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Copyright: What Library Workers Should Know, Michael Priehs

Library Scholarly Publications

Michael Priehs, Coordinator for Scholarly Communications & Copyright at Wayne State University, provides library workers with an overview of copyright, including fair use and the public domain. Recent high-profile copyright cases will be discussed, along with implications for libraries. Suggestions for providing copyright assistance to library patrons will round out the talk.

Ostp Directive And Fastr, Joshua Neds-Fox

Library Scholarly Publications

Presentation to the Research Subcommittee of the Academic Senate, Wayne State University, on recent federal executive and legislative developments in open access to research outputs.

Op Ed: Random Ramblings - How Special Are Special Collections?, Robert P. Holley

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.

5 Tips For Getting Started With Open Access Publishing, Joshua Neds-Fox

Open Access Week

You've considered participating in open access, but the tradeoffs involved in making your publications open access often don't seem worth the cost. It doesn't have to be that way. Join us for a quick walkthrough of strategies for participating in open access publishing without having to feel like a radical.

Building A Scholarly Communications Brand: The Scholars Cooperative At Wayne State University, Michael Priehs

Library Scholarly Publications

In the past year, our library system has placed an emphasis on developing our scholarly communications and digital publishing initiatives. With new librarians with extensive responsibilities in these areas, our team of scholarly communication and digital publishing librarians at Wayne State University has been working towards identifying and rebranding our suite of scholarly communications and publishing services, which we now call The Scholars Cooperative. The Scholars Cooperative aids, educates and empowers the campus community to advance the creation, distribution and preservation of scholarship beyond traditional academic publishing models. We will share the cooperatives’ vision, planning process, organizational structure, and services …

Syncing Omeka With Fedora Commons, Cole Hudson

Library Scholarly Publications

This presentation is a lightning talk which covered the process in which users can batch upload content from a Fedora Commons repository over to Omeka and keep content between the two systems in sync. Code referenced was developed by Cole Hudson and Graham Hukill and can be found on Github.

Random Ramblings - In Defense Of Wikipedia And Google: When Scholarly Publications Fall Short, Robert P. Holley

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

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A Framework Of Image Use Among Archaeologists, Architects, Art Historians And Artists, Joan E. Beaudoin

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

How and why images are used have important implications for the information systems, services and professionals involved in supporting image users. Images, like text, can be used for a number of reasons and these differences will influence fundamental aspects of the information transaction, such as what content is needed, where and how the information is sought, and the specific characteristics of the information that may be required. While research has begun to clarify image retrieval processes, basic issues surrounding how and why visual information is used have gone largely unstudied. This gap in the research led to the current study, …

The Scholars Cooperative: A New Marketing Approach For Our Scholarly Communications Initiatives, Damecia Donahue, Michael Priehs

Library Scholarly Publications

Wayne State University librarians have been working towards identifying and rebranding our suite of scholarly communications and publishing services, now called The Scholars Cooperative. The Scholars Cooperative aids, educates and empowers the campus community to advance the creation, distribution and preservation of scholarship beyond traditional academic publishing models. We will share the cooperatives’ vision, planning process, organizational structure, and services offered.

Inferring User Knowledge Level From Eye Movement Patterns, Michael J. Cole, Jacek Gwizdka, Chang Liu, Nicholas J. Belkin, Xiangmin Zhang

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

The acquisition of information and the search interaction process is influenced strongly by a person’s use of their knowledge of the domain and the task. In this paper we show that a user’s level of domain knowledge can be inferred from their interactive search behaviors without considering the content of queries or documents. A technique is presented to model a user’s information acquisition process during search using only measurements of eye movement patterns. In a user study (n=40) of search in the domain of genomics, a representation of the participant’s domain knowledge was constructed using self-ratings of knowledge of genomics-related …

Examining Users’ Knowledge Change In The Task Completion Process, Jingjing Liu, Nicholas J. Belkin, Xiangmin Zhang, Xiaojun Yuan

