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On With The Show! Open Access Publishing As A Local Production, Janelle Wertzberger Dec 2013

On With The Show! Open Access Publishing As A Local Production, Janelle Wertzberger

Janelle Wertzberger

What do I need to know to launch an institutional repository at my school or continue growing the one I already have? How do I talk to my provost, faculty, administration, and library staff about the IR? Where will funding and staffing come from and how do I ensure their stability? Most institutional repository managers have likely asked themselves these questions at some point, and while the answers vary from institution to institution, many widely applicable best practices have still emerged. A successful institutional repository manager has to be a jack-of-all-trades: someone who has a vision for the services the …


Is An Institutional Repository Right For Your Small College Library?, Janelle L. Wertzberger Dec 2013

Is An Institutional Repository Right For Your Small College Library?, Janelle L. Wertzberger

Janelle Wertzberger

Learn how a small college library launched an institutional repository (IR) without dedicated staff or IT support. Thanks to hosted solutions and our global learning community, open access repositories are now within reach of smaller institutions, and they bring many benefits to the libraries that manage them. Weigh the benefits of library publishing with the new, lower cost of participating, and decide if an IR is right for your library.


Assessing The Research Process Improves The Product: Results Of A Faculty-­Librarian Collaboration, Divonna M. Stebick, Janelle L. Wertzberger, Margaret E. Flora, Joseph W. Miller Dec 2013

Assessing The Research Process Improves The Product: Results Of A Faculty-­Librarian Collaboration, Divonna M. Stebick, Janelle L. Wertzberger, Margaret E. Flora, Joseph W. Miller

Janelle Wertzberger

When an education professor and a reference librarian sought to improve the quality of undergraduate student research, their partnership led to a new focus on assessing the research process in addition to the product. In this study, we reflect on our collaborative experience introducing information literacy as the foundation for undergraduate teacher education research. We examine the outcomes of this collaboration, focusing on the assessment of the process. Using a mixed methods approach, we found that direct instruction supporting effective research strategies positively impacted student projects. Our data also suggest that undergraduate students benefit from not only sound research strategies, …


Launching An Institutional Repository And Library Publishing Platform With Digital Commons, Zach Coble, Carolyn Sautter, Janelle L. Wertzberger Dec 2013

Launching An Institutional Repository And Library Publishing Platform With Digital Commons, Zach Coble, Carolyn Sautter, Janelle L. Wertzberger

Janelle Wertzberger

Presentation given at Pennsylvania Library Association on October 2, 2012.


The Cupola: Scholarship At Gettysburg College - Promotional Flyer, Janelle L. Wertzberger Dec 2013

The Cupola: Scholarship At Gettysburg College - Promotional Flyer, Janelle L. Wertzberger

Janelle Wertzberger

Promotional/informational piece aimed at faculty, based on 2012-13 annual report of Gettysburg College's institutional repository.


Chapter One: A Small College Library Joins The Open Access Movement, Janelle L. Wertzberger Dec 2013

Chapter One: A Small College Library Joins The Open Access Movement, Janelle L. Wertzberger

Janelle Wertzberger

The open access movement has been going strong for over a decade. Large research universities tend to have the oldest and most active programs. Their work is inspiring, but it can be challenging for librarians at smaller institutions to identify ways to contribute to the movement. Gettysburg College launched its institutional repository in 2012. This presentation tells how we got started.


Cupola Brochure, Janelle L. Wertzberger Dec 2013

Cupola Brochure, Janelle L. Wertzberger

Janelle Wertzberger

No abstract provided.


The Cupola: Scholarship At Gettysburg College - Institutional Repository Report, Janelle Wertzberger Dec 2013

The Cupola: Scholarship At Gettysburg College - Institutional Repository Report, Janelle Wertzberger

Janelle Wertzberger

First annual report for Gettysburg College's institutional repository, The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College. Covers January 2012-May 2013.


The Cupola: Scholarship At Gettysburg College - Institutional Repository Report 2012-13, Janelle Wertzberger Dec 2013

The Cupola: Scholarship At Gettysburg College - Institutional Repository Report 2012-13, Janelle Wertzberger

Janelle Wertzberger

First annual report for Gettysburg College's institutional repository, The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College. Covers January 2012-May 2013.


How The Cupola Can Help You With Your Research, Jessica Howard, Janelle Wertzberger Dec 2013

How The Cupola Can Help You With Your Research, Jessica Howard, Janelle Wertzberger

Janelle Wertzberger

The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College is a collection of scholarly and creative works produced by faculty, students, and other members of the Gettysburg College community. This video describes the benefits of putting your scholarship in this open access institutional repository, including increased discoverability, visibility, and citation impact for your work.


Who’S Reading You? Alternative Metrics To Measure Your Scholarly Impact, Janelle Wertzberger Nov 2013

Who’S Reading You? Alternative Metrics To Measure Your Scholarly Impact, Janelle Wertzberger

Janelle Wertzberger

A short presentation will introduce altmetrics and describe how they seek to measure scholarly influence beyond traditional impact measurements (like journal impact factor and citation counts). We will show how altmetrics display on journal websites, library databases, and our own institutional repository. We’ll end with a discussion about altmetrics in your disciplines and departments … and fabulous door prizes!


Open Access And The Liberal Arts College, Janelle Wertzberger, Stephanie Davis-Kahl Oct 2013

Open Access And The Liberal Arts College, Janelle Wertzberger, Stephanie Davis-Kahl

Janelle Wertzberger

Colleges and universities are generating increasing amounts of information both from research and scholarship as well as institutional histories and practices. What's the best way to handle this increasing volume of material while making all of it accessible to the college community? How should copyright be handled for documents owned by other entities? How should you handle creative works from artists or musicians? Join Janelle Wertzberger, Director of Reference and Instruction at Gettysburg College's Musselman Library and Stephanie Davis-Kahl, Public Services Librarian at the Ames Library at Illinois Wesleyan to hear about two projects that aim to gather much of …