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Item 10,000 Workflows A Community-Centered Approach to Personal Information Management(2017-03) Kocher, Megan; Bergland, Kristi; Bishoff, Carolyn; Claussen, Amy; Kempf, Jody; Sayre, Franklin DItem Citation Manager Survey of Faculty and Graduate Students at the University of Minnesota, 2015(2016-03-15) Kocher, Megan; Kempf, Jody; Bishoff, Carolyn; Claussen, Amy; Bergland, Kristi; cbishoff@umn.edu; Bishoff, CarolynCitation manager software is used by researchers and students to store, organize, and cite bibliographic references. These data are the results of a survey administered to faculty and research assistants at the University of Minnesota in August-September 2015. The survey received 787 responses and includes data on current citation manager usage among researchers, digital storage needs for references, and desired software features. These data were collected to inform library support of citation managers.Item Compost use in Post-Construction Stormwater Practices: A Systematic Review & Results from Listening Sessions(St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, 2023-11-01) Erickson, Andrew J.; Weiss, Peter T.; Wang, Zihang; Arnold, William A.; Kocher, Megan; Lafferty, MeghanThe Compost Research and Education Foundation (CREF) and the University of Minnesota (U of M) embarked on research to better understand the best uses of compost in stormwater bioretention media and identify compost characteristics that are most impactful to the success of these systems. It is critical for manufacturers, specifiers, end users, and regulators to understand these best uses so users can understand what performs well, suppliers can make a high-quality compost product, and designers can specify and receive a product best suited for the application. This will improve bioretention performance and confidence from specifiers and end-users, minimize pollution potential, and ultimately increase acceptance and use of compost in critical green infrastructure stormwater best management practices.Item Data from: How do trees outside forests contribute to human wellbeing? A systematic review from South Asia(2025-01-21) Choksi, Pooja; Lalai, Dhwani; Menon, Anamika; Joglekar, Abha; Roy, Anirban; Ramprasad, Vijay; Thapa, Mahendra Singh; Gudasalamani, Ravikanth; Dhyani, Shalini; Bunyan, Milind; Shastri, Seema; Plieninger, Tobias; Adhikari, Binod; Fischer, Harry; Lahiri, Sutirtha; Djenontin, Ida N. S.; Elias, Faisal; Kocher, Megan; Ortiz Cuadra, Juan; Fleischman, Forrest; choks027@umn.edu; Choksi, PoojaTrees outside forests (ToF) can provide several ecosystem services or benefits such as carbon sequestration, biodiversity conservation and soil enrichment. These benefits, largely focused on agri-silvipastoral systems, have been well studied and documented. Human wellbeing outcomes of ToF, on the other hand, are relatively less understood. South Asia, in particular, is an important region to study given the cultural norm of trees outside forests. This region is home to millions of small-scale farmers, with often less than 4 hectares each, where trees are an important source of fodder, nutrition, and livelihoods. Moreover, countries in South Asia such as India have large land restoration targets such as restoring 26 million hectares of degraded land by 2030, and recent studies have indicated that ToF may be an important aspect of meeting this pledge. Multiple papers based on this data from a systematic review will help understand the reported benefits and drawbacks for human wellbeing of ToF and the circumstances under which these outcomes are perceived by people. Our data will help understand the institutional, geographic, managerial and population characteristics that mediate the human wellbeing outcomes directly measured by a study or perceived by the population considered in a particular study. In the context of this review, we broadly use the term human wellbeing, to include the following components: material and living standards, health, education, work and leisure, agency and political voice, social relationships, physical and economic security.Item Examining the Research Practices of Agricultural Scholars at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities(2016) Farrell, Shannon L.; Kocher, MeganDuring the spring and summer of 2016, the University of Minnesota Libraries joined 18 other institutions to participate in Ithaka S+R’s Research Support Services Program to explore agricultural scholars’ research focus, research methods and publishing practices. This report summarizes our local findings, resulting from 16 interviews with University of Minnesota faculty from the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources Sciences on the Twin Cities campus. It also offers