| DATE | ACTIVITY | TIME (m) |
|---|---|---|
| 4/18 | Watched practicum introductory tutorial | 30 |
| 4/22 | Pre-practicum meeting with LM about project | 45 |
| 6/2 | Practicum meeting with LM to get set up Read through orientation blog, and set up accounts on BePress, Teams, UMSL, etc. | 120 |
| 6/4 | Teams training session with Lena | 50 |
| 6/4 | Zoom BePress training video with Lena and Jessica | 35 |
| 6/4 | Introduction on Teams, downloaded Acalytics Exporter, updated Selected Works on BePress, watched additional BePress training video | 60 |
| 6/7 | Reviewed workflows on blog, claimed Prof. Piccinini, set up spreadsheets on Teams and attempted to import/harvest works. | 150 |
| 6/8 | Meeting with Lena via Teams, learned more about the workflow and steps to getting from a C to a B. Edited Workflow diagram and Workflow for C and F-D. | 75 |
| 6/10 | Brought Piccinini from a C to a B. Worked on Harvester. Read over the A level workflows. | 120 |
| 6/12 | Cleaned up timeline and activity logs, re-downloaded newer version of Chrome Acalytics, worked on Harvester. | 255 |
| 6/12 | Meeting with Lena over Zoom; went over questions, corrected A+ workflows, learned about A+ process. | 90 |
| 6/12 | Reviewed my work on the added links to Piccinini’s page, including adding abstracts, adding Column I statement on OA works, checking links on OA works lead to correct entry. | 150 |
| 6/12 | Claimed Professor Pickard–brought file to a b. Claimed other professors and brought Porterfield to a c. | 90 |
| 6/20 | Claimed additional 21 professors and moved to Bs. | 270 |
| 6/21 | Claimed more professors, moved them to Bs. | 120 |
| 6/24 | Meeting with Lena | 60 |
| 6/25 | Worked on professor profiles: Piccinini and Pickard brought to As. | 270 |
| 6/26 | Worked on Porterfield | 48 |
| 6/26 | Meeting with Lena | 25 |
| 6/26 | Piccinini, Pickard, Rao to A+; Porterfield to A. Worked on Rath. Checked in with LM on teams. Worked on Rath again, still working on getting to a B. | 380 |
| 6/30 | Brought Rath to a B. Finished importing. | 60 |
| 7/14 | Wrote up practicum resume description. Revisited workflows, chat, and other documentation. | 180 |
| 7/14 | Updated Faculty spreadsheet with data for new columns and finished harvesting Nigam Rath. | 220 |
| 7/14 | Worked on finding missing works for NR. | 180 |
| 7/15 | Brought N. Rath to an A+. | 240 |
| 7/15 | Added links to corrections, and double-checked missing works on all professors checked so far. Reveiwed workflows for books and book chapters. Chatted with LM about corrected works. | 95 |
| 7/15 | Amber Reinhart, Jennifer Reynolds are now A+. | 60 |
| 7/15 | Working on D. B. Robertson | 90 |
| 7/16 | Chat with LM. | 10 |
| 7/16 | Added articles to N Rath | 35 |
| 7/16 | D. B. Robertson to an A+ | 85 |
| 7/16 | Phillip Robinson–found links to articles and reviews of works. Now an a+ | 30 |
| 7/16 | Worked on Rebecca Rogers, now an a+ | 330 |
| 7/16 | David Rose an A+, started on JW Rottman | 80 |
| 7/17 | Brought J Rottman, V Sauter, K Schreyer, S Seeley, U Segal to A+. Claimed Max Gillman and George Gokel, brought M Gillman to a B | 260 |
| 7/18 | Brought M Gillman and G Gokel to a+. | 215 |
| 7/24 | Captured bibliographic information from Shirley Porterfield’s BePress using Zotero. Searched for articles that don’t have links/downloads. | 120 |
| 7/24 | Reviewed F workflow process. Brought L Pierce to an af+. Brought P. Prouhet, C. Pucci, M. Quigley, and G. Ray to F+. | 195 |
| 7/26 | Brought Marybeth Rhomberg to an f-. Working on Robert Ricklefs. | 330 |
| 7/27 | Robert Ricklefs new works are added, now at F+. | 120 |
Summary
The most significant aspect of this practicum for me was acquiring a better understanding of the scholarly communication process and how that process interacts with and is influenced by different technologies and platforms over time. Using Google Scholar, Google Books, and WorldCat, I learned how professor bibliometrics and citation information is tracked, and the usefulness of technologies like ORCID.
I honed my research skills. With more knowledge of how and where to find articles, I was able to use several strategies to locate works that were difficult to find, such as out-of-print books or print-only journal articles, and became more successful and efficient in doing so. I can use this knowledge to teach others how to find information they need and provide better service and instruction to those looking for information. Knowing how to find a scholar’s works, whether it be a pre-print, post-print, a conference or symposium, I am more confident in my ability to find some version of a scholar’s work and to teach that skill. This experience has rounded-out my understanding of how different media, journals, and publishers handle information in different ways over time based on the technologies available and what that might mean for each discipline.