Borrego, Paulina
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Science and Engineering Librarian / Patent and Trademark Resource Center Librarian / Mass Aggie Seed Librarian
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Borrego
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Paulina
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Science & Engineering Librarian, lover of weird and quirky patents, and wrangler of seeds and seed saving.
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Publication Changing Your Outlook to Reinvent Your Librarian Role: Finding Balance Between Your Job Description and What You Like to Do(2021-05-24) Borrego, Paulina; Will, CarolIn every job, there is a balance between what you like to do and what you must do. Learning how to strike a balance between the two can help lead to a more fulfilling and harmonious career. Using storytelling and attendee prompts, we will discuss words of advice and encouragement based on our experiences of how we have each taken our roles and transformed them to suit our talents, strengths, and passions.Publication Effect of Maternal Diet on Maternal Milk and Breastfed Infant Gut Microbiomes: A Scoping Review(2023-01-01) Taylor, Rachel; Keane, Deirdre; Borrego, Paulina; Arcaro, KathleenWhile it is widely recognized that nutrition during pregnancy and lactation can affect the microbiome of breast milk as well as the formation of the infant gut microbiome, we are only just beginning to understand the extent to which maternal diet impacts these microbiomes. Given the importance of the microbiome for infant health, we conducted a comprehensive review of the published literature to explore the current scope of knowledge regarding associations between maternal diet and the breast milk and infant gut microbiomes. Papers included in this review assessed either diet during lactation or pregnancy, and the milk and/or infant gut microbiome. Sources included cohort studies, randomized clinical trials, one case-control study, and one crossover study. From an initial review of 808 abstracts, we identified 19 reports for a full analysis. Only two studies assessed the effects of maternal diet on both milk and infant microbiomes. Although the reviewed literature supports the importance of a varied, nutrient-dense maternal diet in the formation of the infant’s gut microbiome, several studies found factors other than maternal diet to have a greater impact on the infant microbiome.Publication Yours, Mine, Ours: Some Best Practices for Authors Writing Collaboratively(2021-01-01) Knapp, Rachel A.; Borrego, Paulina; Atwood, Thea PThe authors of this article focus on the best practices we learned through our experiences in scholarly writing, with a specific focus on the collaborative writing process. For the sake of this paper, we define collaborative writing as a collective process of creating a scholarly work for distribution, either through formal (e.g., peer-review) or informal (e.g., white paper) venues. This article is, in part, in response to our lack of formal training and addresses a situation in which we felt other researchers might find themselves. We hope to provide starting points for others interested in writing collaboratively and help empower those wishing to have a broader conversation about writing. Our scope here is limited to collaborative writing, and as such, we exclude other components of collaborative scholarly work, such as generating an idea, pursuing a grant, or analyzing data. Nevertheless, we do endeavor to provide resources and advice broadly applicable and relevant to all disciplines. After a brief literature review, included to provide a broader context, the authors give some background information on their own experiences with co-authorship prior to this article. However, the authors dedicate most of this article to presenting reflections, advice, and a curated list of open-access resources related to some of the critical aspects and challenges of collaborative writing.Publication Curiosity as Outreach: Flipping Outreach on its Head(2020-01-01) Borrego, Paulina; Graham, Anne; Lutz, Ellen; Radik, Melanie; Reznik-Zellen, RebeccaScience and Engineering Library staff at the University of Massachusetts Amherst visited several sites on campus in a novel outreach initiative that involved all nine staff members taking “field trips” without agendas. We demonstrate that outreach without the explicit goal of promoting a specific resource or service can be an effective use of time, and can build social capital that shares the goals of traditional outreach. Involving all staff in this outreach effort was a valuable team building experience, exposing the depth of our interests and expertise to each other and to our campus community.