suggestions for agriculture libraries and librarians based on the data we have gathered.Item Food Systems Citation Analysis: Trends in an Emerging Interdisciplinary Field(Agricultural Information Worldwide, 2015) Kocher, Megan; Kelly, Julia A.Item Participation in a large-scale study to evaluate agricultural research support services(2016-09) Kocher, Megan; Farrell, ShannonDuring the spring and summer of 2016, we participated in Ithaka S+R’s Research Support Services program, which “is designed to help libraries re-imagine their services for scholars on a discipline-by-discipline basis.” Ithaka S+R is a not-for-profit organization that partners with academic libraries to help them gather evidence, via surveys and other research methods, to improve library services and strategic planning. Ithaka S+R is currently doing a series of studies to determine researcher support needs in various disciplines, such as religious studies, chemistry, and public health. We participated in their agricultural study, which aimed to learn about agricultural researchers’ research focus, research methods and publishing practices. The data that we collected will be collated with 18 other institutions and will be published in a large report. In this poster, we will share our experiences participating in this large-scale research project, through working with Ithaka S+R, interviewing participants, coding qualitative data, and analyzing results. We will also share our preliminary findings on agriculture scholars at the University of Minnesota.Item RE-246347-OLS-20 Advancing Systematic Review Practices beyond the Health Sciences: Training Librarians to Support Evidence Synthesis in Emerging Contexts(2020) Kocher, Megan; Riegelman, Amy L.; Kelly, JuliaApplication for IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Cornell University, and Carnegie Mellon University will recruit and train up to 120 librarians in systematic review processes and practices. A systematic review is a research method in which a team formulates a research question and applies a systematic and transparent method to search, select, and appraise existing literature for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to make evidence-based decisions. The use of systematic reviews and related methods are growing rapidly, particularly in the life sciences and social sciences. However, librarians working in these disciplines lack training in providing support for this type of research. To fill this gap, collaborators will deliver six institutes over three years, which will equip academic and special librarians with a background in evidence synthesis methods and search strategy skills, enabling them to comply with established standards and meet researcher needs.Item Science Boot Camp: Supporting Interdisciplinary Research(2014) Neeser, Amy; Kocher, Megan; Lafferty, Meghan; Marsalis, ScottItem A Scoping Review of Interventions Increasing Screening and Diagnosis of Familial Hypercholesterolemia(Elsevier, 2022) Polanski, Amanda; Wolin, Ellory; Kocher, Megan; Zierhut, HeatherPurpose Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) is one of the most common genetic conditions, with a prevalence of ~1/250 individuals. If left untreated, FH greatly increases risk for cardiovascular disease and premature death. Currently, FH is largely underdiagnosed, and interventions are needed to increase identification. The purpose of this study was to identify effective interventions aimed at increasing FH diagnosis. Methods A scoping review of the literature addressing interventions to increase FH detection was conducted. Included studies detailed interventions which increased screening and detection of FH globally. Studies were characterized by intervention type and analyzed for themes using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Results A total of 46 studies were included in the review across 32 countries. All studies were effective in increasing FH detection. Twelve different intervention types were extracted with the most used being cascade and electronic medical record screening-based interventions. Conclusions Given the versatility of effective interventions in this review, efforts could explore approaches that maximize identification through a combination of interventions. Our results support one such strategy that uses electronic medical records to screen for index cases and a two-step indirect and direct contact method of index cases’ relatives.Item Using Analytics.usa.gov to Retrieve Agricultural Web Traffic Data(2016-04) Riegelman, Amy L.; Kocher, MeganItem Where in Academia are ELNs? Support for Electronic Lab Notebooks at Top American Research Universities(2017-03) Sayre, Franklin D; Bakker, Caitlin J.; Johnston, Lisa R; Kocher, Megan; Lafferty, Meghan; Kelly, Julia A.