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Short History Of The Unl Digital Commons, Paul Royster
Short History Of The Unl Digital Commons, Paul Royster
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches
From 2005 through 2023, the UNL Digital Commons grew to be a leading example of an institutional repository. This presentation reports on personnel, history, strategy, and outstanding examples of series or contributors.
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UNL Digital Commons began in 2005 and grew into America’s 3rd-largest and most-trafficked institutional repository. Approaching 100 million downloads and spreading UNL scholarship and branding across the globe, the UNL Digital Commons boasts works from a wide variety of affiliated faculty, researchers, and students. Their participation is opening the dissemination of scholarship in radical and fundamental ways. In this session, Paul Royster traces this …
Shaping The Repository, Paul Royster
Shaping The Repository, Paul Royster
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches
Repositories play 2 critical roles: collection and dissemination. How Nebraska's repository has progressed despite not taking common expert advice. Remarks on the current state of publishing. Opportunities for library publishing and disruptive innovation. A call for scholarship to "come out of Babylon"--the commercial marketplace that inhibits the free creation and sharing of knowledge. A call for librarians to take leadership in the evolution of new roles and relationships with our faculty colleagues. Sturm und Drang, hyperbole, irony, and passion.
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Streaming video is available at http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/lawrepositories/2015/lr2015/1/
Librarians Bridging The Gap-From High School To University, Toni Anaya
Librarians Bridging The Gap-From High School To University, Toni Anaya
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Program coordinated and funded by UNL Admissions Recruits 100 first generation, low income students in two targeted areas: Omaha North and Grand Island Program begins in 9thgrade Students are promised “no debt” for their undergraduate studies UNL has committed to this program until 2020
Library Involvement: UNL Libraries developed and coordinate the NCPA Senior Capstone Research Project Poster Session Librarians partner with school Media Specialists and 12th grade English teachers to provide research and support Library hosts summer “ NCPA Library Boot Camp” and brings seniors to campus for a 3 day intensive library boot camp …