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Fresno State Digital Repository
Tiewei (Lucy) Liu IR and Metadata Librarian David Drexler Digital Initiatives Librarian Renaldo Gjoshe Interim Head, Library Digital Services Intros We’re going to talk about an opportunity for Green Open Access Anyone published either gold or green?
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What would be gained if we could distribute research to all who wanted access to it?
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Imagine that each of these were online and freely accessible:
Fresno State Faculty Publications Fresno State Dissertations, Master’s Theses and Student Projects Fresno State Grant Final Reports Fresno State Federally Funded Data Sets Fresno State Centers and Institutes related publications
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Imagine further that all this was available through a web portal and readily identifiable with Fresno State
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What would be Gained? For Publishing Faculty?
For Fresno State Scholarship? For Fresno State & its Departments? For the Community?
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A Digital Repository for Fresno State
The real strength of an Institutional Repository is in its ability to collect, preserve, and project the scholarly output of the University, and make it available to the people of the state and beyond. This is a Fresno State initiative, not a library initiative - Richard Clement Dean of Libraries, Utah State University
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scholarly, creative, and instructional works;
The Fresno State Digital Repository (FSDR) is the open access repository for the intellectual and cultural capital of California State University, Fresno. It collects, preserves, and provides access to the scholarly, creative, instructional, and administrative work of campus faculty, staff, and in some cases students. scholarly, creative, and instructional works; Fresno State theses and dissertations; research data sets; and University publications and archival documents. Scope includes Green Open Access for scholarly works. Our scope is broader than that, however. Also includes instructional materials, so possible to publisher OERs. Theses and dissertations already on line, moved to repository. Data sets, trend in publishing is to include these. We can host them. University publications: yearbooks, Collegian. Archival documents: Senate minutes, etc.
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Why a Digital Repository?
Increase visibility, access, and impact Meet funding agency requirements Disseminate research, instructional, or artistic work as it develops Support Open Access and Open Education Ensure persistent access and preservation Preserve and present Fresno State’s legacy Open Access increases visibility and access for deposited scholarly/creative works -increased citations for researchers Returns work to the community -press release can include link to research (Joy Goto) -News on irrigation can be available to growers in the valley Meet funding agency requirements Disseminate your research or artistic work as it develops: include posters, a-v items, derivative works, not just published papers. Engage with communities within and outside Fresno State. Support Open Access and Open Education: CSU Council of Library Deans resolution in the works encouraging open access. Tie to AL$ Ensure persistent access and preservation Preserve our legacy, Present the collective work of Fresno State. Scholars have many open access opportunities, but this shows our collective value.
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Fresno State Digital Repository
Soft launch spring of 2016, full launch fall 2016.
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What do we have now? Deposited items Users Contributors Scholarly/creative/instructional works 4103 University publications & archives 3133 Theses & dissertations 1313 Total 8549 Workflow for submission, copyright check and clearance, deposit
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Use Statistics
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Where are our users?
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Who are contributors? Contributors by author name
Insert new slide: contributors by college
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Future of the repository
Student work Grad students Undergrad projects New platform Profiles Experts Show off student work. More engaged students when sharing their research. Facilitates emphasis on student research. Cal Poly as an example Moving to new software platform, planned for summer 2107. Facilitating institutional advancement
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What can you do? Encourage faculty to participate!
Contribute administrative documents We can present to your departments Forthcoming workshop on rights and submission
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Questions? Tiewei (Lucy) Liu IR and Metadata Librarian
David Drexler Digital Initiatives Librarian Renaldo Gjoshe Interim Head, Library Digital Services
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