Abigail H Goben
Email Address: agoben@uic.eduCollege: University Library Department: University Library
Title: Professor and Data Management Librarian
Office: LHSC 227 Phone: 3129968292
Webpage: http://hedgehoglibrarian.com
Participating in the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Awards program: Yes
Research Interest:
I have a variety of research projects underway including
(1) Data Management Education and Policy. -- I have a number of ongoing projects related to how data management is taught and the policies in higher education related to data sharing, reuse, ownership, etc.
(2) Data Management Jobs in Higher Education -- Working with an established database that I've been generating for the past decade to understand who is doing the work of data management in academic libraries.
(3) Critical perspectives on "AI" tools in higher ed. One current project is an annotated bibliography of current critical works.
Generally if there's a project about how we work with research data, I'm likely interested in working on it or talking about it -- this could be accessibility, security, data purchasing, data destruction, data reuse in specific disciplines etc.
If you're interested in working on edtech/AI stuff-- it should be with a critical lens. Minimum time commitment in hours per week: 5 Qualifications of a Student:
Junior or Senior standing preferred Brief Summary of what is expected from the student:
The student may be tasked with data gathering or data entry and cleanup; literature review and summaries; data verification and analysis. The student will be expected to work independently and follow directions accurately. I have some extant datasets that could use work.
Due to the myriad ethical, environmental, sustainability, and intellectual property issues with generative AI tools like LLMs (ChatGPT/CoPilot/etc) or image generators, my research project teams are not allowed to use those tools as shortcuts to writing or creating materials.
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