The 2013-2014 year was a year of transition and learning here at the MSU Libraries. At the end of April 2013, I was reassigned from Assistant Copyright Librarian to U.S. and International Government Information Librarian and Library Liaison to James Madison College (JMC). I have spent much time this year learning how to be a government documents librarian, while also working on forging a relationship with my new liaison group and learning how to be an effective teacher for library instruction sessions.
As a selective depository in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), we are legally obligated to follow certain rules and procedures in regards to our federal documents collection. While much of my training was self-paced using books and webinars, I was given the opportunity to attend the FDLP Interagency Depository Seminar hosted by the Government Printing Office (GPO) in Washington D.C. at the end of July. This weeklong training seminar is aimed at helping new documents coordinators gain a better understanding of the FDLP and its requirements. I was also able to network with GPO staff and staff from other government agencies, such as the Library of Congress and the Census Bureau, in addition to other new government documents librarians. I also met with Jon Harrison and Hui Hua Chua to discuss government documents at the MSU Libraries since they both have held this position before me.
With a better understanding of the FDLP, I have been able to work with our new regional depository library, the University of Minnesota, as well as our Technical Services department, to withdraw print material from our government documents collection and send them to be stored by Minnesota. This has been an important step in an ongoing project to shrink our print government documents collection so that we can reclaim some patron space. Another aspect of this larger project is to move our print collection of the Serial Set to Remote Storage, which is approximately half way completed. In addition, there are plans to withdraw our Congressional Record (and its predecessors) and dispose of these following FDLP guidelines, replacing them with easier to use electronic versions from the GPO and through Proquest Congressional. For the upcoming year, we will also be sending some of our government documents collection to Google for destructive digitization. We have received a preliminary list of items from Google and it is most likely that this part of the project will not begin until end of Spring/start of Summer semester.
I have also taken on supervisory experience of student employees working to shelve all of our government documents material. This was previously handled by the Copy Center, but with staff transitions in that unit, it was decided that I should hire, train and supervise students to manage the collection. I currently have one student that was hired and trained in the Fall and I intend on hiring two more students this Spring.
I’ve worked to update the 11 LibGuides related to federal and international government to ensure accuracy of information and remove broken links. I also created a new guide for finding information about the Affordable Care Act, which has had 128 views since October 2013. I’ve assisted faculty from Political Science and History with finding information from the Congressional Record that they required for their research. I was able to demonstrate to these individuals the ease of using our electronic Congressional Record from Proquest compared to using the time consuming print version, which we will be disposing of in the near future.
In addition to managing both our federal and international documents, I have also taken on liaison responsibilities for James Madison College (JMC). JMC writing faculty heavily utilize the library liaison for their MC 112 writing classes and I attended the writing faculty’s meeting in October to introduce myself and meet the faculty members that I would be working closely with. For the Fall semester, I taught two MC 111 classes (34 students), created two LibGuides, and assisted 14 JMC affiliates with research (5 from faculty, 9 from students). My instruction load was a lot heavier this Spring. From January 13 through February 13, I taught fourteen MC 112 classes (239 students) and one MC 384 class on finding and using Census data for Detroit (25 students). To support the research of these classes, as well as two classes that did not come in for library instruction, I have created 11 LibGuides. So far, I have worked with 12 JMC students this Spring on their first assignments, and I anticipate seeing more once students begin to work on their research projects. Since there are so many students in MC 112, I presented at the February 6th Reference Meeting to help my reference colleagues assist these students when they see them on chat and at the reference desk.
SELF EVALUATION of SCHOLARLY AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES:
Publications:
Blair, Amy and Julia Frankosky. “Copyright in Academic Libraries: The Future is Now.” The New Academic Librarian: Essays on Changing Roles and Responsibilities, McFarland & Co., 2013.
Frankosky, Julia. “Building Your Professional Toolkit” (conference report). NMRT Footnotes, 43:1 (2013).
Book Reviews:
I applied for and was accepted as a book reviewer for American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) and American Reference Books Online. I have submitted two book reviews which will be published in an upcoming issue.
Frankosky, Julia. Rev. of Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: More Noncanonical Scriptures, eds. Richard Bauckham, et. al. American Reference Books Online.
Frankosky, Julia. Rev. of Anatomy of Exercise for Women: A Trainer’s Guide to Exercise for Women, ed. Lisa Purcell. American Reference Books Online.
Presentations and Workshops:
Frankosky, Julia. “Turnitin and iThenticate.” MSU Faculty Seminars, May 7-8, 2013.
Frankosky, Julia. “Keep Calm and Carry On: Maintaining Your Composure When Your Presentation Goes Horribly, Horribly Wrong.” American Library Association Annual Conference. Chicago, Illinois. June 30, 2013.
