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Universities Should Rethink The Publishing Model, Linda L. Phillips Sep 2012

Universities Should Rethink The Publishing Model, Linda L. Phillips

Linda L. Phillips

In response to Chronicle of Higher Education article ("Documents Show U. of Missouri Press Suffered Years of Mixed Signals, Aug 3, 2012, pp. A-16-17) letter advocates for universities to develop business models to protect their investments in scholarly publishing.


University Libraries, 2012-2014: Transformation, Visibility, Innovation, Linda L. Phillips May 2011

University Libraries, 2012-2014: Transformation, Visibility, Innovation, Linda L. Phillips

Linda L. Phillips

This presentation summarizes strategic directions of the University of Tennessee Libraries for 2012-2014. As all of higher education experiences profound change, research Libraries witness transformation in the tools, resources, and formats available to scholars—along with evolving academic cultures. Library planning embraces research library trends and plans for UTK's VOL Vision Journey to the Top 25. The University Libraries are central to achieving VOL Vision goals.


Introduction To Selectedworks: Training Slides, Linda Phillips Feb 2010

Introduction To Selectedworks: Training Slides, Linda Phillips

Linda L. Phillips

This is a set of slides used for orientation to SelectedWorks with the University of Tennessee College of Nursing on February 12, 2010.


The University Of Tennessee Libraries Newfound Press Scholarly Publishing Demonstration, Linda Phillips Jan 2010

The University Of Tennessee Libraries Newfound Press Scholarly Publishing Demonstration, Linda Phillips

Linda L. Phillips

Launched in 2005, the University of Tennessee Newfound Press demonstrates open access; ensures quality through peer review; encourages innovative approaches to the creation and dissemination of scholarly and specialized work; seeks content with narrow focus or innovative format unlikely to be published by a market-driven press; helps authors of specialized content disseminate their work; and experiments with new forms of publication. This presentation describes the reasons for starting Newfound Press; offers highlights from the business plan; and discusses the convergence of Newfound Press with other campus publishing, including the digital showcase and archive, Trace (operates on the bepress Digital Commons …


Coming Home: Scholarly Publishing Returns To The University, Linda L. Phillips Jan 2010

Coming Home: Scholarly Publishing Returns To The University, Linda L. Phillips

Linda L. Phillips

For more than two decades visionary university administrators and librarians have urged the scholarly community to recognize the value of its intellectual capital beyond promotion, tenure, and academic prominence. Publishing in its broadest sense encompasses the production and dissemination of information for public access; scholarly publishing includes peer-reviewed literature in books and journals, as well as conference papers, technical reports, working papers, data sets and emerging forms of scholarship presented in numerous multimedia formats. Today’s academic publishing environment is a complex amalgam of technological capability, economic realities, and emerging social networking practices pushing the boundaries of the traditional scholarly publishing …


Selector As Entrepreneur (Panel Presentation For New Selectors And Selecting In New Subjects: Meeting The Challenges), Linda L. Phillips Jul 2009

Selector As Entrepreneur (Panel Presentation For New Selectors And Selecting In New Subjects: Meeting The Challenges), Linda L. Phillips

Linda L. Phillips

Collection building in the digital age aims to create a collection of "freely accessible, integrated, and comprehensive record of serious scholarship and knowledge." Library collections are broadly defined as all the resources libraries make available to users—items purchased, locally created or reformatted digital materials, subject guides, social networking tools, and content freely accessible in digital collections around the world. New selectors must master several enduring skills related to collection policy, management of print and digital resources, budget management, and liaison with clientele. An entrepreneurial approach to collection building and liaison requires an understanding of the digital library context and diverse …


Metadata Plus: How Libraries Assure Discovery Of Locally Created Content, Melanie Feltner-Reichert, Marie Garrett, Linda L. Phillips Mar 2009

Metadata Plus: How Libraries Assure Discovery Of Locally Created Content, Melanie Feltner-Reichert, Marie Garrett, Linda L. Phillips

Linda L. Phillips

This presentation offers a simple illustration of the ways html code, metadata tagging and other strategies enable content discovery. It contains examples that can be understood by anyone familiar with a bibliographic record. Librarians who grasp these concepts will be well-prepared to convince faculty that the library is both a safe and sustainable archive for their work, and that placing content with the library is more likely to lead to its discovery than any personal web space.


Newfound Press: The Digital Imprint Of The University Of Tennessee Libraries, Linda L. Phillips Oct 2007

Newfound Press: The Digital Imprint Of The University Of Tennessee Libraries, Linda L. Phillips

Linda L. Phillips

The University of Tennessee Libraries launched its digital imprint, Newfound Press, in 2005 to develop a framework for making peer reviewed scholarly and specialized works available worldwide. Building on local digitization investments, Newfound Press has published two monographs, hosts a born–digital journal, and is experimenting with publishing conference proceedings as digital multimedia. Through Newfound Press, the University of Tennessee is promoting open access publishing while resolving issues such as finding sustainable funding, creating a process for peer review “on the fly,” and establishing credibility as a viable scholarly publications venue. If every research library were to provide similar services, access …