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1 Faculty Development Plan Emily Swensen Darowski Psychology librarian Harold B. Lee Library Brigham Young University Academic Background Self Assessment In Progress M.L.I.S, San Jose State University Library and Information Science 2011 Ph.D., Michigan State University Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Dissertation: A critical examination of the ego-depletion effect: Can you vs. will you engage in effortful self-regulation? 2007 M.A., Michigan State University Cognitive Psychology Thesis: Strategy use in the Raven s: Evidence for item subsets and the role of flexibility B.A., Idaho State University Psychology, High Honors Strengths Having a doctorate in my subject area is an important strength as a subject librarian. I better understand the background of faculty, the process they went through to become professorial faculty, and what expectations exist within the field for scholarship. I better grasp of their needs because of it. I spent several years teaching psychology at a BYU-Idaho. From this, I understand the process of creating a course, delivering course material through different mediums, grading assignments, etc. Now as a librarian, I can use this experience to inform my library instruction and generate ideas for integrating library resources into the existing psychology curriculum. I understand the time constraints of faculty and students and can use this to create more effective services and resources. I am passionate about education and helping students achieve their academic goals. I love helping students develop critical thinking and reasoning within the discipline of psychology. I know how to work hard. I am willing to take on challenging tasks and work through them to the best of my ability. I am a team player. I want to develop my own work, but also the work of the library and university as well. I willingly work on tasks that provide benefit beyond myself. 1

2 Skills & Competencies I am an experienced teacher and know how to create effective instructional materials. Additionally, I can regularly adapt my library instruction to meet the needs of a particular course or a particular student. With my background in research, I am practiced in developing experiments, obtaining human subject s approval, running the experiment, coding and analyzing data, and writing up the research. I have experience managing undergraduate research/teaching assistants and mentoring students on projects or future goals. Research Interests I am interested in information literacy and writing. I want to develop instructional materials that help students not only find information, but create new ideas from existing scholarly information. I also want students to learn how to communicate their ideas effectively in writing. I am interested in working memory, or the current storage and processing of information. I want to better understand why working memory relates to so many other cognitive processes like reading, problem solving, and reasoning. I am interested in self-regulatory processes and how individuals govern their choices to control their thoughts, actions, emotions, etc. I seek to understand what role motivation plays in self-regulation. Citizenship Opportunities Devotional, forums, and library meetings Scholarly Communication Committee o Currently serving on this committee o Also serving on Data Management Sub-Committee Utah Library Association (ULA) o Currently serving as publicity member of Conference Planning Committee o Will present at ULA annual conference in May 2015 American Library Association o Current member of association Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) o Current member of association o Attended annual conference in March 2015 Education and Behavioral Social Sciences (EBSS) Section of ACRL o Current member of section o Will serve as newsletter editor for Publications and Communications Committee of EBSS starting July 2015 Psychonomics Society o Current member of society o Will attend annual conference in November

3 Areas to Develop Up-to-Date: I want to stay up-to-date with trends, policies, information sources, and technologies in the fields of library science and psychology so I can continually adapt the services and resources I offer. Collection Development: I need to gain collection development skills. Being new to the library, I am not familiar with collection management policies, strategies for building or weeding collections, etc. Library Instruction: I want my library instruction to continually step away from pointand-click instructions about searching databases to teaching students how to read and understand scholarly sources, how to develop ideas from them, and how to write about those ideas. Online Guides: I want to maintain and build effective subject and course guides. Librarianship: Professional Assignment Professional Goals Goal: Maintain and build effective online subject and course guides. Update psychology guide to work with Springshare s new platform and make the organization mobile friendly. Add new pages to existing guides and/or make new guides: ideas include help pages, a faculty guide, a grant writing guide, etc. Goal: Develop relationships and collaborations with assigned faculty. Meet faculty in the departments I serve through library instruction, department meetings and events, one-on-one meetings, etc. Communicate with faculty about collection acquisitions, important events, etc. through . Work on EIZ emotion exhibit with psychology faculty member. Work on grant writing workshop with FHSS research development specialist. Work on working memory research project with psychology faculty member. Goal: Regularly assess and adapt library instruction. Ask students in psychology 307 about their information needs and information seeking behaviors; use this knowledge to adapt subject guides and instruction sessions. Ask faculty regularly for feedback about instruction; use feedback to adapt instruction. Incorporate tutorials into instruction. Analyze department curriculums to create additional library instruction sessions. 3

