2024

We're celebrating the achievements of LAUC-I members! The following items (arranged alphabetically by librarian) were self-reported and accomplished during 2024:

Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez (Digital Archivist)

  • Co-wrote a chapter (with Dr. Keramet Reiter (Criminology, Law and Society), and UCI graduate students for the latest CLIR Pocket Burgundy publication titled, Archivist Actions, Abolitionist Futures: Reimagining Archival Practice Against Incarceration. This collection of brief essays challenges long-held principles of archival practice by addressing the carceral underpinnings of the cultural professions. Contributors explore how complicity with carceral systems and the Prison Industrial Complex undermines equitable access to information and perpetuates systemic harms. Their chapter, "PrisonPandemic Procedures of Care: Case Study of Letter 154" illustrates some of the ethical complexities that have arisen with the PrisonPandemic archival project.

Carrie A. Cullen (Research Librarian for Physical Sciences)

  • Awarded Senior status in the Medical Library Association (MLA) Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP), a peer-reviewed, accomplishment/portfolio-based certification and career development program. Roster available here.

Wasila Dahdul (Data Curation Librarian)

  • Co-authored an original research article: "Bioclip: A vision foundation model for the tree of life", in 2024 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Seattle, WA, USA, 2024, pp. 19412-19424,doi: 10.1109/CVPR52733.2024.01836.
  • Co-organized a panel discussion, “Navigating the Complexities of Open Science”, at the 2024 Force11 conference at UCLA. The meeting report from this discussion is available: Teplitzky, S., Dahdul, W., Fairhurst, V., Kingsley, D., Scotti, K., Sutherland, H., & Whalen, S. (2024). Navigating the Complexities of Open Science: All Sticks, No Carrots. Force11 2024, UCLA. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13749375

Jenna Dufour (Visual Arts Librarian)

  • Wrote a book review for ARLIS/NA Reviews on Who Was Who Was Who in Canadian Contemporary Art by John Latour.

Sara Heimann (Innovation and Entrepreneurship Librarian)

  • Co-presenter on panel "Fill the gap at your library: Justify hiring a second business librarian" at the 2024 ALA Annual Conference in San Diego, CA.

Tricia Lampron (Physical Resources Cataloging and Metadata Librarian)

  • Co-authored an article: Heng, G., Lampron, P., & Han, M. (2024). Challenges and Considerations of Linked Data Editors: A Comparison of Sinopia and Marva. Library Resources & Technical Services, 68(3), 1-14. This articles compares two notable linked data editors based on their supported features and functions. The authors then delve into considerations when designing user-friendly and ontology-agnostic linked data editors. Finally, the authors address the challenges encountered by libraries during the transition to linked data production and examine the broader implications of this transition for information organization professionals.

Linda Murphy (Research Librarian for Health Sciences)

Rikke Ogawa (Assistant University Librarian for Public Services)

  • Co-authored an article: Fulton S, Hannigan GG, Ogawa RS, Philbrick JL. Twenty-five years of Medical Library Association competencies and communities. Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA). 2024 Jul 1;112(3):195-204. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2024.1966. This article describes Medical Library Association (MLA) activities related to the revision of professional competencies and the restructuring of the organization's communities during the past twenty-five years.

 

2023

We're celebrating the achievements of LAUC-I members! The following items (arranged alphabetically by librarian) were self-reported and accomplished during 2023:

Melissa Beuoy (Research Librarian for Interdisciplinary Studies)

  • Selected to participate in the IMLS-funded Evidence Synthesis Institute in March 2023.

Carrie Cullen (Research Librarian for Physical Sciences)

  • Moderated a panel discussion on "Mythbusting the needs of deaf academics" at the arXiv Accessibility Forum, April 17, 2023.
  • Completed the Medical Library Association Level I Systematic Review Services Specialization, August 29, 2023.
  • Selected to attend the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)-funded Evidence Synthesis Institute, August 8-11, 2023.

Wasila Dahdul (Data Curation Librarian)

  • Co-authored the article, “rphenoscate: An R package for semantics-aware evolutionary analyses of anatomical traits in Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14210.

Madelynn Dickerson (Head, Digital Scholarship Services)

  • Co-authored a paper, "Critical Community-Centeredness: Ethical Considerations for Computational Archival Studies"  which was published as a conference proceeding at the 2023 IEEE Big Data Conference as part of the Computational Archival Studies session. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9dj4n154.
  • Presented a poster, "Cataloging Abstraction: Reflections on Looking, Metadata and Grief" at the 2023 ARLIS/NA Conference in Mexico City. Funded in part by a LAUC Presentation Grant. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8pb0p1cr.
  • Co-presented a talk, "Aggregation and Curation in Digital Collections: Identifying Inclusive Practices and Partnerships with Community-Based Archives" at the Association of Canadian Archivists conference. Available at: https://archivists.ca/Blog/13218519.
  • Co-presented a talk, "Who’s Online? Assessing Participation of Community-Centered Archives in Digital Aggregators and Exhibitions" at at the DLF Forum. 

Audra Eagle Yun (Head of Special Collections)

  • Co-published an original research article, "Defining Archival Debt: Building New Futures for Archives," in the Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies. Available at: https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol10/iss1/8/. 
  • Published an original research article, "Defining and Interrogating the Collection File in Archival Collection Management" in the Journal of Western Archives. Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/westernarchives/vol14/iss1/8/

Rikke Ogawa (AUL for Public Services)

  • Co-authored an original research article, “Advocacy Curricula in Graduate Medical Education: An Updated Systematic Review from 2017 – 2022.” in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs11606-023-08244-x. 

Scott Stone (Research Librarian for Performing Arts)

  • Published a scholarly article, "The Interdisciplinary Nature of Dance Scholarship as Seen Through a Citation Analysis of MFA Theses" in Notes: The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. Available at: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/7/article/897454/summary. 
  • Published a scholarly article, "Performing Arts Libraries" published in Notes: The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. Available at: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/912341. 

Christina Tsou (Head of Public Services, Law Library)

  • Won an award, "The Pro Bono Honor Roll" which acknowledges and highlights the pro bono work of individuals engaging in, expanding, and/or supporting their law school community in providing pro bono legal services. Available at: https://www.aals.org/awards/pro-bono/.