This interdisciplinary research team is interested in questions relating to scholarly communication and the knowledge that is created and shared through research. Adopting a broad view of science and notions of data, we conceptualize research, visualize data, and analyze scholarly activity. We are interested in applications in a range of fields, from information science and […]
The Technology to Enhance Learning Lab is founded and directed by Dr. Xinhao Xu. As the name suggests, TELL conducts research on how to use cutting-edge technologies to help people learn. The lab also offers practical solutions to deliver effective learning and training through technology. Major research areas of TELL are: XR-Based Learning Environments Embodied […]
URL: https://adroit.missouri.edu/project/vschool/ Point of Contact: Joe Griffin at GriffinJG@missouri.edu vSchool is a school-friendly, game-based assessment of prosocial behavior intended for use with 4th-6th graders. Its purpose is to evaluate the effectiveness of behavioral and social-emotional learning (SEL) interventions that claim to increase prosocial behavior. vSchool is needed because SEL interventions have outpaced SEL assessments and […]
Point of Contact: Dr. Rose Marra at marrar@missouri.eduThe project Improving Engineering-Related Social Cognitions through Teaching is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1926480. The goal of this project is to assess the impact of teaching practices that can lead to improved self-efficacy and outcome expectations of engineering students, in […]
The Digitization Station supports SISLT’s collaboration with KOPN Community Radio in providing access to time-based public media. As a participant in the IMLS-funded Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowships (PBPF), the MU iSchool is committed to students’ skills-building with audiovisual archives. Students in the Archival Studies emphasis encounter audiovisual topics and issues throughout their coursework, in preparation […]
URL: https://showme.missouri.edu/2019/saving-history-from-disappearing/ Point of Contact: Dr. Sarah Buchanan at buchanans@missouri.edu The shift to digital publishing has put born-digital primary source materials at risk as technology platforms proliferate and grow more complex. Researchers at MU investigate and document the key technology systems and production steps in use at contemporary news organizations to analyze and share how […]
URL: https://pbpf.americanarchive.org/ Point of Contact: Dr. Sarah Buchanan at buchanans@missouri.edu MLIS students gain hands-on experience in audiovisual preservation, collaborating with KOPN Community Radio and the WGBH Educational Foundation to digitize public media materials and provide access in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting at https://americanarchive.org/special_collections/kopn-women. Our work supports multigenerational diversity research and prepares graduates for […]
URL: https://www.archaeological.org/interactive-dig/pompeii-italy/ Point of Contact: Dr. Sarah Buchanan at buchanans@missouri.edu Working with Data Archivist, Dr. Sarah Buchanan, iSchool students contribute to the digital archive presentation of archaeological artifacts, spatial data, and site photography.
With the Archival Studies emphasis at Mizzou students gain the knowledge and professional readiness to pursue careers as archivists, records managers, collection curators, metadata catalog librarians, and managers of photo, film, video, and multimedia collections.
Amy Blevins is a graduate of the Library and Information Science program at Mizzou, and the Associate Director for Public Services at the Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University.