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• Meaningful data sharing: Developing the Illinois Data Bank metadata framework 

  Stein, Ayla; Dunham, Elise (Taylor & Francis, 2019-03-05)

  In Summer 2016, the Illinois Data Bank, the new data repository at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was launched. This paper will cover the development of the repository’s metadata schema, including the ...

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• A Personalized Account-Based Recommender within the University Library’s Mobile App Interface 

  Hahn, James F. (2019-03-11)

  With funding from the University of Illinois Campus Research Board, researchers developed a personalized account-based recommender within the university library’s mobile app interface. The recommender system (RS) is derived ...

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• Tacit Knowledge Sharing among Library Colleagues: A Pilot Study 

  Burnette, Margaret H (Emerald Insight, 2017)

  • Purpose This study explores the nature of tacit knowledge sharing among library colleagues, with a focus on the characteristics of tacit knowledge and contextual factors such as organizational culture or the mentor/mentee ...

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• User perspectives on personalized account-based recommender systems 

  Hahn, James F. (ACRL, 2019-04-11)

  This research is focused on understanding user preferences for "my account"-based recommendations of library content. By interviewing users we have explored user attitudes about three areas of recommendation services; ...

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• The Shadow Acquisitions Budget: APCs and Open Access Publications at a Research University 

  William H. Mischo; Thomas H. Teper (2018-12-10)

  A great deal has been written in the last several years about open access (OA) publishing in academic settings, both Green and Gold. In particular, the Pay It Forward (PIF) project and the OA2020 initiative focused on the ...

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