Librarians, researchers, and the general public have largely embraced the concept of open access (OA). Yet, incorporating OA resources into existing discovery and tracking systems is often a complicated process. Open access material can be delivered through a variety of publishing or archival mechanisms, creating certain challenges, particularly for those managing e-resources. Although an increasing proportion of research output is becoming open access each year, organization and discovery of these resources remains imperfect.
The debate between the relative merits of Green and Gold OA is regularly discussed in academic circles but less attention is devoted towards Hybrid OA and the challenges inherent in this model. Most major publishers offer open access through one or more of these models, but open access metadata standards seem to be lacking among these content providers. The presenters will discuss some of these challenges identified in the literature and through other mechanisms, including data gathered by NISO and an original survey. By identifying these issues, the scholarly communication community can work together to improve discovery for end users.
Chris Bulock
Electronic Resources Librarian, SIUE Lovejoy Library
Chris is an Electronic Resources Librarian and NASIG member from the St. Louis area. His research and work are focused on improving the library user's experience. Chris is the recipient of the 2012 HARRASSOWITZ Charleston Conference Scholarship.
Nathan Hosburgh
Discovery & Systems Librarian, Rollins College
Nate Hosburgh is currently the Discovery & Systems Librarian at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida as part of a revamped Collections & Systems department that includes ILL, collection development, acquisitions, systems, and technical services. Previously, he held positions managing e-resources at Montana State University and managing interlibrary loan & document delivery at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne
Presented at the OCLC Research Library Partnership meeting by Senior Program Officer, Karen Smith-Yoshimura and hosted by the University of Sydney in Sydney, NSW Australia, 17 February 2017. This meeting provided an opportunity for Research Library Partners to touch base with each other on issues of common concern and explore possible areas of future engagement with the OCLC Research Library Partnership and OCLC Research.
Where Do We Go From Here? Assessing the Value and Impact of Discovery Systems
Michael Levine-Clark, Professor / Associate Dean for Scholarly Communication and Collections Services, University of Denver Libraries
Jason S Price, PhD, Director of Licensing Operations, SCELC Library Consortium
We used to think of the user in the life of the library. Now we think of the library in the life of the user. As behaviors change in a network environment, we have seen growing interest in ethnographic and user-centered design approaches. This presentation introduces this topic. It also explores changes in how we manage collections as an illustration of this shift towards thinking of the library in the life of the user.
Presented at the OCLC Research Library Partnership meeting by Senior Program Officer, Karen Smith-Yoshimura and hosted by the University of Sydney in Sydney, NSW Australia, 17 February 2017. This meeting provided an opportunity for Research Library Partners to touch base with each other on issues of common concern and explore possible areas of future engagement with the OCLC Research Library Partnership and OCLC Research.
Where Do We Go From Here? Assessing the Value and Impact of Discovery Systems
Michael Levine-Clark, Professor / Associate Dean for Scholarly Communication and Collections Services, University of Denver Libraries
Jason S Price, PhD, Director of Licensing Operations, SCELC Library Consortium
We used to think of the user in the life of the library. Now we think of the library in the life of the user. As behaviors change in a network environment, we have seen growing interest in ethnographic and user-centered design approaches. This presentation introduces this topic. It also explores changes in how we manage collections as an illustration of this shift towards thinking of the library in the life of the user.
Social metadata for libraries, archives and museums: Research findings from t...Rose Holley
The presentative gives research findings from the Research Libraries Group (RLG) on Social Metadata Working Group. The group worked from 2009-2010 researching sites that used social media features before making some recommendations to libraries, archives and museums.
Presented at the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) Web Archiving Week, University of London, 16 June 2017.
Web archiving has become imperative to ensure that our digital heritage does not disappear forever, yet many institutions have not begun this work. In addition, archived websites are not easily discoverable, which severely limits their use. To address this challenge, OCLC Research has established the OCLC Research Library Partnership Web Archiving Metadata Working Group to develop a data dictionary that will be compatible with library and archives standards. Three reports on this project are available in July 2017, focused on metadata best practices guidelines, user needs and behaviors, and evaluation of web archiving tools.
More information: oc.lc/wam
Contact: Jackie Dooley, dooleyj@oclc.org
NISO Two Day Virtual Conference:
Using the Web as an E-Content Distribution Platform:
Challenges and Opportunities
Oct 21-22, 2014
Maryann Martone, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego
The network reshapes the research library collectionlisld
The library collection has been central to library identity and service, however we are now seeing major changes in how libraries help discover, curate and create collections. This is a response to evolving research and learning behaviors in a network environment. This presentation considers trends which are influencing how we think about library curatorial activities and are reshaping their collections. The first direction is the ‘inside-out library’ which is a response to the reorganization of research work by the digital environment. The second is the facilitated collections, which is a response to the reorganization of the information space by the network. The presentation discusses three ways in which we are thinking differently about collections: the inside out collection, the facilitated collection, and the collective collection.
Data mining OCLC for translations.
Creating authority records for VIAF.
Remodelling the bibliorgraphic structure to make the best mutli-lingual displays from all available data in a work set.
