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Open Access @ University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Yuan Li Oct 2010

Open Access @ University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Yuan Li

Yuan Li

This poster was accepted and displayed in Berlin 8th Open Access Conference from Oct.24 to Oct. 26, 2010, at Beijing China. The poster showcases open access initiatives at University of Massachusetts Amherst.


The Next Page, Library And Information Technology Oct 2010

The Next Page, Library And Information Technology

The Next Page

The Next Page is a semi-annual newsletter published by Bucknell University's Library and Information Technology department. The publication serves the community by providing software, project, and service updates. Regular features include a letter from the CIO, new staff updates, and interviews. This issue includes the following articles: "From the CIO," "Bmail: E-mail and Beyond," "A Fond Farewell," "The Embedded Librarian," "'Pilots'," "New Library and IT Staff," "New Acquisitions," "iPod Touch in the Classroom."


A Digital Repository At Loyola University Chicago, Eben English Oct 2010

A Digital Repository At Loyola University Chicago, Eben English

University Libraries: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Loyola University Libraries propose to develop a suite of services, systems, and online tools for the purpose of collecting, storing, organizing, and providing access to digital assets produced by Loyola University related to research, teaching, and learning. Functioning collectively as a “digital repository,” these initiatives will work in concert to facilitate a wide range of scholarly and archival activities, including content creation, collaboration, resource sharing, author rights management, digitization, preservation, and access by a global academic audience. This open-access repository will provide for increased discoverability, visibility and access to scholarship created at Loyola, and support the management and long-term preservation …


Publisher Pushback On Federal Open Access Mandates, Denise Troll Covey Sep 2010

Publisher Pushback On Federal Open Access Mandates, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


September 2010 - Digital Minute Issue 5, Brad Matthies Sep 2010

September 2010 - Digital Minute Issue 5, Brad Matthies

Digital Minute

This issue features the College of Business.


Acrl New England Scholarly Communication Special Interest Group Workshop: Partnering With Faculty: Scholarly Communication Conversations, Andrée J. Rathemacher Aug 2010

Acrl New England Scholarly Communication Special Interest Group Workshop: Partnering With Faculty: Scholarly Communication Conversations, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Report on a workshop held by the Scholarly Communications Interest Group of the Association of College and Research Libraries, New England Chapter (ACRL/NEC), an independent chapter of ACRL. The workshop, titled "Partnering with Faculty: Scholarly Communication Conversations" was held on July 29, 2010 at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Massachusetts.


July 2010 - Digital Minute Issue 4, Brad Matthies Jul 2010

July 2010 - Digital Minute Issue 4, Brad Matthies

Digital Minute

This issue features a Chronicle article that discusses the benefits of an I.R.


Scholarly Communication: A Presentation For Fims Lis9630, Adrian K. Ho Jun 2010

Scholarly Communication: A Presentation For Fims Lis9630, Adrian K. Ho

Western Libraries Presentations

This presentation provides a brief overview of these topics:
• Scholarly communication
• Copyright management
• Openness and open movements
• Institutional repository
• Online journal publishing
• New roles for academic libraries


Developments In Library Scholarly Communication Services, Adrian K. Ho Jun 2010

Developments In Library Scholarly Communication Services, Adrian K. Ho

Adrian K. Ho

This presentation discusses the strategies used to develop a scholarly communication program at The University of Western Ontario. It also touches on how academic librarians can get involved in scholarly communication services.


Developments In Library Scholarly Communication Services, Adrian K. Ho Jun 2010

Developments In Library Scholarly Communication Services, Adrian K. Ho

Western Libraries Presentations

This presentation discusses the strategies used to develop a scholarly communication program at The University of Western Ontario. It also touches on how academic librarians can get involved in scholarly communication services.


Iris : Digital Scholarship, Publishing, And Preservation At Northeastern University, Hillary Corbett May 2010

Iris : Digital Scholarship, Publishing, And Preservation At Northeastern University, Hillary Corbett

Hillary Corbett

No abstract provided.


The Digital Future Is Now: What The Humanities Can Learn From Escience, Christine L. Borgman May 2010

The Digital Future Is Now: What The Humanities Can Learn From Escience, Christine L. Borgman

Christine L. Borgman

As the digital humanities mature, their scholarship is taking on many characteristics of the sciences, becoming more data-intensive, information-intensive, distributed, multi-disciplinary, and collaborative. While few scholars in the humanities or arts would wish to be characterized as emulating scientists, they do envy the comparatively rich technical and resource infrastructure of the sciences. The interests of all scholars in the university align with respect to access to data, library resources, and computing infrastructure. However, the scholarly interests of the sciences and humanities diverge regarding research practices, sources of evidence, and degrees of control over those sources. This talk will explore the …


Feast And Famine: More And Better Choices, But Belt-Tightening Forces Libraries To Cut Subscriptions, Carol Tenopir, Gayle Baker, Jill E. Grogg May 2010

Feast And Famine: More And Better Choices, But Belt-Tightening Forces Libraries To Cut Subscriptions, Carol Tenopir, Gayle Baker, Jill E. Grogg

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

With fancy new software developments and growth in both the richness of content and delivery options for information resources, the Database Marketplace 2010 is a feast for buyers. Unfortunately, institutional budget cuts may force more of a famine mentality--with belt-tightening for most, and only purchases that are life-sustaining being served in many libraries.


May 2010 - Digital Minute Issue 2, Brad Matthies May 2010

May 2010 - Digital Minute Issue 2, Brad Matthies

Digital Minute

This issue features information about global repositories, as well as visits to our Digital Commons by country.


