Authored at the U: Faculty Book Spotlight
Written by: Samantha Everton, Innovation & Research Communications Contributor
University of Utah faculty members Anna Neatrour, Caren Frost, and Jean Shipman have all authored or co-authored books that focus on different aspects of research and innovation. Each author has worked tirelessly to compile their research and concentrate it into text, and the U celebrates every researcher’s effort to share their studies with a broader community.
The High-Impact Digital Library: Innovative Approaches for Outreach and Instruction
The High-Impact Digital Library: Innovative Approaches for Outreach and Instruction discusses the results of a unique survey that provides new and structured information on digital library outreach and instruction.
“We wanted to investigate this area of work and share a variety of case studies for librarians who have similar interests and job responsibilities,” co- author Anna Neatrour, head of Digital Library Services at the Marriott Library, shared, “having a book published by the American Library Association is an honor, and I think the research showcased in the book filled a gap in the scholarly literature.”
The book presents outreach case studies illustrating uses of social media promotion, integration of digital collections into teaching and instruction activities, partnerships with external campus units or community organizations, and other activities.
Access the book here.
Global Research Ethics: Case Studies from International Research Contexts
Global Research Ethics: Case Studies from International Research Contexts is a guide for students and their instructors containing research to understand topics linked to research ethics from a global perspective. Written by Caren Frost, Lisa Gren, Scott Benson, and Margaret Carlson, all working in affiliation with the University of Utah, Global Research Ethics uses case studies to offer examples of current research ethical dilemmas and considers regulatory and cultural frameworks in a number of country contexts that highlight diverse methods of identifying and managing these ethical dilemmas.
Access the book here.
Information and Innovation: A Natural Combination for Health Sciences Libraries
Information and Innovation: A Natural Combination for Science Libraries, edited by Jean Shipman from the U’s department of Biomedical Informatics, illustrates how various sciences libraries have partnered with innovators and by offering valuable services and creative products and spaces.
“As a library partnership with an innovation center, we wanted the book to be useful to other librarians and universities with innovation centers or those contemplating the idea,” Shipman explained. “The book provides a lot of case studies of how innovators can benefit from information application, knowledge organization, and resulting product intellectual property documentation and promotion.”
The text describes various innovation competitions and products that help to showcase the unique scholarly output that is generated by innovators.
Access the book here.
Submit Faculty-Authored Books
All of these authors have dedicated countless hours of research, collaboration, and work to these books, and the University of Utah celebrates their successful efforts to accumulate their studies into texts that demonstrate and expand the impact that each author has had in their field.
If you know a faculty member here at the U who has published or is publishing a book soon, please fill out this form to be featured in the future.
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