In addition to our day-to-day work here in the Libraries, Libraries' faculty and staff are involved in a variety of activities on and off campus: conducting workshops, publishing articles, receiving grants, forming partnerships, serving as expert panelists, contributing to professional organizations, and many other endeavors. See below for what we are up to this academic year, and visit our archives page for past accolades.

2020-2021

Maoria Kirker, Lead, Teaching and Learning Team

• Member (Appointed), National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Information Literacy Module Review Task Force, Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), 2020-2022

Carl Leak, Life Sciences Librarian

• Co-recipient, grant from National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern/Atlantic Region (NNLM SEA) for "Building FAIR Habits: Pilot FAIR Data Workshop for Data Novices"

Wendy Mann, Director, Digital Scholarship Center

• Co-recipient, grant from National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern/Atlantic Region (NNLM SEA) for "Building FAIR Habits: Pilot FAIR Data Workshop for Data Novices"

Kimberly MacVaugh, Policy and Government Librarian

• Member, ACRL Liaisons Assembly Committee - appointed as Politics, Policy, and International Relations Section liaison to the American Political Science Association, 2020-2023

Trevor Watkins, Teaching and Outreach Librarian, Teaching and Learning Team

• Member, Advisory Board, Project STAND 2020-2021
• Chair, Web Committee, Project STAND 2020-2021
• Co-author, "Enrollment Challenges: Recruiting Children From Diverse Racial and Ethnic Communities to a Study of Physical Activity and Perceived Stress. Journal of Transcultural Nursing." (August 27, 2020)
• Co-presenter (Invited), "Project STAND: Metadata standards for student activism," Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, DCMI 2020 (September 2020)
• Co-presenter (Invited), "Highlights and Hurdles of a National Project on Social Justice," Society of American Archivists Webcast (October 30, 2020)
• Co-editor (Invited), Peer Reviewed Journal Special Issue: Systemic Racism in Data Practices, IASSIST Quarterly (November 2020-Present)
• Presenter, "Best practices in Cybersecurity Awareness for Seniors: A Community of Practice in Public Libraries," Webinar, Hubbard Public Library (December 14, 2020)

John Zenelis, Dean of Libraries and University Librarian

• Member, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools - Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), Substantive Change Committee: University of South Florida (Winter 2020-2021).
• "Foreword" (with Lynn Eaton), The Soul of Classical Political Economy: James M. Buchanan from the Archives, Peter L. Boettke and Alain Marciano, eds. Arlington, VA: Mercatus Center at George Mason University (2020).
• Panelist, "Change Management Webinar Series: Supporting the Workforce," National Information Standards Organization (October 2020).
• Panelist, "Sustainable Scholarship Virtual Forum," Virginia Research Libraries (October 2020).