Implementing Institutional Repository (Ir) System In A Multi-Campus International University: Nuts And Bolts,
2013
Aga Khan University
Implementing Institutional Repository (Ir) System In A Multi-Campus International University: Nuts And Bolts, Ashraf Sharif
Libraries
The Aga Khan University (AKU) is serving through eleven campuses spread across eight countries in three continents. It has a network of eleven libraries, although small in size, in five developing courtiers in three regions (South Asia, East Africa, and Europe). The university has recently implemented an Institutional Repository (IR) system to show-case the intellectual and scholarly output of the university. The selection of this system was done after a thorough study of available platforms, and in line with AKU vision and mission. The stakeholders were involved in decision making. After a careful evaluation of the teams involved, Digital Commons …
Crafting Identity, Collaboration, And Relevance For Academic Librarians Using Communities Of Practice,
2013
Valparaiso University
Crafting Identity, Collaboration, And Relevance For Academic Librarians Using Communities Of Practice, Nora Belzowski, J. Parker Ladwig, Thurston Miller
Collaborative Librarianship
Faculty/librarian collaboration is vital for librarians to remain integral to the academy. We now have an opportunity to change how we perceive ourselves and how we are perceived by faculty and administrators. There are viable solutions for expanding the role of the librarian in ways that could lead to better faculty partnerships. First, librarians must be grounded in a shared purpose and professional identity and establish a contextual framework for our own professional ‘boundaries.’ We cannot create an intersection with the knowledge and experience of others if we do not have an understanding of our own frame. Interviews and investigation …
Discoverability Challenges And Collaboration Opportunities Within The Scholarly Communications Ecosystem: A Sage White Paper Update,
2013
University of Colorado Denver
Discoverability Challenges And Collaboration Opportunities Within The Scholarly Communications Ecosystem: A Sage White Paper Update, Mary M. Somerville, Lettie Conrad
Collaborative Librarianship
The prominence of mainstream search engines and the rise of web-scale, pre-indexed discovery services present new challenges and opportunities for publishers, librarians, vendors, and researchers. With the aim of furthering collaborative conversations, SAGE commissioned a study of opportunities for improving academic discoverability with value chain experts in the scholarly communications ecosystem. Results were released in January 2012 as a white paper titled Improving Discoverability of Scholarly Content in the Twentieth Century: Collaboration Opportunities for Librarians, Publishers, and Vendors. Following the white paper, this article explores the implications for these findings through review of commissioned studies, research reports, journal articles, conference …
Collaborative Marketing For Electronic Resources: A Project Report And Discussion,
2013
Loyola Marymount U
Collaborative Marketing For Electronic Resources: A Project Report And Discussion, Marie Kennedy
Collaborative Librarianship
This article reports on the design and findings of a project concerning the feasibility of a collaborative model to benchmark the marketing of electronic resources in institutions of higher education. This international project gathered 100 libraries to move in lockstep through the process of a typical marketing cycle that included running a brief marketing campaign and reporting findings to each other. The findings show good reasons and strong support for this kind of model.
Going “All-In” For Deep Collaboration,
2013
Collaborative Librarianship
Going “All-In” For Deep Collaboration, Valerie Horton
Collaborative Librarianship
No abstract provided.
Assessment Of Library Instruction On Undergraduate Student Success In A Documents-Based Research Course: The Benefits Of Librarian, Archivist, And Faculty Collaboration,
2013
Eastern Washington University
Assessment Of Library Instruction On Undergraduate Student Success In A Documents-Based Research Course: The Benefits Of Librarian, Archivist, And Faculty Collaboration, Paul Victor Jr., Justin Otto, Charles Mutschler
Collaborative Librarianship
This article discusses a successful collaboration between multiple subject specialist librarians, the University Archivist and a faculty member teaching an undergraduate course in documents-based social science research. This collaborative partnership allowed for each subject specialist to expose students to specific information literacy skills they needed to be successful in their class. The authors used pre- and postassessments to gauge student comfort level in conducting library research, as well as a rubric to assess the annotated bibliography of a student’s final research paper. The data from these assessment tools are analyzed and the results discussed. The data indicates that students benefited …
Scholar-Librarian Collaboration In The Publication Of Scholarly Materials,
2013
University of Saskatchewan
Scholar-Librarian Collaboration In The Publication Of Scholarly Materials, Craig Harkema, Brent Nelson
Collaborative Librarianship
Recent developments in scholarly publication and the new directions being pursued in both humanities departments and libraries in the production of digital content provide opportunity for scholars and libraries to explore new models for working together to produce and disseminate scholarly materials. We offer as a first step toward a model for publication the case of Opuscula: Short Texts of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (OSTMAR), a hybrid form of publication that leverages the university library infrastructure to create a platform for the publication of scholarly primary materials, an area of publication formerly reserved for the commercial press. This model …
Review Of Connect, Collaborate, And Communicate: A Report From The Value Of Academic Libraries Summits,
2013
Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN
Review Of Connect, Collaborate, And Communicate: A Report From The Value Of Academic Libraries Summits, Martha E. Hardy
Collaborative Librarianship
No abstract provided.
