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PublicationAmbientes de aprendizaje colaborativo: Una misión quijotesca( 2019-03-15) Alvarez, Jaquelina E. ; Academic Affairs ; General LibraryForum: Collaborative learning environments in Libraries in Puerto Rico organized by the Society of Librarians of Puerto Rico (SBPR)
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PublicationA community approach to organizing, sharing, and preserving the scientific and creative works of an institution( 2018-06-06) Alvarez, Jaquelina E. ; Ayala-González, Hilda Teresa ; Valentín, Anidza ; Rodríguez, Grisell ; Academic Affairs ; General LibraryIn 2014, the General Library at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Mayagüez Campus began working on the development and implementation of their Institutional Repository (IR) to preserve and provide access to the research outputs and creative work of researchers and graduate students. A series of strategic partnerships with key stakeholders at several campuses were cultivated in order to secure funding, build infrastructure capacity, and develop human resources to launch a successful initiative. Initial financial support from the University’s Nanotechnology Center, the Chancellor’s Office, and the Transformational Initiative for Graduate Education and Research allowed the acquisition of servers and the hiring and training of staff. After a careful evaluation of several open source platforms, a team comprised of librarians and personnel of the Information Technology Center selected DSpace and began the needed customization. Challenges and drawbacks forced the team to rethink the initiative several times. Finally, after joining forces with the Graduate Studies Office (GST), the Institutional Repository was revitalized to provide centralized access and long term storage to all electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). As these documents were stored in several servers and webpages without standardization or metadata, the project was divided into a number of stages. The first phase began in March 2017 with the migration ETDs from 2003 to 2017 accessible via the GST webpage. More recently, January 2018, the second phase was completed with a pilot where graduate students self-deposit their own documents. Along the way, policies, documentation manuals, and best practices were shaped and implemented. This presentation will address the challenges and accomplishments of building an IR, creating policies and procedures, designing workflows, standardizing metadata fields, training staff, as well as planning for future integration with other open source platforms such as VIREO and VIVO. Finally, issues related to advocacy and sustainability will be discussed.
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PublicationA community approach to organizing, sharing, and preserving the scientific and creative works of an institution: The case of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Mayagüez Institutional Repository( 2018-06) Ayala-González, Hilda Teresa ; Alvarez, Jaquelina E. ; Valentín, Anidza ; Rodríguez, Grisell ; Academic Affairs ; General LibraryIn 2014, the General Library at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Mayagüez Campus began working on the development and implementation of their Institutional Repository (IR) to preserve and provide access to the research outputs and creative work of researchers and graduate students. A series of strategic partnerships with key stakeholders at several campuses were cultivated in order to secure funding, build infrastructure capacity, and develop human resources to launch a successful initiative. Initial financial support from the University’s Nanotechnology Center, the Chancellor’s Office, and the Transformational Initiative for Graduate Education and Research allowed the acquisition of servers and the hiring and training of staff. After a careful evaluation of several open source platforms, a team comprised of librarians and personnel of the Information Technology Center selected DSpace and began the needed customization. Challenges and drawbacks forced the team to rethink the initiative several times. Finally, after joining forces with the Graduate Studies Office (GST), the Institutional Repository was revitalized to provide centralized access and long term storage to all electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). As these documents were stored in several servers and webpages without standardization or metadata, the project was divided into a number of stages. The first phase began in March 2017 with the migration ETDs from 2003 to 2017 accessible via the GST webpage. More recently, January 2018, the second phase was completed with a pilot where graduate students self-deposit their own documents. Along the way, policies, documentation manuals, and best practices were shaped and implemented. This presentation will address the challenges and accomplishments of building an IR, creating policies and procedures, designing workflows, standardizing metadata fields, training staff, as well as planning for future integration with other open source platforms such as VIREO and VIVO. Finally, issues related to advocacy and sustainability will be discussed.
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PublicationDesign, impact and best practices for a graduate research and innovation center( 2019-06-16) Ayala-González, Hilda T. ; Alvarez, Jaquelina E. ; Pomales-García, Cristina D. ; Academic Affairs ; General LibrarySince 2009, the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez (UPRM) implemented several assessment strategies to identify services and infrastructure to meet the needs of graduate students and faculty researchers. In general, results revealed the need for developing information literacy skills, technological infrastructure and physical facilities for collaboration. More specifically, assessment findings showed that researchers: (1) identified a need for assistance with technical writing, communication skills, search strategies, and ethical use of information; (2) expected new services encompassing data management, authorship, copyright, and organizing, sharing, and preserving information in the digital environment; and (3) needed a collaborative space where teaching and research services coincided. A grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education, has enabled the UPRM to facilitate research services across campus, broadening graduate offering in engineering programs and sustaining the research and innovation ecosystem across the entire research lifecycle. This award allowed the design and inauguration of the Graduate Research and Innovation Center (GRIC) in 2016, transforming the way the Library intervenes in our institution's research ecosystem. Overall, the GRIC provides (1) a holistic suite of services in which students can be referred to specialists, knowledgeable in the proper technology or content development expertise; (2) a robust technological infrastructure to support interdisciplinary and interactive collaborations; and (3) support to graduate students’ needs as both information consumers and information producers. By design, the GRIC has become a testbed for activities that facilitate the implementation of the Association of College & Research Libraries’ Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. The paper will describe the design process for the GRIC, its impact in a two-year period, and the services offered at the Center with best practices and lessons learned in the process, that directly impact the research lifecycle.
