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Facilitating The Deposit Of Experimental Chemistry Data In Institutional Repositories: Project Spectra, Peter Morgan, Jim Downing, Peter Murray-Rust, Alan Tonge, Fiona Cotterill, Henry Rzepa, Lorraine Windsor Jun 2007

Facilitating The Deposit Of Experimental Chemistry Data In Institutional Repositories: Project Spectra, Peter Morgan, Jim Downing, Peter Murray-Rust, Alan Tonge, Fiona Cotterill, Henry Rzepa, Lorraine Windsor

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Institutional Open Access repositories are becoming established as an important part of the university library and information services infrastructure. While early efforts to populate them with content have concentrated on the deposit of peer-reviewed research papers, there is a growing awareness of their potential as repositories of data and other non-text materials, and consequently a need to develop strategies and procedures that can realise this potential. Chemistry as a discipline has been slower than the physical and biomedical sciences to adopt and exploit Open Access concepts in the handling of experimental data and research publications. Chemical information is essential to …


Interactive Activities Of Researchers Captured In Research Impact Assessment, Katarina Larsen Jun 2007

Interactive Activities Of Researchers Captured In Research Impact Assessment, Katarina Larsen

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Enabling International Access To Data Sets: The Distributed Data Curation Center (D2c2), James Mullins Jun 2007

Enabling International Access To Data Sets: The Distributed Data Curation Center (D2c2), James Mullins

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The challenge of accessing, maintaining, sharing and preserving massive datasets, generally referred to as data curation, has been a direct result of computational e-science. Although scientists and engineers recognized the problem, the solution was not apparent. The principles that underlay library science are not widely understood or appreciated by those outside librarianship. The theory and principles behind librarianship are obscured by historical application primarily to print materials – books and journals – however, the same principles that apply to organization, retrieval, and preservation of print materials apply to the digital realm as well. The National Science Foundation (NSF) in the …


International Research Assessment Revisited - A Comparison Between The Research Performance Of Kth And Selected Uk Universities, Folke Snickars, Björn Marklund, Tom Letcher Jun 2007

International Research Assessment Revisited - A Comparison Between The Research Performance Of Kth And Selected Uk Universities, Folke Snickars, Björn Marklund, Tom Letcher

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Upcommons: Global Access To Upc Knowledge, Roser Gómez Enrich, Marta López Vicancos Jun 2007

Upcommons: Global Access To Upc Knowledge, Roser Gómez Enrich, Marta López Vicancos

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Biomedical Literature Mining (And Why We Really Need Open Access), Lars Juhl Jensen Jun 2007

Biomedical Literature Mining (And Why We Really Need Open Access), Lars Juhl Jensen

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The Interim Evaluation Method Of The National Project For Institutional Repositories In Japan, Yuko Murakami Jun 2007

The Interim Evaluation Method Of The National Project For Institutional Repositories In Japan, Yuko Murakami

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The National Institute of Informatics (NII), Tokyo, Japan, was founded in April 2000 as an inter-university research institute. Its cyberscience infrastructure (CSI) initiative aims at providing industrial and social contributions as well as a base for international cooperation on scientific research. The initiative includes projects focusing on: networks, grid research, interuniversity public key infrastructure (UPKI), and scholarly content services. The project for institutional repositories (IRs), begun in 2004, is placed in the main focus of the CSI content project. In 2006, as the CSI initiative has put more emphasis on content services, NII began working with 57 universities to construct …


The Library As An Agent For Transforming Scholarly Communications, Wayne Johnston Jun 2007

The Library As An Agent For Transforming Scholarly Communications, Wayne Johnston

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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The Brazilian Model For Free Access To Scientific Publications, Pablo Ortellado, Jorge Machado Jun 2007

The Brazilian Model For Free Access To Scientific Publications, Pablo Ortellado, Jorge Machado

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Although Brazil lacks a cohesive national policy for free access to scientific publications, local initiatives by universities, funding agencies and state and federal government make up the framework for a full policy for free access. The paper aims at putting together the pieces and presenting a general picture of what such policy might be: free access to all Brazilian theses and dissertations through digital repositories; institutional protection for the copying of books for academic purposes; fomenting publicly funded peer-reviewed non author fee free access journals; qualitative (instead of quantitative/ impact based) evaluation for scientists publishing in free access journals. The …


