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2018-19 Annual Report

Augusta University Libraries

in the spotlight

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Teaching and Outreach

Resources

People

Statistics

Appendix

Publications and presentations

Personnel as of June 30, 2019

Reese Library

2500 Walton Way

Augusta GA 30904

706-737-1744

Robert B. Greenblatt, M.D. Library

1439 Laney Walker Blvd.

Augusta GA 30912

706-721-3441

University Libraries

HIGHLIGHTS OF 2018-2019

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Teaching and Outreach

University Libraries partnered with the Office

of the Senior Vice President of Research and

Institutional Effectiveness for Augusta

University to become a US Open Researcher

and Contributor Identifier (ORCID) member

this year. The unique identifier provides an

internationally recognized ID to all who partici-

pate in research, scholarship, and innovation.

ORCID participation is essential in identifying

researchers’ publications and to connect their

contributions and affiliations throughout their

careers. This creates a more comprehensive

research profile. Librarians took the lead help-

ing faculty obtain an ID and integrating it

within Pure Research Management and PACT

Digital Measures to provide annual progress

reports for key research and scholarly measures.

Drop-in ORCID training sessions were held on

both campuses.

Three Reese librarians served as judges at the

National History Day Regional Competition

held on the Summerville campus.

Librarians from Augusta University Libraries

and Augusta-Richmond County Public Library

partnered on a program to deliver free infor-

mational sessions to the public on opioid use,

domestic abuse, cardiovascular disease, diabe-

tes, and Alzheimer’s disease. The program was

funded by the Health Outreach Award from

the National Network of Libraries of Medicine

Southeastern/Atlantic Region.

The History of the Health Sciences Lecture

Series at Greenblatt Library included topics on

History of Laboratory Medicine, History of the College

of Allied Health Sciences, and a panel discussion

on violence in women’s lives. In conjunction

with the panel discussion, a traveling exhibition

from the National Library of Medicine,

Confronting Violence, was displayed at Greenblatt

Library during the month of June.

Reese Library sponsored activities during

Banned Books Week in September to bring

awareness of

attempts to cen-

sor books in

libraries and

schools. Activities

included displays, a

social media cam-

paign on Facebook

and Instagram, and a

Banned Books Read-Out where passages from

banned and challenged books were read aloud.

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A Research Data Management Symposium,

funded by the National Network of Libraries of

Medicine/SEA, was held at Greenblatt Library

in March. The focus was on data management

skills with topics on data visualization, security,

publishing, curation, and repositories. The

event included speakers, panel discussions, a

poster session, and exhibit area. It drew in 73

participants. The feedback was positive and

librarians have been invited to speak to

different faculty groups on campus in the

coming academic year.

Reese Library sponsored several displays during

Black History Month as well as a visiting display

from The Lucy

Craft Laney

Museum of

Black History.

A culmination

program and

reception was

held at the end

of the month with a keynote speaker and a

presentation from a local historian.

The Greenblatt Library began a new,

formalized service for health sciences faculty or

students to partner with librarians to participate

in systematic reviews. The service includes an

agreement which outlines expectations for the

librarian and the research team, including

expected time frame, a research protocol, and

authorship agreements.

All eight librarians at Reese participated in the

instruction program teaching sections of

freshman composition, ENGL 1101 and 1102,

during the academic year. Four of the librarians

taught sections of COMM 1100 which, like the

freshman composition classes, is a course in

the general education curriculum. Additionally,

major courses at the 3000/4000 level were

taught by the liaison librarians in the areas of

Sociology, Social Work, Political Science,

Psychology, Chemistry, English, Spanish,

History, Management, and Education, with an

additional 13 graduate level Education courses

receiving library instruction.

During spring 2019, two studies were

conducted by librarians at Reese on the ENGL

1102 classes. One study tested student

retention of information literacy skills by

implementing a gaming component to

instruction. The other was a pilot program for

the integration of a flipped classroom model of

library instruction for all sections of the course

that would begin in fall 2019. This

implementation is tied to the Gateways to

Completion course redesign.

Historical Collections

and Archives worked

with the Ellison family

to create a display

remembering the

accomplishments of

Dr. Lois Taylor

Ellison, who passed

away in April. The dis-

play highlighted her accomplishments as

physician, educator, researcher, administrator,

and historian.

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Reese Library created more than 20 educational

displays throughout the year which highlighted

materials from Special Collections, Government

Documents, and the book collection. For

example, materials from Special Collections

were featured during

the University’s

Women and Gender

Studies Symposium

which highlighted

women who have

worked to change

their local community

throughout the 20th-

21st centuries.

