Faculty/Research Works

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Items included in this collection represent the diverse products generated by the academic and creative labor of UPRM's faculty members. These may include textual documents (research articles, books, book chapters, technical reports, etc.), conference presentations outside of UPRM, research posters, and other products such as maps, graphics, or computer code. To learn more about what works can be submitted to this collection, visit https://libguides.uprm.edu/repositorioUPRM/facultad

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Browsing Faculty/Research Works by Author "Álvarez, Jaquelina E."
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    El bibliotecario como facilitador de la investigación ante la realidad de los nuevos marcos conceptuales de alfabetización informacional
    ( 2017-06) Fernández-Troche, Arelys ; Álvarez, Jaquelina E. ; Rodríguez, Grisell ; Academic Affairs ; General Library
    Las tecnologías emergentes, las nuevas formas de publicación, las exigencias de las agencias que subsidian investigaciones y las características de los nuevos nativos digitales, son algunas de las razones por las que el rol del bibliotecario ha evolucionado significativamente en las últimas décadas. En las instituciones de educación superior con enfoque en la investigación, el rol (o roles) del bibliotecario toma cada vez mayor importancia y complejidad: desde educador hasta facilitador y colaborador en la investigación. Organizaciones profesionales han compilado informes y otros documentos que evidencian estas tendencias y proponen alternativas sobre la dirección en la que deben dirigirse las bibliotecas, la disciplina y la profesión misma. Se presenta como ejemplo el recién aprobado Marco para la alfabetización informacional en la educación superior ) de la Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) en 2016. Este marco conceptual, a diferencia de los pasados Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (Estándares para la alfabetización informacional en la educación superior) de ACRL, sugiere atender el desarrollo de competencias de forma no-lineal con integración contextualizada al curso o disciplina del estudiante y destaca, entre otras cosas, la importancia de la investigación como proceso de indagación y descubrimiento. En instituciones de educación superior como en la Universidad de Puerto Rico - Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (UPRM) se han estado realizando distintos esfuerzos para integrar el mencionado marco conceptual en sus programas de desarrollo de competencias de información y en los servicios a los investigadores, tanto estudiantes graduados como profesores.
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    Fostering Students’ Graduate Education Attainment and Success in Biomedical and Aerospace Engineering and Sustainable Agriculture
    Álvarez, Jaquelina E. ; Suárez, O. Marcelo ; Didier M., Valdés-Díaz ; Pomales-García, Cristina D. ; González-Gill, Lizzette ; Juan-García, Eduardo J. ; Academic Affairs ; General Library
    The Transformational Initiative for Graduate Education and Research (TIGER) of the University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez upraises the institutional STEM environment, by cultivating experiential learning and field research for low-income graduate students working in biomedical and aerospace engineering, and sustainable agriculture. The project enhanced curricular activities by funding three new core research facilities: i) Center for Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine; ii) Center of Advanced Aerospace Engineering & Manufacturing Technologies; and iii) Thermal Processing Laboratory. TIGER also defrayed an expansion of the field research facilities of the Alzamora Educational Farm and the Graduate Research and Innovation Center (GRIC), a technology-infused, collaborative learning space. Furthermore, TIGER supports cohorts of low-income graduate students (fellows) broadening their preparation for an increasingly competitive job market. They, as key stakeholders, receive personalized guidance and tutoring through the GRIC services. In addition, UPRM students enhance their graduate training in research venues via the Extramural Research Experience Awards that funds summer investigation in renowned universities and national laboratories in the mainland. As they return, recently acquired knowledge advances research approaches in their UPRM mentors’ teams.
