http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/18116 2017-05-25T04:00:44Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108771 Creating a Social Justice Mindset: Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice in the Collections Directorate of the MIT Libraries Baildon, Michelle; Hamlin, Dana; Jankowski, Czeslaw; Kauffman, Rhonda; Lanigan, Julia; Miller, Michelle; Venlet, Jessica; Willer, Ann Marie The Collections Directorate of the MIT Libraries sponsored a task force to identify opportunities for archives, technical services, preservation, scholarly communication, and collections strategy staff to manifest the values of diversity, inclusion, and social justice in their daily work. In this report the Collections Directorate Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice (DISJ) task force describes some of the overarching social and economic contexts for academic libraries, as well as the core professional values that guide us, and offers recommendations to the Directorate for operationalizing the values of diversity, inclusion, and social justice. The task force aims to demonstrate, through our recommendations, how DISJ values might guide every aspect of our work. We look forward to working together to foster a social justice mindset throughout the MIT Libraries’ Collections Directorate. 2017-02-09T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105123 Voting with our dollars: making a new home for the collections budget in the MIT Libraries Finnie, Ellen 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99738 Campus Open-Access Policy Implementation Models and Implications for IR Services Finnie Duranceau, Ellen; Kriegsman, Sue 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96846 Bioinformatics Needs Assessment Crummett, Courtney; Kajosalo, Erja; Noga, Michael; Silver, Howard An assessment of the Bioinformatics Program at MIT Libraries was conducted using quantitative and qualitative data collection methods during FY13-14. Interviews were conducted to gain insight about bioinformatics researcher’s needs and behaviors and insight about the bioinformatics support offered by the MIT Libraries. Data was collected from various services of the bioinformatics program as well as from other library services. The assessment found that the bioinformatics community is interdisciplinary and crosses traditional life science departmental boundaries. The bioinformatics community takes a collaborative do-it-yourself (DIY) approach to computational skills and analytical tools –if they don’t know something or have something to use, they find someone who does or they build it themselves. Themes from the assessment emerged such as computational skills, tools, data, instruction and interdisciplinarity. The bioinformatics community has a desire for computational skills and modular training. The MIT Libraries bioinformatics training sessions are well attended; training sessions taught by experts are popular. Recommendations for the Bioinformatics Program at MIT Libraries include being more aware of open source software tools used by the community, attempting to expand the use of commercial tools in courses, and expanding outreach and advocacy regarding bioinformatics to the entire MIT community. 2015-04-29T00:00:00Z