Government Documents created a display of

documents and maps to provide information

about U.S. relations with Yemen through several

presidencies. Some other collections displayed

were topics on Independence Day, women in

STEM careers, crime, Veteran’s Day, Master’s

golf, new titles in the public domain, and staff

recommendations.

Pre-1980 print journals at Greenblatt Library

were placed in a closed stacks compact storage

area a little over a year ago. Despite their age,

they can still provide significant information for

researchers. During the past year, 138 requests

were filled for these older print items.

The Creative Technology Lab held a Grand

Opening in September 2018. One of the more

interesting projects this year has been converting

MRI scans to 3D models that can be used for

surgical planning and patient education. Since

the opening, a large media display screen, ideal

for displaying large, high-definition or 3D

images as well as being useful for collaborative

work, has also been installed in the Lab.

Resources Historical Collections and Archives at

Greenblatt Library and Special Collections at

Reese Library spotlighted many of their

artifacts, rare books, newspapers, diaries,

photographs, and exhibits from their

collections. A new exhibit case outside the

Historical Collections and Archives room at

Greenblatt Library showcases William Hunter’s

Gravid Uterus.

A sixteen month book review project at

Greenblatt Library was completed with 12,124

books reviewed, resulting in removal 14% of

them due to age, scope, usage and/or condition.

UpToDate, a clinical decision support database,

was upgraded to be available while off campus.

Dozens of new eBooks were purchased for

Greenblatt Library with the support of the

Medical College of Georgia W. J. Young

Library Fund.

The Fifth Annual Authors reception was held

in October at Greenblatt Library to recognize

university faculty from both campuses who

have published during the past year.

Greenblatt Library is in the process of

digitizing its theses and dissertations and

making them available in the Scholarly

Commons repository. Over 600 records have

been entered and online full text is available for

453 of them already in the public domain.

Permission will be sought for the remainder so

that full text will be available online for as many

as possible.

Specialized photography equipment was

purchased and used to create digital images of

items in the historical collections to add the

Scholarly Commons repository. Sixty-five items

in the Anatomical Models and Biospecimens

and 77 items in the Medical Artifacts collection

were added to the repository.

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Library faculty are well represented on

University System committees and Augusta

University committees for the Colleges, the

Senate, and the Health system. They also

participate in library-related professional

organizations at the state, regional, and national

level and many serve in leadership roles. In

addition, library faculty serve as editors and

peer reviewers. Library faculty and staff also

participate in institution sponsored community

events such as Costa Layman Health Fair and

Heart Walk.

Kathy Davies, Associate Professor, was

appointed Interim Director of University

Libraries in February 2019. She previously

served as Associate Director, Greenblatt

Library. She also has been elected to serve as

Treasurer of the Southern Chapter of the

Medical Library Association.

Fay Verburg was appointed Associate

Director, Reese Library in October 2018. She

was previously Chair, Reference and Education

Department, Reese Library and was awarded

tenure in 2006.

Melissa Johnson was appointed Assistant

Director of Reference

and Education Services,

Reese Library, in May

2019. She previously

held the position of

Electronic Resources

and Serials Librarian at

Reese Library.

Jennifer Davis was appointed Instructor and

Scholarship and Data Librarian at Greenblatt

Library after previously serving as Reference

Assistant at Reese Library and completing her

Master’s degree in Library and Information

Science.

Natalee Reese was appointed Instructor and

Nursing Information Librarian in March 2019.

She has almost 10 years experience as a librarian

including experience as a health sciences

librarian.

Julie K. Gaines, Campus Director for the AU-

GA Medical Partnership Library, was promoted

to Professor.

Thomas Weeks, Reference and Instruction

Librarian, Reese Library, was promoted to

Assistant Professor.

Ali Gomez was hired as Instructor and Access

Services Librarian, Greenblatt Library, in June

2019 with a start date of July 1.

At Reese Library, Caroline Akers moved to the

Reference Assistant position. She was

previously the Cataloging/Search Associate.

Tonya Dority, Cataloging/Search Associate,

and Jillian Oliver, Office Coordinator, joined

Reese Library in April 2019.

People

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Three positions in Greenblatt Library Access

Services were reclassified to reflect changing

roles within the Library. The new positions are

Interlibrary Loan Associate, Makerspace

Associate, and Research Associate and were

filled by Bertina Miller, Matt Atkinson, and

Shafer Tharrington in March.

