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Your Publication, Your Choice: Choosing The Right Open Access Journal, Carla Cantagallo, Mary Congleton, Susan Foster-Harper, Adrian K. Ho

Generation Open: Researchers' Roles in the Age of Openness

An increasing number of research funders require free public access to the outcomes of funded research. To comply with the requirement, some researchers choose to publish their findings in open access journals. Given that there are so many choices, what should researchers consider when choosing an open access journal to publish?

To celebrate Open Access Week (October 20-26, 2014), the University of Kentucky Libraries hosted a workshop that aimed to help you answer the above question.

Information about open access is available from the University of Kentucky Libraries open access research guide.

Open Access, Stephanie K. Adamczak

SURGE

“Would you like to open a subscription to this journal?”

“Download this article for $35.00.”

“Sign up to receive access to this article.”

During my summer research I saw a lot of these windows pop up on my computer screen. One dead end followed by another. I grew weary of not having access to the studies that were highly pertinent to my area of research. Although my frustrations were never abated, I accepted this as my reality. I’ve acquiesced to the idea that my future as a researcher will be filled with endless hours of staring at a computer screen …

Schedule Of Events, Dinand Library, College Of The Holy Cross

Open Access Week at Holy Cross

Poster used to promote events sponsored by the Library during Open Access Week 2014: Generation Open.

Open Access Cookie Cutter, Chip Wolfe

Open Access Week at Gettysburg College

Print your own cookie cutter on a 3D printer using one of these files designed by Chip Wolfe, Digitization Specialist/Access Services Technician at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

The .dae file does not need to scaled; the .stl file will need to be scaled. The cutter was designed to be 14 mm deep and 85 mm top to bottom, but can be rescaled to whatever size you like.

UPDATE 10-25-16: Stephen Gray of University of Bristol modified the file (it reportedly had a spike that prevented it from fitting on the printer bed). The modified version is being shared here in hopes …

Reaching Our Students Using Instagram, #Hashtags, And National Library Week, Mallory R. Jallas, Stephanie Bowen

All Musselman Library Staff Works

Academic librarians are striving to outreach and promote libraries to students where they are. We oftentimes find ourselves asking… how do we find the students and how do we interact? At Gettysburg College we tackled these questions and devised engagement opportunities using social media and anchoring activities around popular spaces in the library. Our session will explain the planning, execution, and assessment of our projects and how it can be adapted to other libraries.

Open Access Sugar Cookie Recipe, Musselman Library

Open Access Week at Gettysburg College

A family recipe provided by Janelle Wertzberger, Director of Reference and Instruction. This is the perfect sugar cookie recipe to use with your open access cookie cutter. The cookies don't spread out when you bake them, and they taste delicious!

The Story Of The Open Access Cookie Cutter, Janelle Wertzberger

Open Access Week at Gettysburg College

The idea of an open access cookie cutter, how it was created with help from Chip Wolfe at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and a recipe to bake the perfect cookie. Perfect to serve at OA Week events!

Want to print your own cookie cutter? You can.

Door Hanger - Open Access Week At Gettysburg College, Musselman Library

Open Access Week at Gettysburg College

This print marketing piece was designed to complement online promotion of Open Access Week 2014 at Gettysburg College.

Door hangers provide a brief description of OA Week events aimed at faculty.

These were printed at our campus print shop at minimal cost. Circles were cut with a circle tool borrowed from the library's Badge-A-Minit button-making system. Door hangers were hung on every professor's office door.

Open Access Report Fall 2014, Benjamin Panciera

Information Services Staff Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

New Workflows For Research Publications And Repository At Smu, Pin Pin Yeo

Research Collection Library

The Singapore Management University started implementing a new solution for Integrated Research Information System (IRIS) in April 2014. Project background and some success factors is covered. IRIS would replace existing silo in-house systems. The key objective of IRIS is to have one system that takes care of ethics, research project management, grant management, publications and reporting. During the IRIS project implementation, the tasks performed included mapping of existing fields to the new IRIS and loading of existing data to IRIS test system. New workflows and some re-configuration of the default system were proposed.

Research Data Management And Curation Aspirations At Ntu And Smu Libraries, Wei Yeow Cheng, Tint Hla Hla Htoo

Research Collection Library

No abstract provided.

Information Outlook, September/October 2014, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2014

Volume 18, Issue 5

Project Management Open Access Presentation, Bruce Y. Yan

Interface Compendium of Student Work

This keynote presentation was created to illustrate the benefits of sharing your work to the open access community. It also contains information on showing how a user may copyright their work and provide attribution to other authors whose work they are borrowing from. Additionally, it contains notable works done by individuals around the world using open information and data accessible to the open access community.

It Takes A Library: Growing A Robust Institutional Repository In Two Years, Todd A. Bruns, Stacey Knight-Davis, Ellen K. Corrigan, J. Steve Brantley

Faculty & Staff Research & Creative Activity

In 2010, Booth Library began establishing an institutional repository, The Keep, an effort that involved multiple departments within the library. Potential content recruitment for the repository included large-scale digitization of archival materials and migration of previously created digital collections. Creation of the repository resulted in increased accessibility, better presentation of content that had existed on outmoded legacy web platforms, and the rescue of damaged content that had been disintegrating on other digital storage formats. By utilizing personnel across many departments and incorporating content from the Archives and Digital Collections areas, Booth Library has developed a robust institutional repository in only …

Technology As A Service: Using An Institutional Repository To Educate Faculty On Author’S Rights, Copyright, And Sharing Research Openly And Effectively, Andrew Wesolek

Presentations

In October of 2013, Clemson University launched its TigerPrints institutional repository. This IR is a key component in a suite of services designed to capture the scholarly output of the University and make it openly available to the world while supporting the online and open access publication of unique Clemson scholarship. This presentation will explore the fundamentals of institutional repositories, and the ways that they can be used as tools to educate researchers on copyright, author’s rights, and the benefits of openly sharing their research.

