On Supporting Science and Scholarly Communications | Kresge Physical Sciences Library

"Last week, I presented a poster at the annual Special Libraries Association conference. The theme of the conference was 'Beyond Borders so the poster was titled 'Beyond Information Literacy: Supporting Science & Scholarly Communications.' Click here to get the PDF or email me if you’d like the source file (SVG). Abstract: ACRL defines information literacy as the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information [1]. While librarians have embraced their roles as educators, many have not gone beyond teaching these skills in courses, workshops, and individual consultations. In the sciences especially, information is easily available through well established digital infrastructures (e.g. repositories) and new publishing models (e.g. open access). Because science students learn how to analyze and use that information through coursework and departmental advising, librarians must find other ways to support them. The librarians at Dartmouth College have begun focusing on helping students develop communication skills and greater awareness of how scientists disseminate their work. This poster will highlight some innovative ways to support scholarly communications and to teach science students how to effectively communicate the knowledge they have acquired. Areas of focus include organizing references, learning and using LaTeX, designing and presenting a research poster, crafting a science elevator pitch, exploring publishing options, and measuring the impact of different work' ..."