There is always more to every story, but especially behind the scenes at HSLIC. Have you ever wondered how a book makes it to the shelf for you to check out or how you are able to access the full text of an article with a few clicks? Have you ever wondered about the history of the health sciences or the UNM Health Sciences Center (HSC)? Have you ever wondered what the best practices for storing your research data are or where you should share your publications and presentations?
If so, meet Resources Archives and Discovery (RAD) – the HSLIC unit responsible for these processes and many more. Laura Hall is the Division Head for RAD, which includes Robyn Gleasner – Resource Management Librarian, Moses Moya – Metadata Specialist, Kaylee Nauer – Course Reserves Manager, Jonathan Pringle – Digital & Scholarly Communications Librarian, Abbie Weiser - Archivist, Lori Sloane – Data Manager, and our students Brianna Mize and Maxx Harrison.
So how does that book get in your hands or that article at your fingertips? Laura and Robyn follow guidelines set in the HSLIC Collection Development Manual to select and acquire resources that are relevant to the HSC. Moses then catalogs those resources to make them discoverable and accessible in HSLIC’s catalog. The New Materials Guide lists new resources at HSLIC. Kaylee pulls out required textbooks for courses, places them on reserve and on the Course Reserves module, and promotes the resources to faculty for easier access to students.
Laura, Jonathan, and soon Abbie, actively seek new personal collections to add to HSLIC’s Special Collections to preserve the historical record of the HSC and history of health in New Mexico. They, along with Brianna and Max, process the collections and create finding aids so that the community can easily find and request access to the collections. Some popular resources are the Oral History Collection and the Native Health Database.
Another important resource and platform is the Digital Repository. Lori and Jonathan work to ingest publications, theses and dissertations, administrative records, as well as other research and scholarly outputs from HSC faculty, students, and staff into the UNM Digital Repository for the public to view. See the presentation included in the repository that explains this process. Lori also provides information sessions on the NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing and assists researchers with data management planning. These endeavors support and promote Open Access and Open Science. Keep an eye on the HSLIC Event Calendar for future workshops.
Thank you all for helping us celebrate National Library Week and allowing us to tell you our stories. As mentioned above, there is always more to every story, including this one. If you would like to learn more about RAD, please see the Resources Archives & Discovery Guide.
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