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/.