August 2018

Karen KeillerUniversity Librarian and Vice-Provost (Teaching and Learning)

Library: Envision the Future

Who are we?● Karen Keiller, University

Librarian and Vice-Provost (Teaching & Learning)

● Valerie Gibbons, Services and Assessment Librarian

● Sara Janes, University Archivist● Janice Mutz, User Experience

Librarian● Chris Tomasini, Orillia Librarian● PLUS 30 librarians and staff

Top 7 Thingslibrary.lakeheadu.ca/information-for/faculty

1. Get to know your librarian2. You and your students can make an appointment for

a research consultation3. Copyright - Use our Course Resources Form4. Library Databases and Resources5. Grammarly 6. BrowZine and Browser Plugins7. Let us know where the gaps are

And 3 other things after that . . . 1. Archives (https://archives.lakeheadu.ca/)2. Library Strategic Plan 2018-2023

a. Draft will be circulated this Fall - Please comment

3. Research Data Management (tri-council draft policy)a. The University will be working on institutional research data

management strategy

4. Collaborative Futures a. Working with 13 Ontario University Libraries (a subset of OCUL)

we will be implementing a new library system in 2019/20

1. Get to know your Librarian

Liaison Librarians● Information literacy instruction

○ Literature reviews○ Assignments○ Scholarly communication / citing /

plagiarism

● Library Collections○ Most departments have a library departmental rep○ If you have a chance volunteer for this

● Scholarly Communication○ Lakehead University Knowledge Commons○ Research data management plans○ Metrics and AltMetrics / Orcid ID

● And More!○ Research / Teaching Partnerships

2. Book a Library Research Consultation

Librarians can help students (and you):

● identify appropriate tools for your research● develop a search strategy● find information sources both within and beyond

Lakehead University● become an effective and confident researcher

3. Copyrightlibguides.lakeheadu.ca/copyright

We can help!

● Course Resources Request Form

● Fair dealing guidelines - advice (not legal)

4. Library Databases and Resources● We have access to major publishers / databases

through OCUL and CRKN● Racer / Interlibrary Loan - if it exists we’ll get it● Tips

○ Web of Science includes a link to Endnote and journal impact factor

○ Browzine - great for reading articles on mobile devices and keeping up with favourite journals

○ JStor - Text Analyzer○ We have a couple of good sources for streaming videos

5. Grammarly Pro● Grammarly (libguides.lakeheadu.ca/grammarly)

○ Browser plug-in that checks grammar and spelling on web forms and email (but not google docs yet)

○ Also can use to check for plagiarism ■ Suggest your students use it before they hand-in a paper

6. BrowZine and Browser Plug-ins● Browzine includes an app and a web version.

Browzine allows you to access Lakehead's e-journals from a phone, tablet or your own computer. You can create alerts and add your citations to Zotero

6. Browser Plug-ins1. Lazy Scholar - http://www.lazyscholar.org/2. Google Scholar Button3. Zotero - https://libguides.lakeheadu.ca/zotero or

https://www.zotero.org/

7. Let me know where the gaps areKaren Keiller

kkeiller@lakeheadu.catwitter.com/karenkeiller