Library Assessment Toolkit & Dashboard Scoping Research Final Report and Path...Megan Hurst
Athenaeum21 is pleased to announce the public release of “Library Assessment Toolkit & Dashboard Scoping Research Final Report and Path Forward." The report is the culmination of a six-month research project in collaboration with the University Library of the University of California, Davis; the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford; and the Staats und Universitätsbibliothek, Göttingen, Germany. The research project examined how libraries currently assess their resources and services, and areas of opportunity to streamline and visualize library performance through a common and customizable set of key performance indicators (KPIs) and dashboard modules. The research team interviewed library assessment leaders and practitioners across diverse institutions and geographies, and reviewed the current landscape of technology, tools, and services addressing their needs.
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The report concludes that "the majority of library managers approach assessment and evaluation in an ad hoc and reactive manner as questions arise. Managers spend valuable time manually collecting, cleaning, and normalizing data from diverse systems, and then perform one-time or static interpretations. The library managers that we interviewed during our research felt that the availability of a toolkit and dashboard could free them to probe and interpret more data, think more strategically, and develop more meaningful questions about measuring and evaluating library performance. While the scoping research focused on the performance of research libraries, the proposed toolkit and dashboard framework could be adopted and customized by any type of library, including smaller college and university libraries, community college libraries, and public libraries. Institutionalizing the project through sponsorship by an appropriate body or syndicate of libraries would help assure its extensibility nationally and internationally."
Keynote presentation at the Lita Forum, Albuquerque. Research and learning practices are enacted in technology rich environments. New tools support digital workflows and the volume and variety of research and learning outputs are growing. Libraries are working to support these new environments and to connect their services to them.
Opening Keynote: From where we are to where we want to be: The future of resource discovery from a UK perspective
Neil Grindley, Head of Resource Discovery, Jisc
Sommer Browning, Assistant Professor; Head of Electronic Access & Discovery Services, Auraria Library, University of Colorado, Denver
NISO Two Day Virtual Conference:
Using the Web as an E-Content Distribution Platform:
Challenges and Opportunities
Oct 21-22, 2014
NISO Two Day Virtual Conference:
Using the Web as an E-Content Distribution Platform:
Challenges and Opportunities
Oct 21-22, 2014
Frances Pinter, Founder and Executive Director, Knowledge Unlatched
Collection directions - towards collective collectionslisld
How the emergence of new research and learning workflows in digital environments is affecting library collecting and collections. Several trends are reviewed. In the light of diversifying competing requirements, the need to manage down print and develop shared print responses is discussed.
Presentation to OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council meeting. 13 Oct. 2014.
NISO Two Day Virtual Conference:
Using the Web as an E-Content Distribution Platform:
Challenges and Opportunities
Oct 21-22, 2014
Beth R. Bernhardt, Assistant Dean for Collection Management and Scholarly Communications, University Libraries, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Anna Craft, Metadata Cataloger, University Libraries, University of North Carolina Greensboro
NISO Two Day Virtual Conference:
Using the Web as an E-Content Distribution Platform:
Challenges and Opportunities
Oct 21-22, 2014
Jeff Penka, Director of Channel and Product Development, Zepheira
Linked Data Implementations—Who, What and Why?OCLC
Presented at the CNI Spring Membership Meeting in San Antonio, Texas 4 April 2016. OCLC Research conducted an International Linked Data Survey for Implementers in 2014 and 2015, receiving responses from a total of 90 institutions in 20 countries. In the 2015 survey, 112 projects or services that consumed or published linked data were described (compared to 76 in 2014). This presentation summarizes the 2015 survey results: 1) which institutions have implemented or are implementing linked data; 2) what linked data sources institutions are consuming, and why; 3) what institutions are publishing, and why; 4) barriers and advice from the implementers.
Identified open access resources such as open access archives, open access books, open access journals, open access courseware, open access search engine and open source software and its actual usefulness in LIS teaching & learning process
Open Access Resources (What they are and how to find them) FIL Interlend 2014LeahMaughan
Talk for the Forum for Interlending Conference 2014 on how to find and evaluate Open Access resouces and their usefulness for Interlibrary Loan/Document Supply
Social metadata for libraries, archives and museums: Research findings from t...Rose Holley
The presentative gives research findings from the Research Libraries Group (RLG) on Social Metadata Working Group. The group worked from 2009-2010 researching sites that used social media features before making some recommendations to libraries, archives and museums.
Presented at the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) Web Archiving Week, University of London, 16 June 2017.
Web archiving has become imperative to ensure that our digital heritage does not disappear forever, yet many institutions have not begun this work. In addition, archived websites are not easily discoverable, which severely limits their use. To address this challenge, OCLC Research has established the OCLC Research Library Partnership Web Archiving Metadata Working Group to develop a data dictionary that will be compatible with library and archives standards. Three reports on this project are available in July 2017, focused on metadata best practices guidelines, user needs and behaviors, and evaluation of web archiving tools.
More information: oc.lc/wam
Contact: Jackie Dooley, dooleyj@oclc.org
NISO Two Day Virtual Conference:
Using the Web as an E-Content Distribution Platform:
Challenges and Opportunities
Oct 21-22, 2014
Maryann Martone, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego
The network reshapes the research library collectionlisld
The library collection has been central to library identity and service, however we are now seeing major changes in how libraries help discover, curate and create collections. This is a response to evolving research and learning behaviors in a network environment. This presentation considers trends which are influencing how we think about library curatorial activities and are reshaping their collections. The first direction is the ‘inside-out library’ which is a response to the reorganization of research work by the digital environment. The second is the facilitated collections, which is a response to the reorganization of the information space by the network. The presentation discusses three ways in which we are thinking differently about collections: the inside out collection, the facilitated collection, and the collective collection.
