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Manuscript Afterlives: A Working Handlist of Medieval Binding Fragments in the Collections of Stanford University Libraries
Attanasio, MateoJanuary 2020Based on initial research by students in History 14N: Making the Middle Ages (Spring 2019), this handlist begins the process of systematically recording medieval manuscript fragments found in the bindings of later books held by the Department of Special Collections of Stanford Libraries
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Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS): SEC Analytics, presented by Eunji Oh, Research Support Director, WRDS
Oh, EunjiMarch 4, 2022; March 4, 2022SEC filings are one of the fundamental data sources for finance/accounting research. However, dealing with millions of SEC filings requires intensive time and effort, even to curate the filings for your research. WRDS jumped in and has provided convenience for researchers who use SEC filings by providing SEC Analytics Suite composed of ready-to-use data queries and structured datasets from the raw filings. In the talk, several key distinctive features of the SEC Analytics Suite will be introduced including massive filings search & download, sectionalized 8-K filings, and itemized filings. The features can help researchers broaden their research topics and improve research productivity. Presented by Eunji Oh. Eunji joined Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) as a Research Support Director in 2019. Her primary research focus is on asset pricing, innovation, and intangible assets. Before joining WRDS, she received her Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and her M.S. degree in Business Administrations and B.S. in Civil, Urban, and Geosystem engineering from Seoul National University in South Korea. Moderated by Alice Kalinowski, Public Services Manager, Graduate School of Business Library Research Hub, Stanford University.
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A perspective on computational research support programs in the library: More than 20 years of data from Stanford University Libraries
Muzzall, EvanFebruary 1, 2023; October 17, 2022Presentation of data is a major component to academic research. However, programming languages, computational tools, and methods for exploring and analyzing data can be time consuming and frustrating to learn and finding help with these stages of the broader research process can be daunting. In this work, we highlight the impacts that computational research support programs housed in library contexts can have for fulfilling gaps in student, staff, and faculty research needs. The archival history of one such organization, Software and Services for Data Science (SSDS) in the Stanford University Cecil H. Green Library, is used to outline challenges faced by social sciences and humanities researchers from the 1980s to the present day. To compliment this history, participation metrics from consulting services (1999–2021) and workshops (2000–2021) are presented along with updated workshop participant feedback forms (n = 99) and further illustrate the profound impacts that these services can have for helping researchers succeed. Consulting and workshop metrics indicate that SSDS has supported at least 27,031 researchers between 1999 and 2021 (average of more than 1175 per year). A t-test on the feedback form data indicates that participant knowledge in workshops statistically significantly increased more than one scale point from workshop start to completion. Results also indicate that despite our successes, many past challenges continue to present barriers regardless of exponential advances in computing, teaching, and learning—specifically around learning to access data and learning the software and tools to use it. We hope that our story helps other institutions understand how indispensable computational research support is within the library.
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