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PublicationEstrategias para hacer crecer un repositorio institucional: Identificación de desafíos y aprovechamiento de oportunidades de colaboración multidisciplinaria( 2023-06) Morales Benítez, José J. ; Alvarez, Jaquelina E. ; Rodríguez, Grisell ; University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez ; Academic Affairs ; General LibraryEl repositorio institucional de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Mayagüez, llamado Scholar@UPRM, se estableció en el 2017. Uno de los objetivos principales es dar amplia visibilidad a la labor investigativa y creativa realizada en la institución. Durante el 2022, Scholar@UPRM recibió más de 139,700 visitas, evidenciando el gran valor de la plataforma. Un 91% de estas fue a la colección de tesis y disertaciones, haciendo del repositorio la fuente principal para acceder a dichos trabajos. No obstante, un desafío significativo ha sido recopilar los trabajos investigativos de docentes, siendo pocos los que han depositado sus obras. Igualmente, son escasos los trabajos de estudiantes subgraduados que figuran en el repositorio. Este cartel presenta iniciativas desarrolladas desde la biblioteca para fomentar el crecimiento de Scholar@UPRM. En el caso de los docentes, se realizó un estudio para identificar los factores que han inhibido a miembros de esta comunidad de depositar sus obras. El desconocimiento sobre la existencia y uso del repositorio, dudas sobre derechos de autor y cuestionamientos sobre el alcance de difusión que ofrece Scholar@UPRM fueron algunos factores identificados. Otra iniciativa consistió en establecer alianzas multidisciplinarias entre la biblioteca y docentes de las áreas de Inglés y Cine para crear el Laboratorio de Historia Oral, unidad dedicada a recopilar entrevistas de historia oral y producir documentales sobre temas que afectan a comunidades puertorriqueñas, como la inseguridad alimentaria y los desastres naturales. Estos productos se depositan en el repositorio para su diseminación y preservación.
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PublicationForging future access to memory: Library contributions to a multi-disciplinary oral history project( 2023-03-16) Morales Benítez, José J. ; Alvarez, Jaquelina E. ; Chansky, Ricia Anne ; University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez ; Academic Affairs ; College of Arts and Sciences - Art ; General Library ; Department of EnglishOver the last six years, Puerto Rico has been shaken by a surge of stratified disasters-multiple overlapping catastrophes that affect the population in different but interrelated ways. Unrelenting economic depression provoked the establishment of a fiscal control board appointed under the PROMESA Act, which led to the imposition of harsh austerity measures. In September 2017, hurricanes Irma and María struck, causing extreme devastation. Furthermore, late 2019 saw the onset of a swarm of earthquakes which generated widespread displacement and structural damage, and 2020 brought the COVID-19 pandemic. As recently as September 2022, Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico, causing extreme flooding and damages to an already weakened infrastructure and leaving thousands without power or running water for weeks. Our university has not been spared, as it has been subject to severe budget cuts causing the elimination of faculty positions and deterioration of infrastructure and services, with student precarity on the rise. In response to this scenario of stratified disasters, the university library, in tandem with the English Department and Film Program, have initiated a collaborative project involving the creation of an oral history laboratory (OHL). The OHL, which will be housed in the library, will be a space dedicated to the collection, preservation, and broad dissemination of oral histories from around the Puerto Rican archipelago, particularly those that capture the experiences of community members as they have navigated the many challenges of these difficult times. The creation of the OHL shows how academic libraries, especially those serving communities facing precarious circumstances, can forge alliances and design creative projects to address local events and produce unique primary source collections. The digital oral history collections generated by the OHL are a significant contribution to the historical record, as they augment the visibility of narratives and perspectives coming from sectors of the population whose voices have been historically underrepresented or silenced. In the context of overarching problems like climate change and economic precarity, this work has a potent social justice component, as it highlights the experiences of those who, due to deeply entrenched social inequities and government neglect, are forced to endure the most severe aspects of the recent wave of calamities that has battered the Puerto Rican archipelago. The methodology used in developing the OHL is fundamental to the work, as the narrative transactions conducted through oral history interviews contribute an intersectional lens that encourages approaches to historical study that are more informed by personal human experience, thus cultivating empathy and solidarity. Additionally, oral history practice has the ability to resituate those disempowered by tragedy through the act of storytelling, where the narrator is positioned as the agential protagonist, an act more and more relevant in the face of Puerto Rico’s ever-growing list of cultural traumas. This session will present the groundbreaking methodological approach employed for the creation of the OHL and its digital humanities collections, and presents an example of how libraries can develop strategic multidisciplinary alliances for projects that promote social justice and equity in their home communities.
