Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

We're Gonna Make It After All: Perspectives From Kent State University, Elizabeth A. Richardson, Virginia A. Dressler

Elizabeth A Richardson

Using Built-In Features, Stephanie Gaskins, Elizabeth Richardson

Elizabeth A Richardson

At Kent State, we work on Digital Commons all times of day so communication is important. We utilize many of bepress’s built-in features to facilitate this. Based on our conversations with other Digital Commons institutional repository managers, many of Digital Commons’ built-in features are not used or not used to their fullest potential. We are moving toward taking full advantage of built-in features in our workflow and hope to push beyond what is available and to suggest enhancements from bepress. We aim to use built-in features for training, internal communication within our team, external communication with authors and rights holders, …

Digital Commons @ Ksu Libraries, Tom Klingler, Elizabeth A. Richardson

Elizabeth A Richardson

Digital Commons @ Kent State University Libraries is a suite of services that showcase KSU scholarship. This session will demonstrate how you can use these services, including department-based Academic Communities, individual SelectedWorks pages, Galleries of images and other visual scholarship, peer reviewed Journal Publishing, and Conference & Event hosting.

Scanning Our Needs And Options: How Selecting An Overhead Scanner For Ill Was A Team Effort (Poster Session), Elizabeth A. Richardson, Cindy Kristof

Elizabeth A Richardson

With an aging overhead scanner that would no longer be covered under the vendor’s service contract, our ILL department was in the market for a new scanner. Determining our needs and evaluating our potential choices became a team effort involving everybody from undergraduate student employees to the Head of Access Services. Informal conversations were the first step, followed by perusal of sales materials for scanners on the market to determine features available. Every member of the Interlibrary Loan department was invited to complete a survey of preferred and necessary features. The survey prompted a high level of staff engagement in …