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Mining For Gold: Identifying The Librarians' Toolkit For Managing Hybrid Open Access: Based On A Paper Presented At The 36th Uksg Annual Conference, Bournemouth, April 2013, Jill Emery
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
In 2012, the author and colleagues surveyed eight publishers that had been involved with the Publishing and the Ecology of European Research (PEER) project to learn about the state of hybrid journal publishing. At the same time, one of the key questions asked to a panel of librarians at the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers May 2012 Meeting was what role librarians would play if scholarly publishing shortly went open access (OA) across the board? From the survey of the market, and the rapid OA developments in the UK and EU that include hybrid OA, a picture …
Returning To Learn: Research And The Prodigal Student, Emily Ford, Meredith G. Farkas, Molly Blalock-Koral
Returning To Learn: Research And The Prodigal Student, Emily Ford, Meredith G. Farkas, Molly Blalock-Koral
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
Returning students - those with a significant lapse in time during their formal education - make up a large and growing percentage of the student population at Portland State University (PSU). Over 40% of PSU undergraduates are over 26 years of age and 21% of graduate students over 39. Given returning students’ experiences in the work force, motivations for learning, and the lapse of time since conducting academic research, returning students may approach research differently than traditional students. Despite the size of this student population at PSU and the growth of the returning student demographic in higher education, very little …
Discovery Is In The Eye Of The Beholder: Next Generation Integrated Library Systems, Jill Emery
Discovery Is In The Eye Of The Beholder: Next Generation Integrated Library Systems, Jill Emery
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
This presentation examines the increasing need for clear metadata production targets for publishers and their partners to produce and deliver descriptive data required by new discovery platforms.
Marketing To Individuals: Insights From The Library, Jill Emery
Marketing To Individuals: Insights From The Library, Jill Emery
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
This presentation focuses on how library systems support user purchases and which sales channels are involved.
Beyond A Box Of Documents: The Collaborative Partnership Behind The Oregon Chinese Disinterment Documents Collection, Natalia M. Fernández, Cristine Paschild
Beyond A Box Of Documents: The Collaborative Partnership Behind The Oregon Chinese Disinterment Documents Collection, Natalia M. Fernández, Cristine Paschild
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
This article is a case study of a collaboration between the Oregon Multicultural Archives of Oregon State University, Portland State University Library's Special Collections, the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA), and the Northwest News Network to preserve and make accessible a recovered box of Oregon Chinese disinterment documents. By examining what influenced and engaged each partner, this case study offers an opportunity to better understand the motivations of diverse stakeholders in a "post-custodial era" project that challenges traditional practices of custody, control, and access.
Is Digital Better Than Analog? Considerations For Online Card Sort Studies, Emily Ford
Is Digital Better Than Analog? Considerations For Online Card Sort Studies, Emily Ford
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
The article discusses the author's experience conducting a Web-based card sorting activity, and outlines the advantages and disadvantages for libraries adopting and using Web-based card sorting tools in an attempt to answer the question: Is digital card sorting better than analog? Screenshots described in the article are available here: http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/9246
Halfway Open Or Halfway Shut?: Oa Hybrid Journals In Academia, Robin Champieux, Jill Emery, Kasia Stasik
Halfway Open Or Halfway Shut?: Oa Hybrid Journals In Academia, Robin Champieux, Jill Emery, Kasia Stasik
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
This panel session asks why is hybrid open access important? Scholarly publishers have responded to the OA movement by offering authors the choice of publishing their articles as Open Access (using an author pays funding mechanism) in subscription journals. The study surveys eight publishers to explore a number of questions about the mechanics, implementation, price impacts, and author tracking of this model; and investigates the uptake at two research institutions, with one operating in a NIH Public Access Policy environment.
