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Practicing What We Preach: Showcasing Oer Through The Creation Of A Research Strategies Textbook, Rebecca M. Marrall, Jenny K. Oleen Mar 2017

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.

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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 Mar 2017

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.


Publishing And Archiving Trends In Open Access: Preliminary Results, Jenny K. Oleen Mar 2014

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 Feb 2013

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 …