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STEM Librarians South 2023

A resource guide to the STEM Librarians South Conference for 2023, held virtually, hosted by Texas A&M

Keynote Presentation

We are excited to announce our Keynote Speaker, Dr. Kelly Brumbelow!

Kelly Brumbelow is an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University in the Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering and the Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. He is the Associate Department Head of Multidisciplinary Engineering and a member of its founding leadership team. His professional specialties include water resources engineering, planning, and management; high-impact learning practices in higher education; and formulation and assessment of interdisciplinary programs. Dr. Brumbelow’s past projects have spanned a wide range of locales and types including atmospheric water, energy, and carbon profiling using UAVs in a Costa Rican rainforest, assessing ice road water needs on Alaska’s North Slope, irrigation planning for 10 nations in the Nile River Basin, and urban water demand management in the Middle Eastern nation of Jordan, among others. He has published over 100 professional papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Brumbelow earned his Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) as well as undergraduate degrees in civil engineering and international affairs from the same institution. His teaching career includes 21 years at Texas A&M, seven years at Georgia Tech, and multiple workshops and seminars throughout the world. In addition to his academic experience, he worked as an engineering intern for the Indian Health Service (U.S. Public Health Service) for a total of 6 months in Bangor, Maine, and Spokane, Washington. He currently serves as an ABET program evaluator for civil engineering.

2023 STEM Librarians South Virtual Conference Registration

Event Timing: Thursday, July 13, 2023: 1pm-5pm, Friday, July 14, 2023: 9am-5pm.

Event will be held via Zoom.

Registration will remain open during the conference.

Registration 

Program

Day 1: Thursday, July 13, 2023

Time (*Central) Session  Title
1:00PM Opening Welcome from Conference Organizers
1:15PM 

Session 1

(15 min each)

Expanding and transforming access to Tulane University publications

Life after Lovelace: Finding Books on Women in Computer Science and Technology for Collection Development

Identifying core journals that are indispensable for your collection: a co-citation approach

Other Duties as Assigned: A Subject Librarian's Role in Geological Data Management

2:15PM

 Questions

(15 min)

Q&A for Session 1 
2:30PM

Session 2

(45 min)

It came from the STEM Lab! Cloning expertise for expansive galactic reach
3:15PM

Questions

(15 min)

Q&A for Session 2
3:30PM   Break
3:45PM 

Session 3

(15 min each)

OU Libraries' Statistics Helper Website: An Interactive and Curated Resource List

A total eclipse of the heart of Texas: Plan an event around the North American Eclipse

Early Exposure to Research Data Skills: a Librarian Engagement with a Bioinformatics Class

Using a Social Robot for Student Outreach in an Engineering and Computer Science Library

4:45PM

 Questions

(15 min)

Q&A for Session 3

Day 2: Friday, July 14, 2023

Time (*Central) Session Title
9:00AM Opening Welcome from Texas A&M University Libraries
9:10AM   Official Howdy and Welcome
9:20AM   Keynote Presentation by Dr. Brumbelow
10:05AM   Keynote Q&A
10:30AM   Break
10:45AM 

Session 4

(15 min each)

New and neurodivergent: My first year as a (neurodivergent) STEM librarian

Lib Crawl: Reflections on visiting peer libraries

Exploring GIS Services in Academic Libraries: A Survey of Associated Research Libraries

A STEM Librarians’ Fulbright journey and why more Librarians are needed as Fulbrighters

11:45AM

Questions

(15 min)

Q&A for Session 4
12:00PM

Session 5

(35 min)

Connections Granted: Using an Anatomy Model Grant to Connect with Outside Stakeholders
12:30PM

Questions

(15 min)

Q&A for Session 5
12:45PM

Lunch

(1 hr)

**Lunchtime social hour?
1:45PM 

Session 6

(5 min each)

Gold Open Access Publishing rates spanning 10 years in Science and Engineering Disciplines at Rowan University

Using Reference Data as an Accompaniment to Curriculum Mapping

Creating a Popular Science Collection to Support Leisure Reading

From Doer to Demonstrator: Transitioning from Special to Academic Librarianship within the Sciences

Improved Patents Public Search Tool enhances access to STEM patents resources

2:15PM

Questions

(15 min)

Q&A for Session 6
2:30PM 

Session 7

(15 mins each)

Text Mining Biology Syllabi

Textbooks and STEM: The Marriage of Technology and Interactive Learning

Faculty & OA mega-publishers in the wake of the Nelson memo: how librarians can help

So You Want To Do A Systematic Review In 2 Months: Creating A Systematic Review Tutorial At An R-1 Institution

3:30PM

Questions

(15 min)

Q&A for Session 7
3:45PM   Break
4:00PM   STEM Librarians South Business Meeting