Jesse Akman

Health and Life Sciences Librarian and Associate Librarian

Department: Library

Carol Grotnes Belk Library, Office 117 2550 Campus Box Elon, NC 27244

Brief Biography

Jesse began work at Elon University in June, 2019. He serves as library liaison to Elon's life and health sciences programs including the School of Health Sciences (Nursing, Doctor of Physical Therapy, and Physician Assistant Studies); the College of Arts & Sciences' Departments of Public Health, Exercise Science, Biology, and Environmental Studies; and the Neuroscience program. He is a member of the Department of Library Research and Scholarly Services where his work focuses on open publishing, author rights, research impact measurement, and secondary research methods and promotion.

News & Notes

Education

Master of Science in Libary Science

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

Employment History

Science Research Librarian

Carol Grotnes Belk Library, Elon University, 2019-Present

Provide expertise and leadership in meeting the information literacy, research, and curricular needs of students and teaching faculty in the life and health sciences through the development of engaged, innovative outreach initiatives and departmental support. Assisting the library in bringing voice and perspective to research and scholarly activities and initiatives. Support and develop initiatives to promote the understanding and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Access (OA) publishing across campus.

Serve as library liaison to science programs, including, but not limited to: the School of Health Sciences (Doctor of Physical Therapy and Physician Assistant Studies), Public Health Studies, Exercise Science, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Studies, and Neuroscience.

Publications

Journal Articles

Wrigley, J., Kennedy, C., Flaherty, M.G., Ponder, M., Foster, M., & Akman, J. (2020). A statewide analysis of North Carolina public libraries and their response to the opioid epidemic. Public Library Quarterly, 39(3), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/01616846.2020.1782701

Book Chapters

Akman, J. (2020). Mathematics. In C. Rawson (Ed.), Picking up STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics Instruction in the Public Library. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - School of Information and Library Science. http://steam.web.unc.edu/

Book Reviews

Akman, J. (In Press). Coaching for the love of the game [Review of the book Coaching for the love of the game: A practical guide for working with young athletes by J.L. Etnier]. North Carolina Libraries

Presentations

Akman, J., Carden, V., Mazure, E., & von Isenburg, M. (2018). Developing a protocol for tracking publications by grant numbers. Presented at the Annual Convention of the Medical Library Association, Atlanta, GA.

Akman, J., Siler, V., Wacker, A., & Waller, J. (2020) Discovering and assessing the impact of “hidden labor” practices. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Library Association at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

Akman, J., Siler, V., Wacker, A., & Waller, J. (2020) Discovering and assessing the impact of hidden labor [Conference session]. The Annual Conference of the Society of North Carolina Archivists, Elon, NC. (Conference canceled)

Akman, J. & Siler, V. (2020) On the fly: Discovering and assessing the impact of "hidden labor" practices. Presented at the Library Collective 2020, Knoxville, TN.

Akman, J., Siler, V., & Wacker, A. (2020) Uncovering and assessing the impact of "hidden labor" practices: Reconsidered. Presented at NC LIVE 2020, Asheville, NC.

Moreton, E., Walker, J., Yu, F., Cawley, M., Akman, J, Delaney, S., & Dodd, A. (2019) A bibliometric analysis of systematic review automation tools. Presented at the. Annual Convention of the Medical Library Association, Chicago, IL.

Professional Activities

Member of North Carolina Instruction Network (NCLINe) Steering Committee

Term began January, 2020