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Medical Institutional Repositories In A Changing Scholarly Communications Landscape, Daniel Kipnis, Lisa Palmer, Msls, Ahip

Lisa A. Palmer

Escholarship@Umms Brochure, Lisa A. Palmer

Lisa A. Palmer

Brochure and poster created to promote eScholarship@UMMS, UMass Medical School's digital repository and publishing system for research and scholarship, which is managed by the Lamar Soutter Library. The intended audience is faculty, researchers, staff, and students at UMass Medical School.

If You Build It, Will It Collapse? Roadblocks To Building A Regional Repository Community, Erin Jerome, Lisa A. Palmer, Rebecca Reznik-Zellen

Lisa A. Palmer

In the wake of the Elsevier acquisition of bepress, regional Digital Commons users in the New England region try to build and sustain the community they began to reestablish in the summer of 2017.

How Not To Grow An Orcid Program, Rebecca Reznik-Zellen, Lisa A. Palmer

Lisa A. Palmer

An unsuccessful effort to establish ORCID integrations provides insight into goal setting, recognizing limitations, and working with other entities on campus.

Taking The Temperature Of Health Sciences Irs: A Survey And Analysis Of Medical Schools’ Institutional Repositories, Lisa A. Palmer, Daniel G. Kipnis, Ramune K. Kubilius

Lisa A. Palmer

Background: The proposal authors are health sciences librarians from three different medical schools who are conducting a survey of institutional repositories (IRs) in medical libraries and academic health centers. This presentation will highlight survey findings, identify challenges of sustaining open repositories for the health sciences community, and pinpoint trends in the medical and non-medical IR landscape.

Problem: The purpose of the authors’ research study is to establish a snapshot view of the institutional repository landscape specific to medical schools and academic health centers. We hope to gain a deeper understanding of the role, characteristics, and future plans of IRs in …

Avoiding Predatory Publishers, Rebecca Reznik-Zellen, Lisa A. Palmer

Lisa A. Palmer

Blog post to AEA365, a blog sponsored by the American Evaluation Association (AEA) dedicated to highlighting Hot Tips, Cool Tricks, Rad Resources, and Lessons Learned for evaluators. The American Evaluation Association is an international professional association of evaluators devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation. Evaluation involves assessing the strengths and weaknesses of programs, policies, personnel, products, and organizations to improve their effectiveness.

Best Practices For Mapping Digital Commons Metadata For Harvesting By Share, Lisa Palmer, Joanne Paterson, Wendy C Robertson, Emily Stenberg

Lisa A. Palmer

No abstract provided.

Research Evaluation Support Services In Biomedical Libraries, Karen Elizabeth Gutzman, Michael E. Bales, Christopher W. Belter, Thane Chambers, Liza Chan, Kristi L. Holmes, Ya-Ling Lu, Lisa A. Palmer, Rebecca Reznik-Zellen, Cathy C. Sarli, Amy M. Suiter, Terrie R. Wheeler

Lisa A. Palmer

Objective: The paper provides a review of current practices related to evaluation support services reported by seven biomedical and research libraries.

Methods: A group of seven libraries from the United States and Canada described their experiences with establishing evaluation support services at their libraries. A questionnaire was distributed among the libraries to elicit information as to program development, service and staffing models, campus partnerships, training, products such as tools and reports, and resources used for evaluation support services. The libraries also reported interesting projects, lessons learned, and future plans.

Results: The seven libraries profiled in this paper report a variety …

Cultivating Scholarship: The Role Of Institutional Repositories In Health Sciences Libraries, Lisa A. Palmer

Lisa A. Palmer

No abstract provided.