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PublicationThe Graduate Research and Innovation Center: Enhancing the research experience at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez( 2017-06) Ayala-González, Hilda Teresa ; Rodríguez, Grisell ; Fernández-Troche, Arelys ; Valentín, Anidza ; Maisonet, William ; Alvarez, Jaquelina E. ; Academic Affairs ; General LibraryAcademic libraries worldwide are transforming and redefining their collections, services, and spaces to meet the demands of the research community they serve. The research lifecycle has been reshaped by the ever-evolving and changing methods of scientific innovation, discovery, data collection and management, dissemination and sharing. During the past decade, the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez (UPRM) carried out several assessments strategies to identify the research services and infrastructure needs of researchers, both graduate students and faculty. Result findings from surveys, focus groups, and in-depth interviews revealed the need of assistance with technical writing, communication skills, search strategies, and ethical use of information. Those researchers expected new services around data management, authorship, copyright, and organizing, sharing, and preserving information in the digital environment. In terms of infrastructure, they identified the lack of collaborative spaces where teaching and research services coincide. To address those needs and enhance the research experience of graduate students and faculty, an avant-garde space was designed and establish at UPRM’s General Library. The project was fully-funded by the Transformational Initiative for Graduate Education and Research (TIGER), sponsored by the US Department of Education, Title V, Part B, Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) Program. The Graduate Research and Innovation Center (GRIC), inaugurated in September 2016, is changing the way that the library intervenes in the UPRM research ecosystem. Since its conception, the GRIC was envisioned not only as an inviting place where researchers, students and faculty from diverse backgrounds and interests could come together to develop innovative projects, but also as an enriching space with tailored services in academic writing, scholarly communications, research methodology, digital scholarship and data management, among others. Supported by cutting edge technology, access to JSTOR online and intensive collaborative work with other university partners and research efforts we have been able to exceed our expectations in the first six months and we are ready to go for more. While sharing with others what we have learned from our experience we could exchange effective ideas from colleagues working in similar projects or initiatives. Besides, we would like to serve as a model of perseveration and opportunity for libraries in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Region. This poster presents results from the environmental scanning, best practices in seeking external funds for collections, services, and spaces renovation, and overall GRIC accomplishments.
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PublicationHerramientas de productividad: El caso de la Biblioteca General en la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Mayagüez( 2018-06) Valentín, Anidza ; Rodríguez, Grisell ; Ayala-González, Hilda Teresa ; Alvarez, Jaquelina E. ; Academic Affairs ; General LibraryPuerto 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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PublicationHerramientas para fomentar la originalidad en la investigación y el uso ético de la información( 2018-10-27) Ayala-González, Hilda Teresa ; Alvarez, Jaquelina E. ; Academic Affairs ; General LibraryPart of the “Publishing in STEM Education: Recommendations & Tools”. The Puerto Rico Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation held at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico
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PublicationImpact of Materials Science and Engineering Clubs on student’s perceptions and aspirations towards STEM(Material Research Society, 2018-08-28) Pomales-García, Cristina D. ; Reyes-Rivera, Zairelys ; Mercado-Coon, Johana ; Padovani Blanco, Agnes M. ; Suárez, O. Marcelo ; Alvarez, Jaquelina E. ; College of Engineering ; Department of Industrial EngineeringThis research evidences the impact of Materials Science and Engineering Clubs as an outreach effort to expand the education and training required for a competitive Nanotechnology workforce beyond traditional STEM areas. An engineering perception questionnaire was implemented as a pre-test/post-test to track student perceptions and goals throughout the academic year and identify trends amongst gender and school level groups. Findings (107 students) show a perceived increase in student knowledge and interest for different fields of study, based on pre/post-test responses, with differences amongst gender and school level groups (middle school and high school). Also, significant differences in students’ aspirations for higher education degree were found among school level and gender. Results show that over 20% of participants increased their aspirations to higher educational degree and their interest in pursuing STEM degrees at end of the academic year. Specific findings on engineering perceptions and perceived level of knowledge and interest in science, engineering, materials, and nanotechnology as a result of club participation and student’s educational aspirations, expectations and future study plans are discussed along with implications for future STEM education.