Data mining OCLC for translations.
Creating authority records for VIAF.
Remodelling the bibliorgraphic structure to make the best mutli-lingual displays from all available data in a work set.
Library Assessment Toolkit & Dashboard Scoping Research Final Report and Path...Megan Hurst
Athenaeum21 is pleased to announce the public release of “Library Assessment Toolkit & Dashboard Scoping Research Final Report and Path Forward." The report is the culmination of a six-month research project in collaboration with the University Library of the University of California, Davis; the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford; and the Staats und Universitätsbibliothek, Göttingen, Germany. The research project examined how libraries currently assess their resources and services, and areas of opportunity to streamline and visualize library performance through a common and customizable set of key performance indicators (KPIs) and dashboard modules. The research team interviewed library assessment leaders and practitioners across diverse institutions and geographies, and reviewed the current landscape of technology, tools, and services addressing their needs.
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The report concludes that "the majority of library managers approach assessment and evaluation in an ad hoc and reactive manner as questions arise. Managers spend valuable time manually collecting, cleaning, and normalizing data from diverse systems, and then perform one-time or static interpretations. The library managers that we interviewed during our research felt that the availability of a toolkit and dashboard could free them to probe and interpret more data, think more strategically, and develop more meaningful questions about measuring and evaluating library performance. While the scoping research focused on the performance of research libraries, the proposed toolkit and dashboard framework could be adopted and customized by any type of library, including smaller college and university libraries, community college libraries, and public libraries. Institutionalizing the project through sponsorship by an appropriate body or syndicate of libraries would help assure its extensibility nationally and internationally."
Keynote presentation at the Lita Forum, Albuquerque. Research and learning practices are enacted in technology rich environments. New tools support digital workflows and the volume and variety of research and learning outputs are growing. Libraries are working to support these new environments and to connect their services to them.
Opening Keynote: From where we are to where we want to be: The future of resource discovery from a UK perspective
Neil Grindley, Head of Resource Discovery, Jisc
Sommer Browning, Assistant Professor; Head of Electronic Access & Discovery Services, Auraria Library, University of Colorado, Denver
NISO Two Day Virtual Conference:
Using the Web as an E-Content Distribution Platform:
Challenges and Opportunities
Oct 21-22, 2014
NISO Two Day Virtual Conference:
Using the Web as an E-Content Distribution Platform:
Challenges and Opportunities
Oct 21-22, 2014
Frances Pinter, Founder and Executive Director, Knowledge Unlatched
Collection directions - towards collective collectionslisld
How the emergence of new research and learning workflows in digital environments is affecting library collecting and collections. Several trends are reviewed. In the light of diversifying competing requirements, the need to manage down print and develop shared print responses is discussed.
Presentation to OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council meeting. 13 Oct. 2014.
NISO Two Day Virtual Conference:
Using the Web as an E-Content Distribution Platform:
Challenges and Opportunities
Oct 21-22, 2014
Beth R. Bernhardt, Assistant Dean for Collection Management and Scholarly Communications, University Libraries, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Anna Craft, Metadata Cataloger, University Libraries, University of North Carolina Greensboro
NISO Two Day Virtual Conference:
Using the Web as an E-Content Distribution Platform:
Challenges and Opportunities
Oct 21-22, 2014
Jeff Penka, Director of Channel and Product Development, Zepheira
Linked Data Implementations—Who, What and Why?OCLC
Presented at the CNI Spring Membership Meeting in San Antonio, Texas 4 April 2016. OCLC Research conducted an International Linked Data Survey for Implementers in 2014 and 2015, receiving responses from a total of 90 institutions in 20 countries. In the 2015 survey, 112 projects or services that consumed or published linked data were described (compared to 76 in 2014). This presentation summarizes the 2015 survey results: 1) which institutions have implemented or are implementing linked data; 2) what linked data sources institutions are consuming, and why; 3) what institutions are publishing, and why; 4) barriers and advice from the implementers.
Identified open access resources such as open access archives, open access books, open access journals, open access courseware, open access search engine and open source software and its actual usefulness in LIS teaching & learning process
Open Access Resources (What they are and how to find them) FIL Interlend 2014LeahMaughan
Talk for the Forum for Interlending Conference 2014 on how to find and evaluate Open Access resouces and their usefulness for Interlibrary Loan/Document Supply
This Presentation to presented SMIU Faculty members on 09 and 10 August 2016 at SMIU University it is about the usage of Digital Library Awareness and how to use resources
This presentation was provided by Jill Emery of Portland State University during a NISO webinar on the topic of OA and acquisitions, delivered on Sept 7, 2016
This presentation was provided by Chris Bulock of CSU-Northridge during a NISO webinar on the topic of open access and acquisitions, held on September 7, 2016
In this file, you can ref interview materials for library such as, library situational interview, library behavioral interview, library phone interview, library interview thank you letter, library interview tips …
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While many librarians have developed mechanisms and
structures for managing local scholarship separate from
their standard resource management practices, the
intersection of the two content streams is occurring at
many institutions. During the past decade the presenters
have dedicated themselves to capturing best practices
of electronic resource management and mapping out
paths for creating open access workflows. Join them for a
lively discussion and interactive session where they outline
ways to bring these two initiatives together and identify the
teams needed.