4 Goal: Learn the content and scope of the psychology collection and develop methods for building and weeding this collection. Learn about collection development policies and create one for my collection. Start a collection development project that compares my collection and usage to the publications of faculty in my subject area; use data to inform acquisition and weeding choices so that the collection reflects areas of active research and teaching. Librarianship: Professional Development Goal: Gain a better understanding of library and information sciences. Complete a master s in library and information science by May Attend and participate in library association conferences. Attend webinars, lectures, etc. that will build my expertise in librarianship and psychology. Librarianship: Scholarship & Creative Works Citizenship Goal: Develop an active line of research in library science and psychology that involves collaborations with colleagues in the library and in psychology departments. Schedule time to write every day. Develop projects with colleagues. Prepare and submit my dissertation for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Prepare and submit paper on Carl Jung. Work on collection development project and develop a manuscript for submission. Adapt MLIS coursework to submit for publication. Goal: Meaningfully contribute to committee assignments in the library and BYU. As a member of the Scholarly Communications Committee, I will encourage my faculty to put their scholarly publications in ScholarsArchive, BYU s open access repository. As a member of the Data Management sub-committee, I will participate in ongoing conversations about how to provide data management services at BYU. I hope to help organize our resources, write policies and instructional pieces for our ScholarsArchive website, and promote our services to faculty in psychology departments around campus. 4

5 Goal: Meaningfully contribute to committee assignments at the state and national level. As a member of the ULA conference planning committee, I will publicize the conference and associated events. I will also help sponsor a blood drive during the conference. I will serve as the newsletter editor for a national committee, the EBSS. I will work with my colleague Rachel Wadham, the outgoing editor, to complete the spring newsletter and prepare materials and timelines for future newsletters. I will seek out additional opportunities at the national level, particularly those that draw on my psychology and library background combined. Relationship between Individual, Library, and University Goals The mission statement of BYU indicates that an education obtained here should be spiritually strengthening and intellectually enlarging. Additionally, the education should build character and push the individuals towards a life of learning and service. Similarly, the library seeks to provide resources and services that support educational endeavors, advance scholarship, help learners find and discover information, and promote the lifelong pursuit of intellectual and spiritual growth. I believe my goals align with both library and university goals. My continued education illustrates my own investment in lifelong learning. My goal to provide subject and course guides shows I want to provide resources that support educational endeavors and promote intellectual growth. My collection management goals, my involvement in the scholarly communications committee, and my desire to publish show I want to advance scholarship through multiple means. As I complete these goals and simultaneously strive to live the honor code, I hope that my example will also contribute to the spiritually strengthening environment at BYU. Resources Needed to Accomplish Goals Funding to attend professional conferences and meetings. Funding to analyze and build my collection. Funding for the grant writing workshop. Funding for my MLIS tuition. Software tools for building online guides and tutorials. Software tools for experimental design and data analysis. Physical space to conduct experiments. Funding or access to a participant pool for running experiments. Time to focus on specific projects without interruptions. 5