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    Herramientas de productividad: El caso de la Biblioteca General en la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Mayagüez
    ( 2018-06-04) Valentín, Anidza ; Rodríguez, Grisell ; Ayala-González, Hilda Teresa ; Álvarez, Jaquelina E. ; Academic Affairs ; General Library
    Puerto Rico actualmente enfrenta una crisis económica que afecta directamente el presupuesto de la Universidad de Puerto Rico. Cortes presupuestarios han limitado la adquisición de plataformas de licencia privativa, lo que ha obligado a investigar opciones alternas de bajo o ningún costo, siempre tomando en consideración la necesidad de nuestros usuarios y los beneficios a la academia. Aunque nada es 100% gratuito, ya que una vasta cantidad de opciones tienen costos indirectos, la Biblioteca General de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Mayagüez, ha identificado y utilizando muchas herramientas de productividad, desde opciones para apoyar la investigación hasta para mejorar procesos administrativos. La eficiencia y la calidad fueron los factores determinantes para la adopción de plataformas de acceso abierto en la Biblioteca General. Toda opción fue evaluada según la necesidad y puesta a prueba con data real y casos reales para comprobar la eficiencia y calidad de la selección. En adición, la retroalimentación de nuestros usuarios nos brindó un refuerzo en la toma de selección que nos motivó a continuar esta iniciativa del uso de plataformas de acceso abierto. Actualmente, la Biblioteca General está utilizando efectivamente herramientas para uso interno administrativo, el proceso de enseñanza y nuestra presencia en línea. La comunidad académica es cada vez más tecnológica, por lo que hay que crear y diversificar los servicios bibliotecarios a través de la innovación e integración de las últimas tendencias dentro de la educación. Este afiche presentará como la Biblioteca General ha tomado ventaja de las tecnologías de acceso abierto y como estas han creado oportunidades dentro del ambiente educativo.
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    The library, an essential companion through the research lifecycle: From conception to publication
    ( 2018-10) Ayala-González, Hilda Teresa ; Álvarez, Jaquelina E. ; Rodríguez, Grisell ; Valentín, Anidza ; Academic Affairs ; General Library
    Hosted by the General Library of the University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez (UPRM), the Graduate Research and Innovation Center (GRIC), inaugurated in September 2016, is changing the institutional research ecosystem through the library engagement with the research scholars. In two years, 803 unique users (689 graduate students, 104 faculty members, and 10 guests) have visited the GRIC 22,877 times. With our partners, we have celebrated 211 activities and reached 4,343 people. One of the most distinctive aspect of the GRIC is that, since its conception, it was built on their users’ needs. Using the input of graduate students and faculty members, the designed space encompasses state-of-the-art furniture adaptable to different learning environments and powerful cutting-edge technologies to support research and innovation. The holistic services include support for academic writing, scholarly communication, research methodology, digital scholarship, and data management. The GRIC, through its services, activities, and collections, embodies a disruptive model to foster STEM education within academic libraries and redefines its role to support students attainment and success.
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    Navigating murky waters between closed- and open-access content: The role of libraries and their institutional repositories
    ( 2019-08-06) Álvarez, Jaquelina E. ; Rodríguez, Grisell ; Valentín, Anidza ; Academic Affairs ; General Library
    While scholars were early pioneers to take on the cause of the open access (OA) movement, librarians have embraced it due to its closely knitted relation to their philosophical belief in access to information as a fundamental right for the public good. Coming into the scene, publishers with their particular take on OA begin generating their own hybrid and OA business models. Furthermore, in the last decade, funding and governmental agencies have also entered the arena by adding mandates that respond to the need for easily accessible research results. Traditional versus new models of scholarly publishing have created a very complex environment. Libraries continue to create innovative services encompassing dissemination and preservation of scholarly communication. Emerging technologies, such as an Institutional Repository (IR), have provided a trajectory to fulfilling OA expectations. IRs can provide a sustainable transition to open access in addition to long-term discoverability of institutional “memories” (such as theses, dissertations, data sets, and other scholarly outputs) thus narrowing the accessibility gap. Hence, the transformative role of libraries from custodians of knowledge to content providers. Librarians understand researchers’ current conflicting paradigms while trying to promote the benefits of IRs and their long-term archiving function and navigate the murky waters between copyright, levels of openness, and bridging the inequality of access. This presentation aims to expose some issues related to the balance between the need and right of the public to what is being produced with public funding, making it easily discoverable and accessible and, on the other hand, the protection of the intellectual property of content producers.