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Small School, Big Reach: #11;Open Access Outreach On A Liberal Arts College Campus, Janelle L. Wertzberger
Small School, Big Reach: #11;Open Access Outreach On A Liberal Arts College Campus, Janelle L. Wertzberger
Janelle Wertzberger
The liberal arts college environment provides opportunities for campus-wide engagement of open access issues that may differ from those at larger institutions. Because we support fewer campus authors, we are able to provide a high level of service. Librarians’ close connections with faculty and students allow us to move beyond articles and theses and solicit a wide range of scholarly and creative works to share in our repository. In addition, we’ve fostered conversations about open access, open textbooks, altmetrics, and copyright among faculty, staff, and students. This poster will present a snapshot of a variety of outreach and education strategies …
Scholarly Communications Committee Report On Activities 2013-14, Janelle Wertzberger
Scholarly Communications Committee Report On Activities 2013-14, Janelle Wertzberger
Janelle Wertzberger
2013-14 annual report for Musselman Library's Scholarly Communications Committee, including Gettysburg College's institutional repository, The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College. Covers June 2013-May 2014.
The Cupola Infographic (2014), Janelle Wertzberger
The Cupola Infographic (2014), Janelle Wertzberger
Janelle Wertzberger
This infographic displays key facts and figures about Gettysburg College's institutional repository, The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College, as of 5/31/14 (end of fiscal year).
Data Curation Is For Everyone! The Case For Master's And Baccalaureate Institutional Engagement With Data Curation, Yasmeen Shorish
Data Curation Is For Everyone! The Case For Master's And Baccalaureate Institutional Engagement With Data Curation, Yasmeen Shorish
Yasmeen Shorish
This article describes the fundamental challenges to data curation, how these challenges may be compounded for smaller institutions, and how data management is an essential and manageable component of data curation. Data curation is often discussed within the confines of large research universities. As a result, master's and baccalaureate institutions may be left with the impression that they cannot engage with data curation. However, by proactively engaging with faculty, libraries of all sizes can build closer relationships and help educate faculty on data documentation and organizational best practices. This article describes experiences from one master's comprehensive institution as it engages …
Preserving Content From Your Institutional Repository, Wendy C. Robertson, Carol Ann Borchert
Preserving Content From Your Institutional Repository, Wendy C. Robertson, Carol Ann Borchert
Wendy C Robertson
Between institutional repositories and hosting journals, many libraries are becoming responsible for scholarly content in new ways. While portable document formats (PDFs)are the most common formats today, the unique, local, serial content could be in variety of formats. These items might be digitized text, born digital text, audio, video, or images, or multimedia.. This paper discusses formats that will remain accessible through time (PDF/A, txt, xml) so that contents are not locked into proprietary formats. It will also discuss options for backing up items and associated metadata, including simple back-ups, off-site storage of files, Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe …
Opportunities Beyond Electronic Resource Management: An Extension Of The Core Competencies For Electronic Resources Librarians To Digital Scholarship And Scholarly Communications, Angela Dresselhaus
Opportunities Beyond Electronic Resource Management: An Extension Of The Core Competencies For Electronic Resources Librarians To Digital Scholarship And Scholarly Communications, Angela Dresselhaus
Angela Dresselhaus
This presentation will provide an overview of current topics in digital scholarship and scholarly communications and draw connections between these new areas and the traditional skill sets of acquisitions and electronic resources employees. Commonalities between the skills outlined in the Core Competencies for Electronic Resources Librarians and those needed for success in digital scholarship and scholarly communications will form the basis of the presenter's recommendations for staff involvement in digital scholarship and scholarly communications. #11;#11;An inventory of skills and talents among acquisitions staff will provide insight into the best ways to leverage existing human resources for the expansion of acquisitions …
Supplemental Material For A Primer On How To Launch An Institutional Repository Successfully., Gretchen Rae Beach, Larry Sheret, Thomas L. Walker Ii, Jingping Zhang
Supplemental Material For A Primer On How To Launch An Institutional Repository Successfully., Gretchen Rae Beach, Larry Sheret, Thomas L. Walker Ii, Jingping Zhang
Larry Sheret
This is a case study of the implementation of an institutional repository (IR). It is written for academic librarians who are looking for a primer on how to create an IR for their campus. Based upon Marshall University’s research and experience with this process, we present the essential elements needed to construct an institutional repository. Policies and procedures are provided that offer guidelines and checklists to follow for a successful ramp up and launch. A discussion about the value of an IR is followed by ways to secure funding and to implement a basic system that can be scaled up …
Supplemental Material For A Primer On How To Launch An Institutional Repository Successfully., Gretchen Rae Beach, Larry Sheret, Thomas L. Walker Ii, Jingping Zhang
Supplemental Material For A Primer On How To Launch An Institutional Repository Successfully., Gretchen Rae Beach, Larry Sheret, Thomas L. Walker Ii, Jingping Zhang
Thomas Walker
This is a case study of the implementation of an institutional repository (IR). It is written for academic librarians who are looking for a primer on how to create an IR for their campus. Based upon Marshall University’s research and experience with this process, we present the essential elements needed to construct an institutional repository. Policies and procedures are provided that offer guidelines and checklists to follow for a successful ramp up and launch. A discussion about the value of an IR is followed by ways to secure funding and to implement a basic system that can be scaled up …
Supplemental Material For A Primer On How To Launch An Institutional Repository Successfully., Gretchen Rae Beach, Larry Sheret, Thomas L. Walker Ii, Jingping Zhang
Supplemental Material For A Primer On How To Launch An Institutional Repository Successfully., Gretchen Rae Beach, Larry Sheret, Thomas L. Walker Ii, Jingping Zhang
Jingping Zhang
This is a case study of the implementation of an institutional repository (IR). It is written for academic librarians who are looking for a primer on how to create an IR for their campus. Based upon Marshall University’s research and experience with this process, we present the essential elements needed to construct an institutional repository. Policies and procedures are provided that offer guidelines and checklists to follow for a successful ramp up and launch. A discussion about the value of an IR is followed by ways to secure funding and to implement a basic system that can be scaled up …
Supplemental Material For A Primer On How To Launch An Institutional Repository Successfully., Gretchen Rae Beach, Larry Sheret, Thomas L. Walker Ii, Jingping Zhang
Supplemental Material For A Primer On How To Launch An Institutional Repository Successfully., Gretchen Rae Beach, Larry Sheret, Thomas L. Walker Ii, Jingping Zhang
Gretchen Rae Beach
This is a case study of the implementation of an institutional repository (IR). It is written for academic librarians who are looking for a primer on how to create an IR for their campus. Based upon Marshall University’s research and experience with this process, we present the essential elements needed to construct an institutional repository. Policies and procedures are provided that offer guidelines and checklists to follow for a successful ramp up and launch. A discussion about the value of an IR is followed by ways to secure funding and to implement a basic system that can be scaled up …