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Scholars' Mine Quick Facts April 2016, James Roger Weaver

Scholars’ Mine Statistics

Scholars' Mine statistical quick facts for April 2016.

Theology Collections Portal: First Iteration 2016, Hailie D. Posey

Library Faculty and Staff papers

This document presents an archive of the first iteration of the Theology Collections Portal, a tool designed to connect library patrons doing theology research with electronic resources available through the library. The Theology Collections portal was built using Scalar. To view the Portal in its current form visit: http://scalar.usc.edu/works/theology-collections/index

The Faculty Notebook, April 2016, Provost's Office

Faculty Notebook

The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest. Faculty are encouraged to submit materials for consideration for publication to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. Copies of this publication are available at the Office of the Provost.

Submitting Your Research Into Digital Commons@Psu, Leonard H. Axe Library

Digital Commons Tutorials

A guide for faculty and staff to create an account and go through the submission process for self-publishing in Digital Commons.

Report Of The Liaison Models Team [University Of Nebraska-Lincoln, University Librares], Toni Anaya, Andrew D. Cano, Lorna Dawes, Kiyomi D. Deards, Erica Defrain, Liz Lorang, Suping Lu, Charlene Maxey-Harris, Ted Naylor

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: White Papers

Overview and Purpose Statement

In February 2016, Charlene Maxey-Harris proposed a charge to the UNL Libraries faculty to review the local liaison program. The original charge was for the creation of a team to investigate different, new liaison models and research that will allow the Libraries to restructure the current system to develop more collaborative partnerships with research centers and departments; improve the way liaisons communicate and interact with departments, research centers, and other new campus initiatives; allow liaisons to work in their areas of strength; and find ways to assess the impact of liaison engagement and outreach. The information …

Creating An Institutional Repository, Nathan R. Schwartz

Selected Faculty Publications

Creating an institutional repository (IR) requires much forethought and planning. Setting up a university IR committee will help direct policy, collection goals and encourage faculty participation. There are many things to consider in design such as branding, policy, copyright, collection development, author submissions and discoverability. Publishing in an IR requires original works, and copyright issues arise, especially if authors wish to publish in other journals. Our IR goal was to promote scholarship and encourage faculty to create publishing profile space in SelectedWorks, which can become a virtual curricula vita. The ultimate goal is discoverability and open access contribution to scholarship …

Us Agencies – Public Access Plans Details, Chorus

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

23 US government agencies that fund scientific research and their public access plans details as of April 2016. Included are effective date for awards, embargo terms, repository names, and whether agency is a CHORUS participant.

CHORUS: Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the United States, is a publishers' organization and a project to enable public access to funded research by directing users to publishers' sites.

Aaup Handbook: Best Practices For Peer Review, 2015-16 Aaup Acquisitions Editorial Committee

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

AAUP offers this handbook of Best Practices in Peer Review as a resource for member publishers, acquisitions editors both new and experienced, faculty editorial boards, scholarly authors and researchers, and new scholarly publishing programs. The Best Practices handbook was developed by the Association’s Acquisition Editorial Committee through a consensus-building two-year process to articulate a set of practices that comprise a rigorous process of peer review. The Committee has rightly noted that, “the peer review process is highly complex, involves many individuals, and must be responsive to the norms of the appropriate fields.” Disciplinary expectations, administrative procedures, inter-disciplinary and creative works, …

New Journals For Publishing Medical Case Reports, Katherine G. Akers Phd

Library Scholarly Publications

Because they do not rank highly in the hierarchy of evidence and are not frequently cited, case reports describing the clinical circumstances of single patients are seldom published by medical journals. However, many clinicians argue that case reports have significant educational value, advance medical knowledge, and complement evidence-based medicine. Over the last several years, a vast number (~160) of new peer-reviewed journals have emerged that focus on publishing case reports. These journals are typically open access and have relatively high acceptance rates. However, approximately half of the publishers of case reports journals engage in questionable or "predatory" publishing practices. Authors …

The Federal Big Data Research And Development Strategic Plan, The Networking And Information Technology Research And Development Program, Big Data Senior Steering Group

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

This document was developed through the contributions of the NITRD Big Data SSG members and staff. A special thanks and appreciation to the core team of editors, writers, and reviewers: Lida Beninson (NSF), Quincy Brown (NSF), Elizabeth Burrows (NSF), Dana Hunter (NSF), Craig Jolley (USAID), Meredith Lee (DHS), Nishal Mohan (NSF), Chloe Poston (NSF), Renata Rawlings-Goss (NSF), Carly Robinson (DOE Science), Alejandro Suarez (NSF), Martin Wiener (NSF), and Fen Zhao (NSF).

