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Institutional Repository Library

The Institutional Repository Library (IRL) brings together UMSL research and historical documents under one umbrella, with an aim to preserve and provide access to these materials. IRL is a service of the University of Missouri, St. Louis libraries.

 

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1M Downloads Award Recipients

Name Award Description
Chris Spilling Excellence in Supporting Scholarly Profiles In recognition of Chris Spilling and the Office of Research and Advancement for their outstanding support in the creation of scholarly profiles for UMSL faculty and researchers. These profiles help showcase UMSL's expertise while increasing the reach and impact of scholarly work. Thank you for empowering our scholars to disseminate knowledge.
Cynthia Jobe Open Data Champion Award In recognition of your outstanding efforts to enrich the institutional repository by supporting faculty in developing comprehensive data management plans and championing open data. Your guidance has made more research data openly accessible, increasing discovery and reuse. Thank you for promoting open data and UMSL Institutional Repository Library.
Betsy Sampson Excellence in Preserving Institutional History Award In recognition of your diligent efforts to preserve UMSL's history by adding and maintaining a complete collection of digitized UMSL Bulletins in the institutional repository. Ensuring ongoing open access to these important university publications benefits researchers and highlights our institutional story. Thank you for enriching the repository and advancing our university's history.
Justin Roberts Excellence in Scholarly Profile Media Relations Award In recognition of Justin Roberts and the UMSL Marketing and Communications office for their outstanding support scholarly profiles for UMSL faculty and researchers. These profiles help showcase UMSL's expertise while increasing the reach and impact of scholarly work. Thank you for empowering our scholars to better connect with the press and disseminate knowledge.
Steve Walentik Excellence in Scholarly Profile Media Relations Award In recognition of Steve Walentik for his exceptional work promoting and spotlighting UMSL faculty scholarly profiles to media contacts. Your dedicated outreach amplifies UMSL research by connecting experts with press outlets. Thank you for increasing the visibility of our scholars' vitally important contributions worldwide.
Patty Archer Promotional Printing Award In recognition of your outstanding work supporting the creation of promotional materials for the Institutional Repository Library. The support of the UMSL Printing office has helped spread the word about the repository with the UMSL community.
Samantha Kolar Promotional Printing Award In recognition of your outstanding work supporting the creation of promotional materials for the Institutional Repository Library. The support of the UMSL Printing office has helped spread the word about the repository with the UMSL community.
Amy Banken Excellence in Open Access Theses and Dissertations Award In recognition of Amy Banken and the Graduate School for their outstanding support of open access dissertations and theses. Enabling electronic publishing of this important student research increases its reach and impact. Thank you for championing open access and empowering the next generation of scholars.
Charles Brown Excellence in Archives and Institutional Repository Collaboration In recognition of outstanding efforts to enrich the institutional repository library by providing unique archival materials for open access. Your collaboration has brought important historical documents to light, increasing discovery and access to UMSL's history.
Jon McGinnis Distinction in Open Scholarship Award In recognition of being a champion and early adopter of the UMSL Institutional Repository Library and one of the top contributors to the 1 million download milestone, with over 2,500 downloads of your open access works in your profile. Your commitment to open knowledge has an immense impact. Thank you for pushing open access forward.
Vanessa Garry Excellence in Open Pedagogy Award In recognition of outstanding achievement in crafting Legal Contexts of Education an open educational resource published in the UMSL Institutional Repository Library. By providing this OER freely and openly, you are helping reduce costs and increase access for students - enabling learners everywhere to benefit from your work.
Michael Tobler Excellence in Open Pedagogy Award In recognition of outstanding achievement in crafting A Primer of Evolution an open educational resource showcased in the UMSL Institutional Repository Library. By providing this OER freely and openly, you are helping reduce costs and increase access for students - enabling learners everywhere to benefit from your work.
Scott D. Peterson Excellence in Open Pedagogy Award In recognition of outstanding achievement in crafting two American Literatures Anthologies open educational resources that has been downloaded over 4,000 times. By providing this OER freely and openly, you are helping reduce costs and increase access for students - enabling learners everywhere to benefit from your work.
Shannon Ahrndt Distinction in Open Pedagogy Award In recognition of outstanding achievement in crafting Intercultural Communication an open educational resources that has been downloaded over 26,000 times. By providing this OER freely and openly, you are helping reduce costs and increase access for students - enabling learners everywhere to benefit from your work.
Judy Schmitt Excellence in Open Pedagogy Award In recognition of outstanding achievement in crafting OERs for inclusion in IRL and use at UMSL including the Introdution to Statistics in the Psychological Sciences that has been downloaded over 18,000 times. By providing this OER freely and openly, you are helping reduce costs and increase access for students - enabling learners everywhere to benefit from your work.
