The Challenges in Developing an Online Applied Statistics Program: Lessons Learned at Penn State University

2015 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek S. Young ◽  
Glenn F. Johnson ◽  
Mosuk Chow ◽  
James L. Rosenberger
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-102
Author(s):  
Meg E. Massey

In early March 2020, libraries across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania began to close in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. On March 19, staff members in the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Department at Penn State University Libraries pivoted to providing remote services to Penn State users and library partners from around the world. In addition to describing the difficulties of transitioning to and the realities of working from home, this piece describes the challenges experienced in returning to the library. Considerations for the future are also discussed.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-106
Author(s):  
Anthony T Pinter ◽  
Ben Goldman ◽  
Eric Novotny

During the 2016 election, Pennsylvania was viewed as a crucial state not only for the presidential race, but also for a Senate seat, seats in the House of Representatives, and for state-specific positions. In response to the attention placed on Pennsylvania during the election, Penn State University Libraries undertook a project to document the discourse that occurred online. The resulting project, “Pennsylvania Perspectives on the 2016 U.S. Election,” collected websites and Twitter data in order to document the people, voices, moments, and prominent issues in Pennsylvania. In this practice paper, we describe the project background, scope, collection methodology, lessons learned, and best practices that we discovered, in the hopes that it will inspire others to undertake similar projects to document important societal events at local, state, national, and international levels.


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