6 Summary of Goals Maintain and build effective online subject and course guides. Develop relationships and collaborations with assigned faculty. Regularly assess and adapt library instruction. Learn the content and scope of the psychology collection and develop methods for building and weeding this collection. Gain a better understanding of library and information sciences. Develop an active line of research in library science and psychology that involves collaborations with colleagues in the library and in psychology. Meaningfully contribute to committee assignments in the library and BYU. Meaningfully contribute to committee assignments at the state and national level. Timeline for Accomplishing Goals The following represents a tentative timeline for accomplishing my goals. I put greater detail in the first few years, knowing that my work here will generate the details of future activities Serve on the following committees: Scholarly Communications Committee, Data Management Sub-Committee, and ULA conference planning committee. Update psychology guide to work with Springshare s new platform and make the organization mobile friendly. Meet faculty in the departments I serve through library instruction, department meetings and events, one-on-one meetings, etc. Communicate regularly with faculty in person and through . Work on EIZ emotion exhibit with psychology faculty member. Work on grant writing workshop with FHSS research development specialist. Work on working memory research project with psychology faculty member. Present research on developmental literature at ULA Continue serving on committees. As a member of the Scholarly Communications Committee, I will encourage my faculty to put their scholarly publications in ScholarsArchive. As part of the data management sub-committee, I will participate in ongoing conversations about how to provide data management services at BYU. I hope to help organize our resources, write policies and instructional pieces for our ScholarsArchive website, and promote our services to faculty in psychology departments around campus. Work on adding to subject guides: ideas include adding a page that helps students find sources and a page that helps students read and write about sources. 6

7 Help put on a grant writing series for graduate students. Create an online subject guide that builds off of this series using Springshare, the content management system we use for library guides. Present a poster on this project at ULA. Continue meeting and developing relationships with faculty. Continue work on EIZ emotion exhibit with psychology faculty member. Learn about collection development policies and create one for my collection. Start a collection development project that compares my collection and usage to the publications of faculty in my subject area; use data to inform acquisition and weeding choices so that the collection reflects areas of active research and teaching. Work on synthesis project with colleagues. Prepare and submit paper on Carl Jung. Prepare and submit dissertation for publication Continue serving on committees. Seek out service in another national committee (preferably the psychology committee of EBSS). Continue to build relationships and communicate regularly with faculty in the departments I serve. Complete a master s in library and information science. Continue work on working memory research project with psychology faculty memberaim to submit manuscript for publication late 2016/early Analyze department curriculums to create additional library instruction. Work on collection development project and submit a manuscript for publication Continue serving on committees. Continue to build relationships and communicate regularly with faculty in the departments I serve. Attend webinars, lectures, etc. that will build my expertise in librarianship and psychology. Submit synthesis manuscript for publication. Adapt MLIS coursework to submit for publication Continue serving on committees. Continue to build relationships and communicate regularly with faculty in the departments I serve. Continue research projects with colleagues and work to submit at least one manuscript for publication. Attend webinars, lectures, etc. that will build my expertise in librarianship and psychology. 7

9 Professional Project Proposal Project Title: Brown Bag Series: Grant Writing for Social Science Graduate Students Purpose: To introduce graduate students to the importance and process of obtaining external funding. Learning Outcomes: After participating in this brown bag series, graduate students will be able to do the following: Identify the importance of external funding Effectively use Pivot to search for sources of external funding Describe best practices for identifying a marketable idea and writing a proposal Understand the role that ORCA plays in obtaining external funding at BYU Description: I am developing a brown bag series with the working title Grant Writing for Social Science Graduate Students. I am collaborating with Kristen Kellems, the research development specialist for the college of Family, Home, and Social Sciences (FHSS). We will be inviting graduate students from the colleges of FHSS and education. Every Thursday for three weeks, a lunch event will be held for an hour. On the first day, a panel of faculty members will share their experiences obtaining external funding and why this is an important endeavor. A question and answer period will follow. On the second day of the series, I will introduce graduate students to Pivot, a searchable database of funding opportunities, and other methods for finding funding. Another presenter will discuss the importance of developing a marketable idea and using persuasive writing to convey their idea in a proposal. On the third day, a presenter will discuss writing and revising the proposal in greater depth. Attendees will also learn about the submission process through ORCA and the post-award process. The series will close with a final question and answer period. As part of the series, a small booklet of handouts will be made available to graduate students. The booklet will provide information covered in the series along with supplemental material aimed at helping the students pursue their own external funding. We will also take notes during each day of the series and distribute them to attendees afterward. Below is a proposed timeline and schedule. By the end of the series, I will build a subject guide that reflects the covered materials and resources. This way, present and future graduate students will have perpetual access to much of the information discussed in the series. Furthermore, I plan to use the series as an example of extending the influence and relevance of academic libraries in a conference poster presentation (Utah Library Association, 2016). JUNE-SEPTEMBER 2015: SEPTEMBER 2015: SEPTEMBER 24, 2015: Schedule presenters, create publicity items, write and develop booklets, plan catering Build subject guide Scott Richards, Counselling Psychology (confirmed) Carol Ward, Sociology (confirmed) 9

