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2015 Ecommons And Data Management Bookmark, Nichole Rustad, Maureen E. Schlangen Oct 2015

2015 Ecommons And Data Management Bookmark, Nichole Rustad, Maureen E. Schlangen

Maureen E. Schlangen

This bookmark-sized promotional piece, inspired by a similar work promoting the institutional repository at the University of Pennsylvania, promotes open-access faculty scholarship in the University of Dayton's Digital Commons repository, eCommons, as well as the University Libraries' data management consulting services. During Open Access Week (Oct. 19-23, 2015), library liaisons, repository staff and graduate school administrators distributed the bookmarks at three campus locations along with cookies decorated with the OA "unlocked" logo. Access services librarians also included the bookmark with all "Roesch2U" faculty deliveries during Open Access Week.


Content, Credibility, And Readership: Putting Your Institutional Repository On The Map, Maureen E. Schlangen Sep 2015

Content, Credibility, And Readership: Putting Your Institutional Repository On The Map, Maureen E. Schlangen

Maureen E. Schlangen

Open-access institutional repositories have become a reliable and stable medium for sharing scholarly work, advancing research, and elevating an institution’s profile. However, it takes time and effective marketing to gather content, build the repository’s credibility, and attract readership. Here, a handful of successful repository managers share what they have learned from the launch and growth of their repositories.


2013 Conference Brochure: Be A Part Of The Human Rights Movement's New Frontier Aug 2015

2013 Conference Brochure: Be A Part Of The Human Rights Movement's New Frontier

Maureen E. Schlangen

Why must we explore the social practice of human rights?

In the 65 years since the U.N.’s Universal Declaration on Human Rights, the human rights community has become a standard-bearer of normative behavior, influencing development and humanitarian organizations, multinational corporations and philanthropists. Though the movement is viewed as honorable and admirable, the certainty of its mission can inhibit introspection; a natural tendency is to prioritize rather than challenge prevailing assumptions.

Are the good intentions of human rights advocates enough? No. Research and dialogue can help propel the human rights community forward by facilitating introspection to improve both advocacy and action: …