Two Reese Librarians received recognition

from the Office of Faculty Development and

Teaching Excellence for developing and

publishing

research as

fellows of the

Scholarship of

Teaching &

Learning

Fellowship

program:

- Melissa Johnson, Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian, along with her co-researcher, Dr. Rhonda Armstrong, Chair of the Department of English and Foreign Languages, conducted research on designing and teaching an American Literature survey course exclusively with open-access materials. - Thomas Weeks, Reference and Instruction Librarian, used threshold concepts of the Association of College and Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy with undergraduate students across several library instruction sessions.

Julie K. Gaines, Campus Director for the AU-

UGA Medical Partnership Library, received the

2018 Michael E. DeBakey Library Services

Outreach Award by the Friends of the National

Library of Medicine. She was the invited

speaker at the spring 2019 hooding ceremony at

the University of South Carolina School of

Library and Information Science, and talked

about “Life Lessons from the Library”.

Bettina Askew, Medical Library Associate for

Access Services, received the 2019 Staff Award

for Greenblatt

Library. Her respon-

sibilities include

working in the

Creative Technology

Lab and serving on

the Finals Frenzy

Committee and the

University Libraries Marketing Committee.

Bettina has worked at Greenblatt Library since

2016.

Melissa Thompson, Library Assistant for

Access Services, received the 2019 Staff Award

for Reese Library. Her

responsibilities include

interlibrary loan and

serving on the Finals

Frenzy Committee.

Melissa has worked at

Reese Library since

May 2018.

David Kearns, Reference and Government

Information Assistant, completed the Federal

Depository Library Program (FDLP) Coor-

dinator’s Certificate Program. The Certificate

Program is an eight week online course on

managing depository

collections in

compliance with the

legal and program

regulations of the FDLP.

The program is only

held twice a year with

approximately twenty-

five participants in each

session.

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Kathy Davies, Interim Director of University Libraries, was selected for a 2018-2019 Medical

Library Association Research Training Institute Fellowship. Participants were chosen by a selective

submission process with an emphasis on a desire to learn, enthusiasm for research, and the quality

and promise of their proposed research projects.

Gail Kouame, Associate Director of Research and Education Services, Greenblatt Library,

participated in Augusta University’s Educational Innovation Institute’s Faculty Development

Fellowship as a member of the 2018-2019 cohort for the Teaching Scholars Track. In addition, she

has been invited to be a member of an interdisciplinary group, The Adverse Childhood

Experiences (ACEs) Group which is exploring ACEs from three perspectives. Also, she was the

recipient of a professional development grant from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine

Southeast Atlantic Region to attend the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting in

Seattle.

Jennifer Davis attended the Southeast Science Boot Camp for Librarians at Vanderbilt University

in May 2019 and was selected as one of their 8 data blitz speakers. The focus of this year’s program

was on ethics and privacy in scientific research.

Jalesia Horton, Access Services Librarian, Reese Library, received appointments on two Reference

and User Service Association (RUSA) committees in July 2018: Member at Large of RUSA and a

member of Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section’s Outreach and Promotion

Committee. Additionally, she was appointed as Intern of the American Library Association’s

Awards Committee.

Josette Kubicki, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Reese Library, received appointments on

two Association of College & Research Libraries committees in July 2018: University Libraries

Section Communications Committee and Education & Behavioral Sciences Education Committee.

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Two Unique Libraries Each campus has unique interests and needs that each library fulfills.

Statistics

Reese1 Greenblatt2 Shared

COLLECTIONS

Physical book titles 491,753 17,286

Physical serial titles 3,661 2

Physical media 6,533 230

Electronic serial titles 4,385 6,445 90,000+

Databases 20 22 317

Archival linear feet 718.65 311.82

Institutional repository items (Scholarly Com-mons)

4,135

SERVICES

Hours open per week 102.5 102.5

Interlibrary borrowing 473 308

Interlibrary lending 614 1,222

Reference requests 1,300 4,317

Consultations 89 209

Educational sessions 148 149

Educational attendees 2,515 4,719

USAGE

Attendance 240,752 156,160

Institutional repository items viewed 421,600

Library website views 324,582

Physical circulation of items 5,751 969

Ebook usage 99,988 86,311

Full Text online access 202,987 586,136

GALILEO sessions 181,150

1based on American Association of College and Research Libraries Survey

2based on Association of Academic Healths Sciences Libraries Survey Annual Statistics

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Appendix

Bandy, S., Sharrock, R., Davis, J., & Flynn, K. (2018, October). Faculty authors reception: A mad tea party. Poster presented at the 68th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter/MLA, Orlando, FL.