Manon Allard-Kropp Excellence in Open Pedagogy Award In recognition of outstanding achievement in crafting Languages and Worldview an open educational resources that has been downloaded over 11,000 times. By providing this OER freely and openly, you are helping reduce costs and increase access for students - enabling learners everywhere to benefit from your work.
Kate Votaw Distinction in Open Pedagogy Award In recognition of your hard work establishing the Undergraduate Research Symposium in IRL and in your outstanding achievement in crafting General Psychology for Honors Students an open educational resources that has been downloaded over 9,000 times. By providing this OER freely and openly, you are helping reduce costs and increase access for students - enabling learners everywhere to benefit from your work.
Gerianne Friedline Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research In recognition of your outstanding mentorship and support of student researchers. As a faculty sponsor of the Undergraduate Research Symposium, you helped showcase critical student work which resulted in over 10,000 downloads - an important contribution to reaching our 1 million download milestone. Thank you for your commitment to guiding young scholars.
Matt Kimbrell Open Educational Resources Champion In recognition of your support of open educational resources and the submission OER used in your class for inclusion in the IRL collection that has been downloaded more than 5,000 times. Your commitment to educational access sets an example for all. Thank you for increasing access to knowledge and championing OER at UMSL.
Helena Marvin Excellence in Open Scholarship Award In recognition of being one of the top contributors to the 1 million download milestone, with over 19,000 downloads of your open access works in your profile. Your commitment to open knowledge has an immense impact. Thank you for pushing open access forward.
Susan Brownell Excellence in Open Scholarship Award In recognition of being one of the top contributors to the 1 million download milestone, with over 16,000 downloads of your open access works in your profile. Your commitment to open knowledge has an immense impact. Thank you for pushing open access forward.
Amber Candela Excellence in Open Scholarship Award In recognition of being one of the top contributors to the 1 million download milestone, with over 14,000 downloads of your open access works in your profile. Your commitment to open knowledge has an immense impact. Thank you for pushing open access forward.
Jianli Pan Excellence in Open Scholarship Award In recognition of being one of the top contributors to the 1 million download milestone, with over 5,000 downloads of your open access works in your profile. Your commitment to open knowledge has an immense impact. Thank you for pushing open access forward.
Keith W Miller Excellence in Open Scholarship Award In recognition of being one of the top contributors to the 1 million download milestone, with over 5,000 downloads of your open access works in your profile. Your commitment to open knowledge has an immense impact. Thank you for pushing open access forward.
John A. Henschke Excellence in Open Scholarship Award In recognition of being one of the top contributors to the 1 million download milestone, with over 20,000 downloads of your open access works in your profile. Your commitment to open knowledge has an immense impact. Thank you for pushing open access forward.
Todd Swanstrom Excellence in Open Scholarship Award In recognition of being one of the top contributors to the 1 million download milestone, with over 4,000 downloads of your open access works in your profile. Your commitment to open knowledge has an immense impact. Thank you for pushing open access forward.
James Shuls Excellence in Open Scholarship Award In recognition of being one of the top contributors to the 1 million download milestone, with over 3,500 downloads of your open access works in your profile. Your commitment to open knowledge has an immense impact. Thank you for pushing open access forward.
Robert Ricklefs Excellence in Open Scholarship Award In recognition of being one of the top contributors to the 1 million download milestone, with over 3,500 downloads of your open access works in your profile. Your commitment to open knowledge has an immense impact. Thank you for pushing open access forward.
Finn-Aage Esbensen Excellence in Open Scholarship Award In recognition of being one of the top contributors to the 1 million download milestone, with over 3,400 downloads of your open access works in your profile. Your commitment to open knowledge has an immense impact. Thank you for pushing open access forward.
Chikako Usui Excellence in Open Scholarship Award In recognition of being one of the top contributors to the 1 million download milestone, with over 3,000 downloads of your open access works in your profile. Your commitment to open knowledge has an immense impact. Thank you for pushing open access forward.
Steven Rowan Excellence in Open Scholarship Award In recognition of being one of the top contributors to the 1 million download milestone, with over 3,000 downloads of your open access works in your profile. Your commitment to open knowledge has an immense impact. Thank you for pushing open access forward.
Alice Hall Excellence in Open Scholarship Award In recognition of being one of the top contributors to the 1 million download milestone, with over 2,000 downloads of your open access works in your profile. Your commitment to open knowledge has an immense impact. Thank you for pushing open access forward.
Xuemin Wang Excellence in Open Scholarship Award In recognition of being one of the top contributors to the 1 million download milestone, with over 2,000 downloads of your open access works in your profile. Your commitment to open knowledge has an immense impact. Thank you for pushing open access forward.
Tim Nelson Excellence in Acquisition In recognition of your exemplary work as an acquisition librarian procuring the Digital Commons platform for our robust institutional repository. Your expertise in procurement paved the way for expanded access to research and scholarship. Thank you for applying your acquisition skills to obtain and maintain this transformative resource.