Graham Stone
Jisc Collections
Peter McCracken
Cornell University
Jill Emery
Portland State University Library
This webinar will provide an overview of the current work undertaken to re-write the techniques for electronic resource management with the incorporation of open access workflow management. This overview will provide insight into the key areas under exploration and outline the feedback compiled from the two interactive sessions held at the UKSG Annual Conference. We will also talk about the next steps we undertake to share the development of this project.
Reinventing Cataloging: Models for the Future of Library Operations
ALCTS Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries Interest Group
ALA Midwinter 2014
Philadelphia, PA, USA
January 24, 2014
Eric Miller em@zepheira.com
BIBFLOW and the Libhub Initiative: Leveraging our past to define our future
Eric Miller, President, Zepheira
Jeff Penka, Director of Channel and Product Development, Zepheira
Levine-Clark, Michael, Jane Burke, and Henning Schönenberger, “Assessing the ...Michael Levine-Clark
Levine-Clark, Michael, Jane Burke, and Henning Schönenberger, “Assessing the Value and Impact of Discovery Systems,” Invited, Special Libraries Association – Arabian Gulf Chapter, Kuwait City, April 20, 2016.
What does success look like when it comes to library discoverability? Index based discovery systems have seen a dramatic rate of adoption since introduction to the research ecosystem in 2009, with more than 9,000 libraries relying on a discovery system to provide users with a comprehensive index to their offerings. Some issues bar the way to providing this comprehensive view, but many challenges have been overcome through collaboration between libraries, content providers and discovery partners. The NISO ODI initiative began to examine these issues in 2011, and released a best practice in June 2014.
Speakers will highlight examples of successful collaboration, note continued areas of challenge, and provide insight on how the Open Discovery Initiative Conformance Checklists can be used as a mechanism to evaluate content provider or discovery provider conformance with the best practice.
Ctrl + Alt + Repeat: Strategies for Regaining Authority Control after a Migra...NASIG
Speaker: Jamie Carlstone
This presentation is on how to regain authority control in a large research library catalog: first, dealing with a backlog of problems from years without authority control and second, creating a process for ongoing workflows to realistically maintain authority control when new records are added to the collection.
The Serial Cohort: A Confederacy of CatalogersNASIG
Speaker: Mandy Hurt
In 2018, at a time when our department was shrinking through attrition, the decision was made to further leverage the particular skill sets of a select group of monographic catalogers by training them to also undertake the complex copy cataloging of serials.
This presentation concerns the assumptions underlying how this decision was originally made, the initial plan for how this would be accomplished by CONSER Bridge Training, the eventual formation of the Serials Cohort with a view to creating an iterative process I would design and manage, and the problems, obstacles and time constraints faced and addressed along the way.
Calculating how much your University spends on Open Access and what to do abo...NASIG
Librarians are working hard to understand how much money their university is spending on open access article processing fees (APCs), and how much of what they subscribe to is available as OA. This information is useful when making subscription decisions, considering Read and Publish agreements, rethinking library open access budgets, and designing Institution-wide OA policies.
This session will talk concretely about how to calculate the impact of Open Access on *your* university. It will provide an overview on how to estimate the amount of money spent across a university on Open Access fees: we will discuss underlying concepts behind calculating OA article-processing fee (APC) spend and give an overview of useful data sources, including:
FlourishOA
Microsoft Academic Graph
PLOS API
Unpaywall Journals
We will also talk about Open Access on the subscription side, including how much of what you subscribe to is available as open access and how you can use that in your subscription decisions and negotiations.
The presenters are the cofounders of Our Research, the nonprofit company behind Unpaywall, the primary source of Open Access data worldwide.
Heather Piwowar, Co-founder, Our Research
Jason Priem, Co-founder, Our Research
Measure Twice and Cut Once: How a Budget Cut Impacted Subscription Renewals f...NASIG
Speakers: Ilda Cardenas, Keri Prelitz, Greg Yorba
The process of looking at subscriptions with the goal of proactively downsizing revealed that the library’s existing renewal workflows were outdated and in need of regular analysis to identify underused resources. Additionally, this project uncovered shortcomings of analysis that is reliant on usage data, the unexpected ramifications of large-scale subscription cancellations, as well as the need for improved communication within and between the many library departments affected by subscription cancellations.
Analyzing workflows and improving communication across departments NASIG
Presented by Jharina Pascual and Sarah Wallbank.
The presentation provides people with simple techniques for analyzing their local workflow and information-sharing practices, some ideas for interrogating and improving intra-technical services communication, and ideas for simple changes that can improve communication and build a sense of community/joint purpose within or across departments.
Supporting Students: OER and Textbook Affordability Initiatives at a Mid-Size...NASIG
Presented by Jennifer L. Pate.
With support from the president and provost of the university, Collier Library adopted strategic purchasing initiatives, including database purchases to support specific courses as well as purchasing reserve copies of textbooks for high-enrollment, required classes. In addition, the scholarly communications librarian became a founding member of the OER workgroup on campus. This group’s mission is to direct efforts for increasing faculty awareness and adoption of OER. This presentation discusses the structure of the each of these programs from initial idea to implementation. Included will be discussions of assessment of faculty and student awareness, development of an OER grant program, starting a textbook purchasing program, promotion of efforts, funding, and future goals.
