http://hdl.handle.net/2451/64021 2026-04-10T12:16:46Z http://hdl.handle.net/2451/64404 Title: Supporting Teaching with Primary Sources at the University of Miami Authors: Larson, Christina; Baydoun, Shatha; Pickens, Roxane Abstract: From Spring 2019 until Summer 2020, researchers at the University of Miami (UM) conducted an IRB-approved study on the practices of 15 humanities and social sciences instructors who teach with primary sources. Sponsored by UM Libraries, this local study joins a suite of 25 parallel studies across the United States and United Kingdom, coordinated by Ithaka S+R, a nonprofit research and consulting organization that will publish a capstone report in fall 2020. This study and its broader discourse will help UM understand how to effectively support the needs of instructors who teach with primary sources. The study reports how instructors employ primary sources to enhance pedagogy, which physical and digital collections they access regularly, and how they describe the benefits of this engagement for student learning. Many commented on their positive collaborations in co-teaching with colleagues at Special Collections, Cuban Heritage Collection, and the Lowe Art Museum. Others viewed access as a challenge due to difficulty in scheduling and the limited hours or resources of these distinctive collections. One main discovery of this study is how instructors are integrating technology with primary sources. On a basic level, there are those who use digital primary sources, but others are employing ArcGIS, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), photogrammetry, and 3-D printing. Identifying these and other discoveries, benefits, and challenges enabled the researchers to develop recommendations to improve teaching with primary sources at the University of Miami. 2020-09-03T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2451/64401 Title: Collaborative and Active Engagement at the Hemispheric University: Supporting Ethnic Studies through Academic Library Outreach at University of Miami Authors: Baydoun, Shatha; Pickens, Roxane Abstract: While librarians, curatorial and archival faculty, and staff at the University of Miami Libraries (UML) routinely support ethnic scholarship at the University of Miami (UM), library personnel, along with administrative members, have in recent years devised new approaches in outreach and engagement to assist ethnic studies programs. With collaborative initiatives in areas of research, curricula, and programming, along with investment in personnel and cultural capitals, UML has supported ethnic studies programs and helped augment the university’s position as “The Hemispheric University.” This paper traces these efforts by examining research and exhibition guides, primary resources projects, and oral history projects. The authors argue that academic library support for ethnic studies turns on creative outreach and engagement activities. The essay also highlights, via the CREATE program, the various ways through which the University Libraries and the Lowe Art Museum (UMLLAM) have collaborated in instructional and resource projects to support specific programs in Africana, Caribbean, and Latin American studies. Recommendations discuss how academic libraries and their employees can more effectively collaborate to support ethnic studies programs. 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2451/64400 Title: Co-Creating the Commons: Campus Partnerships at the Heart of Two Library Space Design Projects at the University of Miami Authors: Miller, Kelly E.; Pickens, Roxane; Ben-Knaan, Kineret Abstract: Over the last six years, the University of Miami Libraries has formed two sets of strategic partnerships with campus units in order to reimagine how it supports the university’s learning and research mission. These partnerships have played critical roles in the planning and design of spaces, services, and staffing positions. In the first case, UM Libraries is facilitating partnerships with academic service units in undergraduate education and other areas dedicated to student learning to create a learning commons on the first floor of the Otto G. Richter Library, the University of Miami’s flagship library. In the second case, UM Libraries is facilitating a partnership with the Office of Research to create a faculty research commons on the third floor of Richter Library. This case study reviews the development of strategic partnerships for academic library space planning and design, highlighting benefits, challenges, and lessons learned. 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2451/64399 Title: "Dismantling the Machine:" A Case Study of Cross-campus, Multi-institutional Efforts to Address Systemic Racism Authors: Brillat, Ava; Pickens, Roxane; Bartley, Kelsa Abstract: Dismantling the machinery of systemic racism in educational spaces is necessarily done in community, and the possibility of change depends on understanding the pernicious mechanisms at work and implementing new ways of teaching that are more inclusive and transformational. The inequities illuminated by the global pandemic of 2020, combined with an intensified spotlight on the nation’s long-standing racial injustices, have been a clarion call for higher education, particularly regarding social justice in academia. With heightened levels of civic action around racial injustices that impact students, an all-hands-on-deck scenario emerged, compelling all university units—including libraries—to collaborate on addressing systemic racism in the learning environment. This chapter highlights one academic library’s cross-campus collaborations to facilitate racial justice discussions and actions. Focusing on a common reads program at University of Miami (UM) in Florida, this case study outlines key library and campus partnerships and steps taken to promote dialogue and spearhead anti-racist and critical pedagogy awareness for instructors of record. 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z