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Loss in ATE1 may affect energy metabolism through leptin
(2022)
Arginyl-tRNA protein transferase 1 (ATE1) regulates protein degradation by Arg/N-end rule pathway. Previous studies have shown that downregulation of ATE1 can lead to neurodegeneration, behavioral abnormalities, hyperphagia ...
Collection Assessment Through DEI Lenses: Venturing into (nearly) uncharted waters
(2022)
The UNT Libraries has embarked on a journey to address systemic and systematic vestiges of oppression of socially and politically minoritized populations. For this purpose, the Collection Assessment Department is planning ...
Building Your Outreach Toolbox through Post-Pandemic Partnerships
(2022)
In early Spring of 2022 the TAMIU Killam Library was approached by the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity to collaborate on an initiative for Consent Week during Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. We ...
Emerging from the Dumpster Fire: Student Engagement and the “new normal"
(2022)
In this panel discussion, we will describe some of our experiences working with students over the last academic year. As many universities returned to in-person services in Fall 2021 and we moved into the present, we found ...
Engaging students with online escape rooms and events
(2022)
How do we engage students with information literacy, critical thinking skills, and how to use library services? Before the pandemic we had successfully used kits from Breakoutedu to engage students in learning about library ...
Beyond Sensory Storytime: Developing Library Programs for Neurodiverse Participants
(2022)
Neurodiverse individuals benefit from specialized library programming designed for their needs. Creating successful programs for this audience requires establishing a supportive, organization-wide mindset. Plano Public ...
Disaster relief in a library due to interior flooding
(2022)
Lean about the challenges to overcome a complete HVAC failure, interior flooding, and construction processes to restore a library. You will learn all the methods of the disaster relief contractor, equipment needed, and ...
Queersearching: Beyond Cis-heteronormative Information Literacy
(2022)
Gender and sexuality do not exist in a vacuum; so, why do we research them as such? Normative approaches to assessing resources and information literacy instruction -- such as SIFT and CRAP -- fail to contextualize the ...
Food for Thought: A survey about the UNT Libraries collections
(2022)
We developed the Food for Thought survey at University of North Texas Libraries to gather feedback from patrons on their usage and feelings about the library collections. Survey questions covered topics such as how often ...
Podcasting: Produce, Market, and Extend Reach to Your Community
(2022)
Podcasts offer a low-cost, high impact tool for extending the reach of the library into patrons’ homes, commutes, and workplaces. Rather than provide a podcasting “how-to”, Plano Public Library will discuss the creation ...