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Lindsey Skaggs

Scholarly Communication Librarian
Milner Library
Office
MLB Milner Library 530
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Biography

Lindsey Skaggs (she/her) manages the Scholarly Communication program at Milner Library and administers the university's institutional repository, ISU ReD. She designed IDS 117: Critical Information Use and taught its first section in Fall 2022.

Research Interests & Areas

Open Access, User Experience in Libraries, Authentic Learning, Algorithmic Literacy

MS Library Science

Indiana University
Bloomington, IN

BA Hispanic Studies

Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, IL

Book Review

Skaggs, L. (2023). [Review of the book Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet by Ted Striphas.] Choice 61(2).

Presentations

Charting a Course to Collaboration: The LIbrary Data Services (LIDS) Dataset. IASSIST/CARTO 2024. (2024)
LIbrary Data Services (LIDS): A Golden Gate(way) to Collaboration. RDAP Summit 2024. (2024)
Following the Discourse: Using Current Events to Differentiate Source Types. Information Literacy Summit. (2023)
What is Out There? Data Services Offerings at R1 and R2 Doctoral University Libraries. Midwest Data Librarian Symposium 2023. (2023)
Preparing for Usability Testing. Usability Testing 101. Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois. (2022)
Updating Labels, Facets, and Search Targets in Primo VE. Getting Started with Interface Customizations in Primo VE. Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois. (2022)
Positioning Primo VE: Making Connections Between Resources. Primo VE in Practice - Life After Going Live. Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois. (2020)

Grants & Contracts

University Research Grant: “Data Services Comparison at R1 and R2 Doctoral University Libraries, Part Two. Milner Library. Illinois State University. (2023)
University Research Grant: “Data Services Comparison at R1 and R2 Doctoral University Libraries. Milner Library. Illinois State University. (2022)