http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13013/94 2026-04-13T08:39:26Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13013/3901 Examining First Year Student Learning in Generative AI supported Information Literacy Instruction: A Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Study Ryder, Rukmal This study examines the integration of Microsoft Copilot into a single, scaffolded, 75-minute library instruction session for first-year students and evaluates its association with students’ confidence using library databases and doing research. Using anonymous pre- and post-instruction surveys, we assessed baseline comfort with AI and library databases (pre) and post-session comfort and perceived helpfulness of Copilot (post). Because responses could not be reliably matched across time points, pre–post differences were analyzed as independent samples. Mean comfort with library databases increased from 2.88 (SD = 0.77, n = 26) to 3.47 (SD = 0.96, n = 19), representing a moderate effect size (Cohen’s d ≈ 0.69). Students rated Copilot’s helpfulness highly (M = 4.00, SD = 0.47, n = 19). Findings suggest that ethical, transparent incorporation of Copilot alongside librarian-led practice may enhance first-year students’ research confidence in academic database use. 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13013/1011 A Century in Salem Edwards, Susan; Ratliff, Jen This document is a pdf version of the exhibit "A Century in Salem" that was mounted in the Berry Library on March 15, 2019. 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13013/1009 Building An Ethical Digital Humanities Community: Librarian, Faculty, and Student Collaboration Risam, Roopika; Snow, Justin; Edwards, Susan This article examines work building a digital humanities community at Salem State’s Berry Library. The initiatives are comprised of a three-pronged approach: laying groundwork to build a DH center, building the DH project Digital Salem as a place-based locus for digital scholarship and launching an undergraduate internship program to explore ethical ways of creating innovative research experiences for undergraduate students. Together, these initiatives constitute an important move toward putting libraries at the center of creating DH opportunities for underserved student populations and a model for building DH at regional comprehensive universities. Author’s accepted manuscript of an article to be published in College & Undergraduate Libraries: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10691316.2017.1337530 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13013/1010 Transforming the Landscape of Labor at Universities Through Digital Humanities Risam, Roopika; Edwards, Susan Kear, Robin; Joranson, Kate This chapter outlines common obstacles to librarian–faculty partnerships at regional comprehensive universities, namely the lack of models for digital humanities at regional comprehensive universities, and the difficulty of fostering ethical librarian–faculty collaboration. It further describes how the authors responded to these challenges in the design of an undergraduate research program housed across the university library and College of Arts and Sciences. The chapter concludes with lessons learned and suggestions for undertaking these collaborations. This pre-print is a version of the contribution in Digital Humanities, Libraries, and Partnerships: A Critical Examination of Labor, Networks, and Community, edited by Robin Kear and Kate Joranson. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102023-4.00001-X 2018-03-07T00:00:00Z