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Is An Institutional Repository Right For Your Small College Library?, Janelle L. Wertzberger

Janelle Wertzberger

Learn how a small college library launched an institutional repository (IR) without dedicated staff or IT support. Thanks to hosted solutions and our global learning community, open access repositories are now within reach of smaller institutions, and they bring many benefits to the libraries that manage them. Weigh the benefits of library publishing with the new, lower cost of participating, and decide if an IR is right for your library.

The Cupola: Scholarship At Gettysburg College - Promotional Flyer, Janelle L. Wertzberger

Janelle Wertzberger

Promotional/informational piece aimed at faculty, based on 2012-13 annual report of Gettysburg College's institutional repository.

Cupola Brochure, Janelle L. Wertzberger

Janelle Wertzberger

No abstract provided.

Fashioning The Institutional Repository With Digital Commons, Kim L. Myers

Kim Myers

Institutional Repositories are one way that libraries are fashioning the future. Buffalo State College and The College at Brockport will share their experiences over the past year with Digital Commons. From recognizing the need to populating the repository, we will share with you the ongoing opportunities and challenges we face.

My Research Online: What's In It For Me?, Janice Chan, Gordon Mcintyre, Julia Gross, Lisa K. Billingham, Kay Saunders, Paul Wong

Gordon McIntyre

ECU’s world class research is showcased in the institutional repository, Research Online. Research Online can help you expand the reach of your work and raise your research profile.

Scholarship At Uwindsor Annual Report: Nov 2012-2013, Dave Johnston

Leddy Library Reports

This is the first annual report for the Scholarship at UWindsor institutional Repository.

Scholarworks At Wmu: Overview For Friends Of The Libraries, Maira Bundza

ScholarWorks Repository Information

An overview of ScholarWorks, the scholarly institutional repository for Western Michigan University begun in 2011. Faculty work, student work, journals, events and conferences, newsletters, and other projects are in the repository and have been downloaded close to half a million times.

Eiu's Electronic Repository, The Keep, Reaches Patrons Worldwide

Todd A. Bruns

This newspaper article in the August 6, 2013 Journal Gazette-Times Courier highlights Eastern Illinois University's institutional repository, The Keep.

Eiu's Electronic Repository, The Keep, Reaches Patrons Worldwide, Journal Gazette-Times Courier

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

This newspaper article in the August 6, 2013 Journal Gazette-Times Courier highlights Eastern Illinois University's institutional repository, The Keep.

Eiu's Electronic Repository, The Keep, Reaches Patrons Worldwide

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

This newspaper article in the August 6, 2013 Journal Gazette-Times Courier highlights Eastern Illinois University's institutional repository, The Keep.

Eiu's Electronic Repository, The Keep, Reaches Patrons Worldwide, Journal Gazette-Times Courier

EIU in the News

This newspaper article highlights the institutional repository of Eastern Illinois University, The Keep.

Preserving Content From Your Institutional Repository, Wendy Robertson, Carol Ann Borchert

Digital Scholarship Services Faculty and Staff Publications

Between institutional repositories and hosting journals, many libraries are becoming responsible for scholarly content in new ways. While PDFs are the most common format today, the unique, local, serial content may be in variety of formats. These items may be digitized text, born digital text, audio, video, or images. This presentation will discuss formats that will remain accessible through time (PDF/A, txt, xml) so that content is not locked in proprietary formats. It will also discuss options for backing up items and associated metadata, including simple back-ups, off-site storage of files, LOCKSS, Private LOCKSS Networks, and Portico. The presenters will …

The Cupola: Scholarship At Gettysburg College - Promotional Flyer, Janelle L. Wertzberger

All Musselman Library Staff Works

Promotional/informational piece aimed at faculty, based on 2012-13 annual report of Gettysburg College's institutional repository.

The Cupola: Scholarship At Gettysburg College - Institutional Repository Report 2012-13, Janelle L. Wertzberger

All Musselman Library Staff Works

First annual report for Gettysburg College's institutional repository, The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College. Covers January 2012-May 2013.

Is An Institutional Repository Right For Your Small College Library?, Janelle L. Wertzberger

All Musselman Library Staff Works

Learn how a small college library launched an institutional repository (IR) without dedicated staff or IT support. Thanks to hosted solutions and our global learning community, open access repositories are now within reach of smaller institutions, and they bring many benefits to the libraries that manage them. Weigh the benefits of library publishing with the new, lower cost of participating, and decide if an IR is right for your library.

Institutional Repositories Supporting Community Engagement: Campus And Community Partnerships At Linfield College, Kathleen Spring, Brenda Devore Marshall

Faculty & Staff Presentations

Building partnerships with community-oriented research centers and departments is one of the best ways to develop an institutional repository into a valued community resource. This presentation examines partnerships with the Linfield Center for the Northwest (LCN) and the Department of Theatre and Communication Arts to demonstrate how Linfield’s institutional repository supports faculty research, student internships, multimedia exhibits, oral histories, and original theatrical productions.

Staffing And Workflow Of A Maturing Institutional Repository, Jenny K. Oleen, Debora L. Madsen

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Institutional repositories (IRs) have become established components of many academic libraries. As an IR matures it will face the challenge of how to scale up its operations to increase the amount and types of content archived. These challenges involve staffing, systems, workflows, and promotion. In the past eight years, Kansas State University's IR (K-REx) has grown from a platform for student theses, dissertations, and reports to also include faculty works. The initial workforce of a single faculty member was expanded as a part of a library-wide reorganization, resulting in a cross-departmental team that is better able to accommodate the expansion …

An Open Access Policy For Uri: A Recommendation Of The Ad-Hoc Committee On Open Access, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Powerpoint presentation to the University of Rhode Island Faculty Senate on behalf of the Ad-Hoc Committee on Open Access, February 21, 2013.

The Use Of Digital Strategies To Manage Print Collections More Efficiently, And Provide Global Access To Less-Used Research Collections: A Case Study At A Small U.S. Research University., Gillian M. Mccombs

Fondren Library Research

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to document the use of digital strategies in managing print collections more efficiently in a small research institution.

Design/methodology/approach – This is a case study which documents a four prong strategy that was used to manage collections as diverse as nineteenth century photographs, early twentieth century regional art, faculty conference papers, church history and student engaged learning initiatives.

Findings – It takes several years to build critical mass. Patience, partnerships and creativity are essential. Timing is often crucial. Changing the culture is necessary. A university mandate is required.

Originality/value – Sharing best …

My Research Online: What's In It For Me?, Janice Chan, Gordon Mcintyre, Julia Gross, Lisa K. Billingham, Kay Saunders, Paul Wong

ECU Posters

ECU’s world class research is showcased in the institutional repository, Research Online. Research Online can help you expand the reach of your work and raise your research profile.

Libraries Can Help: Institutional Repositories, Yolanda P. Jones

Journal Publications

Law libraries can assist law journals beyond citation help, Westlaw and Lexis training, and gathering resources; law libraries can help with resource discovery and publication-process analysis. Specifically, libraries can guide law journals in implementing, maintaining, and expanding publication technologies through institutional repositories to stay current in this digital age.