Recent ucsflibrary_presentations items

AI in your Toolkit: Critical Approaches to Using AI in your Work (Lightning Talk at the 2026 Medical Library Association Annual Conference)

Mon, 1 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Background

Over the past two years, the Library has experienced a sharp rise in questions about generative artificial intelligence (AI). Students, faculty, and staff are increasingly exposed to AI-powered databases and tools and seek guidance on whether these tools can be used responsibly. At the same time, the institution has made substantial investments in AI infrastructure and actively promotes AI adoption across a wide rangeof use cases. Within this environment, Library staff identified a need for coordinated training that moves beyond promotion and instead offers a critical and practical perspective to build AI literacy in the campus community.

Description

Between November 2025 and May 2026, the Library offered a six-session workshop series designed to support university students, faculty, and staff in critically examining the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in their professional practice. The series was taught by staff from across the Library...

Connecting, Collaborating, Creating: Advancing Equitable Teaching in the Library (Talk at 2026 Medical Library Association Annual Conference)

Mon, 1 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Background

In 2022 Library staff launched a project to enhance inclusive library teaching practices and foster collaboration among library educators. This project stemmed from a larger theme in the Library’s 2020-2025 strategic plan that aimed to build the reputation of library staff as essential campus educators. The key objectives of the project were to establish a community of practice for library educators, and develop a comprehensive guide to equitable teaching in the Library.

Description

The project team brought together librarians and staff from across the Library, representing diverse teaching expertise and education backgrounds. The team met monthly from late 2022 to the end of 2025 to develop the project goals, plan the Library Educators Community of Practice meetings, and design and launch the Equitable Teaching Guide. The first major milestone was the creation of the Library Educators Community of Practice, a bi-monthly meeting to foster...

#metoo & medlibs: how to start conversations about sexual harassment in your library

Thu, 6 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Presented at the 2019 Medical Library Association Conference.

Background

The #metoo movement has facilitated national conversations about sexual violence, including workplace sexual harassment. Although anecdotal evidence suggests that many library workers experience sexual harassment, no comprehensive studies exist and no professional guidelines or recommendations are available for those interested in creating change in their libraries. How do we begin these conversations in our profession and our libraries?

Description

This talk will describe several recommendations for starting the process of addressing sexual harassment in your library. These recommendations are based on recent work done by the Sexual Harassment Task Force at UCSF Library, including a library-wide survey to explore staff experiences of sexual harassment and educational efforts based on these survey results.

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Measuring imposter phenomenon among health sciences librarians

Thu, 6 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Presented at the 2018 Medical Library Association Conference.

Objective

Imposter phenomenon is the inability to internalize accomplishments while experiencing the fear of being exposed as a fraud. Despite informal discussion and interest among the medical librarian community, no research has been conducted on this topic within our field. Our research objective is to measure imposter phenomenon (IP) among US health sciences librarians.

Methods

In this mixed methods study, a census of all eligible Medical Library Association members, excluding students, retired members, unemployed members, and international members, was taken from October to December 2017. The census population was 2179, and 325 responses (15%) were expected. We administered an anonymous online survey using REDCap, featuring the Harvey Imposter Phenomenon scale, open-ended questions about coping strategies to address imposter phenomenon at work, and demographic information....

Sexual harassment in the library: understanding experiences and taking action

Thu, 6 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Presented at the 2019 Association of College and Research Libraries Conference.

Sexual harassment in libraries exists, but it has not been comprehensively studied. In the wake of the #MeToo movement and shared anecdotal experiences, library staff members at the University of California, San Francisco were empowered to address this issue in our library. This paper will present the results of our survey of sexual harassment experiences of our staff and, in an effort to encourage other academic library workers to spearhead similar efforts in their own environments, will document our process of developing anti-sexual harassment efforts in our library.

Coping Strategies for Impostor Phenomenon Among Health Sciences Librarians

Thu, 6 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Presented at the 2019 Medical Library Association Conference.

Objective

Impostor phenomenon is the inability to internalize accomplishments while experiencing the fear of being exposed as a fraud. Impostor phenomenon can have serious adverse effects including: anxiety, depression, lack of confidence, decreased job satisfaction and performance, and burnout. Our research objective is to discover effective coping strategies to help health sciences librarians address feelings of impostor phenomenon.

Methods

In our study, the first to measure impostor phenomenon in health science librarians, we distributed an anonymous online survey via REDCap to measure impostor phenomenon among US health sciences librarians and learn about strategies to cope with impostor phenomenon. We used the Harvey Impostor Phenomenon scale (higher scores are associated with feelings of fraudulence) and asked two open-ended...

Boosting the Open Access Policy

Wed, 7 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Presented at the 2017 Charleston Conference.

Life Support for the Open Access Policy

Wed, 7 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Presented at the 2017 San Jose State University Open Access Conference.

A Reproducibility Workshop Series for Biomedical Researchers

Fri, 24 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The Library, Graduate Division, and Open Science Group at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) collaborated in the Fall of 2019 on a credit-bearing workshop series on biomedical reproducibility. The series was targeted at UCSF graduate students and researchers and designed to satisfy NIH Rigor and Reproducibility requirements. In addition to covering open data, open code, open protocols, and open access, this workshop series included sessions on designing rigorous experiments, engaging with new forms of peer review, and building a reproducible lab. The goal of this project was for subject experts to provide hands-on training that will improve research workflows, stimulate conversations about open science and research reproducibility, and build an open curriculum that can be replicated by other institutions. This talk describes this innovative workshop series and reports on pre-workshop assessments of researchers' knowledge and behaviors...

Ethics and Open Science

Fri, 24 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Open science, the movement to open up the products of scientific research, has the potential to make biomedical research more transparent, reproducible, and equitable. However, as research practices and requirements evolve we are faced with new ethical questions around data ownership, participant consent, and paywalls. This talk will give an overview of the current state of open science in biomedical research and hopefully spark a dialogue about the ethics of practicing science in the open.

Increasing Access: Federally Funded Research Results

Fri, 16 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Presented at the 2015 American Library Association Annual Conference.