Presentation Topic
Student research
Description
Encouraging and supporting student scholarship is an area of growing emphasis in higher education (NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Library Edition). In 2014 the Liberty University Jerry Falwell Library Scholarly Communications Librarian and assistant created a plan for raising awareness and participation in using the Digital Commons to capture scholarship campus-wide. In the midst of this campaign, opportunities for innovation arose. Using knowledge of best practices, serendipitous opportunities, and a little courage, this small staff began to reshape the Digital Commons from solely an institutional repository for ETDs and faculty publications to a space for highlighting non-traditional scholarship, student journals and award-winning student work. This development included piloting an experimental in-class journal and initiating collaboration with the Graduate and Undergraduate Research Symposia. Attendees will learn:
- Value of using networking with faculty to identify prospective roles the Digital Commons could play in supporting student scholarship
- Innovative strategies for structuring student journals using processes that encourage and facilitate faculty interest
- “Ready, fire, aim” – the value of calculated risk in preventing unnecessary hurdles to maximizing opportunities
- Effective methods for serving over 100,000 students and faculty with a minimal staff
Start Date and Time
5-6-2015 3:15 PM
End Date and Time
5-6-2015 4:15 PM
Recommended Citation
Rollins, Elisa and Crane, Erin, "Creative Ways to Support Student Scholarship" (2015). Digital Commons Southeastern User Group. 9.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/dcseug/2015/schedule/9
Creative Ways to Support Student Scholarship
Encouraging and supporting student scholarship is an area of growing emphasis in higher education (NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Library Edition). In 2014 the Liberty University Jerry Falwell Library Scholarly Communications Librarian and assistant created a plan for raising awareness and participation in using the Digital Commons to capture scholarship campus-wide. In the midst of this campaign, opportunities for innovation arose. Using knowledge of best practices, serendipitous opportunities, and a little courage, this small staff began to reshape the Digital Commons from solely an institutional repository for ETDs and faculty publications to a space for highlighting non-traditional scholarship, student journals and award-winning student work. This development included piloting an experimental in-class journal and initiating collaboration with the Graduate and Undergraduate Research Symposia. Attendees will learn:
- Value of using networking with faculty to identify prospective roles the Digital Commons could play in supporting student scholarship
- Innovative strategies for structuring student journals using processes that encourage and facilitate faculty interest
- “Ready, fire, aim” – the value of calculated risk in preventing unnecessary hurdles to maximizing opportunities
- Effective methods for serving over 100,000 students and faculty with a minimal staff
