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Practicing What We Preach: Showcasing Oer Through The Creation Of A Research Strategies Textbook, Rebecca M. Marrall, Jenny K. Oleen

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Learn how an academic library at a Master's granting university published an open access textbook, intended for undergraduate students and authored by librarians and library professionals. This textbook was an edited anthology intended to supplement a library-based credit course in research strategies and academic success. This poster session will provide an overview of the process and the final product, alongside an electronic toolkit of resources for attendees.

Additional materials are available here.

Jump Start Your Scholarly Communication Initiatives: Lessons Learned From Redesigning The Scholarly Communications Roadshow For A New Generation Of Librarians, William Cross, Jenny K. Oleen, Anali Perry

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

The ACRL’s Scholarly Communication Roadshow, which has been transforming librarianship since 2009, has transformed itself to meet the needs of a new generation of professionals. Grounded in almost a decade’s worth of data about effective instruction and the latest strategies for engaging emerging topics, this paper will prepare you to jump start your own program.

How To Use The Research Process, Rebecca M. Marrall, Jenny K. Oleen

The Research Process: Strategies for Undergraduate Students

Learn how use this textbook in multiple instructional settings. Intended for faculty, subject librarians, and students.

Table Of Contents, Rebecca M. Marrall, Jenny K. Oleen

The Research Process: Strategies for Undergraduate Students

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Conclusions, Rebecca M. Marrall, Jenny K. Oleen

The Research Process: Strategies for Undergraduate Students

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Chapter 02 - The Learning Commons, Shevell Thibou

The Research Process: Strategies for Undergraduate Students

Learn about the Learning Commons partners at Western Washington University Libraries, and discover how they can contribute to your academic success.

Chapter 01 - The Research Process & Scholarly Communication, Jenny K. Oleen

The Research Process: Strategies for Undergraduate Students

Learn about scholarly communication, the four stages of the research process, and how to plan for a successful research project.

Chapter 04 - Onesearch, Rebecca M. Marrall

The Research Process: Strategies for Undergraduate Students

Learn how to search, retrieve results, and navigate throughout the user interface of Western Washington University Libraries’ shared catalog.

Chapter 07 - Government Sources, Robert Lopresti

The Research Process: Strategies for Undergraduate Students

Learn about government documents, and how they contribute to the research process.

Chapter 03 - Find & Evaluate Information Sources At Western Libraries, Peter A. Smith, Rebecca M. Marrall

The Research Process: Strategies for Undergraduate Students

Learn to identify and evaluate information sources that can support your research.

Chapter 08 - Heritage Resources, Paul S. Piper, Rozlind Koester

The Research Process: Strategies for Undergraduate Students

Learn about using materials from Western Washington University Libraries’ Heritage Resources units as a part of the research process.

Chapter 05 - Article Databases, Elizabeth Stephan

The Research Process: Strategies for Undergraduate Students

Learn about article databases, and how to maximize the search features within.

Chapter 09 - Children & Teen Literatures, Sylvia Tag

The Research Process: Strategies for Undergraduate Students

Learn how to use materials from Western Washington University Libraries' Children's and Teens Literature collections as a part of the research process.

Chapter 06 - Web Literacy, Rebecca M. Marrall, Jenny K. Oleen

The Research Process: Strategies for Undergraduate Students

Identify the concepts of web literacy; learn about Google and Wikipedia as research tools; and explore the Digital Divide phenomenon.

Chapter 11 - Copyright & Fair Use, Jenny K. Oleen

The Research Process: Strategies for Undergraduate Students

Learn how copyright and Fair Use affects your research.

Chapter 10 - Writing As Inquiry, Writing As Thinking, Carmen Werder

The Research Process: Strategies for Undergraduate Students

Discover how writing enhances the inquiry process, and how to synthesize your research materials into a first draft.

The Research Process: Instructor Workbook, Rebecca M. Marrall, Jenny K. Oleen

The Research Process: Strategies for Undergraduate Students

Sample assignments for The Research Process: Strategies for Undergraduate Students provided by the chapter authors.

Open Access Publishing In Higher Education: Charting The Challenging Course To Academic And Financial Sustainability, Mark I. Greenberg Mls, Ph.D.

Journal of Educational Controversy

The benefits, pitfalls, and sustainability of open access publishing are hotly debated. Commercial publishers dominate the marketplace and oppose alternative publishing models that threaten their bottom line. Scholars’ use of open access remains relatively limited due to awareness and perceived benefits to their professional goals. Readership of open access publications is generally strong, but some people disagree that more readers leads to increased citations and research impact. Libraries have grown their influence by supporting and promoting open access, but these efforts come with significant financial costs. Today, open access has flourished most significantly as a philosophy: the belief that the …

Publishing And Archiving Trends In Open Access: Preliminary Results, Jenny K. Oleen

Jenny K. Oleen

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Publishing And Archiving Trends In Open Access: Preliminary Results, Jenny K. Oleen

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

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Staffing And Workflow Of A Maturing Institutional Repository, Jenny K. Oleen, Debora L. Madsen

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Institutional repositories (IRs) have become established components of many academic libraries. As an IR matures it will face the challenge of how to scale up its operations to increase the amount and types of content archived. These challenges involve staffing, systems, workflows, and promotion. In the past eight years, Kansas State University's IR (K-REx) has grown from a platform for student theses, dissertations, and reports to also include faculty works. The initial workforce of a single faculty member was expanded as a part of a library-wide reorganization, resulting in a cross-departmental team that is better able to accommodate the expansion …