Gilchrist, Sarah

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    Rediscovering Renaissance Research: Information Literacy Strategies for Success
    (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016-01) Gilchrist, Sarah Burns
    While remaining cognizant of several aspects of current information literacy (IL) instruction methods, including threshold concepts, the author re-created experiences shared by students as she searched for, analyzed, and compiled resources pertaining to the Renaissance. Good IL instruction supports education of the whole person, develops new modes of thinking, and defines scholars' relationships to their disciplines, their institution, and their communities. In short, good information literacy instruction draws from the ideals of the Renaissance and often results in a change of perspective after discovering deeper meanings in materials, concepts, and processes.
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    A Review of Open Access Self-Archiving Mandate Policies
    (portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2012) Xia, Jingfeng; Gilchrist, Sarah Burns; Smith, Nathaniel X.P.; Kingery, Justin A.; Radecki, Jennifer R.; Wilhelm, Marcia L.; Harrison, Keith C.; Ashby, Michael L.; Mahn, Alyson J.
    This article reviews the history of open access (OA) policies and examines the current status of mandate policy implementations. It finds that hundreds of policies have been proposed and adopted at various organizational levels and many of them have shown a positive effect on the rate of repository content accumulation. However, it also detects policies showing little or no visible impact on repository development, and attempts to analyze the effects of different types of policies, with varied levels of success. It concludes that an open access mandate policy, by itself, will not change existing practices of scholarly self-archiving.
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    Review of Children's Literature in Action: A Librarian's Guide
    (The Library Quarterly, 2015) Gilchrist, Sarah Burns
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    Review of Start a Revolution: Stop Acting Like a Library
    (Endnotes: The Journal of the New Members Round Table, 2015) Gilchrist, Sarah Burns
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    Online Access to Higher Education on YouTube EDU
    (New Library World, 2013) Chen, Hsin-Liang; Gilchrist, Sarah Burns
    Purpose: The purpose of this one-year longitudinal study is to examine the usage and production of educational videos on YouTubeEDU, an open, video-sharing, educational area of YouTube established in 2009 and used primarily by institutions of higher education. The aim of the YouTubeEDU project is to provide free global access to higher education videos. Analysis from a library science perspective is valuable to further development of YouTubeEDU. Design/methodology/approach: From August 2010 to July 2011, the top 50 video clips were recorded monthly. YouTubeEDU loosely arranged clips according to the number of site visits and classified them into 13 disciplines: business, education, engineering, fine arts and design, health and medicine, history, humanities, journalism and media, law, literature, mathematics, science, and social science. Analysis of subject area and content correspondence was conducted using YouTubeEDU-assigned, creator-defined, and study-specific attributes. Findings:The majority of top videos per month were university public relations materials. Overall, 40 percent of the videos were academically-oriented; English is the predominant language. Even some videos contributed by non-English-speaking higher education institutions were in English. The researchers also discovered misclassification of videos in several disciplines. Research limitations/implications: Based on the researchers’ monthly observations, future collaboration with the YouTubeEDU project is needed to collect comprehensive data regarding worldwide visitor traffic and higher education video contributions. Originality/value: Many areas needed improvement in the YouTubeEDU project; the proposed changes would ensure that the quality and utility of videos meet the standards of higher education institutions while embracing the needs of global learners. Keywords: Open access, E-learning, Social media, Higher education, YouTubeEDU, Pedagogical design, Learning Paper type: Research paper