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

This paper examines the changes of information searchers’ topic knowledge levels in the process of completing information tasks. Multi-session tasks were used in the study, which enables the convenience of eliciting users’ topic knowledge during their process of completing the whole tasks. The study was a 3-session laboratory experiment with 24 participants, each time working on one subtask in an assigned 3-session general task. The general task was either parallel or dependently structured. Questionnaires were administered before and after each session to elicit users’ perceptions of their knowledge levels, task attributes, and other task features, for both the overall task …

Let There Be Light! Indexing Items From Digital Commons In Apache Solr Via Oai-Pmh, Graham Hukill

Library Scholarly Publications

To increase visibility and discoverability of assets in our Digital Commons repository, we have created a fully automated, regularly scheduled utility that, using the OAI-PMH protocol, indexes items from Digital Commons in the powerful, open-source search platform Apache Solr. Indexing metadata of items from Digital Commons allows us to support cross-collection, cross-database, and cross-platform searching for our patrons by integrating Digital Commons search results in library created search interfaces. This poster will provide a brief overview of Solr, outline the mechanics of this utility, and suggest how other institutions could harness this technique.

Theory Talk In The Library Science Scholarly Literature: An Exploratory Analysis, Kafi D. Kumasi, Dian E. Walster, Deborah Charbonneau

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

In the discipline of library and information science (LIS), a qualitative analysis of the meaningful use of theory in contemporary scholarly literature is critical to helping scholars expand their repertoire of knowledge about various theories and helping them make informed decisions about how to skillfully integrate theory in their research. This study explored how theory was presented and talked about in seven prominent library science-focused journals from 2009 to 2011. Through a process of analytic induction, categories representing a continuum of theory talk were identified and their relationships examined. Three main types of theory talk in library research are defined, …

Wayne State University Press And Libraries: A Case Study Of A Library And University Press Journal Publishing Partnership, Joshua Neds-Fox, Lauren Crocker, Alicia A. Vonderharr

Library Scholarly Publications

The Wayne State University Press Journals program comprises ten scholarly print serials. When the Press sought to deliver its journals electronically, in-house, for the first time, it established a mutually beneficial collaboration with the Libraries to host, format, manage and preserve its content online. This chapter represents a case study of this collaboration, documenting the program, the process, and the unique features of this partnership.

"The Library Is Like Her House": Reimagining Youth Of Color In Lis Discourses, Kafi D. Kumasi

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.

The Self-Publishing Phenomenon, Robert P. Holley

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.

High Impact And Open Access: Proven Strategies For Encouraging Faculty To Deposit In Your Institutional Repository, Alexandra Sarkozy, Joshua Neds-Fox

Library Scholarly Publications

Presentation given at the Michigan Library Association Academic Libraries 2013 Conference, detailing the strategy used by the Wayne State University Libraries to make the case for Green Open Access participation by faculty. Outlines the authors' approach to crafting the case for Open Access and deposit using studies supporting OA citation advantage, ISI's JCR and SHERPA/RoMEO, and a library-centered service model for citation review and deposit.

Linked Up: Using Free Tools To Maintain Access To E-Resources, Amelia Mowry

Library Scholarly Publications

No one will argue that the internet has a lot to offer our patrons. Library web sites and systems link to a variety of valuable electronic resources such as databases, e-journals, and educational web sites. Unfortunately, the digital world is ever-changing, and maintaining access to these resources is a real challenge for librarians. Link checkers can be a great tool for keeping URLs updated, but they were generally not designed with libraries in mind; they may run into issues with resources that have access limited by IP address, go through ezproxy, or begin sessions.

This poster compares several free and/or …

The Digital Content Management Curriculum: A Case Study At Wayne State University’S School Of Library & Information Science, Joan E. Beaudoin

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

This paper examines the development of a specialization for digital content management at the School of Library and Information Science at Wayne State University. Addressed in this case study are the pedagogical approach taken in the specialization’s curriculum development and the steps that were taken in developing the curriculum. The paper highlights five core characteristics that were used to describe the kinds of knowledge and skills expected from students completing the specialization. Additionally, the paper discusses the resources needed to support the specialization and the indicators to be used in the evaluation of its success.

