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Anatomy Of A Publisher Advisory Board Meeting, Robert Boissy Nov 2018

Anatomy Of A Publisher Advisory Board Meeting, Robert Boissy

Upstate New York Science Librarians Conference

Plan S is understood to be transforming scholarly communications. This short presentation will summarize the position of our publishing house in light of the Plan S statements, and review concrete actions taken in light of Plan S as of the date of the NYSCILIB 2019 event. A straw poll to determine sentiment towards a full blown Plan S program or summit in New York State will be taken.


Assessing Textbook Costs At Randolph College, Stephen G. Krueger, Lewis Ward Sep 2018

Assessing Textbook Costs At Randolph College, Stephen G. Krueger, Lewis Ward

Dartmouth Library Staff Publications

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It’S All In The Relationships: A Liaison Role For Librarian-Publishers, Emily Carlisle, Kristin Hoffmann Jun 2018

It’S All In The Relationships: A Liaison Role For Librarian-Publishers, Emily Carlisle, Kristin Hoffmann

Western Libraries Presentations

In fall 2017, we initiated a migration of the University of Western Ontario’s 32 library-hosted journals from the bepress Digital Commons platform to the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. This was a response to concerns expressed by librarians and journal editors regarding potential implications of Elsevier’s August 2017 acquisition of bepress, including the possibility that Elsevier might place ads on their journal pages or increase fees for journal-hosting services. Our goal was to mitigate those concerns by ensuring that Western Libraries’ journal platform remained as open and community-driven as possible. Because the migration coincided with a librarian taking on responsibilities …


Open Parks Network: A Cross-Governmental Approach To Open Access And Sustainability, Joshua Morgan, Rachel Wittmann, Christopher G. Vinson, Colleen Curry Jun 2018

Open Parks Network: A Cross-Governmental Approach To Open Access And Sustainability, Joshua Morgan, Rachel Wittmann, Christopher G. Vinson, Colleen Curry

Presentations

Clemson University and the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) have collaborated since 2010 to develop the Open Parks Network, an open repository of over 230,000 digital objects and metadata records chronicling the diverse cultural and natural history of our nation’s parks, historic sites, and other protected areas. Initially funded by an Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grant that ended in 2014, this joint effort to deliver wider public access to the unique resources located in NPS libraries, museums, and archives across the U.S. and territories is an intriguing case study in the dynamics of a relationship between …