2014 Fall - Friendly Correspondence Newsletter, Courtright Memorial Library

Friends of the Library

No abstract provided.

Do We Speak The Same Language? A Study Of Faculty Perceptions Of Information Literacy, Jonathan Cope, Jesús E. Sanabria

Publications and Research

The authors analyze twenty in-depth interviews with faculty members about how they perceive information literacy (IL) to examine two key factors: how disciplinary background influences conceptions of IL among faculty members in academic departments and how the instructors’ perception of information literacy differs from that of professionals in library and information science. The investigators analyzed these interviews by utilizing a phenomenological method. The faculty members were interviewed at a four-year college, the College of Staten Island, and at a community college, the Bronx Community College, both part of the City University of New York.

Copyright, Fair Use, And Author Rights, Sue Ann Gardner

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

From the promotional flyer for this talk:

Copyright is a battlefield, and an author's control over his/her own work can easily become collateral damage or go missing in action. Many publishers believe they have an inherent right to own the intellectual property arising from your grant-funded research and to live off the earnings of written works that you had little choice but to give them for free or pay them to publish.

In this session, you will learn more about U.S. Copyright Law, authors' rights, fair use, and protecting your intellectual property. You will learn how to make copyright law …

Migrating Faculty Publications From A Department Website To An Institutional Repository, Meaghan Corbett, Christopher D. Cook

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

In October 2013, George Washington University's School of Public Health and Health Services (now the Milken Institute School of Public Health) approached the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library about moving a large collection of Health Policy Department publications and citations from the school's website into the Health Sciences Research Commons (HSRC) institutional repository. After a project planning meeting with the school's representative, library staff began uploading documents and citations from the collection. Working from a spreadsheet and file set provided by the school, library staff processed 604 citations (including 319 full-text files) dating back to 1996. Despite some problem files and …

Helping Principal Investigators Comply With The Nih Public Access Policy, Paul Levett

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

Recognizing the consequences of non-compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy (NIHPAP), Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library worked to identify NIHPAP non-compliant papers by GW faculty authors and help Principal Investigators (PI's) and their delegates get them into PubMed Central (PMC).

How Does Your Open Access Week Programming Grow?, Lee Dotson, Cynthia S. Dancel

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.

Scholarworks Usage Report, 09-2014, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

This report contains download and page view statistics for ScholarWorks, September 2014.

Successful Scholarly Communication At A Small University: Integration Of Education, Services, And An Institutional Repository At Valparaiso University, Jonathan Bull, Bradford Lee Eden

Library Faculty Publications

Beginning in 2011, the Christopher Center Library Services (CCLS) unit at Valparaiso University (VU) started implementing new scholarly communication services utilizing two different components: 1. the education and training of library staff in scholarly communication trends and issues; and 2. the implementation of ValpoScholar, VU’s institutional repository (IR) and its associated services. These components allowed for new skills to be developed, new services to be delivered and the library’s digital collections to grow with minimal impact to existing services. This model may provide a framework for other small institutions interested in adding scholarly communication services to their existing library services.

Furman University Scholar Exchange (Fuse) Institutional Repository Guidelines, Andrea M. Wright, Christy Allen

Libraries Institutional Records

The Furman University Scholar Exchange (FUSE) is an open access collection of scholarly, research, and creative works produced by faculty, students, staff, and other members of the Furman community. This document contains the mission, organization, and content guidelines for FUSE and the FUSE Scholar Profiles.

Library Involvement In Faculty Publication Funds, Jane D. Monson, Wendy Highby, Bette Rathe

University Libraries Publications

A faculty publication fund is a fairly new concept in scholarly communication, and academic institutions are experimenting with different models for the administration of funds designed to assist faculty who face prohibitive journal publication charges. Findings are reported from a survey-based, qualitative study of small and medium-sized academic libraries involved with open access faculty publication funds. The survey results and a case study of one library’s involvement in fund development are considered in light of the broader research questions: How are libraries engaging as facilitators of scholarly publishing, and what successes and challenges are they facing in this new role?

Creating A Knowledge Map For The Research Lifecycle, Sai Deng, Xiao Hu

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

In this study, a Knowledge Map (KM) was created based on the Research Lifecycle at the University of Central Florida to provide campus-wide services and resources to researchers. The KM aims to meet the needs of researchers and delivers guided searching and assistance in all aspects of research, including literature review, citation management, research data management, grant management, research work publication and dissemination. It elaborates the research processes and their associated services as presented in the Research Lifecycle, and links these points to various campus resources including those provided by the University Libraries, the Office of Research and Commercialization, the …

Furman University Scholar Exchange (Fuse) Submission Process And Agreement, Andrea M. Wright, Christy Allen

Libraries Institutional Records

This document provides an overview of how to submit content to the Furman University Scholar Exchange (FUSE). The document also includes the Submission Agreement which each scholar must accept every time they submit content to FUSE.

Cooking Up Cauldrons Of Content: Recipes For Video Tutorials, Rachel S. Evans

Articles, Chapters and Online Publications

Explores how libraries can benefit from creating video tutorials as a means of library instruction. Includes recommendations for hardware and software, tips such as liaising with stakeholders, best practices for video tutorial content and length, tracking tutorial effectiveness, and more. Offers example combinations of hardware and software based on the type of tutorial and varying library budget sizes.

Learning From Lin: Lessons And Cautions From The Natural Commons For The Knowledge Commons, Daniel H. Cole

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Scholarworks Usage Report, 08-2014, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

This report contains download and page view statistics for ScholarWorks, August 2014.