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Improving The Enhanced Journal Access Through An Academic Library And Publisher Collaboration, Laura I. Spears, Robert V. Phillips, Letitia Mukherjee, Judith C. Russell Jul 2019

Improving The Enhanced Journal Access Through An Academic Library And Publisher Collaboration, Laura I. Spears, Robert V. Phillips, Letitia Mukherjee, Judith C. Russell

Collaborative Librarianship

In May 2017, the George A. Smathers Libraries (Libraries) at the University of Florida (UF) andElsevier delivered the Phase I findings of a pilot project that aimed to maximize visibility, impact and dissemination of articles by UF researchers who have published in Elsevier journals. Beginning April 2016, the collaboration provided metadata with article links automatically delivered toUF’s Institutional Repository, the IR@UF, in theIR@UF-Elsevier Collection. As of December 31, 2018, links to over 42,000 articles by UF authors published between 1949 and 2018 are available through integration of the IR@UF with theScienceDirect application programming interfaces (APIs) …

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A Problem None Can Solve Alone: Ra21 As Collaborative Effort, Jill O'Neill Dec 2018

A Problem None Can Solve Alone: Ra21 As Collaborative Effort, Jill O'Neill

Collaborative Librarianship

Stakeholders in the information community recognize the challenges surrounding user authentication in the context of licensed information resources. Resource Access in the 21st Century (RA21) is one cross-sector initiative that is intended to reduce those challenges for both academic libraries as well as content and technology providers. Further collaboration by stakeholders may assuage some of the hesitations regarding RA21.

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Librarians’ Roles In Establishing A Multidisciplinary Research Institute, Elizabeth Christian, Kathryn Balek, Sandy Hudock, Rhonda Gonzales Sep 2018

Librarians’ Roles In Establishing A Multidisciplinary Research Institute, Elizabeth Christian, Kathryn Balek, Sandy Hudock, Rhonda Gonzales

Collaborative Librarianship

This article describes how four librarians contributed to the founding and first-year activities of a multidisciplinary research institute at a regional comprehensive university. The Institute of Cannabis Research (ICR) is the first multidisciplinary research institute on cannabis, an emerging and often controversial field. As faculty representatives on the institute’s steering committee and working groups, librarians were able to leverage interdisciplinary expertise to assist in organizing and disseminating cannabis research. Examples of the reciprocal benefit to both the institution and the library are shared.

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Collaborative Librarianship: A Historical Sketch, An Appreciation And Thanks, Ivan Gaetz Jan 2015

Collaborative Librarianship: A Historical Sketch, An Appreciation And Thanks, Ivan Gaetz

Collaborative Librarianship

Collaborative Librarianship moves to its next phase of development as new editors take the helm and the publishing platform moves from Open Journal Systems to the publishing suite of Digital Commons. The new home for management of the journal will be the University of Denver. Thus far, the journal has followed a path of development that has seen steady, impressive growth in readership and, while the geographical focus of the publication remains on the United States, participation of authors and readers has become world-wide. Following a historical sketch of the formation and early development of the journal, members of the …

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Passing The Torch, Ivan Gaetz Jan 2015