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Sharepoint Portal - Lehman Connect Master’S Thesis Repository Library – It Strategic Partnership, Madeline Cohen, David Stevens, Rasun Williams Dec 2011

Sharepoint Portal - Lehman Connect Master’S Thesis Repository Library – It Strategic Partnership, Madeline Cohen, David Stevens, Rasun Williams

Publications and Research

Lehman College’s Leonard Lief Library and Information Technology Division launched the Lehman Master’s Thesis Repository on its new Sharepoint portal in September 2011. The project team consisted of two librarians and three IT engineers. The presentation will outline the project’s development including rationale, the decision to host the repository on the Sharepoint portal, access issues, migration of data, custom programming, best practices and conclusions on the benefits of Library-IT collaboration.


New Ways To Manage Information As A Good That Improves With Use, Ida Kubiszewski Nov 2011

New Ways To Manage Information As A Good That Improves With Use, Ida Kubiszewski

Systems Science Friday Noon Seminar Series

Information has some unique characteristics. Unlike most other goods and services, it is neither rival (use by one prevents use by others) nor non-rival (use by one does not affect use by others), but is enhanced with increased use, or ‘additive’. Therefore a unique allocation system for both the production and consumption of information is needed. Under the current market-based allocation system, production of information is often limited through the exclusive rights produced by patents and copyrights. This limits scientists' ability to share and build on each other's knowledge. We break the problem down into three separate questions: (1) do …


Library Publishing Services At The University Of Western Ontario: Policies And Processes, Adrian K. Ho May 2011

Library Publishing Services At The University Of Western Ontario: Policies And Processes, Adrian K. Ho

Adrian K. Ho

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Hybrid Journals: Transition To Full Open Access Or Here To Stay?, Adrian K. Ho Mar 2011

Hybrid Journals: Transition To Full Open Access Or Here To Stay?, Adrian K. Ho

Adrian K. Ho

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Scholarly Communication Services: Repository-Based Library Publishing, Adrian K. Ho Feb 2011

Scholarly Communication Services: Repository-Based Library Publishing, Adrian K. Ho

Adrian K. Ho

This presentation discusses strategies for building a user base of the online publishing platform provided by Western Libraries at The University of Western Ontario. It also describes support services for platform users.