10 Scott Steffensen, Psychology and Neuroscience (confirmed) OCTOBER 1, 2015: OCTOBER 8, 2015: Emily Darowski, Harold B. Lee Library (confirmed) Conrad Monson, STEM Research Development Specialist (confirmed) Kristen Kellems, FHSS Research Development Specialist (confirmed) Marilyn Webb, ORCA (confirmed) MAY 2016 Present poster at ULA 2016 Method of Evaluation: At the end of the series, participants will be asked to complete a survey. They will rate the content of the series, what worked, what was missing, what could be done differently, etc. The results of the survey will be used to determine what to change if the series is repeated and what supplemental materials need to be added to the subject guide on grant writing. 10

11 Scholarship Project Proposal Faculty Development Plan Scholarship and Creative Works One aspect that drew me to librarianship is the opportunity to develop scholarship projects in librarianship, my subject of expertise (in my case, psychology), and some combination of the two. This allows me to carve out a broader research space for myself. Still, it is important that I identify lines of research that I intend to follow so that I do not become lost and unproductive in this broader research space. The following describes my strategies for developing lines of research: I will build projects on working memory and self-regulation, drawing on my work in graduate school in psychology. I will develop projects that examine information literacy and instruction within the discipline of psychology, with the aim of improving student learning and critical thinking. While the previous two will be my primary areas of focus, as opportunities arise, I will engage in projects that directly relate to my citizenship service (e.g., data management), my professional activities (e.g., grant writing series), etc. Scholarly Goals to be completed by February 2016 Submit my dissertation for publication Submit a paper on Carl Jung for publication Start collecting data in psychology classrooms on the effectiveness of a tutorial aimed at teaching students a method for synthesizing in their writing Work on Education in Zion Exhibit to ensure materials will be ready for January 2017 opening Strategies for Scholarly Productivity After looking at the inventory of strategies for increasing scholarly productivity, I would like to work on the following: Set aside a regular time to stay current on the literature in psychology and library science. Learn to use the Center for Statistical Consultation & Collaborative Research. Set aside daily blocks of time to write or work on creative activities at least 15 minutes each day. Meet regularly with peers to share drafts and get feedback Submit an article for publication before the faculty development report is due. Method of Evaluation: In my planner each day, I will keep track of how many minutes I write and how many minutes I spend reading scholarly literature. Every few weeks, I will self-evaluate and see what I need to adjust in order to make more time for writing and reading. 11

12 Citizenship Project Proposal This July, I will begin service as the newsletter editor for the publications and communication committee of EBSS. EBSS is a section of the Association of College and Research libraries and comprised of social science librarians from across the country. In my role, I will compile and edit two newsletter issues a year; the first issue under my editorship is due this fall. My citizenship project will be completing this first issue. This citizenship opportunity will help me meet many social science librarians across the nation. Through this network I can learn new skills and ideas from more experienced librarians. As the editor, I will solicit written contributions from members of EBSS, asking them to share discuss awards received, research activities, conferences attended, current topics, etc. The chair of EBSS will also contribute a piece about the ongoing work and goals of social science librarians. After gathering these contributions, I will organize the content and design the newsletter. I will then work with members of ACRL to produce the newsletter and send it out to all members of EBSS. Method of Evaluation: To evaluate my citizenship work, I will report how many new librarians I met and communicated with to compile materials for the newsletter. I will also report any feedback I receive about my first newsletter issue. 12

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