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Managing E-Publishing: Perfect Harmony For Serialists, Wendy Robertson, Charlene N. Simser
Managing E-Publishing: Perfect Harmony For Serialists, Wendy Robertson, Charlene N. Simser
Wendy C Robertson
Serialist as publisher - a great duet? Serialists’ lives at academic libraries revolve around publishing, publication patterns and terminology, and technology. Join us for a session with two serialists who use skills honed in their respective serials departments to see how those skills adapt to the world of e-publishing. In this session, the presenters will discuss their roles in e-publishing and their respective university presses and library publishing programs. How have their libraries reorganized to provide resources for supporting these new roles? The daily work of an e-publishing librarian will be reviewed, including an overview of working with Digital Commons …
Collaborating For Sustainable Scholarship: Models That Serve Librarians, Publishers, And Scholars, Carol Macadam, Kate Duff, Wendy Robertson
Collaborating For Sustainable Scholarship: Models That Serve Librarians, Publishers, And Scholars, Carol Macadam, Kate Duff, Wendy Robertson
Wendy C Robertson
MacAdam and Duff discussed the benefits and challenges of implementing JSTOR's Current Scholarship Program (CSP). The program, which began in 2011, is designed to provide a sustainable publishing platform for university presses. JSTOR worked closely with partners to meet their unique needs and ensure that libraries retain existing access, while standardizing as much as possible. Combining subscription lists was a major issue for the titles moving to the new platform. JSTOR also needed to develop workflows and expertise to support new content. Future plans include improving design options, expanding to new presses, and integration with new JSTOR projects. Recorder, Wendy …
Publishing Journals In Digital Commons: Set-Up, Launch, And Beyond, Wendy C. Robertson
Publishing Journals In Digital Commons: Set-Up, Launch, And Beyond, Wendy C. Robertson
Wendy C Robertson
This presentation gives an overview of things librarians should do to support journal hosting, including planning, communication with editors, title, issue and item set up. While the examples are specific to Digital Commons software, most of the considerations and processes are general to all library publishing journal services.
Starting, Strengthening And Managing Institutional Repositories: A How-To-Do-It Manual [Review], Wendy C. Robertson
Starting, Strengthening And Managing Institutional Repositories: A How-To-Do-It Manual [Review], Wendy C. Robertson
Wendy C Robertson
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New Life To Old Serials: Digitizing Back Volumes, Wendy C. Robertson
New Life To Old Serials: Digitizing Back Volumes, Wendy C. Robertson
Wendy C Robertson
Many serials titles still exist in print only, and major commercial digitizing efforts often overlook titles that are not widely held. If out of copyright, these titles can be digitized by libraries, giving this old scholarship new life. Many libraries do some sort of digitization of textual materials, but too often serials experts are not involved. The titles may not be presented in ways that pull the serial together while also allowing article level linking. Serials experts can be valuable contributors to these digitization projects. This presentation will provide information on how to digitize text efficiently and how serials are …