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Navigating The Political Waters Of Open Access Publishing In Libraries, Carol Ann Davis, Wendy Robertson, Charlene Simser
Navigating The Political Waters Of Open Access Publishing In Libraries, Carol Ann Davis, Wendy Robertson, Charlene Simser
Digital Scholarship Services Faculty and Staff Publications
The presenters will share their research on politics in library publishing, published in 2016 in the book "Open Access and the Future of Scholarly Communication." Many libraries have forayed into the world of open access (OA) publishing, marking a major shift in the mission of libraries to move from providing access to content to generating and creating content. The presenters will discuss the politics and issues involved, highlight the approaches various libraries have taken—and the challenges faced—in selecting a platform, writing a business plan, planning for preservation, educating researchers about OA publishing, working with a university press, marketing, and navigating …
Scholarly Publishing Literacy: Reaching Our Researchers, Carol Borchert, Jason Boczar
Scholarly Publishing Literacy: Reaching Our Researchers, Carol Borchert, Jason Boczar
Digital Scholarship Services Faculty and Staff Publications
For the past several years, librarians have been building repositories and publishing programs, becoming increasingly adept in producing and determining the quality of open access publications. Though researchers may be experts within their own subject areas, many aspects of the publishing process remain a mystery to them. Understanding when to request copyright permissions or how to negotiate their own rights with publishers are sometimes afterthoughts in the research process. Some of our faculty or even students may fall prey to predatory publishing practices, not knowing what criteria to apply in evaluating new publication outlets. In our role as library publishers, …
Preserving Content From Your Institutional Repository, Wendy Robertson, Carol Ann Borchert
Preserving Content From Your Institutional Repository, Wendy Robertson, Carol Ann Borchert
Digital Scholarship Services Faculty and Staff Publications
Between institutional repositories and hosting journals, many libraries are becoming responsible for scholarly content in new ways. While PDFs are the most common format today, the unique, local, serial content may be in variety of formats. These items may be digitized text, born digital text, audio, video, or images. This presentation will discuss formats that will remain accessible through time (PDF/A, txt, xml) so that content is not locked in proprietary formats. It will also discuss options for backing up items and associated metadata, including simple back-ups, off-site storage of files, LOCKSS, Private LOCKSS Networks, and Portico. The presenters will …