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September 2022

Sep

Peer Review at USU: STEM Panel

Panel Discussion/Presentation

Join the USU Libraries for an invigorating panel discussion about the current peer review landscape, featuring faculty and graduate students from a range of disciplines. This moderated panel will explore what makes a good peer review, how to respond to and incorporate peer review feedback, and include time for audience Q+A. This event will be held in a hybrid format. Attend in-person in Room 154 of the Merrill-Cazier Library (Logan campus) or register below to attend via Zoom. Panelists Nick Dickenson, Chemistry and Biochemistry Ricardo Ramirez, Biology Sarah Klain Environment and Society Sanghamitra Roy, Electrical and Computer Engineering

11:30 am - 12:30 pm | USU Libraries | More Info

Sep

Peer Review at USU: Humanities and Social Sciences Panel

Panel Discussion/Presentation

Join the USU Libraries for an invigorating panel discussion about the current peer review landscape, featuring faculty and graduate students from a range of disciplines. This moderated panel will explore what makes a good peer review, how to respond to and incorporate peer review feedback, and include time for audience Q+A. This event will be held in a hybrid format. Attend in-person in Room 154 of the Merrill-Cazier Library (Logan campus) or register below to attend via Zoom. Panelists Sherry Marx, Teacher Education and Leadership Colin Flint, Political Science Ben Gunsberg, English Teresa Ukrainetz, Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | USU Libraries | More Info

Sep

Peer Review at USU: Avoiding Deceptive Publishers

Panel Discussion/Presentation

In this presentation, Scholarly Communication Librarian Erica Finch from the USU Libraries will share information about – and strategies for avoiding – deceptive and low-quality publishers. This talk will provide faculty and grad students from all disciplines with the tools they need to select the right home for their research and steer clear of journals with less than rigorous review practices. This event will be held in a hybrid format. Attend in-person in Room 154 of the Merrill-Cazier Library (Logan campus) or register below to attend via Zoom.

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | USU Libraries | More Info

Sep

Don’t Be Reviewer 2: How to Review for Scholarly Journals and Conferences

Panel Discussion/Presentation

Almost every academic discipline engages in scholarly peer review. Peer review is high stakes work; reviewer feedback influences (often determines) whether manuscripts are published, and for many academics, keeping their job depends on publishing their scholarship. In other words, peer reviews have material, professional consequences. It’s surprising, then, that scholars are rarely trained in how to be a good reviewer. In this workshop led by Rebecca Walton, you’ll learn a practical heuristic for providing peer review feedback that is inclusive, helpful, and appropriate.

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | USU Libraries | More Info

Sep

Friends of the Merrill-Cazier Library Lecture Series: Anticipatory Intelligence and the 21st Century Threats

Lecture/Readings

Dr. Johnson will introduce the concept of Anticipatory Intelligence, the groundbreaking Center for Anticipatory Intelligence (CAI) at USU that offers courses and research within this field, and the 21st century "threatscape" that requires an anticipatory intelligence skill set. Johnson is the Director of the Center for Anticipatory Intelligence (CAI) on USU’s campus. She worked within the Central Intelligence Agency’s Directorate of Intelligence as a member of the Balkan Task Force from 1998-1999 and served with the US State Department in Embassies Paris and Zagreb. The Cultural Topography analytic method she pioneered with co-author Matt Berrett was featured in CIA’s June 2011 edition of Studies in Intelligence. Dr. Johnson’s primary research interest examines the impact of national and organizational cultures on the formation of security policy. library.usu.edu/news-and-events

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm | USU Libraries | More Info

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