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Open Access And Copyright For Theses And Dissertations, Meghan Banach

Meghan Banach Bergin

The event will give graduate students an overview of open access and the benefits of choosing open access for electronic theses and dissertations. An overview of copyright and fair use as it relates to theses and dissertations will also be presented.

Ripple Effect: Etds, Workflows, And Policies One Year After "A Bigger Splash", Todd Bruns, Stacey Knight-Davis

Todd A. Bruns

NOTE: A revised and updated version of this presentation was given at the 2014 United States Electronic Theses and Dissertations Association annual conference in Orlando FL in September 2014. Since 2008 EIU has been digitizing ETDs and making them available via the library catalog, I-Share (the state of IL consortia catalog), and WorldCat. It was only after ETDs were included in the institutional repository (The Keep) that the majority of faculty became fully aware of how accessible these theses had become. This dawning realization led to important conversations with faculty and other stakeholders about concerns regarding publishing, grant approval, and …

Open Access At Valparaiso University: Two Perspectives - The User And The Publisher, Jonathan Bull

Jonathan Bull

This is part 2 of 2 of the presentation, "Open Access: Resources of tomorrow or Resources of a lower-quality?" which was presented at the Indiana Library Federation (District 1) conference on May 1, 2012. In this presentation, I discuss current Open Access initiatives at Valparaiso University as well as the Valpo user experience in relation to Open Access resources. Part 1 of 2 was "Open Access: The Basics," presented by Joseph Coates, Reference Coordinator at Calumet College of St. Joseph.

Presenting And Preserving Your Scholarship With Digital Commons @ Spu, Kristen Hoffman, Michael Paulus Jr.

Kristen Hoffman

Learn about self-archiving is and what benefits it offers, see an overview of the Digital Commons @ SPU (http://digitalcommons.spu.edu) system, and learn how to contribute your scholarship.

You're Starting A What?: Talking To Faculty, Staff, And Students About Digital Commons @ Spu, Kristen Hoffman

Kristen Hoffman

Picking Up The Pieces: A Retro Etd Project At Utah State University, Richard W. Clement

Richard W. Clement

Inspired by the many accomplishments of our NDLTD colleagues, the Merrill-Cazier Library decided that our current and very successful ETD program (comprising 1800 titles) was not sufficient and that we needed to go back and digitize and make available the previous 100 years of theses and dissertations produced at Utah State University. We recognized that all our theses and dissertations should be made available on our IR, DigitalCommons @ USU. That realization, and reallocation of resources, was the easy part. Our first difficulty was to identify all the previous theses and dissertation and create a registry. From the online catalog …

From Conception To Reality: Building A Successful Ir At Utah State University, Richard W. Clement

Richard W. Clement

Utah State University's conception for its institutional repository has been broad from the outset. Our vision has extended far beyond depositing copies of ETDs and collecting previously published peer-reviewed faculty articles, though these remain important components. We recognized and envisioned a broad continuum of scholarly content created on campus that would benefit from the greater access and visibility afforded by deposit in an IR. This continuum ranges from the University Press and scholarly journals to the reports of the Agricultural Extension Service and the technical reports of the Utah Water Laboratory to student research posters, and much more. We also …

Selectedworks And Digital Commons: An Ideal Partnership, Tim Tamminga

Tim Tamminga

SelectedWorks can serve as an integral part of your Digital Commons repository by providing each faculty member with a well-designed site for showcasing their work. Topics include: How schools are successfully providing SelectedWorks as a service to faculty How faculty are benefiting from SelectedWorks How libraries are using SelectedWorks to harvest into Digital Commons

So What Is Digital Commons? A Presentation During Ala Midwinter 2011, Tim Tamminga

Tim Tamminga

This presentation followed Paul Royster's presentation titled "The Institutional Repository as a Tool for Librarians ." It was intended to show how schools are using Digital Commons to store and showcase a variety of content: digital collections, student research (e.g., theses and dissertations), institutional and community materials, scholarly publishing (journals and monographs), events such as conferences, and articles (pre- and postprint).

Institutional Repositories For Medical Schools, Tim Tamminga

Tim Tamminga

The presentation explores why a medical school or health sciences organization ought to implement an Institutional Repository. The presentation also describes what some medical school are doing with their repositories. This presentation with audio can be seen on Vimeo at http://vimeo.com/15610845

Catching The Wave: Academic Library As Scholarly Publisher, Tim Tamminga

Tim Tamminga

The presentation covers the following topics: - Scholarly journal publishing: an environmental scan - A glimpse at how a publishing system works - Communities within the School who need publishing services and the publishing possibilities - Why should the library provide publishing services?