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PublicationPercepciones de docentes de la Universidad de PuertoRico, Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez sobre elrepositorio institucional yconsideraciones para promover el depósito de sus obras investigativas(Acceso: Revista Puertorriqueña de Bibliotecología y Documentación, 2023-08-01) Morales Benítez, José J. ; Alvarez, Jaquelina E. ; University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez ; Academic Affairs ; General LibraryEl repositorio institucional de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Mayagüez (UPRM), conocido como Scholar@UPRM, comenzó a operar en el 2017. Desde su creación, se ha visto gran crecimiento en el contenido de la plataforma. Actualmente, Scholar@UPRM es la fuente principal para acceder a las tesis, disertaciones e informes de proyecto producidos por estudiantes graduados del recinto. Sin embargo, el repositorio no ha tenido el mismo éxito en cuanto a recopilar la labor investigativa de la facultad, ya que son muy pocos los docentes que han depositado sus trabajos académicos en la plataforma. Este estudio investiga cuáles son las percepciones de los docentes de UPRM sobre el repositorio y qué factores han evitado que Scholar@UPRM tenga mayor acogida entre la facultad del recinto como plataforma propicia para el depósito y diseminación de sus obras investigativas. Se aborda también el beneficio que puede representar el repositorio para UPRM al dar amplia visibilidad a la labor investigativa realizada en el recinto. Se utilizó un cuestionario para recopilar las opiniones y perspectivas de los docentes de UPRM sobre diversos aspectos relacionados al repositorio. Los resultados señalan que para incrementar el depósito de obras por parte de los docentes es necesario tomar medidas como promocionar el repositorio institucional de manera más efectiva, ofrecer orientaciones sobre el proceso de depósito y sobre temas de derechos de autor, considerar la implementación de un modelo de depósito mediado y comunicar a los docentes los beneficios de depositar en términos que apelen a ellos.
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PublicationSurviving stratified disasters: Collaborative approach to collecting and preserving oral histories(Acceso: Revista Puertorriqueña de Bibliotecología y Documentación, 2022-06-07) Alvarez, Jaquelina E. ; Morales Benítez, José J. ; Chansky, Ricia Anne ; University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez ; Academic Affairs ; College of Arts and Sciences - Art ; General Library ; Department of EnglishDurante los últimos seis años, Puerto Rico ha sido sacudido por una oleada de desastres estratificados, múltiples catástrofes simultáneas que afectan a la población de maneras diferentes pero interrelacionadas. La implacable depresión económica provocó el establecimiento de una junta de control fiscal designada bajo la Ley PROMESA, lo que condujo a la imposición de duras medidas de austeridad. Además, los huracanes Irma y María causaron una devastación extrema en septiembre de 2017, a principios de 2019 se produjo el comienzo de un enjambre de terremotos que eventualmente se contaron por miles (incluido uno con una magnitud de 6,4 en la escala de Richter), y 2020 trajo el inicio de la Pandemia de COVID-19. La Universidad de Puerto Rico en Mayagüez (UPRM) no se ha librado ya que ha sido objeto de recortes presupuestarios extremos que han traído como consecuencia la eliminación de puestos docentes y el deterioro de la infraestructura y los servicios, con un aumento también de la precariedad estudiantil. El proyecto “Escuchando a Puerto Rico: La promesa de la historia oral en el campus y más allá” surge como respuesta a este escenario de desastres estratificados. El principal objetivo de este proyecto colaborativo, que reúne a la Biblioteca General, el Departamento de Inglés y el Programa de Cine del RUM, es la creación de un Laboratorio de Historia Oral (OHL). La OHL estará alojada en la Biblioteca General y será un espacio enfocado en la colección, preservación y amplia difusión de historias orales de todo el archipiélago puertorriqueño, particularmente, aquellas que tocan las experiencias de los miembros de la comunidad a medida que han navegado por los muchos desafíos de estos tiempos difíciles. Se mejorará la preservación, la administración y la visibilidad de los materiales a través de su depósito en el repositorio institucional en línea del RUM, Scholar@UPRM. La creación de la OHL es un ejemplo de cómo las bibliotecas académicas que enfrentan circunstancias precarias pueden forjar alianzas multidisciplinarias estratégicas con socios del campus para diseñar proyectos creativos que aborden directamente los eventos históricos locales y, al mismo tiempo, producir colecciones de fuentes primarias únicas para el beneficio de los investigadores dentro y fuera del campus.