Access to Supplemental Journal Article Materials NASIG
Presented by Electra Enslow, Suzanne Fricke, Susan Shipman
The use of supplemental journal article materials is increasing in all disciplines. These materials may be datasets, source code, tables/figures, multimedia or other materials that previously went unpublished, were attached as appendices, or were included within the body of the work. Current emphasis on critical appraisal and reproducibility demands that researchers have access to the complete shared life cycle in order to fully evaluate research. As more libraries become dependent on secondary aggregators and interlibrary loan, we questioned if access to these materials is equitable and sustainable.
Communications and context: strategies for onboarding new e-resources librari...NASIG
Presented by Bonnie Thornton.
This presentation details onboarding strategies institutions can utilize to help acclimate new e-resources librarians with an emphasis on strategies for effectively establishing and perpetuating communications with stakeholders.
Full Text Coverage Ratios: A Simple Method of Article-Level Collections Analy...NASIG
Presented by Matthew Goddard.
his presentation describes a simple and efficient method of using a discovery layer to evaluate periodicals holdings at the article level, and suggest a variety of applications.
Web accessibility in the institutional repository crafting user centered sub...NASIG
Presented by Jenny Hoops and Margaret McLaughlin.
As web accessibility initiatives increase across institutions, it is important not only to reframe and rethink policies, but also to develop sustainable and tenable methods for enforcing accessibility efforts. For institutional repositories, it is imperative to determine the extent to which both the repository manager and the user are responsible for depositing accessible content. This presentation allows us to share our accessibility framework and help repository and content managers craft sustainable, long-term goals for accessible content in institutional repositories, while also providing openly available resources for short-term benefit.
Linked Data is exploding in the library world, but the biggest problems libraries have are coming up with the time or money involved in converting their records, looking into Linked Data programs, finding community support, and all the various other issues that arise as part of developing new methods. Likewise, one of the biggest hurdles for libraries and linked data is that they do not know what to do to get involved. As we have fewer people available and smaller budgets each year, we would like to explore ways in which libraries can get involved in the process without expending an undue amount of their already dwindling resources. To see how linked data can be applied, we will look at the example of the Smithsonian Libraries (SIL). Over the past 18 months, SIL has been preparing for the transition from MARC to linked open data. This session will talk about various SIL projects and initiatives (such as the FAST headings project and the introduction of Wikidata and WikiBase); how to incorporate linked data elements into MARC records; and how to develop staff and give them proficiency with new tools and workflows.
Heidy Berthoud, Head, Resource Description, Smithsonian Libraries
Walk this way: Online content platform migration experiences and collaboration NASIG
In this session, a librarian and a publisher share their perspectives on content platform migrations, and the Working Group Co-chairs will describe the group’s efforts to-date and expected outcomes. Our publisher-side speaker will describe issues they must consider when their content migrates, such as providing continuous access, persistent linking, communicating with stakeholders, and working with vendors. Our librarian speaker will describe their experience and steps they take during migrations, such as receiving notifications about migrations, identifying affected e-resources, updating local systems to ensure continuous access, and communicating with their front-line staff and patrons.
Read & Publish – What It Takes to Implement a Seamless Model?NASIG
PANELISTS
Adam Chesler
Director of Global Sales
AIP Publishing
Sara Rotjan
Assistant Marketing Director, AIP Publishing
Keith Webster
Dean of Libraries and Director of Emerging and Integrative Media Initiatives
Carnegie Mellon University
Andre Anders
Director, Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)
Editor in Chief of Journal of Applied Physics
Professor of Applied Physics, Leipzig University
“Read & Publish” agreements continue to gain global attention. What’s rarely discussed when these new access and article processing models are introduced is the paperwork, back-end technology and overall management required to implement the new program that works for all involved. This panel, comprised of a librarian, publisher, and researcher, will focus on the complexities of developing, implementing and using the infrastructures of different Read & Publish models and the challenges of developing a seamless experience for everyone.
From article submission to publication to final reporting, the panel will discuss the “hidden” impact that new workflows will have on stakeholders in scholarly communications. Time will be allotted for Q&A and attendee participation is encouraged.
When to hold them when to fold them: reassessing big deals in 2020NASIG
This presentation goes into details for each of the publishers’ big deals that we examined and present reasons as to why we cancelled them, with concrete examples from our experiences (four cancellations and two restructurings).
Getting on the Same Page: Aligning ERM and LIbGuides ContentNASIG
This presentation gives background on the development of the initial processes, the review and revision of the processes,and the issues encountered in developing a workflow for importing data from one system to the other.
A multi-institutional model for advancing open access journals and reclaiming...NASIG
The presenters will provide brief overviews of CIL and PDXScholar, and they will detail the challenges and ultimate successes of this multi-institutional model for advancing open access journals and reclaiming control of the scholarly record.
Knowledge Bases: The Heart of Resource ManagementNASIG
This session will discuss the knowledge base metadata lifecycle, current and upcoming metadata standards, and the effect that knowledge bases have on discovery and e-resource management. The presenters will look at ways knowledge bases can be leveraged to create downstream tools for resource management and discovery. The session will also provide different perspectives on knowledge bases, including from librarians and product managers, as well as a discussion of the NISO's KBART Automation recommended practice and what this could mean for knowledge bases in the future. The session will also include a conversation regarding how leveraging knowledge bases can aid librarians in improving resource discovery within their own libraries and ultimately decrease the amount of time spent on metadata workflows. Through this presentation, we also aim to improve communication between the library community and metadata providers and creators.
