Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Centers Of Digital Scholarship And Library Leadership: Two Case Studies, Joan Giesecke, Harriette Hemmasi

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches

Today’s Library Is Supporting the changing patterns of teaching, learning & research by combining traditional & new knowledge resources & services with emerging information technology in inviting physical & online spaces
The Library is Vital in All Phases of Academic Life & Scholarly Communications
Library Leadership Within Centers of Digital Scholarship is One Critical Path to Keeping Libraries Vital
Digital Humanities Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Center for Digital Scholarship, Brown University

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Next Generation Catalogs (Ngcs) : Meeting User Needs With Metadata And Search Technology, Elaine L. Westbrooks

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches

Recommendations
• Become a beta partner with vendor
• Test load collections before going live
• Update cataloging codes to benefit your community
• Don’t expect to drastically change cataloging practices

Politics Of Promotion Career Strategies For Librarians, Elaine L. Westbrooks

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches

Defining "Politics"
The study of power
The use of one's power within an organization for the purpose of obtaining advantages beyond one's legitimate authority
Defining "Politics"
How power gets worked out on a practical, day-to-day basis
The art and science of getting things done

Open Access Availability Of Publications Of Faculty In Three Engineering Disciplines, Virginia A. Baldwin

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches

The analysis presented here provides a snapshot in time of the open access online availability of the five most recent works of engineering faculty in five institutions that overall have heavily populated institutional repositories. The incentive for the study was to provide a measure of the inclination of engineering faculty in specific disciplines to provide open access to their most current manuscripts or articles. The Web of Science database was used to choose the five most recent publications for each faculty member in each of three disciplines: civil, chemical, and mechanical engineering. The study was done for the five United …

Extensive Material Deselection In An Engineering Library, Virginia A. Baldwin

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches

GOAL

• Remove enough materials from the Engineering Library so that the circulating collection will all fit on the 2nd floor

• Reference, standards, new periodicals, new book display, & patent materials to remain on the 1^st floor

• Ultimate goal – make space for other functions that align with user needs

¨ Study space

¨ Group study rooms

¨ Computer bays

¨ No $$$$$

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Google Analytics: A Worm's-Eye View & Digitalcommons Usage Reports, Paul Royster

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches

How we use Google Analytics data and DigitalCommons usage reports to tell us about our global outreach, user audience, traffic patterns, and growth over time. Examples drawn from actual statistics for University of Nebraska-Lincoln Digital Commons.

To boil it down ...
1.Google Analytics & DC Usage Reports measure different things
2.Local audience is the most intensive
3.Global audience is also significant
4.Largest source = Google (therefore) Optimize for web search
5.Usage growth is exponential
6.Size and variety drive usage
7.Maintain consistent records

Unldigital Commons: Your Institutional Repository, Paul Royster

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Conference Presentations and Speeches

An Institutional Repository is an online locus for collecting, preserving, and disseminating —in digital form —the intellectual output of an institution, particularly a research institution.
There are > 900 worldwide, > 150 in USA, including: ...
UNL's ranks 2nd, with more than 39,000 documents.
UNL Participants include [100 names]
There are some whole departments/centers that we have been authorized to collect & upload.
Who has the most articles ?
Who gets the most downloads ?
Downloads: •3.6 million since 2006; •1.5 million in past 12 months; •Current average = 5,000 /day; •Average article = 5 times/month; •to 150+ countries worldwide (25% of …