From Full Text Storage To Full Contents Representation: Information Science Between Library Science And Informatics, Erik Sandewall Jun 2007

From Full Text Storage To Full Contents Representation: Information Science Between Library Science And Informatics, Erik Sandewall

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Monitoring Digital Library Activities – Status-, Trend- & Performance-Indicators Based On Analysis Of Openurl-Requests, Peter Ahrens Jun 2007

Monitoring Digital Library Activities – Status-, Trend- & Performance-Indicators Based On Analysis Of Openurl-Requests, Peter Ahrens

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Open Access And Repositories : Beyond Green And Gold, Jens Vigen Jun 2007

Open Access And Repositories : Beyond Green And Gold, Jens Vigen

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Global Access To Science – Meeting The Revolution, Tom Cochrane Jun 2007

Global Access To Science – Meeting The Revolution, Tom Cochrane

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

This paper considers the large changes occurring in the way science is done, and the global significance of such changes. It reviews the mission of librarianship in promoting access to science and then surveys developments in recent years specifically in improving open access to scientific publications, covering a range of issues including significant shifts in the public policy debate about access, as well as some of the arguments about the best means of achieving outcomes. It concludes with a review of fresh challenges in terms of access to scientific data (eResearch, eScience), and gives a view that while libraries cannot …


Assessing Digital Resources At The Tampere University Of Technology Library By Star Rating System, Arja Valta, Kirsi Lepistö Jun 2007

Assessing Digital Resources At The Tampere University Of Technology Library By Star Rating System, Arja Valta, Kirsi Lepistö

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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E-Science In Poland – Current State And Perspectives, Krystyna Kaczmarczyk, Dorota Lipinska Jun 2007

E-Science In Poland – Current State And Perspectives, Krystyna Kaczmarczyk, Dorota Lipinska

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Open Access - Reaching The Masses, Håkan Carlsson Jun 2007

Open Access - Reaching The Masses, Håkan Carlsson

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An Open Context For Small-Scale Field Science Data, Eric Kansa Jun 2007

An Open Context For Small-Scale Field Science Data, Eric Kansa

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A Model Of Scientifitc Communication Of A Global Distributed Information System, Bo-Christer Björk Jun 2007

A Model Of Scientifitc Communication Of A Global Distributed Information System, Bo-Christer Björk

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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How Open Access Journals And Repositories Facilitate Public Access To Publicly Funded Research, Marianne Josserand Haska Jun 2007

How Open Access Journals And Repositories Facilitate Public Access To Publicly Funded Research, Marianne Josserand Haska

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Open Access Publishing In Particle Physics, Rüdiger Voss Jun 2007

Open Access Publishing In Particle Physics, Rüdiger Voss

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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A System For Easy Access To Scientific Information Using Dois, Jan Brase, Irina Sens Jun 2007

A System For Easy Access To Scientific Information Using Dois, Jan Brase, Irina Sens

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Since 2005 the TIB is an official DOI registration agency. Scientific content, mostly primary data sets, resulting from public funded research can be awarded with a DOI by TIB to become accessible in any web browser worldwide.


Global Access To Science Information: The Changing Dynamics Of Access And Practices In India, Manik Mandal, K.C. Panda Jun 2007

Global Access To Science Information: The Changing Dynamics Of Access And Practices In India, Manik Mandal, K.C. Panda

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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The Disincentive Of E-Only, Alice Keller May 2007

The Disincentive Of E-Only, Alice Keller

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

This paper outlines the issues libraries face as they consider the transition from print (or hybrid) to electronic-only for journal literature. Although many library managers – in particular in the STM area – are keen to move as swiftly as possible to e-only, there is a series of drawbacks and problems which need to be addressed. This paper uses the three headings of Space, Costs and Availability to explore and discuss these issues. Even though there are many advantages in moving to e-only, there are also many disadvantages which make it more difficult to promote and can lead to serious …


Macro Trends In The Development Of The University Libraries Of Latin America., Atilio Bustos May 2006

