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October 2010 - Digital Minute Issue 6, Brad Matthies

Digital Minute

This issue features a faculty spotlight of Dave Mason.

Digitalcommons@University Of Rhode Island Statistics 2009-2010

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics on the total number of full text downloads from the DigitalCommons@University of Rhode Island institutional repository for 2009-2010. Data are provided monthly on the number of full text downloads by collection and document, and on the number of referrals by domain and country. Dissertations are included in the statistics. Digital Commons statistics are COUNTER-compliant, with downloads from robots and automated processes filtered out.

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

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

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.

Scholarly Communication Initiatives At The University Of Western Ontario, Adrian K. Ho

Adrian K. Ho

No abstract provided.

Take 10 For Trace, Linda Phillips, Margaret Casado

Other Library Publications and Works

These slides accompanied a ten-minute presentation introducing faculty to the capabilities of the campus digital showcase and archive, including mention of the library's digital peer-reviewed Newfound Press.

Take 10 For Trace, Linda Phillips, Margaret Casado

Linda L. Phillips

These slides accompanied a ten-minute presentation introducing faculty to the capabilities of the campus digital showcase and archive, including mention of the library's digital peer-reviewed Newfound Press.

Digital Showcase In The Library: How Trace Enhances Ut's Virtual Library, Piper F. Mullins

Other Library Publications and Works

UT’s Virtual Library Steering Committee is charged to enhance the library’s virtual presence through efficient searching capabilities, interactive features, archiving services, tools for discovery and delivery of scholarly resources, and new technologies that advance and scale services. Trace supports all of these enhancements as UT’s digital showcase. Trace is an evolving concept defined by and for UT’s user communities to promote local and global research. Its services are collaborative, discoverable, contextual, and scale from a single item to data sets in multiple formats. As Trace nears the end of its first year, we’re excited to offer more contributions to the …

Digital Showcase In The Library: How Trace Enhances Ut's Virtual Library, Piper F. Mullins

Piper F Mullins

UT’s Virtual Library Steering Committee is charged to enhance the library’s virtual presence through efficient searching capabilities, interactive features, archiving services, tools for discovery and delivery of scholarly resources, and new technologies that advance and scale services. Trace supports all of these enhancements as UT’s digital showcase. Trace is an evolving concept defined by and for UT’s user communities to promote local and global research. Its services are collaborative, discoverable, contextual, and scale from a single item to data sets in multiple formats. As Trace nears the end of its first year, we’re excited to offer more contributions to the …

Strategic Change And Alignment: Scholarworks At Boise State University, Marilyn K. Moody

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

Libraries must engage in strategic change and realign themselves much more closely with the university mission, vision, and strategic priorities. These new alignments are essential in this environment of constant change, and are particularly crucial regarding faculty and support of their teaching and research. This presentation gives examples of the Boise State University ScholarWorks institutional repository+ services and how those services support the mission, vision, and strategic priorities of the university.

Report Of The Ad Hoc Digital Commons Task Force, Michael Vocino, Michael Cerbo, Margaret J. Keefe, Sarina Wyant

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

March 2010 report to the faculty of the University Libraries, University of Rhode Island by the Ad Hoc Digital Commons Task Force.

On December 17, 2009 in a letter to its members, the Ad Hoc Digital Commons Task Force was created by Dean David Maslyn at the request of the December 2009 Library Faculty Meeting. The charge from the Dean read: “Based upon the motion made at the faculty meeting of 12/4/2009, the Dean appoints the following people to an Ad Hoc Task Force to 'study and establish policy and procedures' for the possible establishment and implementation of a library …

Unldigital Commons: Your Institutional Repository, Paul Royster

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches

An Institutional Repository is an online locus for collecting, preserving, and disseminating —in digital form —the intellectual output of an institution, particularly a research institution.
There are > 900 worldwide, > 150 in USA, including: ...
UNL's ranks 2nd, with more than 39,000 documents.
UNL Participants include [100 names]
There are some whole departments/centers that we have been authorized to collect & upload.
Who has the most articles ?
Who gets the most downloads ?
Downloads: •3.6 million since 2006; •1.5 million in past 12 months; •Current average = 5,000 /day; •Average article = 5 times/month; •to 150+ countries worldwide (25% of …

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

Western Libraries Presentations

No abstract provided.

The Library As Publisher: Increasing Library Relevance Through Institutional Repository Services, Richard Clement

Richard W. Clement

No abstract provided.

Libraries And Strategic Change: The Role Of Institutional Repository+ Services, Marilyn K. Moody

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

In the "new normal" environment for higher education, libraries must realign themselves much more closely with the university mission, vision, and strategic priorities. In this environment of constant change, libraries must take on new roles and emphasize different priorities. Institutional repository services are essential to this process. This presentation gives examples of the Boise State University ScholarWorks institutional repository+ services and how those services support the mission, vision, and strategic priorities of the university.

Key points include: • Libraries must aggressively realign resources to align with their university’s mission, vision, and strategic goals and priorities. • Universities are changing directions …

Library Annual Report

Library Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

The Library As Publisher: Increasing Library Relevance Through Institutional Repository Services, Richard W. Clement

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

No abstract provided.