Davies, K., Bandy, S., & Kouame, G. (2018, October). Patient encounter: Using virtual EHR to integrate library resources with second year medical students. Paper presented at the 68th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter/MLA, Orlando, FL.

Davies, K., & Seago, B. (2018, October). The magic of research data: Librarians learning secrets of data management. Paper presented at the 68th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter/MLA, Orlando, FL.

Davis, J., & Bandy, S. (2019, May). Optimizing ORCID membership: A university-wide outreach plan. Paper presented at the 119th Medical Library Association’s annual meeting in Chicago, IL

Davis, J. & Bandy, S. (2019, May). Optimizing ORCID membership: A university-wide outreach plan. Paper presented at the 2019 Southeast Science Boot Camp for Librarians, Nashville, TN.

Davis, J., Hendren, S., Davies, K., Seago, B.L. & Zadinsky, J. (2019, May). Leading university researchers in research data management planning and curation. Paper presented at the 119th Medical Library Association’s annual meeting in Chicago, IL.

Flynn, K. (2018, October). Reconstruction to Jim Crow: Engaging undergraduate students with primary sources. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Georgia Archivists, Athens, GA.

Hendren, S., & Gunsolus, B. (2018, October). Improving healthcare stewardship with embedded diagnostic consultation services. Paper presented at the 68th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter/MLA, Orlando, FL.

Hendren, S., Kouame, G., Stuart, A., Shipman, P., Ballance, D., & Yan, R. (2018, October). Using journal club to upgrade pediatric residents’ understanding of evidence-based practice. Paper presented at the 68th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter/MLA, Orlando, FL.

Hendren. S., Shipman, P., Kouame, G., Ballance, D.R., & Yang, R. (2019, May). Revising journal club to upgrade pediatric residents’ understanding of evidence-based practice. Paper presented at the 119th Medical Library Association’s annual meeting in Chicago, IL.

Horton, J. (2018, October). Escape room basics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Library Association Conference, Greenville, SC.

Horton, J. & Luster, A. (2018, October). Libraries going cashless. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Georgia Libraries Conference, Columbus, GA.

Horton, J. & Luster, A. (2018, October). Libraries going cashless. Poster Presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Library Association Conference, Greenville, SC.

Johnson, M., Davis, J., & Bandy, S. (2019, June). Bridging the gap: Sustaining publication of a newly created undergraduate research journal. Paper presented at the 34th Annual NASIG Conference, Pittsburg, PA.

Johnson, M. E. (2018, October). Consult your local librarian: Practical ways to provide an online composition course without any textbook costs! Paper presented at the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Conference, Cheyenne, WY.

Publications/Presentations

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Johnson, M. E., & Armstrong, R. (2019). Opening the canon: OERs in literary studies. In D. Haugh & D. Chase (Eds.), Open praxis, open access: Digital scholarship in action. Chicago, IL: ALA Editions.

Kouame, G. (2019, June). Health information needs and resources for incarcerated and justice-involved persons. Paper presented at the 2019 Tribal College Librarians Institute, Bozeman, MT.

Kouame, G., & Gaines, J. K. (2018, October). Exploring best practices for librarian integration into case-based small group learning. Paper presented at the 68th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter/MLA, Orlando, FL.

Kouame, G. & Gaines, J.K. (2019, May). Exploring best practices for librarian integration into case-based small group learning. Paper presented at the 119th Medical Library Association’s annual meeting in Chicago, IL.

Kouame, G., & Johnson, J. A. (2018, October). The future is now: Using secure tablet technology to promote health literacy and self-care for incarcerated persons. Paper presented at the 68th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter/MLA, Orlando, FL.

Kouame, G., & Johnson, J. A. (2019, March). Using secure tablet technology to provide health education to incarcerated individuals preparing for reentry. Contributed Peer Session presented at the 12th Annual Academic & Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health, Las Vegas, NV.

Kouame, G., Logue, N., & Mears, K. (2019). Making space for a makerspace. Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 19(2), 182-189. https:/doi.org/10.1080/15323269.2019.1600636

Kubicki, J. M., Weeks, T., & Davis, J. (2018, September). Free, quick & easy: Using Google apps to assess and communicate learning. Paper presented at the annual Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy, Savannah, GA.

Logue, N., & Seago, B. (2018, October). Serving today’s students while creating the library of tomorrow. Paper presented at the 68th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter/MLA, Orlando, FL.

