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Publishing At Fisher: The First Two Years, Alicia Marrese, Benjamin Hockenberry Mar 2015

Publishing At Fisher: The First Two Years, Alicia Marrese, Benjamin Hockenberry

Lavery Library Faculty/Staff Publications

Since its 2012 launch, St. John Fisher College’s institutional repository (IR), Fisher Digital Publications, has expanded and its staffing model has evolved. Due to an increasing popularity and demand for new projects in our IR, Fisher determined that a dedicated coordinator was needed. In this presentation, we will illustrate the changes in workflow that followed the adaptation of a staff member’s role to include repository coordination duties.

The division of workload is the centerpiece of this poster. Staff and students from all library departments are involved in the publishing enterprise. Each person involved brings their expertise and strengths to other …


The Repository As Publisher: Opportunities And Challenges In A Dual Role, Benjamin Hockenberry Mar 2015

The Repository As Publisher: Opportunities And Challenges In A Dual Role, Benjamin Hockenberry

Lavery Library Faculty/Staff Publications

Introductory slides to a panel at the conference "Publishing in Libraries," delivered on March 20, 2015 at the College at Brockport, State University of New York. The panel abstract follows:

Over the last two decades, in tandem with the building support for open access worldwide, academic libraries of all sizes have expanded their support of public dissemination of research beyond their walls. Through the establishment of institutional repositories, libraries are openly sharing articles, presentations, media, and data files published elsewhere. In a related -- but in some ways strikingly different -- role, libraries are acting as publishers of new content …