much more personalized. Beth has developed marketing skills as she reaches out to faculty personally, acting as a representative through the office of research and as a committee member. All of these mediums of education act as opportunities for her to discuss what the library could and can offer patrons through collection materials and scholarly communication. The main challenge Beth faces with her many functional librarian roles is time. Many libraries have more specialists to do the jobs she performs, but Beth is responsible for all three jobs - collection management, scholarly communication, and cataloging.