Collie, Aaron, Julia Frankosky, Hailey Mooney, and Lisa Schmidt. “The Open Data Imperative: The Role of Academic Libraries and Archives in Research Data Management Support.” Michigan Library Association Annual Conference. Lansing, Michigan. October 16, 2013.
Frankosky, Julia and Portia Vescio. “Copyright Issues for Historic Collections.” Historic Society of Michigan. Lansing, Michigan. December 6, 2013.
This was a half-day workshop that Portia and I did for approximately 18 librarians and archivists from around the state of Michigan at the Historical Society of Michigan.
Exhibits:
Blair, Amy, Julia Frankosky, and Lynne Woods. “April is Copyright Month.” Michigan State University Libraries. April-June 2013.
Frankosky, Julia and Suzi Teghtmeyer. “Fifty Years of Doctor Who.” Michigan State University Libraries. October-November 2013.
Alstrom, Eric, Aaron Collie, Julia Frankosky, et. al. “Preservation: Forestalling the Ravages of Time.” Michigan State University Libraries. November 2013 – March 2014.
Continuing Education and Professional Development Activities:
Mentee, MSU MENTORS Program with Laura Leavitt, Head of the Gast Business Library, March 2013-March 2014.
Speculation to Litigation: Copyright and Climate Change in Libraries, Association of College & Research Libraries Preconference, April 10, 2013.
“Be a Tourist – Map Library,” MSU Libraries, May 3, 2013.
What Shapes the Way We Teach, MSU Libraries’ Art of Liaison, Instruction, and Selection Series, May 1, 2013.
Drupal Training, MSU Libraries Web Services, June 5, 2013.
Interagency Depository Seminar, Government Printing Office, July 29-August 2, 2013.
What is Your Teaching Philosophy? MSU Libraries’ Art of Liaison, Instruction, and Selection Series, August 29, 2013.
Using the New Poverty Data, webinar by the Coalition on Human Needs, September 10, 2013.
E-Science Librarianship, NISO webinar on Research Data Curation, September 11, 2013.
Classroom Assessment Techniques, MSU Libraries’ Art of Liaison, Instruction, and Selection Series, September 23, 2013.
Proquest Statistical Insight Training Webinar, MSU Libraries, February 26, 2014.
Upcoming Year:
I have submitted poster proposals for the ALA Annual Conference and the MLA Academic Conference about weeding our print government documents collection. I also intend to write an article about my experience with shrinking our print government documents collection in favor of electronic formats once this project nears completion. In addition, I hope to produce exhibits that will highlight some of our more interesting government documents, such as coloring books and unidentified flying objects.
SELF EVALUATION of SERVICE AND/OR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
American Library Association (ALA)
Memberships:
American Library Association (ALA), 2011-Present
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), 2011-Present
University Libraries Section, 2011-Present
New Members Round Table, 2011-Present
Government Documents Round Table, 2013-Present
- Attended ACRL Annual Conference in Indianapolis, April 10-12, 2013
- Attended ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, June 28-July 1, 2013
Service:
New Members Round Table (NMRT)
- Committee Member, Endnotes: Journal of the New Members Round Table, 2013-2014
- Solicits proposals for articles, as well as completed articles for publication consideration.
- Peer-reviews papers submitted for possible publication.
- Edits book reviews submitted for inclusion in this journal.
- Committee Member, NMRT Professional Development Grant, 2013-2014
- Solicits applications through listservs and social networks.
- Reviews applications and works with the rest of the committee to select an award recipient.
Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT) of Michigan
- Secretary, 2013-2015
- Attended fall meeting at Grand Valley State University, November 8, 2013.
Michigan Library Association (MLA)
- Attended MLA Annual Conference, Lansing, October 16-18, 2013.
- Chair, Michigan Author Award Work Group, 2013-2014
- Solicits nominations for eligible Michigan authors.
- Increased publicity of award helped increase the number of nominations from 4 in 2013 to 14 in 2014.
- Works with MLA staff to update award criteria.
- Changed eligibility requirements to allow self-published authors to be considered.
- Sets deadlines and organizes work group meetings.
- Will introduce the winner and present the award at the MLA Annual Luncheon.
- Solicits nominations for eligible Michigan authors.
Michigan State University
- Member, Research Data Management Guidance team, February 2012 to October 2013
- Leader, Research Data Management Community for Advising, Facilitating, and Enabling (CAFÉ), May 2012 – October 2013
- Member, Digital Scholarship Collaborative, October 2013-Present
- Member, New Librarians Round Table, 2012-2013
Michigan State University Libraries
- Treasurer, Library Staff Association, 2012-2014
- Member, Steering Committee, 2012-2014
- Chair, Library Faculty Bylaws Subcommittee, 2013-2014
University of Minnesota Regional Library Advisory Group
- Member, August 2013-August 31, 2014
- Attends monthly Adobe Connect meetings.
- Provides suggestions and recommendations to our regional library for training, webinars, policies, etc.