Collaborative Librarianship: Five Years And Counting,
2013
Collaborative Librarianship
Collaborative Librarianship: Five Years And Counting, Ivan Gaetz
Collaborative Librarianship
No abstract provided.
Independent Study Equals Instant Collaboration,
2013
San Jose State University, School of Library and Information Science
Independent Study Equals Instant Collaboration, Alison Peters
Collaborative Librarianship
No abstract provided.
Review Of Common Ground At The Nexus Of Information Literacy And Scholarly Communication,
2013
U of Wyoming
Review Of Common Ground At The Nexus Of Information Literacy And Scholarly Communication, Kaijsa Calkins
Collaborative Librarianship
No abstract provided.
Technology Innovations In Publishing: New Directions In Academic And Cultural Communication.,
2013
CUNY Hostos Community College
Technology Innovations In Publishing: New Directions In Academic And Cultural Communication., Elisabeth Tappeiner, Kate Lyons
Publications and Research
Over time, publishing technologies have not only influenced how people read, but also how knowledge is evaluated and authority is established. Social and mobile technologies represent relatively recent developments that have transformed the trade publishing world, but the extent to which they have affected academic publishing remains an open question. This article examines the rapid and disruptive transformations in the trade and digital publishing world, discusses how these developments have already intersected with the work of academics and considers how these changes might continue to transform the dissemination of academic research in the future.
Outreach: What Works?,
2013
University of Houston
Outreach: What Works?, Catherine Essinger, Irene Ke
Collaborative Librarianship
This paper reports on an environmental scan of outreach activities conducted at the University of Houston Libraries in 2007 and the changes to outreach which have taken place in the intervening five years. The authors found that the development of long-term relationships and customized communication was essential to successful outreach.
Lcf – Collaborating Internationally To Leap Forward,
2013
Galecia Group
Lcf – Collaborating Internationally To Leap Forward, Lori Bowen Ayre
Collaborative Librarianship
No abstract provided.
Implementing A Promotional Process For Academic Librarians,
2013
Duquesne University
Implementing A Promotional Process For Academic Librarians, Robert Behary, Leslie Lewis, Bridget Euliano
Collaborative Librarianship
This article describes how the librarians at Duquesne University’s Gumberg Library developed a system for the promotion of academic librarians. While some of the details in the article may apply only to the faculty at Gumberg Library, the thesis of this article is that other academic librarians wishing to develop similar promotional systems might benefit from what we have learned. Library faculty at other institutions should be aware of the practical aspects of aligning the library promotional path with established university structures, working with existing library culture, and making provisions for the initial cohort to work with the new guidelines. …
Review Of Beyond The Silos Of The Lams: Collaboration Among Libraries, Archives, And Museums,
2013
University of North Texas
Review Of Beyond The Silos Of The Lams: Collaboration Among Libraries, Archives, And Museums, Beth Thomsett-Scott
Collaborative Librarianship
No abstract provided.
Introduction To Altmetrics For Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics (Stem) Librarians,
2013
Syracuse University
Introduction To Altmetrics For Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics (Stem) Librarians, Linda M. Galloway, Janet Pease, Anne E. Rauh
Librarian Publications
Quantifying scholarly output via citation metrics is the time-honored method to gauge academic success. Altmetrics, or alternative citation metrics, provide researchers and scholars with new ways to track influence across evolving modes of scholarly communication. This article will give librarians an overview of new trends in measuring scholarly influence, introduce them to altmetrics tools, and encourage them to engage with researchers in discussion of these new metrics.
Open Access To Scholarly Articles: Good Policies Ensure Good Practices,
2013
CUNY Graduate Center
Open Access To Scholarly Articles: Good Policies Ensure Good Practices, Jill Cirasella
Publications and Research
Open access (OA) to scholarly journal articles is now widely accepted as a good thing. However, it will not become the norm without policies promoting openness. This presentation looks at policies that ensure that hundreds of thousands of articles become OA every year.
Open Access To Scholarly Literature: Which Side Are You On?,
2013
CUNY Graduate Center
Open Access To Scholarly Literature: Which Side Are You On?, Jill Cirasella
Publications and Research
Open access (OA) to scholarly literature recently hit a major milestone: Half of all research articles published become open access, either immediately or after an embargo period. Are the articles you read among them? What about the articles you write? Are the journals to which you submit open-access friendly? What about the journals for which you peer review? Are there any reasons why the public should not have access to the results of taxpayer-funded research?
This presentation explains the motivation for OA, describes the details of OA, and differentiates between publishing in open access journals (“gold” OA) and self-archiving works …
Biodiversity Heritage Library, Smithsonian Institution Libraries,
2013
Ithaka S+R
Biodiversity Heritage Library, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Deanna Marcum
Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), created in 2006, is the result of a collaboration of ten natural history museum and botanical garden libraries seeking to digitize core taxonomic literature and to make it free and openly available throughout the world. Today, the BHL includes fifteen member institutions whose efforts have shaped a collection of over 60,000 titles. It is supported through a combination of membership dues, in-kind support from member institutions, contributions from the user community, and direct support from the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, and it reaches tens of thousands of users each year. While managing the complex partnership has …