A national Big Data1 innovation ecosystem is essential to enabling knowledge discovery from and confident action informed by the vast resource of new and diverse datasets that are rapidly …

Credible Journal Working Group In Action!: Collaborating To Create Positive Change In Scholarly Publishing, Shilpa Rele, Nataly Blas, Marie Kennedy

Librarian Publications & Presentations

Scholarly communication issues, such as access, research, and the promotion of scholarly communities are at the core of university libraries’ values. This session will demonstrate how to put the values of librarianship into practice at your institution by addressing the publishing needs of your faculty. At Loyola Marymount University, a medium-size, private institution, three librarians were tasked to assist faculty in the publishing process, in particular, help faculty choose credible and reliable journals in which to publish. This session will outline difficulties encountered with publishing by faculty, the case for the library’s involvement, and techniques to promote scholarly publishing. By …

Remanded Decision In Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, & Sage Publications Vs. Georgia State University Et Al., Orinda D. Evans

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

Defendants' Motion to Strike Portions of Plaintiffs' Remand Brief and to Disregard Declaration [Doc. 502] is GRANTED. This case is currently before the Court for fair use analysis with respect to 48 infringement claims. Plaintiffs are entitled to prevail on the claims involving 7 works in Georgia State classes. With respect to the other infringement claims, Defendants are entitled to prevail.

Defendants are the prevailing side and are entitled to an award of costs and attorneys' fees.

Open Access To Research: A Guide To Policies And Resources For Siue Faculty, Steven W. Pryor

SIUE Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Presentation by Steven Pryor, Director of Digital Initiatives and Technologies, Library & Information Services (LIS). This workshop will explore SIUE SPARK, the university's open access institutional repository. Studies show significant advantages for authors who make open access versions of their work available; we will discuss how SIUE faculty can easily comply with the SIUE Open Access policy as well as reap the benefits of open access by posting their work in SPARK.

SIUE SPARK (Scholarly Publications and Repository of Knowledge) is a service of Library and Information Services, fulfilling and expanding the library's traditional role in collecting and preserving the …

Measuring Your Research Impact: Citation And Altmetrics Tools, Amanda Izenstark, Julia Lovett, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Slides from a presentation, "Measuring Your Research Impact: Citation and Altmetrics Tools," offered at the Association of Rhode Island Health Sciences Libraries (ARIHSL) Business Meeting on March 16, 2016. The meeting took place at the Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.

A Brief History Of Open Access, Paul Royster

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

Presentation discusses the origins and progress of the Open Access "movement" from Budapest 2002 to the present: its advocates and critics, its tools and methods, its goals and heroes, its dramas and possible futures.

Contents: Project Gutenberg 1971 ● GNU Project (1983) ● arXiv.org (1991) ● Public Knowledge Project (1998): John Willinsky, Simon Fraser University (partners Stanford University & University of British Columbia) ● BMC Biomed Central (2000), Jan Velterop. ● PLOS (Public Library of Science) 2001; PLoSOne 2003; Michael Eisen, UCalBerkeley ● APC: Article Processing Charges ● Hybrid journals ● Creative Commons 2001; Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law School, et …

Systematic Literature Reviews: A Primer, Amy Van Epps, Margaret Phillips

Libraries Faculty and Staff Creative Materials

This handout is a two-page primer on systematic literature reviews (SLR's). It covers key points about SLR's, compares them to narrative literature reviews, and provides a brief overview of the steps required for SLR methods. The handout was originally created by two librarians for use with Purdue University Engineering Education (ENE) graduate students in 2016.

Scholars' Mine Quick Facts March 2016, James Roger Weaver

Scholars’ Mine Statistics

Scholars' Mine statistical quick facts for March 2016.

Committee On Institutional Cooperation 2014-2015 Annual Report: The Power Of The Collective, Committee On Institutional Cooperation

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

Launched in 1958 by the university presidents as the academic counterpart to the Big Ten Athletic Conference, the CIC connects faculty and staff across the fifteen campuses to increase opportunities, save money, and solve problems. Throughout the years, CIC leaders have developed a nationally recognized portfolio of effective programs and initiatives that leverage resources and expertise and amplify our collective impact in the wider world. With a focus on recruiting, retaining, and engaging faculty, the CIC’s academic leadership programs are considered to be among the best professional development opportunities in higher education. By enhancing the leadership capabilities of faculty and …

Nsuworks Annual Report 2015-2016, Michele Gibney

Brochures, Pamphlets, and Reports of the NSU Alvin Sherman Library

In 2014 Nova Southeastern University celebrated its 50^th Anniversary. In conjunction with the anniversary, the NSU Libraries determined a need to preserve the past, present and future of the university by creating a campus wide repository for all scholarship, creative work, and historical materials produced by the university. NSUWorks is a part of the NSU Libraries’ contribution to the university’s ongoing growth and success as an internationally recognized research institution. NSUWorks was officially launched at the Dean’s Meeting on November 2014, and reached its two year anniversary at the end of February 2016. The NSUWorks Annual Report covers the …

Most Frequently Downloaded Items In February 2016, Unl Digital Commons, Paul Royster

Institutional Repository Information

Taking advantage of a 29th day this leap year, the UNL Digital Commons supplied 580,677 downloads for the month. The 250 most frequently downloaded are listed below.

Overall, the repository supplied 123,646 downloads of those 250 items, plus another 457,031 downloads of 46,975 other items not among the top 250. There were 23,017 items that were not downloaded during the month. This represents an average of 8.3 downloads per available item; and 67.5% of available items were downloaded at least once.

February's total was an increase of 15.9% over February 2015 and a 26.2% increase over February 2014 (helped in …