Melissa Deuber, MLIS
Projects
This section highlights the various professional projects I've completed since starting graduate school in chronological order. Although these projects vary widely in scope, each one taught me something new. Most projects feature a link to see the finished product.​
Pharmacy, Chemistry, and Biology LibGuides​
December 2023 - Present
ULM received access to the LibGuides platform within the last year. This means our four-person reference team was responsible for creating over 25 guides for the university's four colleges. My responsibilities included adding our databases into our A-Z list and creating the Pharmacy, Chemistry, and Biology LibGuides. This project is still ongoing, but you can view the published Biology LibGuide here.
LibGuide for Haskell Indian Nations University​
February 2022
In my Library Instruction and Information Literacy class, I learned how to make a LibGuide. I then practiced my skills by creating a LibGuide for Haskell Indian Nations University, a tribal college in Lawrence, Kansas. My guide focused on the school's history and how to discover and evaluate new secondary sources for historical research. Click here to view my LibGuide.
Instruction Video for the Perry-Castañeda Library
March - April 2022
In Library Instruction, we made an instructional video on an academic topic of our choice. My partner and I both worked at the PCL, so we decided to make a video on how to use the new microfilm machines. This video is now displayed at the microfilm station and has helped several people conduct research. Click here to view the video.
Survey of Digitization Portfolio
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January - May 2022
Survey of Digitization also allowed me to create a digitization portfolio. It consists of a wide variety of digitized content and its accompanying metadata. The collection consists of text documents, tintypes, cart de visites, cabinet cards, 35mm slide film, glass plate negatives, color negatives, audio recordings, and video recordings. Click here to view the portfolio.
Approval Plan for
KMFA 89.5​
March 2022
In Collection Management, we developed hypothetical approval plans for various companies and institutions around Texas. My approval plan was for an independent radio station in Austin, KMFA 98.5. I did some research into their goals and the information they need to operate and developed an approval plan based on LC subject headings. Click here to view the approval plan.
Otis Aultman Collection Grant Proposal
April - May 2022
I learned all about the grant development process through a digitization class. In this course, we picked a collection from Texas Archival Resources Online and made a grant as if we were requesting funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities. We picked the Aultman collection due to its historical significance and large size of over 6000 items needing preservation. Click here to view the grant proposal.
Collection Management Plan
April 2022
Quite a few hypothetical institutions needed our help in Collection Managment, including the Medium State University Library. Our 3-person team collaborated and developed a collection managment plan for their library. It included their missions and goals, a background on their student population and their needs, and general as well as specific selection criteria for the MSU Library. Click here to view our collection managment plan.
Open Source Software Presentation
June 2022
One of my former professors gave me the amazing opportunity of attending the 2022 Tribal College Librarians Institute. At this conference, I learned about tribal college libraries and their unique challenges and opportunities. I was also fortunate enough to give a presentation on open source software I discovered while creating my instruction video. I received positive feedback on my presentation and was pleased to hear that some librarians are considering using the software for their own videos. Click here to view the presentation.
Discover UT Orientation Tour
July 2022
During the University of Texas' 2022-2023 orientation, a library tour was offered to students that showed them the Perry-Castañeda Library and directed students to library resources. I gave two of these tours, one virtual and one in-person. Through these tours, I was able to practice my public speaking skills and talk with incoming new students to put a friendly face on the UT Libraries.
Publication Impact Research
August 2022
During the summer, I aided a few UT History professors in putting together their promotion packets for tenure. I consulted platforms like Scimago, Web of Science, and Google Scholar to measure how many citations an article, book, or book chapter received. I also evaluated journal impact and nontraditional methods of impact, like social media engagement and interactions on platforms like academia.edu. I cannot share the data due to privacy reasons, but I'm happy to answer any questions about the research I conducted.
Measuring Course Material Usage through Tableau
October - December 2022
In my Data Storytelling course, I learned how to use Tableau by creating several different dashboards. For my final assignment, I worked with UT Libraries to create a dashboard of our course material circulation rates to affect future acquisitions. Due to security reasons I cannot share this dashboard publicly, but I have uploaded some of the best dashboards I created for the course on my Tableau Public profile here.
Capstone Project with Austin Community College
January - May 2023
My final project I complete in the University of Texas School of Information will be a Professional Experience Project. For my PEP, I am working with Austin Community College Libraries to make a survey that focuses on the technology ownership, use, and needs of their students. To achieve this, I am researching survey best practices, developing survey questions, and analyzing the results with recommended actions. This survey will help inform key stakeholders at ACC on where to best allocate library funds.