New And Alternative Directions In Scholarly Publishing: The Berkeley Electronic Press Experience, Tim Tamminga

Tim Tamminga

Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) was formed as an alternative to commercial scholarly publishing. The presentation examines bepress's guest access to its electronic journals, and examples of universities that are using bepress's Digital Commons to launch their own scholarly peer-reviewed electronic journals and series. The presentation also examines how scholarly publishing can support teaching faculty as well as research faculty.

Digital Commons: Publishing Undergraduate Student Research, Tim Tamminga

Tim Tamminga

An institutional repository can be used to showcase undergraduate scholarship in a number of ways. These examples suggest that teaching schools can use Digital Commons as effectively as research universities.

The Changing Landscape Of Scholarly Communication & The Role Of An Institutional Repository, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

This presentation outlines new emerging areas of scholarly communication that are being seen in Academic Libraries, the relationship to institutional repositories, and to the changing roles of academic librarians.

Digital Commons: Examples Of Successful Repositories, Tim Tamminga

Tim Tamminga

Digital Commons is used by over 120 institutions around the world. This presentation explores how these institutions are using Digital Commons to extend their services to faculty, researchers, departments and the institution.

Library Space Redesign (Virtual), Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

This session will present a series of "think pieces" for both librarians and other campus constituencies to explore as we create new ways of working together to meet the needs of students, faculty and researchers of the 21st century. Topics will include new scholarly communication techniques, digital repositories, new partnerships and ways of marketing our scholarly outreach activities, and examine the implications for our current and future workforce.

Tapping Utah's Scholarly Works, Cheryl D. Walters, Jeff Belliston, Allyson Mower

Cheryl D. Walters

Academic institutions in Utah talk about the institutional repositories (IRs) they have created to provide open access to the intellectual output of their university faculty, staff, and students. Covers platforms (Dspace, CONTENTdm, & Digital Commons), copyright, faculty outreach, collaboration on a statewide IR portal, etc.

Academic Library As Publishing Agent: Showcasing Student, Faculty, And Campus Scholarship And Publications, Teresa Fishel, Marilyn Billings, Allegra Gonzalez

Teresa A. Fishel

Academic libraries of all sizes can and must strategically position themselves to be a campus publisher. A means of doing this is to implement an IR, providing institutions an opportunity to showcase senior theses, and student and faculty peer-reviewed journals. Presentation includes representatives from a small college, a consortium of small colleges, and a university with a university press.

To Host Or Not To Host, Or, Decisions Along The Way To A Successful Hosted Repository Investment, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

The decision to host a digital repository or purchase a hosted solution can be a daunting one. What are some of the factors involved? Who should be consulted along the way? How does one go about making this decision? This presentation addresses these questions and the decision process that led the University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries to choose Digital Commons, the digital repository software developed and hosted by bePress. Several projects currently underway in ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst are highlighted.

The Institutional Repository And The Institution’S Mission, Tim Tamminga

Tim Tamminga

The presentation briefly looks at how libraries originally presented IRs. These approaches tended to fail. However, when the IR is aligned with the mission of the school, the odds of success are much higher. Libraries need a strategic approach to selling the value of the IR to the Provost and Deans

Combining Scholarly Publishing And Institutional Repositories, Tim Tamminga

Tim Tamminga

Scholarly publishing and Institutional Repositories work well together. Examples of publishing at various universities are shown in this presentation.

Issues With Scholarly Publishing, Tim Tamminga

Tim Tamminga

Universities are increasingly self-publishing scholarly research through formal journals or other forms of publishing. A parallel trend is to include or actually use the IR as the publishing platform. This presentation shows examples of how self-publishing and IRs can work well together.

Digitalcommons@Usu: Opening Usu Scholarship To All, Cheryl D. Walters

Cheryl D. Walters

Presentation introducing USU Library's new Institutional Repository

Research Showcase Projects Within Scholarworks @ Umass Amherst, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

This presentation highlights various types of research projects that are contained in the digital repository ScholarWorks @ UMass Amherst, a Digital Commons site.

Changing Scholarly Communications And The Role Of An Institutional Repository In The Digital Landscape, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

Presentation to University of Maine community (faculty, administration, librarians, and administration) about scholarly communication topics (author rights, copyright) and institutional repositories, using ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst as example of an IR.

Selected Digital Repository Projects At The University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

In this presentation, I describe the Digital Commons service at UMass Amherst and show a wide variety of ways we have developed our instance, ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst

Digital Repositories: A Umass Amherst Perspective, Fall 2007, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

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