Open Access, Scholarly Communications, And Digital Commons, Damecia Donahue, Joshua Neds-Fox

Digital Commons Information

Presentation to faculty in Wayne State University's (WSU) College of Education about Open Access Initiatives at WSU, and how to participate in Green OA as a matter of course in research and publication.

Help Them Help Themselves: Developing Interactive Tools To Help Faculty Deal With Copyright And Fair Use, Michael Priehs

Library Scholarly Publications

Cyber Zed Shed presentation given during the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2013 conference about Wayne State University Library System's Copyright Projects Team and the development of our new copyright website.

Random Ramblings - Patron-Driven Acquisitions, Ebooks, And Economic Self-Interest, Robert P. Holley

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

What is the appropriate role of economic self-interest in collection development? The quick answer most likely depends upon your type of library. Patron-Driven Acquisitions (PDA) is based upon the premise that academic libraries should focus their purchases upon materials immediately needed by their users in these times of economic stress. The availability of digital resources, print-on-demand, and the out-of- print book market makes it possible to acquire most materials just-in-time rather than the old model of stockpiling resources just-in-case. While this model reduces the number of current purchases, the advocates of PDA contend that they are not responsible for the …

Open Access: What We're Doing And How It Helps You, Sandra G. Yee, Joshua Neds-Fox, Michael Priehs, Nancy A. Wilmes

Library Scholarly Publications

Presentation to faculty in Wayne State University's (WSU) Department of Mathematics about Open Access Initiatives at WSU, and how to participate in Green OA as a matter of course in research and publication.

Are Libraries Compromising Reader Privacy With Circulation Reminders?, Robert P. Holley

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.

Mapping The Guide: Using Concept Maps To Ease Resource Guide Design, Zorian Sasyk, Rachael Clark

Library Scholarly Publications

Concept maps not only provide a more organized approach to resource guide creation; they also can result in more improved and effective guide design. As laid out in Novak and Canas (2006), concept maps provide opportunities for meaningful learning, “...the assimilation of new concepts and prepositions into existing concept and prepositional frameworks held by the learner”. The top-down, hierarchical structure of concept maps translates well into the tabular and boxed-based content structure of resource guide, allowing for the learning benefits inherent in concept maps to be passed on to a guide. A well-constructed guide based on concept maps will …

Faculty Experiences With The National Institutes Of Health (Nih) Public Access Policy, Compliance Issues, And Copyright Practices, Deborah H. Charbonneau, Jonathan Mcglone

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

Objectives:

The research assessed faculty awareness of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) public access policy and faculty experiences with the copyright terms in their author agreements with publishers.

Methods:

During the fall of 2011, 198 faculty members receiving funding from NIH at a large urban academic institution were invited to participate in an anonymous online survey. A total of 94 faculty members responded to the survey, representing a response rate of 47%.

Results:

Thirty percent of the survey respondents were either unaware of or not familiar with the NIH policy. Further, a significant number of faculty members (97.8%) indicated …

Collection Development In The Digital Age [Book Review], Robert P. Holley

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.

Random Ramblings - Is A Theory Of Collection Development Possible?, Robert P. Holley

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.

Strategies For Data Management Engagement, Deborah H. Charbonneau

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

The research landscape is growing dramatically, and librarians are examining new roles, services, and types of collaborations to support data-intensive research. This column describes curricular enhancements at one School of Library and Information Science in the United States. Several key areas of data management in which health sciences librarians may wish to build or enhance their skills are outlined. Possible roles and opportunities for health sciences librarians to strategically engage in data management initiatives are also presented.

What Is Fedora Commons, And Why Should You Care?, Cole Hudson, Graham Hukill

Library Scholarly Publications

Presentation at the Michigan Library Association's 2013 Print to Digital Workshop in East Lansing, MI. Topics covered include the implementation of Fedora Commons at WSU, an overview of associated system architecture, and lessons learned.