Elizabeth Levkoff Derouchie, Metadata Librarian for Serials & Electronic Resources, Samford University Library
Beth Ashmore, Associate Head, Acquisitions & Discovery (Serials), North Carolina State University
Eric Van Gorden, Product Manager, EBSCO
This session will talk about various SIL projects and initiatives (such as the FAST headings project and the introduction of Wikidata and WikiBase); how to incorporate linked data elements into MARC records; and how to develop staff and give them proficiency with new tools and workflows.
Welcome to TechSoup New Member Orientation and Q&A (May 2024).pdfTechSoup
In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
The Indian economy is classified into different sectors to simplify the analysis and understanding of economic activities. For Class 10, it's essential to grasp the sectors of the Indian economy, understand their characteristics, and recognize their importance. This guide will provide detailed notes on the Sectors of the Indian Economy Class 10, using specific long-tail keywords to enhance comprehension.
For more information, visit-www.vavaclasses.com
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
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OA in the Library Collection: The Challenge of Identifying and Managing Open Access Resources
1. OA in the library collection
The challenges of identifying and managing open access resources
Chris Bulock
Southern Illinois University
cbulock@siue.edu
Nathan Hosburgh
Rollins College
nhosburgh@rollins.edu
NASIG ҉ 2014
2. OA Resources
• Journals/articles: green, gold, hybrid, DOAJ
• Books: DOAB, OAPEN, Google Books
• Databases: PubMed Central, BioMed Central, ERIC
• Data: gROADS, World Bank, data.gov, Dryad
• Institutional repositories: Digital Commons Network, OpenDOAR
3. OA developments in Databases
Web of Science – OA facet (Gold only)
SpringerOpen, BioMed Central, Chemistry Central
UlrichsWeb – OA limiter
7. Challenges for libraries
Article vs. Journal
(piece vs. container)
Resources incorrectly identified as OA
Bad/broken linksGeneral inconsistency
Insufficient tools
to manage OA
Lack of sufficient metadata…
8. OA Metadata & Indicators
The Problem:
Inconsistent information b/n publishers, vendors, link resolvers, libraries
• Lack of a consistent visual icon
• No standard descriptive language to indicate OA
• No standard metadata elements
• Lack of clear reuse rights
Importance: metadata enables discovery, linking, rights management, etc.
9. The Visual OA Icon
The most recognizable OA icon
was created by PLOS.
However, there is no official OA
logo and publishers are free to
employ whatever logo suits them.
11. Examples of metadata elements across publishers
BioMed Central OA metadata <meta name=”dc.rights”
content=”http://creativecommons.org/
licenses/by/2.0/” />
Nature Publishing Group OA metadata <meta name=”access” content=”Yes” />
Springer OA metadata
<div class=”open-access”>
<span class=”help”>Open Access
<span class=”tooltip”> This content is freely
available online to anyone, anywhere at any time.
</span>
</span>
</div> (Hutchens, 2013)
12. Publishers currently provide “open access” articles with various use and re-use terms.
Some favor Creative Commons licenses, while others use proprietary licenses.
(NISO RP-22-201x)
Aggregators, repositories, and service providers have no standard for identifying
articles that can be legitimately harvested.
Graphic courtesy ContentPlus
Readers have trouble figuring out what they can and cannot do with specific articles.
13. This article is OA,
but can it be
used in teaching?
http://tinyurl.com/k3ldy3v
16. NISO: OA Metadata & Indicators Working Group
• Libraries, publishers, organizations represented
• Mechanisms for transmitting two key pieces of info:
• Free-to-read <free_to_read>
• License reference <license_ref>
• NISO decided not to create a logo to be displayed
Approach provides framework for conveying essential information that
addresses most common use cases.
Image courtesy Publishing Perspectives
17. <free_to_read> tag
• Viewable by any user without payment or authentication
• No statement about re-use rights or restrictions
• System would decide what visual indicator to show based on tag
• Start and end dates accommodate models where content is free-to-
read for a period of time or after a particular date.
<free_to_read start_date="2013-02-03" end_date="2013-10-03"/>
18. <license_ref> tag
• Includes a stable identifier expressed as an HTTP URI (URL)
• Points to a human and/or machine readable license
• License terms are not expressed in the metadata itself
• Start_date attribute expresses how usage rights change over time
• No corresponding end_date attribute; could introduce ambiguities
• Neither the start_date attribute nor the license URI provide any
technical mean of enforcement
19. Mechanisms for distributing metadata
• Creation and population of metadata elements to become part of
standard editorial workflow
• Integral part of feeds to CrossRef
• Included on hosting websites
• Delivered in content feeds to third parties; A&I services
• Metadata embedded in content itself: html META tags & PDF files
• Within alerting channels, such as e-ToCs and RSS feeds
• Work to incorporate into existing formats: ONIX, RDF, OAI-PMH, DC
20. Publishers Aggregators Libraries End Users
Flow of information, metadata, content
Flow of information, feedback, strategic requirements
UPSTREAM DOWNSTREAM
21. When in doubt, create a survey
• Goals:
• Determine current state of practice
• Identify areas for improvement
• At this point, how are librarians managing OA resources for their
users, and what challenges do they face?
