We're celebrating the achievements of LAUC-I members! The following items (arranged alphabetically by librarian) were self-reported and accomplished during 2022:
 

Stacy Brinkman (Head, Education & Outreach)

  • Co-presented “Choosing your own Research Adventure: Using Design Thinking to build an online tutorial focusing on Research as Inquiry” with Sam Hilton (former E&O Library Assistant) at LOEX 2022 National Conference. The presentation described the design, testing, and assessment of a choose your own adventure tutorial built in Twine.
  • Co-presented “Teaching social justice research in minority-serving institutions: An approach to transformative pedagogy” with Rachel Collins (Writing 39C Course Director) at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity 2022. The presentation was on justice-oriented pedagogy using autoethnographic methods. 


Annette Buckley (Research Librarian for Business & Economics)

  • Co-authored a paper, “Theory Usage in Empirical Research in ISIC Conference Papers (1996-2020)," with two professors and a classmate at the University at Buffalo. The paper was accepted to ISIC (Information Seeking in Context), The Information Behavior Conference, and was subsequently published in Information Research. Available at: https://doi.org/10.47989/irisic2227


Nicole Carpenter (Research Librarian for Social Sciences)

  • Awarded an Innovation Grant by the UCI Libraries, with Nicole Arnold and Tatiana Bryant, to support the implementation of the Affordable Course Materials and OER Initiative. The initiative provides funding for instructors to adopt, adapt, or create low-cost or free alternatives to expensive traditional textbooks and access codes. UCI Libraries financial incentives and guidance aim to eliminate barriers and hesitation by faculty while increasing the use of library licensed, or owned, materials including OER adoption. Learn more at: https://www.lib.uci.edu/acm-oer-initiative


Wasila Dahdul (Data Curation Librarian)

  • Co-authored the article “Assessing bayesian phylogenetic information content of morphological data using knowledge from anatomy ontologies“ published in Systematic Biology. This research assessed the use of ontologies in evolutionary analyses of species relationships. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syac022


Madelynn Dickerson (Head, Digital Scholarship Services)

  • Co-authored a book chapter, "Orienting Data Services in the Library: Evolution of a Digital Scholarship Services Department," with Wasila Dahdul and Danielle Kane in the Handbook of Research on Academic Libraries as Partners in Data Science Ecosystems. The chapter describes the evolution of a department in a large academic library dedicated to the provision of research support for data and related digital scholarship services. Available at: https://uci.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CDL_IRV_INST/u4evf/cdi_igi_books_10_4018_978-1-7998-9702-6_ch006
  • Co-presented a lightning talk, "An Expansive Collaboration: Migrating UC Irvine’s Special Collections from a Custom Virtual Reading Room to a Trusted Digital Asset Management Platform,” with Jolene Beiser at DLF Forum in October 2022.


Julia Gelfand (Applied Sciences & Engineering Librarian)

  • Moderated a program on “Open Practices: Science Engagement” at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Dublin, Ireland in August 2022.
  • Presented a lightning talk, “Communicating about Transformative Agreements: How, What, When, To Whom,” at The Charleston Conference in November 2022.
  • Participated as a panelist for the presentation, “Against Wind and Tide: Alternative Case Studies Reflecting on Subject and Functional Librarians in a Hybrid Reality,” at The Charleston Conference in November 2022.


Sara Heimann (Innovation and Entrepreneurship Librarian)

  • Published an original research article, “Impact of library information literacy training on entrepreneurship competition scores: A quantitative study at University of California, Irvine" in the Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2022.2161235


Danielle Kane (Computational Research Librarian)

  • Co-authored a book chapter, "Orienting Data Services in the Library: Evolution of a Digital Scholarship Services Department," with Wasila Dahdul and Madelynn Dickerson in the Handbook of Research on Academic Libraries as Partners in Data Science Ecosystems. The chapter describes the evolution of a department in a large academic library dedicated to the provision of research support for data and related digital scholarship services. Available at: https://www.igi-global.com/viewtitle.aspx?titleid=302749
  • Co-presenter of a talk, “Who’s in the know? How research and knowledge acquisition are presented in New Who,” which examines depictions of research, research tools, knowledge keepers, and research settings in series 1 (2005) through 12 (2020) of Doctor Who. ​The presentation discusses how depictions of research by the Doctor and their Companions mirror or differ from the current best practices in academic research, in data collection, archival research work, and the search for authoritative resources. 
  • Co-presenter of a talk about the world of research in Doctor Who. The presentation, which focuses on series 1 (2005) through 12 (2020) of Doctor Who, looks at the good, the bad, and the out-of-this-world ways the Doctor and his companions find the information they need to save the world, in addition to offering suggestions on how to start conversations with your students about the pros and cons of researching like the Doctor. More information available at: http://www.gallifreyone.com/schedule/
  • Elected to serve as Vice-President/President Elect of LAUC.


Linda Murphy (Research Librarian for Health Sciences)


Rikke Ogawa (AUL for Public Services)

  • Published a book chapter, "The Landscapes of Health Sciences Libraries,” in Essential Leadership Skills for Health Sciences Information Professionals. Available May 2023 at https://escholarship.org/uc/item/08x22380 


Jharina Pascual (Electronic Resources Acquisitions Librarian)

  • Published a book chapter on applying concepts from information literacy instruction to electronic resources staff training in Transforming Technical Services through Training and Development. Available at: https://www.alastore.ala.org/TStd


Scott Stone (Research Librarian for Performing Arts)

  • Authored a citation analysis of dance MFA theses from 2010, 2015, and 2020 to be published in the upcoming June, 2023 issue of Notes: The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. Results indicate that dance scholars use books more frequently than other types of information and an analysis of Library of Congress Classification areas showed that the information cited in the theses was very interdisciplinary, with more non-dance resources being cited than dance-specific ones. This information—the first citation analysis focused on dance—helps to establish a baseline of information use in the scholarly dance field and can also be of practical use to the performing arts librarian wanting to better understand how to potentially work with this unique discipline.