ACRL SciBoot Camp Final as Given

8/3/2019 ACRL SciBoot Camp Final as Given

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Naka Ishii, UMass Amherst Marion Muskiewicz, UMass Lowell

Elizabeth Winiarz, UMass Dartmouth



The beginning

2008: UMass System Library Directors callmeeting with their science librarians tobrainstorm

• Ways we could work together • Needs/opportunities

It was the first time many of us had met



Science Librarians

Characteristically• Many do not have a science degree • Many have been in their positions for a long time

Professional development • Most updates are new library technologies or products• Hard to keep up with developments in our disciplines• What about new scientific disciplines?



Subject Education

How to stay current in fast-changing sciencesubjects? Requirements: • At the right level • Inexpensive • Overview of field and Research detail



The Boot Camp Concept

• Three subjects covered in 2 days • Entice our faculty to present

o Overview o Current research

• Fun!o Opportunity to meet other science librarians

in an informal way



Creating Science Boot Camp

• Collaboration among 5 UMass campuses • First location, UMass Dartmouth – Liz was the

point person on site – but everyone willinglypitched in

• Organizing o A few face-to-face meetings o Conference calls (several) o Email (LOTS)

o Wiki (not used much)



Lots of Logistics

• Speakers – UMass and other local faculty • Site – lodging, meals, parking, classroom, wireless

• Publicity – flyers, LibGuides • Registration & money handling – tricky, very tricky • Fun! – banquets, badges, contests, wine, women, songs • Video – capturing the content • Assessment – quick paper surveys & online survey after



LibGuide for Boot Camp



UMass Dartmouth Boot Camp 2009



UMass Dartmouth Facilities

Brutalist architecture

Apartment Dormitories



Topics and Speakers 2009

GIS (Geographic Information Systems)

Dr. Zong-guo Xia, UMass DartmouthMatthew Arsenault, consultant with

NOAA, Woods Hole Bioinformatics

Dr. James T. Griffith, UMass DartmouthDr. David Osterbur, Harvard Medical School

NanotechnologyDr. Sanjeev Manohar, UMass Lowell



GIS Presenter, Dr. Xia.



Finances 2009

• 5 UMass Library Deans - $1000.00 each • Boston Library Consortium - $800.00 • Registration Fees:

o Full Boot camp $200.00 o Full Boot camp, no dorms - $100.00 o Single day - $50.00



Informal conversations added to value of Boot Camp



Attendees 2009

• 60 attendees • 5 states Survey Comments:

I was very impressed by each presentation. Needed hands on component for GIS and Bioinformatics. DavidOsterbur was terrific but went a little too fast for my slow brain! …to justify my coming to the Boot Camp, I studied the campus

web site for faculty expertise on the three subjects. To mydelight Brandeis offers courses in all three.



Fun 2009

• Merit badges • Non-sensible shoe banquet & contest • Sing-along with Sally

• “Little Data Sets” (to the tune of Little Boxes) • “High Tech” (to the tune of High Hopes)



Shoe Contestants 2009



Dinner in New Bedford



Science Boot Camp 2009 - the DVD





Boot Camp 2010

UMass LowellInn and Conference Center (ICC)

June 9-11 • Genetics • Climate Change

• Remote Sensing



Registration Table at the ICC, handled by UML Library staff.



UML volunteers staffed the Swag table for the entire Conference.



Early arrivals took a tour of the Lowell Downtown and Boott Millsarea, Lowell’s National Park

T i d S k 2010



Topics and Speakers 2010

Genetics Dr. John Landers, Dr. Guangping Gao, Dr. Miguel Sena-Esteves,

all from UMASS Medical School Climate change

Dr. Mathew Barlow, UMASS Lowell Dr. Brian Howes, UMASS Dartmouth

Remote Sensing Dr. Qian Yu, UMASS Amherst

Dr. Dayalan Kasilingam, UMASS Dartmouth

A conversation on data curation with Dianne Dietrich,Cornell University Metadata Librarian



Wednesday PM - Genetics class



Thursday PM - Remote Sensing



Finances 2010

UMass Library Deans 5000.00

Donations from Vendors 250.00 Grant money NLM 10,000.00 Fees were the same as the first year. 200.00 entire conference with room 100.00 entire conference, commuter

50.00 one day registration



Attendees 2010

57 Campersfrom 5 New England States*plus* New York Pennsylvania Utah New Mexico

and

Alberta, CANADA (yes, we went international!)



Fun 2010Tours Wednesday morning and Thursday afternoon Happy Hour Wednesday evening with Singalong Wednesday Dinner with Awards for

o Camper of the Day

o Longest Distance Traveled to Attend

o Librarian with Longest ServiceThursday afternoon Bus tour of UML campus Clambake at the Boathouse • Least sensible shoes contest • Boot Pinata • Awards for

o Camper of the Day

o Most Unusual Background



Sally Gore, song writer and leader, practicing for sing-along



And we all sang along!



Wednesday night get-together in the lounge.Lots of instruments available!



Least Sensible Shoes, Thurs - Flippers won first prize!



Intact piñata, which proved quite hard to break.



Dr. Barlow makes an attempt. Note the unusual bat.We forgot to bring a broomstick!

A t 2010



Assessment 2010

Evaluations • Quick paper survey for each subject - turn it in and get

your "badge"

• Online survey after for Boot Camp as a whole 2010 results were "wordled" by a team member…





2010 Presentations can be viewed:

http://library.uml.edu/media/bootcamp/

Fi l h h





Final thoughts

• Couldn’t have done it alone – collaboration is vital for success

o Now also collaborating with WPI, UConn, Tufts

• Keep it goingo 2011 Science Boot Camp, June 8-10, @ WPI o Inspire and help Boot Camps start up in other

regions and subjects

The Word is Spreading!



The Word is Spreading!

e-Science @ UVirginia Social Sciences @ Tufts

http://blogs.library.jhu.edu/wordpress/?p=9287

http://sites.tufts.edu/sslbc2011/



Members of the planning committee



Questions?

Documents

ACRL SciBoot Camp Final as Given