Engaging student employee expertise to improve Wikipedia edit-a-thons

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany Paloma Fiedler ◽  
Maggie Bukowski ◽  
Chelsea Heinbach ◽  
Eduardo Martinez-Flores ◽  
Rosan Mitola
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Las Vegas ◽  
Peer Learning ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Library Instruction ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
The University ◽  
Collaborative Efforts ◽  
Engaging Student

Since 2007, the University Libraries at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has had a student employee peer learning program composed of six to seven undergraduate students. The Mason Undergraduate Peer Research Coaches, known as peer coaches, work within the instruction and outreach department co-teaching library instruction sessions and connecting with students through cocurricular outreach activities. When three librarians decided to plan their first Wikipedia edit-a-thon in 2017, the peer coaches became their collaborators. Since then, the peer coaches have developed lists of resources, identified notable individuals, evaluated Wikipedia pages, and worked with students during the event at orientation, citation, information, creation, and translation stations. They have also engaged in extra projects like creating playlists, designing swag, developing a trivia game, and pop-up tabling. Because of the collaboration with the peer coaches, the edit-a-thons have developed and grown far beyond initial expectations. In this chapter, we will share the background and institutional context for our university and Wikipedia program; detail the collaborative efforts of library faculty, staff, and peer coaches at each stage; and share reflections and recommendations from the peer coaches themselves.

scholarly journals Complete Genome Sequences of Mycobacterium smegmatis Phages NihilNomen and Carlyle, Isolated in Las Vegas, Nevada

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (38) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Salisbury ◽  
Ryan Doss ◽  
Astha Mehta ◽  
Khadija Bhatti ◽  
Ciera Dapra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mycobacterium Smegmatis ◽  
Complete Genome ◽  
Las Vegas ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Genome Sequences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Complete Genomes ◽  
The University

We present the complete genomes of the Mycobacterium smegmatis phages Carlyle and NihilNomen, isolated from soil in Las Vegas, Nevada. The phages were isolated and annotated by undergraduate students enrolled in the Phage Discovery course offered by the School of Life Sciences at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

scholarly journals Management and Support of Shared Integrated Library Systems

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Vaughan ◽  
Kristen Costello
Keyword(s):  
Las Vegas ◽  
Host Institution ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Level Of Involvement ◽  
The Past ◽  
Local Practices ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Funding Support ◽  
The University

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) University Libraries has hosted and managed a shared integrated library system (ILS) since 1989. The system and the number of partner libraries sharing the system has grown significantly over the past two decades. Spurred by the level of involvement and support contributed by the host institution, the authors administered a comprehensive survey to current Innovative Interfaces libraries. Research findings are combined with a description of UNLV’s local practices to provide substantial insights into shared funding, support, and management activities associated with shared systems.

Teaching New Librarians How to Teach

2010 ◽  
pp. 179-190
Author(s):  
Merinda Kaye Hensley
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Team Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Peer Learning ◽  
Library Instruction ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Reading List

Librarians enter the academy with little background in the pedagogical and theoretical intricacies of teaching and learning. With library instruction responsibilities on the rise, institutions are searching for ways to encourage librarians to engage in the process of learning how to teach. Instruction librarians and coordinators can build a peer learning program that incorporates a progressive teaching structure where librarians graduate from shadow teaching to team teaching to solo teaching. By combining support in the classroom with a dynamic mentoring environment, librarians work as a team in order to provide students with high quality instructional experiences that promote lifelong learning. Formative assessment is built into the mentoring process while simultaneously providing analysis of the program. Suggestions for professional development and a reading list are included.

scholarly journals Complete Genome Sequences of Mycobacterium smegmatis Phages Chewbacca, Reptar3000, and Riparian, Isolated in Las Vegas, Nevada

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Salisbury ◽  
Erin Cassin ◽  
Kevin Ayala-Pineda ◽  
Nicolas Barroga ◽  
Vanessa Cadiz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mycobacterium Smegmatis ◽  
Complete Genome ◽  
Las Vegas ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Genome Sequences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The University

