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Value Added Services: Publishing Continuum At The University Of Nebraska–Lincoln, Joan Giesecke, Paul Royster
Value Added Services: Publishing Continuum At The University Of Nebraska–Lincoln, Joan Giesecke, Paul Royster
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches
During its 3 years of operations, the institutional repository at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has gathered and posted over 19,000 documents, which, together with its hosted ETD collection, make it the country’s 3rd largest IR. Usage records also indicate it is one of the busiest, as well, furnishing almost 120,000 downloads during the most recent month (October 2008).
The IR has also become the cornerstone for a bundle of electronic publishing services developed and provided by the UNL Libraries. Indeed, these services may be seen as the enablers or preconditions of the IR’s successful track record.
To facilitate and accelerate …
Unl Libraries Liaison Program, Elaine L. Westbrooks
Unl Libraries Liaison Program, Elaine L. Westbrooks
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches
My Framework
• The purpose of the library has not changed-- our role has
• Liaison librarians play a central role in representing the library
• Librarian’s Roles are changing and expanding
• Support and engagement of academic units is critical
• We must expect ongoing demands to acquire, organize, and provide access to locally held resources
• Research universities are under fire
• Our users prefer convenience over quality
• The library has become a virtual destination
• It is our responsibility to ask “What is the future of the academic library?” and “How can they be transformed in …
Introduction To Data Curation, Elaine L. Westbrooks
Introduction To Data Curation, Elaine L. Westbrooks
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches
Few people as yet, outside the world of expert librarians and museum curators and so forth, know how manageable well-ordered facts can be made, however multitudinous, and how swiftly and completely even the rarest visions and the most recondite matters can be recalled, once they have been put in place in a well-ordered scheme of reference and reproduction.
How To Fill Your Institutional Repository: Or, Practical Lessons I Learned By Doing, Paul Royster
How To Fill Your Institutional Repository: Or, Practical Lessons I Learned By Doing, Paul Royster
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches
The evolution of content recruitment strategies at University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Institutional Repository over its first 3 years of operation. Includes practical advice on how to find and recruit postable articles.
Research Showcase: Unl’S Institutional Repository, Paul Royster
Research Showcase: Unl’S Institutional Repository, Paul Royster
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches
PowerPoint presentation on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's three-year effort to build its institutional repository. Includes slides on what is an IR, what systems are available, what strategies we have pursued, what has been successful (and what hasn't), how we do it, what staff it takes, what the results and statistics indicate, and why we help with NIH PubMed Central deposits.
Connecting Print Titles With Their Electronic Alter Egos In The Catalog: Analysis & Full Disclosure, Judith Wolfe, Joan Latta Konecky, Dana W. R. Boden
Connecting Print Titles With Their Electronic Alter Egos In The Catalog: Analysis & Full Disclosure, Judith Wolfe, Joan Latta Konecky, Dana W. R. Boden
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches
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R U Online? Virtual Reference In The Age Of Instant Messaging, Tracy Bicknell-Holmes
R U Online? Virtual Reference In The Age Of Instant Messaging, Tracy Bicknell-Holmes
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches
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Uncl Future Library Conference: Unl’S Institutional Repository, Paul Royster
Uncl Future Library Conference: Unl’S Institutional Repository, Paul Royster
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches
What is an Institutional Repository ?
How long have these been around ?
What’s the purpose ?
Lately in the news:
What does a repository consist of ?
What systems are “out there” ?
Advantages of commercial package
Advantages and Disadvantages of open source systems
UNL’s history
UNL’s rank
Building contents
Staffing
Services we offer
Who can participate ?
What do they deposit ?
Who are the biggest participants?
Usage: 3-year history
Outreach
How do they find us ?
Google-originated downloads
Publishing original content
NIH PubMed Central deposits
UNL Libraries & NIH mandate
We are doing this because ...
How …