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Opening A Communication Channel With The Etd Librarian, Kelley Flannery Rowan Sep 2022

Opening A Communication Channel With The Etd Librarian, Kelley Flannery Rowan

Works of the FIU Libraries

This presentation will share the results of a new initiative developed by the ETD Librarian at Florida International University (FIU) to develop a personal connection between students and the ETD Librarian. The goal is threefold; to provide a personal contact and open communication channel within the library to whom students can address publishing best practices and concerns with, to better inform and engage students in the metadata process of submitting theses and dissertations, and to spur the growth of knowledge and usage of ORCID. A previous initiative that added an ORCID and a license option to the metadata fields had …


Is Creative Commons Right For Us?, Annelise Doll, Debra Charlesworth Sep 2021

Is Creative Commons Right For Us?, Annelise Doll, Debra Charlesworth

Michigan Tech Publications

In this presentation, Debra Charlesworth, Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs and Annelise Doll, Scholarly Communications and Repositories Librarian, both of Michigan Technological University, discuss their investigation into Creative Commons licensing for the open-access master’s theses, master’s reports, and dissertations (ETDRs) hosted on Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech, the University's institutional repository. In the spring of 2021, a colleague approached Doll, repository administrator, curious about whether there had ever been a conversation regarding Creative Commons licensing for the ETDRs. This led to a larger conversation with Charlesworth, who has served as the lead administrator of the ETDR collection …


Xsl File For Transformation Of Bepress Digital Commons Issue-Level Journal Xml To Crossref 4.4.2 Xml, Jeffrey M. Mortimore Dec 2020

Xsl File For Transformation Of Bepress Digital Commons Issue-Level Journal Xml To Crossref 4.4.2 Xml, Jeffrey M. Mortimore

Faculty Datasets

XSL stylesheet to transform bepress Digital Commons issue-level journal XML to Crossref 4.4.2 XML in preparation for batch upload to Crossref and DOAJ. As of December 2020, both Crossref and DOAJ accept Crossref 4.4.2 formatted XML for batch upload. Instructions appear in the stylesheet above the tag. Detailed instructions appear in a separate text file.


Comparing Institutional Repository Software: Pampering Metadata Uploaders, Craighton Hippenhammer Apr 2016

Comparing Institutional Repository Software: Pampering Metadata Uploaders, Craighton Hippenhammer

Faculty Scholarship – Library Science

This article highlights the key concepts of institutional repositories and identifies the strengths of Digital Commons and Wesleyan Holiness Digital Library products. Special attention is given to software structures and features, support systems, and factors that impact quality. Parts of this article were given as an Association of Christian Librarians annual national conference workshop presentation presented at Carson-Newman University, Jefferson City, Tennessee, June 11, 2015.


Pampering Uploaders: Easing The Metadata Upload Process, Craighton T. Hippenhammer Jul 2015

Pampering Uploaders: Easing The Metadata Upload Process, Craighton T. Hippenhammer

Faculty Scholarship – Library Science

Digital Commons has done a pretty good job at keeping its metadata forms user friendly. First, the form should be as simple as we can make it. Hide metadata fields that are not needed for the document type at hand. Second, add fields that you need but other universities may not. Digital Commons’ support staff has no problem creating special fields for us. Third, use dropdown lists to pick options when options are limited and known. And fourth, make the most-often-chosen option into the readily visible default option. All of these will save time and cut down on confusion.


Comparing Institutional Repository Software: Pampering Metadata Uploaders, Craighton T. Hippenhammer Jun 2015

Comparing Institutional Repository Software: Pampering Metadata Uploaders, Craighton T. Hippenhammer

Faculty Scholarship – Library Science

Compares Digital Commons, a mature institutional repository, with the Wesleyan Holiness Digital Library (WHDL), a newly developed repository, examining software features, specifications, handling of document types, quality factors, search functions and the necessity of great support.


A Digital Collection Center's Experience: Etd Discovery, Promotion, And Workflows In Digital Commons, Kelley F. Rowan Jun 2015

A Digital Collection Center's Experience: Etd Discovery, Promotion, And Workflows In Digital Commons, Kelley F. Rowan

Works of the FIU Libraries

This presentation was given at the Digital Commons Southeastern User Group conference at Winthrop University, South Carolina on June 5, 2015. The presentation discusses how the digital collections center (DCC) at Florida International University uses Digital Commons as their tool for ingesting, editing, tracking, and publishing university theses and dissertations. The basic DCC workflow is covered as well as institutional repository promotion.