Here, we present the complete genome sequences of Mycobacterium smegmatis phages Chewbacca, Reptar3000, and Riparian, isolated from soil in Las Vegas, NV. The phages were isolated and annotated by undergraduate students enrolled in the Phage Discovery course offered by the School of Life Sciences at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

ROLE OF LIBRARIANS IN TEACHING INFORMATION LITERACY IN ZIMBABWEAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Mousaion ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tinashe Mugwisi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Information Skills ◽  
The University

Information and communications technologies (ICTs) and the Internet have to a large extent influenced the way information is made available, published and accessed. More information is being produced too frequently and information users now require certain skills to sift through this multitude in order to identify what is appropriate for their purposes. Computer and information skills have become a necessity for all academic programmes. As libraries subscribe to databases and other peer-reviewed content (print and electronic), it is important that users are also made aware of such sources and their importance. The purpose of this study was to examine the teaching of information literacy (IL) in universities in Zimbabwe and South Africa, and the role played by librarians in creating information literate graduates. This was done by examining whether such IL programmes were prioritised, their content and how frequently they were reviewed. An electronic questionnaire was distributed to 12 university libraries in Zimbabwe and 21 in South Africa. A total of 25 questionnaires were returned. The findings revealed that IL was being taught in universities library and non-library staff, was compulsory and contributed to the term mark in some institutions. The study also revealed that 44 per cent of the total respondents indicated that the libraries were collaborating with departments and faculty in implementing IL programmes in universities. The study recommends that IL should be an integral part of the university programmes in order to promote the use of databases and to guide students on ethical issues of information use.

scholarly journals Dental Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic in a German Dental Hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 6905
Author(s):  
Julia Winter ◽  
Roland Frankenberger ◽  
Frank Günther ◽  
Matthias Johannes Roggendorf
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Dental Education ◽  
Full Recovery ◽  
Patient Treatment ◽  
Mouth Rinse ◽  
Rubber Dam ◽  
Dental Hospital ◽  
The University ◽  
Student Assistants

Due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, dental treatment performed by undergraduate students at the University of Marburg/Germany was immediately stopped in spring 2020 and stepwise reinstalled under a new hygiene concept until full recovery in winter 2020/21. Patient treatment in the student courses was evaluated based on three aspects: (1) Testing of patients with a SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen (SCRA) Test applied by student assistants (SA); (2) Improved hygiene regimen, with separated treatment units, cross-ventilation, pre-operative mouth rinse and rubber dam application wherever possible; (3) Recruitment of patients: 735 patients were pre-registered for the two courses; 384 patients were treated and a total of 699 tests with the SCRA test were performed by SAs. While half of the patients treated in the course were healthy, over 40% of the patients that were pre-registered but not treated in the course revealed a disease being relevant to COVID (p < 0.001). 46 patients had concerns to visit the dental hospital due to the increase of COVID incidence levels, 14 persons refused to be tested. The presented concept was suitable to enable patient treatment in the student course during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

The Finkleman Preparation: A Computer Simulation for Teaching Undergraduate Students of Pharmacology

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 474-480
Author(s):  
David Dewhurst ◽  
Ian Hughes ◽  
Richard Ullyott
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Computer Assisted Learning ◽  
Sympathetic Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Chart Recorder ◽  
Experimental Protocols ◽  
Evoked Contractions

An interactive computer-assisted learning program is described, which simulates a number of experiments which can be performed on the isolated, innervated duodenum of the rabbit (the Finkleman preparation). This preparation is one of the classical pharmacological preparations used to demonstrate to undergraduate students the effects of selected drugs: those acting on adrenoceptors or intestinal smooth muscle, or those affecting responses to sympathetic nerve stimulation. The program runs on any IBM compatible PC, and makes use of text and high resolution graphics to provide a background to the experiments and to describe the methodology. A screen display which emulates a chart recorder presents simulated results (spontaneous or evoked contractions of the gut), derived from actual data, in response to the selection by students of predetermined experimental protocols from a menu. The program is designed to enhance or replace the traditional laboratory-based practical using this preparation, whilst achieving the majority of the same teaching and learning objectives.

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