22. Main Questions
• What systems are libraries using?
• Are those systems meeting needs?
• What issues are libraries facing?
• How do librarians view OA in relation to
their collections?
Kazuhisa OTSUBO http://bit.ly/1jYWSN8
24. 1. Which of these categories best describes
the institution your library serves?
28%
24%
26%
14%
1% 2%
5%
Research University (high or very high
research activity)
Doctoral/Research University
Master's College or University
Baccalaureate College
Associate's
Special Focus Institution
Other
25. 2. What is the enrollment at your library's
institution in FTE?
29%
19%
11%
13%
28% Less than 5,000
5,000-10,000
10,000-15,000
15,000-20,000
Over 20,000
26. 3. What Electronic Resources Management
System do you use?
1%
23%
2%
4%
5%
1%
4%
30%
30%
Verde
Serials Solutions
Alma
EBSCO ERM Essentials
CORAL
ERMes
OCLC WorldShare License Manager
Other
None
27. 4. What Link Resolver do you use?
44%
26%
14%
6%
9%
1%
Serials Solutions
SFX
EBSCO LinkSource
WorldCat knowledge base
Other
None
28. 5. What Web Scale Discovery System do you
use?
25%
10%
18%
18%
29% Summon
Primo
Ebsco Discovery Service
Other
None
29. 6. What Systems do you use for providing
access to OA resources? (check all that apply)
0 50 100
Catalog
Link resolver
Web scale discovery system
Journal list
Database list
Subject guide
Webpage or guide dedicated to OA…
Other
30. 7. Do you provide access to Hybrid journals for
which your institution may only access the OA
articles?
10%
43%
20%
27%
Yes, we usually do
In a few cases, but not
usually
Never
Not sure
31. 8. Does your ERM facilitate the management
of access to OA resources?
3%
36%
22%
27%
12%
unsure
yes
no
doesn't apply
sort of
32. 9. What are some of the strengths or weaknesses
of your ERM in relation to managing OA
resources?
10%
18%
25%
7%
33%
7%
unsure
strength
weakness
neutral
does not apply
both
33. 9 cont. Strengths
• CORAL is flexible, we can track free resources just like we can track
paid resources; we can create unique workflows for OA resources, if
we need to
• It has all the big sites, DOAJ, Hindawi, etc. (OCLC WorldShare License
Manager)
• Major strength is large number of OA resources we can subscribe to
(Serials Solutions)
34. 9 cont. Weaknesses
• It is difficult to use and very challenging (EBSCO ERM Essentials)
• Incomplete; not always accurate / up-to-date (SerialsSolutions)
• Cannot perform a search using "open access resources" as a search
category (SerialsSolutions)
• The major weakness is the ERM has no integration with databases in
discovery systems (ERMes)
35. 10. Does your link resolver facilitate the
management of access to OA resources?
4%
75%
6%
15%
unsure
yes
no
sort of
36. 11. What are some of the strengths or
weaknesses of your link resolver in relation to
managing OA resources?
8%
11%
44%
19%
3%
15%
unsure
strength
weakness
neutral
does not apply
both
37. 11 cont. Strengths
• Linking directly to the article without needing to jump through too many
hoops (Innovative Interfaces WebBridge LR)
• We don't have to try to track individual OA journals ourselves
(SerialsSolutions)
• It's easy to identify the free targets in SFX b/c Ex Libris includes "FREE" or
"OPEN_ACCESS" in the target name (SFX)
• Unlike the ERM we use, the management of the link resolver is undertaken
by the crowd in addition to us. So it is less work for us (SFX)
• We can prioritize our linking so that the most reliable (ie paid) resources
would be chosen over OA links (EBSCO LinkSource)
38. 11 cont. Weaknesses
• Lack of information in the knowledge base regarding when these OA
resources move/cease - when they become subscription based (SFX)
• Not always up to date and sometimes the link does not work (III)
• Doesn't always separate out the hybrid journals; it's all or nothing as
far as activation goes (SerialsSolutions)
• The OA collections are not managed by the vendor, which takes away
the biggest benefit of a knowledge base for us and for other smaller
libraries (that the kb vendor will automatically update the default
holdings and titles for us) (SerialsSolutions)
39. 12. Does your Web Scale Discovery System
facilitate the discovery of/access to OA resources?
3%
54%
7%
8%
28% unsure
yes
no
sort of
doesn't apply
40. 13. What are some of the strengths or
weaknesses of your web scale discovery system in
relation to managing OA resources?
11%
17%
7%
17%
40%
8%
unsure
strength
weakness
neutral
does not apply
both
41. 13 cont. Strengths
• Worldcat local allows us to automatically provide links to all open
access collections available in OCLC.
• It is aware of a large number of OA resources, more than we have in
our ERM (Summon)
• There is a greater number of open access resources that can be made
known to our user than from our link resolver (WorldCat Local)
42. 13 cont. Weaknesses
• Many of them are not relevant to us, either because of language, or
b/c the resources are not full text (EBSCO Discovery Service)
• A major weakness is the fact that resources are 100% on or 100% off,
we can't select which individual titles are included (Primo)
• Cannot search solely for OA resources (WorldCat Local)
43. 14. Do any of your licensed databases facilitate
the discovery of/access to OA resources? If so,
which databases and how?
