LAUC-I and Library Staff Research

The UCI Libraries provide vital leadership in UCI's distinction as a premier research university. The Libraries are committed to supporting and inspiring members of UCI's diverse community to create and contribute new models of research, scholarship, and innovations in all academic subject areas.

To that end, the UCI Libraries have created two spaces for the depositing and sharing of publications by UCI affiliates. The first is dedicated to research produced by members of the Library Association of the University of California, Irvine (LAUC-I) and library staff (see below).

The second is more general in scope and is open to faculty partnering with the UCI Libraries and whose contributions do not fall in the purview of any of the campus' established research centers, departments, and programs. This research is linked in the left sidebar under “Affiliated Units”.

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Twenty-five years of Medical Library Association competencies and communities

(2024)

Professional associations provide resources to support members' career development and facilitate ways for members to engage with and learn from one another. This article describes Medical Library Association (MLA) activities related to the revision of professional competencies and the restructuring of the organization's communities during the past twenty-five years. Grounded in MLA's Platform for Change, the MLA competency statement underwent two revisions with core themes remaining consistent. Major efforts went into rethinking the structure of MLA communities, and it became a strategic goal of the association. Numerous groups spent considerable time guiding the changes in MLA's community structure. Sections and special interest groups were transformed into caucuses. Domain hubs were established to facilitate project coordination across caucuses and create more leadership opportunities for MLA members, but their implementation did not meet expectations. Member engagement and leadership are ongoing challenges for MLA. The next twenty-five years will undoubtedly see additional revisions to the competencies and continued iterations of the community structure.

Developing Open Access Resource Management Principles in a Consortial Environment: A University of California Model

(2024)

UC Irvine PrisonPandemic Levels of Sensitivity and Redaction

(2023)

Virtual Readers’ Advisory Using bANTerbot Code

(2023)

Creació, gestió i anàlisi d 'un bot de conversa a biblioteques acadèmiques.

(2023)

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Dance Scholarship as Seen Through a Citation Analysis of MFA Theses

Stone, Scott

(2023)

The author analyzed the citations from a total of seventy-five dance MFA theses from the years 2010, 2015, and 2020. Results indicate that dance scholars use books more frequently than other types of information. Based on an analysis of Library of Congress Classification areas, the information cited in the theses was very interdisciplinary, with more non-dance resources being cited than dance-specific ones. This information—the first citation analysis focused on dance—helps to establish a baseline of information use in the scholarly dance field and can also be of practical use to the performing arts librarian wanting to better understand how to potentially work with this unique discipline.

Ultrasound detected increase in optic disk height to identify elevated intracranial pressure: a systematic review.

(2023)

Background

Elevated intracranial pressure (eICP) is a serious medical emergency that requires prompt identification and monitoring. The current gold standards of eICP detection require patient transportation, radiation, and can be invasive. Ocular ultrasound has emerged as a rapid, non-invasive, bedside tool to measure correlates of eICP. This systematic review seeks to explore the utility of ultrasound detected optic disc elevation (ODE) as an ultrasonographic finding of eICP and to study its sensitivity and specificity as a marker of eICP.

Methods

This systematic review followed the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses guidelines. We systematically searched PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Central for English articles published before April 2023; yielding 1,919 total citations. After eliminating duplicates, and screening the records, we identified 29 articles that addressed ultrasonographically detected ODE.

Results

The 29 articles included a total of 1249 adult and pediatric participants. In patients with papilledema, the mean ODE ranged between 0.6 mm and 1.2 mm. Proposed cutoff values for ODE ranged between 0.3 mm and 1 mm. The majority of studies reported a sensitivity between 70 and 90%, and specificity ranged from 69 to 100%, with a majority of studies reporting a specificity of 100%.

Conclusions

ODE and ultrasonographic characteristics of the optic disc may aid in differentiating papilledema from other conditions. Further research on ODE elevation and its correlation with other ultrasonographic signs is warranted as a means to increase the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound in the setting of eICP.

Cataloging Abstraction: Reflections on Looking, Metadata and Grief

Dickerson, Madelynn

(2023)

This poster presentation at the 2023 ARLIS/NA Conference in Mexico City, Mexico describes an ongoing digital project focused on cataloging and organizing a large collection of abstract artwork created by Burton Dickerson, the presenter’s grandfather, who passed away in 2022. The poster highlights technical aspects of organizing the collection, including the decision to self-host an instance of Omeka-S, the use of metadata tags to identify consistent visual motifs across works, and approaches to managing complex items that consist of both digital and physical objects.

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Impact of library information literacy training on entrepreneurship competition scores: A quantitative study at University of California, Irvine

Heimann, Sara

(2023)

The University of California, Irvine’s (UCI) Innovation and Entrepreneurship Librarian partnered with UCI’s New Venture Competition to provide embedded research support for teams participating in the competition, including a research workshop and individual team research consultations. To assess the impact of these library services, a quantitative study of three years of competition scores was conducted involving a control group and two experimental groups; the difference in the experimental groups was the mode in which the services were provided: in-person and virtually. The study hypothesized that teams who received information literacy training (i.e., attended a research workshop and/or participated in a research consultation) earned higher Concept Paper scores, as well as higher evidence question scores (i.e., scores for a rubric question related to providing evidence in support of claims made in the Concept Paper), than teams who did not receive information literacy training. Statistical analysis showed significant increases in both Concept Paper scores and evidence question scores for both experimental groups when compared to the control group, indicating that information literacy training positively impacted teams’ performance. Additional analysis revealed no statistically significant differences in teams’ scores based on training delivery mode, in-person or virtual. The results are of value to librarians seeking to initiate partnerships with entrepreneurship competitions on campus, as well as entrepreneurship educators interested in enhancing existing entrepreneurship competitions by incorporating research and information literacy training.