Macro Trends In The Development Of The University Libraries Of Latin America., Atilio Bustos

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Cultivating Intelligence: Ecole Polytechnique De Montreal's New Library., Richard Dumont May 2006

Cultivating Intelligence: Ecole Polytechnique De Montreal's New Library., Richard Dumont

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

More than just a book repository, the new library at École Polytechnique de Montréal can be better described as a hotbed of intellectual activity. The library was specifically designed to foster learning, encourage research, facilitate collaboration and stimulate new ideas through its combination of technology, information, science and culture. From spatial planning to equipment to furnishings, everything was designed around the idea of an “intellectual forum.” This article presents the process by which the idea became reality.


Skills Developed By Students Of The Bibliography Research In Mechanical Engineering Discipline In The Technical Standardisation Of The Work., Elena Luzia Palloni Gonçalves, Elenise Maria De Araújo, Marielza Ortego Roma, Rosana Alvarez Paschoalino, Teresinha Das Graças Coletta May 2006

Skills Developed By Students Of The Bibliography Research In Mechanical Engineering Discipline In The Technical Standardisation Of The Work., Elena Luzia Palloni Gonçalves, Elenise Maria De Araújo, Marielza Ortego Roma, Rosana Alvarez Paschoalino, Teresinha Das Graças Coletta

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The process of teaching and learning on post-graduate courses should cover the ability to stimulate the academic environment through research and investigation, encouraging teachers and students to take a constructive attitude that challenges academic-scientific productivity. For scientific ability and the maturity of built knowledge to take place, the incentive to undertake research is fundamental, as is the corresponding mastery of electronic instrumentation and technologies. In this sense, the Library Service of the São Carlos School of Engineering of São Paulo University, in partnership with the Department of Mechanical Engineering has offered formal and specific training since 1995, within the User …


Quality Measures For Libraries And Information Services., Luiza Baptista Melo, Imaculada Cardosa Sampaio May 2006

Quality Measures For Libraries And Information Services., Luiza Baptista Melo, Imaculada Cardosa Sampaio

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The purpose of this article is to describe briefly two quality evaluation models for academic libraries: the Portuguese investigation proposes an action model to measure the performance of the libraries of the Universidade do Porto (UP). This tool is justified by the CAF – Common Assessment Framework (an auto-evaluation tool based on the European Foundation Quality Management Excellence Model), the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); the PAQ – Quality of Products and Services Evaluation Program of the SIBi/USP, based on the Model SERVQUAL, is an assessment research implemented in the academic libraries of the Universidade de …


Ebooks Publication: The Technology, The Contents, The How To Do; A Challenge To The Competences Share And Team Work., Ana Azevedo, Carlos Oliveira, Nuno Portela, Pedro Faria, Tiago Pereira May 2006

Ebooks Publication: The Technology, The Contents, The How To Do; A Challenge To The Competences Share And Team Work., Ana Azevedo, Carlos Oliveira, Nuno Portela, Pedro Faria, Tiago Pereira

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Producing eBooks is a complex task. Although they follow the well know book metaphor, Adobe Acrobat (1) eBooks may also include audiovisual media, hyperlinking structures, other interactive content and information layers. The process of production goes through an iterative cycle, where content authors team with designers, programmers, media producers and information architects. Its then crucial to optimize this process using software tools to help structuring the content, faciliting groupworking and metadata annotation. In this paper, we propose a new tool aiming the easy description of the relationships amongst different pieces of content and the fast prototyping of the navigation schema …


A National Library For Australian Educational Research., Sue Clarke May 2006

A National Library For Australian Educational Research., Sue Clarke

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The Australian Council for Educational Research – www.acer.edu.au – is Australia’s national educational research organisation. Its mission is to “create and promote research-based knowledge, products and services that can be used to improve learning”. The ultimate goal of ACER’s work is to improve outcomes for learners. We do this through reliable, scientific research and through the development of products and services grounded in dependable research. We create and disseminate research-based knowledge and develop and offer a variety of research-based professional resources and services. The Cunningham Library serves the ACER and as such is Australia’s national library for educational research. It …


Supporting The University Researcher, Jan Wilkinson May 2006

Supporting The University Researcher, Jan Wilkinson

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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