Portfolio
This portfolio provides examples of my work, which were created throughout the University of Denver Master's of Information and Library Science program. It includes the main assignments from required classes as well as assignments from electives that are representative of my interests within the library field.
Professional Goals
As I begin my career in the library field I hope to accomplish the following:
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Provide access to rare and special materials through cataloging and digitization.
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Expand the Last McCoy Library to include the hundreds of items passed down by my ancestors.
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Enhance equity and diversity within the library field by examining my own biases, expanding my knowledge of social justice issues, and applying the results to my work in the field.
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For more information about my professional experiences thus far, please view my current resume.
Coursework from
Required Classes
LIS 4000
Foundations of Library, Archival, and Information Sciences
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
An investigation into a specific professional area of LIS that includes the history, current state, necessary skills, suggested coursework, and resources for a position in that area. The format of the assignment is designed as a brochure for future students interested in preservation.
by: Allyce Farino, Ashley Love, and Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
A program developed with community partnership and engagement in mind. This assignment focused on collaboration with the community and finding innovative new ways to engage with patrons. This presentation outlines a program to collect and publish recipes in multiple languages from the large Ethiopian community in Denver.
LIS 4010
Organization of Information
Simple Dublin Core Metadata Template
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
A Dublin Core template developed for a personal collection, which later became the Last McCoy Library. This assignment demonstrates the creation of metadata in one of the most used and simplest formats: Basic Dublin Core.
Customized Dublin Core Metadata Template
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
A customized Dublin Core template developed to better fit the format of the collection, photographs in this case. This assignment demonstrates the ability to customize basic Dublin Core to the benefit of individual and unique collections.
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Two descriptive metadata records for items from the Last McCoy Library. This assignment shows how customized metadata templates can be applied to collections.
by: Allyce Farino and Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
A thesaurus created to showcase the structure and semantic relationships between terms with a focus on dairy products. This includes preferred terms, non-preferred terms, broader terms, narrower terms, and related concepts.
Instagram vs. The Denver Public Library
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
This study examines the photograph results returned from searches in the Denver Public Library Digital Collections and Instagram in hope of determining which of the three organization methods provide the most relevant results. To that end, four Denver landmarks were chosen and searched for via the (1) Digital Collections and on Instagram through (2) hashtags and (3) geographic tags. Further analysis of the results looks at the extent and composition of user tags to identify similarities that might enable mapping to subject headings.
LIS 4015
User and Access Services
Special Population User Profile
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
A profile of a person from a special population created to better understand user needs in the library.
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
An annotated bibliography focused on providing resources for librarians to better understand and communicate with African immigrants in their community.
Trauma-Informed Care Lesson Plan
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
A lesson plan developed to teach patrons how they can incorporate trauma-informed care into their professional and personal lives. The plan includes lecture timing and activities and assessment of course effectiveness.
Ethiopian Book Club: A Program Plan
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
A program plan for an ongoing series of Ethiopian Book Club meetings designed to engage the Ethiopian community in Aurora, CO while also expanding offerings in the lacking Amharic language collection.
LIS 4040
Management of Information Organizations
Identifying Components of a Service
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
An investigation into the resources needed to create a program similar to the Open Books Reading Challenge at the Rochester Public Library.
by: Tiffany Bowers, Allyce Farino, and Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
A full grant proposal to create a poetry program aimed at elementary, middle, and high school students with the hopes of fostering early literacy, a love of literature, and create positive changes in the community.
LIS 4050
Library and Information Technologies
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
An investigation into relevant tools and utilities used in the day-to-day operations of a library.
by: Hannah-Jayne Duran, Leia Lynn, and Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
A complete request for proposal for a new archives information management system at the University of Denver libraries.
RMS 4900
Educational Research and Measurement
Immigrant Attitudes Towards the World Language Collection at the Aurora Public Library
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
This study examines the world language collection at the Aurora Public Library to see if it properly represents and serves the non-English speaking community in Aurora, CO. It proposes a study to answer the following research questions:
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Does the world language collection at APL carry materials that reflect the percentages of immigrants in Aurora, CO?
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How do immigrants use the current world language collection at APL? Are they satisfied with the current collection?
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Do immigrants want more materials in their native language and, if so, what genres do they want?
Coursework from
Electives
LIS 4005
Privilege and Equity
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
This handbook first examines the current diversity, equity, and inclusion practices of the Smithsonian Libraries and then makes recommendations for resources for professional development and developing and providing access to diverse collections.
LIS 4070
Cataloging and Classification
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
This assignment contains full MARC records for each of the following resources: Monograph, Serial, and DVD.
LIS 4220
Data Curation
Data Management Plan for the Last McCoy Library
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
This data management plan covers materials digitized by the Last McCoy Library with the aim of preserving and ensuring access to the materials.
Ontario Public Library Statistics Dataset Data Paper
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
This data paper provides information about the data contained in the Ontario Public Library Statistics Dataset including potential uses, potential audiences, creation methods, preservation and access, drawbacks, technical details, and summary statistics.
LIS 4320
Outreach
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
This outreach program plan outlines the Dissenting Denver program including a full community analysis, a profile of the Denver Public Library, and a description of the program. The vision of the program is to engage with Denver's history of dissent with objectives to foster curiosity, strengthen connection, challenge inequity, and honor public trust.
LIS 4700
Topics in LIS - Digital Humanities
The Dark and Light of Florence + the Machine
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
This text analysis provides an in-depth look at the use of light and dark themes in the music of Florence + the Machine.
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
This digital humanities project examines the efficacy of seven handwritten text recognition tools for both text recognition and text translation.
LIS 4321
Collection Management
Developing Collections for Specific Libraries
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
This paper analyzes the folklore collection for children at the Schlow Public Library. It examines 36 titles for intended audience, number of pages, country of origin, and author origin to determine the effectiveness of the collection.
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
This proposal offers 30 books to be added to the folklore collection at Schlow Public Library for a $500 budget. The books fill the following gaps in the existing collection: gaps in regions (South and Central America, Southeast Asia), own voices book from non-Eurocentric authors, own voices books from the LGBTQ+ community, books for children ages 5-18, and more current books.
LIS 4810
Digital Libraries
Decades of Resistance and the Rothstein Political Button Collection
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
This evaluation paper looks at the Rothstein Political Button Collection at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government through the lens of fifteen different resistance subjects refined from the website Decades of Resistance.
LIS 4820
Digitization
Digitization Proposal: The Last McCoy Library's Aging Family Photographs
by: Jaylyn McCoy
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
This digitization proposal outlines the first digitization effort of the Last McCoy Library, focusing on photographic materials from 1866-1945.