2019 Publications in Review
In 2019 we shared our scholarly efforts by publishing the following works: Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (4)Our posIT column in the Journal of Library Administration (JLA) (4)Our first book! It was an edited collection with Nova Science Publishers. (1)Book Chapters...
2019 Presentations in Review
This past year was another successful presentation year for us. We intentionally presented less this year than last year (11 presentations as compared to 12; check out last year's post here:...
Agile Project Management and Libraries
Last week, I shared about why I believe you should read academic articles and essays to inform your thinking on projects and share them with those you work with in your library and about how Monica and I are starting a library inventory project with staff that is...
3 Reasons Why You Should Share Scholarly Articles with Your Staff
Not a long ago, I joined a Zoom committee conference call with colleagues. I didn’t know anyone on the committee and our first task was to define how we would create change in an organization. But first before we dived into the agenda, we had an icebreaker....
Library Customers & Engagement with Library Content & Services
Do you think your library customers are receiving your messaging the way you intend? Clearly communicating your services and content to library customers is something Russell Michalak and I are passionate about. Let us know what you think about your current messaging...
Onboarding in Academic Libraries
Do you remember your last "first day at work" at your most recent or current job? Did it feel like a smooth process? Did you have tasks - both policy / required and meaningful (related to why you were hired in the first place)? Or maybe things were a bit scattered......
Scholarly Activity by Monica Rysavy and Russell Michalak in 2018
2018 - What a Year! It seems like every where you look online there are "Year in Review" or "Annual Review" posts being shared right now, so we thought we'd join in and share our version of a "Year in Review" post, academic-style! Something we often hear from other...
Recently Published: A Michalak & Rysavy Chapter in Digital Workplace Learning
Our 1st Book Chapter Rusty and I wrote a proposal for a chapter to be included in this edited collection in October 2016, shortly after our first article was published in the Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship. I saw Dirk's CfP and thought we had a project...
Presenting at the University of Delaware
Rusty and I had the opportunity to present with Dr. Kevin Hunt at the University of Delaware for the Delaware Division of College and Research Libraries' (CRLD) Spring 2018 Program. Our presentation, Using Qualtrics to Assess Students' Engagement with Digital Primary...
Adding Author Profiles to Your Website: ORCID and Google Scholar
Are you utilizing Author Profiles online? We have a few different services that we maintain, mainly ORCID and Google Scholar. If you're new to these services, ORCID, ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher and,...
Author Profiles
As Kenning Arlitsch and Justin Shanks mentioned in their article "Making Sense of Researcher Services" marketing oneself as a researcher is an important piece of the research process in the 21st century. The LinkedIn post below illustrates ways to further one's...