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2018

Digital Commons

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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Migratory Patterns In Irs: Contentdm, Digital Commons And Flying The Coop, Michele Gibney, Kristin Laughtin-Dunker, Elizabeth Chance Jul 2018

Migratory Patterns In Irs: Contentdm, Digital Commons And Flying The Coop, Michele Gibney, Kristin Laughtin-Dunker, Elizabeth Chance

Michele Gibney

What is the importance of institutional history and special collections in a digital environment? Should these pieces of history have their own digital platform or be merged with the institutional repository? What role do repositories play in the institutional environment? What impact do digital historical collections have on the stakeholder contingent as well as the global community? The speakers will discuss the rationale behind migrating collections from CONTENTdm to institutional repositories (all using bepress’s Digital Commons platform). Reasons range from subscription costs to file format concerns to increased search optimization. The migratory act will be covered in terms of method …

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Contributing Material To The Montclair State University Institutional Repository, Denise O'Shea Apr 2018

Contributing Material To The Montclair State University Institutional Repository, Denise O'Shea

Denise O'Shea

Detailed instructions for contributing material to the Montclair State University Institutional Repository.

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Lesley University Library Newsletter, Vol. 2(1), Hedi Benaicha, Rachel Fernandez, Micki Harrington, Philip M. Siblo-Landsman, Abby Mancini, Mikayla Collins, Sam Quiñon Mar 2018

Lesley University Library Newsletter, Vol. 2(1), Hedi Benaicha, Rachel Fernandez, Micki Harrington, Philip M. Siblo-Landsman, Abby Mancini, Mikayla Collins, Sam Quiñon

Philip M. Siblo-Landsman

The second volume of the Lesley University Library Newsletter debuts a new layout. Topics covered include an overview of the 2016-2017 academic year, new library resources, an article on the librarian as a generalist, new faculty workshops, the development of information literacy tools for online learning, and an overview of scholarly publishing tools.

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Elsevier, Bepress, And A Glimpse At The Future Of Scholarly Communication, Cris Ferguson Dec 2017

Elsevier, Bepress, And A Glimpse At The Future Of Scholarly Communication, Cris Ferguson

Cris Ferguson

The acquisition of bepress by Elsevier in August 2017, while unpopular among many librarians, provides both companies opportunities for expansion and growth.  This Balance Point column outlines some of the benefits to both companies and the reaction by the library community. Also addressed is the announcement by the Penn Libraries that they are searching for a new open source repository potentially to replace bepress’s Digital Commons.  The column concludes with some discussion of Elsevier’s relationship with open access content and the impact of the acquisition on the scholarly communications infrastructure.

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Data And Msu Digital Commons.Pptx, Denise O'Shea Dec 2017

Data And Msu Digital Commons.Pptx, Denise O'Shea

Denise O'Shea

This presentation introduces faculty to the concept of Digital Commons as a data repository.

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Getting Started With Digital Commons, Denise O'Shea Dec 2017

Getting Started With Digital Commons, Denise O'Shea

Denise O'Shea

Introduction to Digital Commons (long version)

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