Jamene Brooks-Kieffer
- Librarian / Data Services Librarian & Coordinator of Digital Scholarship
Contact Info
Watson Library, 470
Biography —
As Data Services Librarian, I focus on teaching practical data management techniques and facilitating access to data and computing services available to KU affiliates. I consult with researchers on data management and stewardship related to their research projects, both funded and unfunded. As Coordinator of Digital Scholarship I supervise the delivery of data and GIS services to KU affiliates. I am a certified Carpentries instructor with experience organizing, hosting, and instructing Software, Data, and Library Carpentry workshops.
Education —
Library and Information Studies, Florida State University, 2005, Tallahassee, FL
Curriculum and Instruction, University of Mississippi, 1999, Oxford, MS
English , Bryn Mawr College, 1997, Bryn Mawr, PA
Selected Publications —
Brooks-Kieffer, Jamene. 2021. “Time to Play; Access to Attention: Addressing One Academic Library’s Internal Culture around Computing Tools and Skills.” Journal Articles. College & Research Libraries News 82 (3): 121–24. https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.82.3.121.
Neeman, Henry, David Akin, Hussein Al-Azzawi, Kevin L. Brandt, Jamene Brooks-Kieffer, Dana Brunson, Dirk Colbry, et al. 2020. Cyberinfrastructure Facilitation Skills Training via the Virtual Residency Program. Conference Proceedings. PEARC ’20: Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3311790.3396629.
Monroe-Gulick, Amalia, Greta Valentine, and Jamene Brooks-Kieffer. 2017. “‘You Need to Have a Street Beat’: A Qualitative Study of Faculty Research Needs and Challenges.” Journal Articles. Portal: Libraries and the Academy 17 (4): 777–802. https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2017.0046.
Brooks-Kieffer, Jamene. 2009. “Yielding to Persuasion: Library Data’s Hazardous Surfaces.” Book Chapters. In Library Data: Empowering Practice and Persuasion, edited by Darby Orcutt. Libraries Unlimited.
Selected Presentations —
Brooks-Kieffer, J. (10/16/2020). Remembering the Future. Midwest Data Librarian Symposium. Online. http://hdl.handle.net/1808/30836
Brooks-Kieffer, J. (10/1/2019). Structures in Tension: Navigating Fast and Slow in the Neoliberal University. Midwest Data Librarian Symposium. Chicago, IL. http://hdl.handle.net/1808/29834
Brooks-Kieffer, J. (6/11/2019). Choosing Slow. OpenCon Librarian Community Call. http://hdl.handle.net/1808/29404
Brooks-Kieffer, J., & Albin, T. (10/12/2018). Git Going with LEGO: Tactile techniques for teaching text-based tools. FORCE2018. Montreal, QC, CA. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1478065
Brooks-Kieffer, J. (10/8/2018 - 10/9/2018). un/reliable reflections: The burden of reliability and the refuge of unreliability. Midwest Data Librarian Symposium. Ames, IA. http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27399
Brooks-Kieffer, J. (3/21/2018). Playing in the Sandbox: A year of data, tools, and analysis inside the library. Research Data Access & Preservation Summit. Chicago, IL. https://osf.io/fv5bw/
Brooks-Kieffer, J., & Laufersweiler, M. (2/28/2017). What's So Super about Supercomputing? A very basic introduction to high performance computing. Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) and Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) joint webinar
Brooks-Kieffer, J., Marshall, B., Hudson, M., Laufersweiler, M., Van Tuyl, S., Johnson, A., ...Martin, S. (5/5/2016). Crowdsourcing Guidelines for a Successful Data Event: An Un(conference) Panel. Research Data Access & Preservation Summit. Atlanta, GA. https://osf.io/uwja6/
Brooks-Kieffer, J. (12/9/2014). Under the Mattress? The current landscape of confidential data storage. Coalition for Networked Information. Washington, DC. http://www.cni.org/pbs/under-the-mattress-the-current-landscape-of-confidential-data-storage/
Awards & Honors —
Anschutz-Budig Outstanding Librarian Award
University of Kansas Libraries
2020
University of Kansas Libraries
2020
Grants & Other Funded Activity —
RII Track-2 FEC: Aquatic Intermittency effects on Microbiomes in Streams (AIMS). National Science Foundation. $5998875.00. Submitted 1/24/2020 (9/1/2020 - 8/31/2024). Federal. Status: Funded. 2020- : Communications Ad Hoc Committee (Chair)
2020- : Stakeholder Engagement & Sustainability Ad Hoc Committee (Member)
2020- : Data Sharing & Authorship Ad Hoc Committee (Member)
2020- : Workforce & Education Programming Committee (Member)
2020: Research Project & Data Manager Position search committee (Member)
2020- : Stakeholder Engagement & Sustainability Ad Hoc Committee (Member)
2020- : Data Sharing & Authorship Ad Hoc Committee (Member)
2020- : Workforce & Education Programming Committee (Member)
2020: Research Project & Data Manager Position search committee (Member)
Big XII Faculty Fellowship. University of Kansas Center for Faculty Development and Mentoring. $2500.00. Submitted 7/1/2019 (3/1/2020 - 3/31/2020). University (KU or KUMC). Status: Funded