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It’S All In The Relationships: A Liaison Role For Librarian-Publishers, Emily Carlisle, Kristin Hoffmann Jun 2018

It’S All In The Relationships: A Liaison Role For Librarian-Publishers, Emily Carlisle, Kristin Hoffmann

Western Libraries Presentations

In fall 2017, we initiated a migration of the University of Western Ontario’s 32 library-hosted journals from the bepress Digital Commons platform to the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. This was a response to concerns expressed by librarians and journal editors regarding potential implications of Elsevier’s August 2017 acquisition of bepress, including the possibility that Elsevier might place ads on their journal pages or increase fees for journal-hosting services. Our goal was to mitigate those concerns by ensuring that Western Libraries’ journal platform remained as open and community-driven as possible. Because the migration coincided with a librarian taking on responsibilities …


Embedded Research Guides: Are They Doing What Students Want?, James Seale, Alison Wetheral Jun 2018

Embedded Research Guides: Are They Doing What Students Want?, James Seale, Alison Wetheral

Western Libraries Presentations

Since we integrated Research Guides into our learning management system in 2016, access has increased by 71%. How can we improve the content within this resource? We will present the results of student usage surveys and interviews. These results will inform how we create Research Guides to support student research.

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GUIDES DE RECHERCHE INTÉGRÉS: FONT-ILS CE QUE LES ÉTUDIANTS VEULENT?

Depuis que nous avons intégré les guides de recherche dans notre système de gestion de l’apprentissage en 2016, l’accès a augmenté de 71 %. Comment pouvons-nous améliorer le contenu de cette ressource? Nous présenterons les résultats de sondages et …


Dois, Kristin Hoffmann Mar 2018

Dois, Kristin Hoffmann


DOIs: what they are and why to use them


Creating Accessible Documents, Emily Carlisle Mar 2018

Creating Accessible Documents, Emily Carlisle


How to make your PDFs accessible


Creative Commons Licenses, Lillian S. Rigling Mar 2018

Creative Commons Licenses, Lillian S. Rigling


Everything you wanted to know about Creative Commons Licenses (but were too afraid to ask)!


Resiliency And The Long-Tail Of The Research Cycle: Western's Approach To Thinking Through Research Data Management, Erin Huner, Bobby Glushko Jan 2018

Resiliency And The Long-Tail Of The Research Cycle: Western's Approach To Thinking Through Research Data Management, Erin Huner, Bobby Glushko

Western Libraries Presentations

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