Logue, N., Kouame. G., Askew, B., & Nogales, V. (2018, October). Making magic: Fostering innovation with a creative technology lab in the health sciences library. Paper presented at the 68th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter/MLA, Orlando, FL.

Logue, N., & Hendren, S. (2018, October). It’s a stress-free world after all! Strategies for a successful finals frenzy program. Poster presented at the 68th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter/MLA, Orlando, FL.

Shipman, P., & Kouame, G. (2018, October). Boldly going to new horizons: Engaging the community in biomedical research and precision medicine. Paper presented at the 68th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter/MLA, Orlando, FL.

Shipman, P. (2018, October). Embarrassment of riches: Adapting to a surfeit of instruction time teaching evidence-based dentistry concepts to first-year dental students. Paper presented at the 68th annual meeting of the Southern Chapter/MLA, Orlando, FL.

Shipman, P. (2019, May). More instruction time for evidence-based dentistry: How I learned to love dental curriculum change. Paper presented at the 119th Medical Library Association’s annual meeting in Chicago, IL.

Shipman, P. & Kouame, G. (2019, May). It takes all of us: Engaging the community in biomedical research and precision medicine. Paper presented at the 119th Medical Library Association’s annual meeting in Chicago, IL.

Weeks, T. C., Johnson, M. E. (2019). Breaking new ground: Librarians as partners in a SoTL fellowship. The Grounded Instruction Librarian. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries.

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University Libraries Personnel as of June 30, 2019

Kathy Davies, MLIS, Associate Professor and Interim Director, University Libraries

Greenblatt Library, Health Sciences Campus

Faculty

Darra Ballance, Assistant Professor and Director of

Retention Programming and Technology, Area

Health Education Centers (part-time)

Sandra Bandy, Assistant Professor and Assistant

Director of Content Management

Lyn Dennison, Associate Professor, Rehire Retiree

(part-time)

Gail Kouame, Associate Professor and Assistant

Director of Research and Education Services

Stephanie Hendren, Instructor and Clinical

Information Librarian

Natalee Reese, Instructor and Nursing Information

Librarian

Peter Shipman, Assistant Professor and Dental

Medicine and Cancer Librarian

Vacant, Access Services Librarian

Vacant, Allied Health Sciences Librarian

Staff

Bettina Askew, Medical Library Associate

Matt Atkinson, Medical Library Makerspace Associate

Tamara Brewster, Medical Library Specialist 1

Constance Burke, Medical Library Asst. (part-time)

Marianne Brown, Business Manager

Mary Chong, Medical Library Assistant (part-time)

Adrienne Hayes, Office Coordinator

Dale McClung, Medical Library Associate

Bertina Miller, Medical Interlibrary Loan Associate

Vonny Nogales, Library Systems Analyst

Nand Patel, Medical Library Assistant (part-time)

Renee Sharrock, Curator, Historical Collections and

Archives

Shannon Terral, Medical Library Associate

Shafer Tharrington, Medical Library Research Associate

Chris Welch, Library Clerk (part-time)

Augusta University/UGA Medical Partnership

Library

Julie Gaines, Associate Professor and Campus

Director

Reese Library, Summerville Campus

Faculty

Fay Verburg, Associate Professor and Associate

Director, Reese Library

Tracey Busbee, Instructor and Cataloging and

Metadata Librarian

Rodrigo Bustos, Assistant Professor and Assistant

Director for Library Systems

Jalesia Horton, Instructor and Access Services

Librarian

Melissa Johnson, Assistant Professor and Assistant

Director of Reference and Education Services

Josette Kubicki, Instructor and Reference and

Instruction Librarian

Thomas Weeks, Instructor and Reference and

Instruction Librarian

Vacant, Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian

Vacant, Special Collections Librarian

Staff

Marshall Abuwi, Reference Assistant (part-time)

Caroline Akers, Reference Assistant

Owen Angleton, Library Client Support Specialist I

Jann Marie Chandler, Library Assistant (part-time)

Maranda Christy, Library Assistant

Tonya Dority, Cataloging/Search Associate

Jarquaveon Ellison, Federal Work Study Student

(part-time)

Breante’ Flournoy, Library Clerk (part-time)

Jessica Huey, Library Assistant

Timothy Johnson, Library Assistant

David Kearns, Senior Library Assistant

Tina Kenyon, Library Assistant

Aspasia Luster, Senior Library Assistant

Patricia Marcano, Acquisitions Specialist

Jillian Oliver, Office Coordinator

Melissa Thompson, Library Assistant

Katlyn Tuten, Office Specialist

Lillian Wan, Library Assistant