19%
48%
24%
8%
1%
unsure
yes
no
sort of
doesn't apply
44. 15. What challenges do you face in managing
OA resources?
26%
22%
13%
10%
10%
8%
2% 3% 3% 3% vol/awareness
unreliable
selection criteria
hybrid
staff
system/kb
article level links
users
vendor response
not different
45. 15 cont. Responses
• The library has no control of OA resources at all.
• Assessing quality, discovering where they are, explaining OA
publication to patrons
• Hybrid OA is a nightmare.
• I have recently done a study of our e-access problems and 15% of
them directly involve OA resources.
• No policies in place for managing them/providing access
• Navigation on journal sites can be challenging
• Having someone to manage it. I am already spread too thin
46. 16. What would make the management of
OA resources easier?
26%
14%
14%
11%
10%
8%
6%
6%
3% 2% central information
standards/consistency
vendor help
article metadata
staff
differentiation
publishing change
evaluative tools
unsure
automation
47. 16 cont. Responses
• Harry Potter, the Elder wand and the help of Dobby - the free elf
• It would be easier if Serials Solutions would distinguish them more
clearly, in a separate search perhaps
• Hybrid OA journal publishers would need to make data available
about the OA part of their journals so that libraries could link to that
content.
• A librarian position that could focus on this.
• Standardized metadata for discovery
• Removal of the partial OA category altogether.
48. 17. Are there particular OA resources or
collections that are problematic?
64%
36%
None in particular
Yes
49. 17 cont. Responses
• Resources that are only partially OA or that convert from OA to
requiring a purchase.
• Foreign language collections
• Academic, governmental, intergovernmental agencies
• Traditional journal publishers that also offer OA publishing options.
50. 18. Do you think the time and effort involved in
providing access to OA resources is worthwhile?
66%5%
23%
6%
yes
unsure
sort of
no
51. 18 cont. Responses
• As library budgets shrink, we must find ways to provide access to
resources. Some of the OA resources are essential, high quality
resources in their fields; others might be just predatory journals out
to get some money from authors. But the library's role is to enable
our users to access and discover resources; OA or purchased, the
patron doesn't care.
• I believe it is for some resources. We only work with OA resources
individually selected by our librarians, so we do not need to deal with
all OA resources.
• not really that much ... they can find them when they click on links
anyway.
52. 19. How might OA metadata be improved to
facilitate discovery and access?
28%
22%18%
16%
10%
6%
standards/consistency
unsure
quality
article level
sharing records
data point
53. 19 cont. Responses
• Metadata about Author paid content would be wonderful if link
resolvers could then facilitate linking to this content. DOIs assigned to
OA articles would also improve linking.
• It would be great if the metadata were regularly reviewed (by an
editor or editorial board ?) and updated to all the link resolvers, OCLC
or other cataloging agency.
• Central repositories or clearinghouses where OA publishers would list
information about start and end dates, title changes, etc. KB vendors
could monitor these listings
54. 20. Do you consider OA resources part of
your library’s collection?
71%
17%
12%
Yes
No
Not sure
55. 21. Do you actively promote OA resources to
your library staff & the campus community?
48%
42%
10%
Yes
No
Not sure
56. 22. How do you promote OA resources?
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Instruction Sessions
Programming
Guides specifically for OA resources
Subject guides
Advertising
Meetings with faculty or staff
Meetings with students
Other
57. 23. Does the availability of OA resources currently
have an impact on your collection development
practices?
33%
41%
26%
Yes
No
Not sure
58. 24. How have OA resources impacted your
collection development practices?
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Cancelled a title because content was OA.
Avoided purchasing a book because content was OA.
Cancelled title because comparable titles were OA.
Cancelled title because the relevant subject uses OA
repository.
Purchased title because they supported OA
Diverted funds from coll dev to pay OA author fees
Other
59. 25. Would you like to share anything else
related to the management of OA resources?
• The overblown promise of OA solving the serials pricing crisis has not
materialized
• The growing scale and volatility of the marketplace are very
challenging. We're also struggling to determine in which discovery
tools to focus our efforts.
• I don't think that library or university administrators understand the
real costs related to making these resources accessible over time.
• There is a lot of literature on open access, but I haven't yet come
across any truly comprehensive guides for how to include open access
resources. Where to find them, how to support access, and how to
discern the best resources.
60. Conclusions…
• NISO standards have potential for improving metadata in the
information supply chain
• Hybrid OA poses a significant challenge to libraries
• Libraries need more granularity in management & discovery systems
• OA collections must be curated; accurate; reliable
• Crowd-sourced resources such as OAWAL hold promise
• Growth of OA has not alleviated the serials crisis, but…
• Libraries have important role via information supply chain; feedback
61. Further reading
& discussion
• Burpee, J., & Fernandez, L. (2013, May 8). New frontiers in Open Access for Collection Development:
Perspectives from Canadian Research Libraries. Paper presented at IFLA WLIC, Singapore.
• DRAFT NISO RP-22-201x: Open Access Metadata and Indicators http://tinyurl.com/kdtwuu2
• Hutchins, C. (2013). Open access metadata: current practices and proposed solutions. Learned Publishing,
26(3), 159-165.
• OAWAL: Open Access Workflows for Academic Libraries https://library3.hud.ac.uk/blogs/oawal/
• http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/12/05/as-hybrid-open-access-grows-the-scholarly-community-
needs-article-level-oa-metadata/