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Recalibrating The Stream: Getting Back To "Normal In Video Acquisitions, Elsa Loftis
Recalibrating The Stream: Getting Back To "Normal In Video Acquisitions, Elsa Loftis
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
In this talk, Elsa Loftis will outline what changed in streaming collections and demand for streaming film during the swift switch to remote learning during COVID-19 at Portland State University. Now that courses have returned to in-person and budgets have depressed, how do we adjust? This presentation will outline policy changes made at PSU, and chronicle the trends and demands across streaming platforms, as well as lessons learned about content delivery during and after the pandemic.
A Multi-Institutional Model For Advancing Open Access Journals And Reclaiming Control Of The Scholarly Record, Christopher V. Hollister, Karen Bjork, Stewart Brower
A Multi-Institutional Model For Advancing Open Access Journals And Reclaiming Control Of The Scholarly Record, Christopher V. Hollister, Karen Bjork, Stewart Brower
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
The open access journal Communications in Information Literacy (CIL) began publication in 2007. After ten years of continuous growth, CIL migrated from Online Journals Systems (OJS) and a commercial web host to Portland State’s Digital Commons (bepress) publishing platform, PDXScholar. The presenters provide brief overviews of CIL and PDXScholar, and they detail the challenges and ultimate successes of this multi-institutional model for advancing open access journals and reclaiming control of the scholarly record. They highlight the content migration process from OJS to PDXScholar, post-migration actions to correct metadata, the introduction of functioning DOIs, and coordinating with both …
Beyond “No”: Best Practices For Responding To Resource Requests, Kerry Wu
Beyond “No”: Best Practices For Responding To Resource Requests, Kerry Wu
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
At a recent BRASS Virtual Discussion, business librarians commiserated over the shared frustration of having to say “no” regularly to resource requests (RUSA_BRASS, n.d.). As a midcareer business librarian, I still feel the discomfort after having said “no” numerous times. In this article, I will share some of the practices I have found helpful in responding to requests from business faculty for new databases or journals, especially when I have to say “no” without burning bridges.
Pdxscholar Annual Report 2020, Karen Bjork, Sherry Buchanan, David Coate, Bertrand Robinson, Stacey Schlatter
Pdxscholar Annual Report 2020, Karen Bjork, Sherry Buchanan, David Coate, Bertrand Robinson, Stacey Schlatter
Library Faculty Publications and Presentations
This report details the tenth year of operation for PDXScholar, Portland State University's institutional repository. The report covers the period between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020.
The 2020 report highlights the exponential growth of PDXScholar with almost 2.1 million (2,094,796) full text downloads. This is an increase of approximately 800,000 downloads from 2019, representing a 62% increase.
The report also focuses on our work to bring online new collections and to highlight research impacting our communities, academics, and personal lives.