Shirron Ballard

About me

Gathers and manipulates data relating to collections inventory and usage, providing ease of access and analysis from various systems and vendor sites for internal and external reporting. A sampling of the work done includes review projects for electronic formats, overlap analysis, weeding reports, providing data for academic program reviews, and helping with VIVA projects.

About Data Team

We provide expertise in data and AI literacy, data services, and internal Libraries reporting. We can answer questions related to federal data public access mandates, data management, and data privacy and ethics.

About Research & Scholarly Communications Unit

We provide holistic support for scholarly communications across JMU, including the development of inclusive and equitable practices related to publishing model and research infrastructure support. We provide expertise in copyright and IP, author rights, data and AI literacy and ethics, data services, internal Libraries reporting, open education, open publishing, and open infrastructure initiatives.