Mining For Gold: Identifying The Librarian's Toolkit For Managing Hybrid Oa, Jill Emery
Mining For Gold: Identifying The Librarian's Toolkit For Managing Hybrid Oa, Jill Emery
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
This plenary presentation was given on April 8 at UKSG Conference 2013 and discusses the following points: (1.) Open access provision does not mean that access is provided with absolutely no cost associated with it. Management of open access publishing is an investment that libraries are making (2.) Open access publishing whether it is done in your library or outside of it still needs to be organized and managed. (3.) Open access within your institution is an enterprise-wide endeavor and this is especially true within the library itself. Whatever you do, do not create another silo of management. The video …
Assessing Through Reflection: Valuing Our Wisdom And Trusting Our Gut, Robert Schroeder
Assessing Through Reflection: Valuing Our Wisdom And Trusting Our Gut, Robert Schroeder
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
Reflection on teaching and learning of information literacy
Is Digital Better Than Analog? Considerations For Online Card Sort Studies : Screenshots, Emily Ford
Is Digital Better Than Analog? Considerations For Online Card Sort Studies : Screenshots, Emily Ford
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
The following are screenshots captured from Optimalsort.com. These screenshots display visualizations compiled by OptimalSort.com based on data collected using OptimalSort, an online card sort study tool. These images serve as supplemental material to Emily Ford's article, Is Digital better than analog? Considerations for online card sort studies, published in College & Research Libraries News. Volume 74 Number 5 and is available here: http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/9417
From 3x5 To Lcd: Considerations And How-Tos For Conducting Online Card Sort Studies, Emily Ford
From 3x5 To Lcd: Considerations And How-Tos For Conducting Online Card Sort Studies, Emily Ford
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
What is an online card sort and why use it? Why not? What should libraries consider when designing usability studies that incorporate online card sort methods? Using a recent experience conducting an online card sort study as a framework, the pros and cons of conducting online card sort studies will be examined, and practical tips and how-to knowledge will be offered.
Accountability Vs. Improvement: Seeking Balance In The Value Of Academic Libraries Initiative, Meredith G. Farkas
Accountability Vs. Improvement: Seeking Balance In The Value Of Academic Libraries Initiative, Meredith G. Farkas
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
The article focuses on a program by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) which focused on finding ways for libraries to show value and create a research agenda on the subject of value. The initiative produced "The Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report" focused on demonstrating correlations between library collections, instructions and student success. It notes the importance of libraries showing value to those who determine funding levels.
Building And Sustaining A Culture Of Assessment: Best Practices For Change Leadership, Meredith G. Farkas
Building And Sustaining A Culture Of Assessment: Best Practices For Change Leadership, Meredith G. Farkas
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the idea of using Kotter's eight-step model for change leadership to create a culture of assessment that is embedded in the organizational culture of an academic library. Design/methodology/approach – This is a conceptual paper that examines the potential application of a business change model to an academic library change context. Each step of Kotter's model is described within the context of building a culture of assessment, supported by examples and suggestions from the literature of libraries, higher education, organizational behavior and change leadership. Findings – While building a culture of …
From Exhaustion To Exhilaration: Assessing Librarian Job Satisfaction With Virtual Reference, Arthur Hendricks, Sherry Buchanan
From Exhaustion To Exhilaration: Assessing Librarian Job Satisfaction With Virtual Reference, Arthur Hendricks, Sherry Buchanan
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
Purpose – Librarians respond to staffing L-net, Oregon's statewide reference chat service, in different ways. The aim of this paper is to create a survey to look for ways to improve the statewide service and improve the experience of chat librarians (as well as patrons). Design/methodology/approach – The authors surveyed L-net librarians to learn their thoughts and satisfaction with answering L-net chat questions. They collected anonymous survey data via PSU's web survey software (Qualtrics). The survey instrument was a mixture of qualitative and quantitative questions. The survey consisted of 29 questions. Findings – While the literature has many articles regarding …
Meeting The Challenges Of Professional Committee Meetings, Robert Schroeder, Donald G. Frank
Meeting The Challenges Of Professional Committee Meetings, Robert Schroeder, Donald G. Frank
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
Librarians join many professional associations and work on a great number of professional committees over the course of their careers. Working on a committee as a member can be a challenge, and the challenges can be even greater if you are chairing the committee. The authors summarize some of the key points for planning and executing effective and enjoyable meetings. Get tips as well on how to follow through to get results and how to improve future meetings.
Library Faculty And Instructional Assessment: Creating A Culture Of Assessment Through The High Performance Programming Model Of Organizational Transformation, Meredith G. Farkas, Lisa J. Hinchliffe
Library Faculty And Instructional Assessment: Creating A Culture Of Assessment Through The High Performance Programming Model Of Organizational Transformation, Meredith G. Farkas, Lisa J. Hinchliffe
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
In an environment in which libraries increasingly need to demonstrate their value to faculty and administrators, providing evidence of the library’s contribution to student learning through its instruction program is critical. However, building a culture of assessment can be a challenge, even if librarians recognize its importance. In order to lead change, coordinators of library instruction at institutions where librarians are also tenure-track faculty must build trust and collaboration, lead through influence, and garner support from administration for assessment initiatives. The purpose of this paper is to explore what it takes to build a culture of assessment in academic libraries …