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North-South Scholarly Collaboration: Opportunities and Experiences in Africa

Description: Article from a panel held at the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) 2021 conference held on October 23-November 3, 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The panel was meant to stimulate future north-south collaborations by increasing awareness of both funded opportunities and low budget initiatives for scholarly exchanges and collaborations, benefits for scholars and their institutions in developed and developing countries, and best practices with respect to north-south co… more
Date: October 31, 2021
Creator: Sonnenwald, Diane H.; Rorissa, Abebe; Fourie, Ina; Julien, Heidi; Raju, Jaya & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
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“Unity in Diversity”: A Conversation around the Interdisciplinary Identity of Information Science

Description: Article from a panel held at the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) 2021 conference held on October 23-November 3, 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The panel's goals were: (1) to engage researchers and educators in an interactive discussion on the contributing factors and ways in which information science can remain a diverse and interdisciplinary field, realize its full potential, and build a strong identity as well as identify potential barriers it needs to overcome… more
Date: October 31, 2021
Creator: Rorissa, Abebe; Iyer, Hemalata; Albright, Kendra; Potnis, Devendra; Caidi, Nadia & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
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Near-Death Experiences and Claims of Past-Life Memories

Description: Article discussing the role of life reviews during near-death experiences (NDEs) and situations in which those experiences have included memories that appear to be from a previous lifetime. It also addresses the apparent contradiction that some NDErs report meeting deceased persons in a non-Earthly realm.
Date: Autumn 2021
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
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Survival Psi and Somatic Psi: Exploratory Quantitative Phenomenological Analyses of Blinded Mediums' Experiences of Communication with the Deceased and Psychic Readings for the Living

Description: Article describing the results of a quantitative assessment regarding the phenomenology of mediums using "survival psi" to telepathically communicate with physically deceased targets and also psychic readings for living targets.
Date: Summer 2021
Creator: Beischel, Julie; Rock, Adam J.; Pekala, Ronald J. & Boccuzzi, Mark
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Formulating a Scalable Approach to Patron-Requested Digitization in Archives

Description: This article examines how archives were forced to rethink their modes of providing access to physical collections because of the coronavirus of 2019 (COVID-19). Whereas difficult copyright questions raised by reproducing items could previously be skirted by requiring researchers to work with materials in person, the long-term closure of reading rooms and decrease in long-distance travel mean that archives need a workflow for handling user digitization requests that is scalable and requires cons… more
Date: June 1, 2021
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S. & Judkins, Julie
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Making Meetings More Meaningful: An Exploration of Meeting Science in Libraries

Description: This article adds to the growing body of research in meeting science, explored from a library perspective. The authors investigate the predictors of success for productive meetings, librarian perceptions of effective meeting leadership, and best practices for meeting leadership.
Date: May 12, 2021
Creator: Leuzinger, Julie & Brannon, Sian
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Collaborating on Scholarship: Best Practices for Team Research Projects

Description: Article on collaborating on scholarship. Collaborating on scholarship has the potential to provide many advantages, including benefiting from others’ expertise, reinforcing accountability, and providing motivation. However, working with others is tricky—consider compatible work habits, receptivity to criticism, and commitment to fulfill responsibilities. Decisions to be made include where to publish, in what order authors’ names will appear, and how the manuscripts will be written. Who will coo… more
Date: January 13, 2021
Creator: Sassen, Catherine & Brannon, Sian
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Equitable Educational Planning: Embracing Open Educational Resources for the Post-Pandemic Era

Description: This article explores the post-pandemic landscape and how increasing Open Educational Resources (OER), Open Access (OA), and removing access barriers could increase equity by establishing the ability for teaching/learning to continue for all, regardless of the ability to attend a brick-and-mortar building and regardless of socio-economic status. The authors examine the consequences of current iniquities through the lens of self-determination theory (SDT).
Date: 2021
Creator: Ford, Angela & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
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The Impact of Library Instruction on Undergraduate Student Success: A Four-Year Study

Description: This article reports on a four-year study done at the University of North Texas to compare variables of student success (GPA, pass or fail status in course, and retention) in students that attended library instruction sessions and students who did not. It finds a positive correlation between attending library instruction and student success.
Date: January 2021
Creator: Rowe, Jennifer; Leuzinger, Julie; Hargis, Carol & Harker, Karen
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Becoming an Associate Dean: A Librarian’s Tale of Lessons Learned

Description: Article shares the leadership lessons learned by a librarian who once served as a faculty member but then became an Associate Dean. Transitioning from a faculty role to an administrative one creates a landscape of learning that promotes growth and exposes challenges. This is the submitted/accepted manuscript version of the article.
Date: Winter 2020
Creator: Venner, Mary Ann
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Metaphysical Beliefs and Experiences Among Physician Trainees: An Exploratory Study

Description: Article documenting the results of surveying 126 physician trainees regarding their beliefs about metaphysical experiences (e.g., near-death experiences, out-of-body experiences, shared-death experiences, and after-death communication) and experiences shared with them by patients. It also discusses results about the trainees' attitudes toward transcendental explanations and caring for end-of-life patients.
Date: Autumn 2020
Creator: Schmit, Jessica M.
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The Phenomenology of Iranian Near-Death Experiences

Description: Article describing the findings regarding thematic analysis of seventeen near-death experience accounts provided by Iranian Shia Muslims to determine how these experiences overlap or diverge from accounts given by experiencers from Western cultures.
Date: Autumn 2020
Creator: Ghasemiannejad Jahromi, Alinaghi & Long, Jeffrey
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Sentiment Analysis of Web Scraped Near-Death Experience Narratives

Description: Article documenting the findings of research that employed web-scraping of personal narratives to analyze the level of positive or negative sentiment expressed by experiencers regarding their near-death experiences.
Date: Autumn 2020
Creator: Quinn, Rory Joseph
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Advances in academic video game collections

Description: This article discusses how the UNT Media Library developed a video game collection to support student retention, student recreation, and classroom instruction. The article also will explain how the Library successfully met challenges involved in collection development, related technology, space needs, and the challenges it sees ahead.
Date: August 29, 2020
Creator: Robson, Diane; Sassen, Catherine & Rodriguez, Allyson
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Academic Librarians Creating Value through Commercialization Partnerships

Description: This paper focuses on how the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries was able to develop a successful partnership with the UNT Office of Innovation and Commercialization (OIC) and move outside the Libraries’ normal sphere of influence to help create a patent internship program for students. The paper is published in the Texas Library Journal Special Edition for Summer 2020, and it was a contributed paper at the Texas Library Association 2020 Virtual Summer of Learning conference.
Date: August 12, 2020
Creator: Dooley, Yvonne
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