Issues In Digital Preservation, Denise Troll Covey Mar 2010

Issues In Digital Preservation, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


Scholarly Communication And Content Recruitment For Institutional Repository (Presentation For Gradlis 9315), Adrian K. Ho Mar 2010

Scholarly Communication And Content Recruitment For Institutional Repository (Presentation For Gradlis 9315), Adrian K. Ho

Adrian K. Ho

No abstract provided.


Scholarly Communication And Content Recruitment For Institutional Repository (Presentation For Gradlis 9315), Adrian K. Ho Mar 2010

Scholarly Communication And Content Recruitment For Institutional Repository (Presentation For Gradlis 9315), Adrian K. Ho

Western Libraries Presentations

No abstract provided.


Recognizing Opportunities: Conversational Openings To Promote Positive Scholarly Communication Change, Adrian K. Ho, Daniel R. Lee Feb 2010

Recognizing Opportunities: Conversational Openings To Promote Positive Scholarly Communication Change, Adrian K. Ho, Daniel R. Lee

Adrian K. Ho

No abstract.


Digital Libraries: Threat To Copyright?, Denise Troll Covey Jan 2010

Digital Libraries: Threat To Copyright?, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


The Ethics Of Open Access And Copyright Infringement, Denise Troll Covey Jan 2010

The Ethics Of Open Access And Copyright Infringement, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

This paper examines the movement to provide free online (open) access to scholarly journal articles as civil disobedience, a heretical challenge to the orthodox ideology of intellectual property law and the tradition of copyright transfer to a publisher. The legal standing and carefully crafted rhetoric of the heretical leaders enables them to rightfully proclaim that the goals of the open access (OA) movement can be achieved in compliance with U.S. copyright law while exposing conflicting values and problematic assumptions in the law that portend reform. Meanwhile, much of the work that the heretics have made available open access breaches publisher …


The Ethics Of Open Access And Copyright Infringement, Denise Troll Covey Jan 2010

The Ethics Of Open Access And Copyright Infringement, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


Open Access & Copyright, Denise Troll Covey Jan 2010

Open Access & Copyright, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.


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

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

Other Library Publications and Works

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 …


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 …


Ethics In Science & Engineering: Redefining Tools & Resources, Michelle S. Goncalves, Jane E. Fountain, Jessica Adamick, Marilyn Billings Jan 2010

Ethics In Science & Engineering: Redefining Tools & Resources, Michelle S. Goncalves, Jane E. Fountain, Jessica Adamick, Marilyn Billings

Ethics in Science and Engineering National Clearinghouse

This report summarizes the main points of discussion of a national workshop convened to advance knowledge and practice for ethics in science and engineering. Following the enactment of the America COMPETES Act and its provisions to increase attention to ethics and the responsible conduct of research in science and engineering, the National Science Foundation (NSF) supported two beta site projects to advance understanding of the key dimensions required for a national online clearinghouse in ethics for science and engineering. The ESENCe Beta Site project, based at UMass Amherst and one of two such beta sites in the United States, thanks …


Copyright And Education: Lessons On African Copyright And Access To Knowledge, Tobias Schonwetter, Jeremy De Beer, Dick Kawooya, Achal Prabhala Jan 2010

Copyright And Education: Lessons On African Copyright And Access To Knowledge, Tobias Schonwetter, Jeremy De Beer, Dick Kawooya, Achal Prabhala

Faculty Publications

The African Copyright and Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) project is a pan-African research network of academics and researchers from law, economics and the information sciences, spanning Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda. Research conducted by the project was designed to investigate the extent to which copyright is fulfilling its objective of facilitating access to knowledge, and learning materials in particular, in the study countries. The hypotheses tested during the course of research were that: (a) the copyright environments in study countries are not maximising access to learning materials, and (b) the copyright environments in study countries …


Towards Voluntary Interoperable Open Access Licenses For The Global Earth Observation System Of Systems (Geoss), Harlan Onsrud, James Campbell, Bastiaan Van Loenen Dec 2009

Towards Voluntary Interoperable Open Access Licenses For The Global Earth Observation System Of Systems (Geoss), Harlan Onsrud, James Campbell, Bastiaan Van Loenen

Harlan J Onsrud

Access to earth observation data has become critically important for the wellbeing of society. A major impediment to achieving widespread sharing of earth observation data is lack of an operational web-wide system that is transparent and consistent in allowing users to legally access and use the earth observations of others without seeking permission from data contributors or investigating terms of usage on a case-by-case basis. This article explores approaches to supplying a license-based system to overcome this impediment in the context of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems. It discusses the benefits and drawbacks of the explored approaches and …


From Artifacts To Aggregations: Modeling Scientific Life Cycles On The Semantic Web, Alberto Pepe, Matthew Mayernik, Christine Borgman, Herbert Van De Sompel Jul 2009

From Artifacts To Aggregations: Modeling Scientific Life Cycles On The Semantic Web, Alberto Pepe, Matthew Mayernik, Christine Borgman, Herbert Van De Sompel

Alberto Pepe

In the process of scientific research, many information objects are generated, all of which may remain valuable indefinitely. However, artifacts such as instrument data and associated calibration information may have little value in isolation; their meaning is derived from their relationships to each other. Individual artifacts are best represented as components of a life cycle that is specific to a scientific research domain or project. Current cataloging practices do not describe objects at a sufficient level of granularity nor do they offer the globally persistent identifiers necessary to discover and manage scholarly products with World Wide Web standards. The Open …