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If We Build It, Will They Come (Eventually)? : Scholarly Communication and Institutional Repositories A Presentation to the NASIG 2005 Conference May 20 & May 21, 2005 by Carol Hixson Head, Metadata and Digital Library Services http://libweb.uoregon.edu/catdept/home/ University of Oregon Libraries https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/dspace/handle/1794/843
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Background Prices rising faster than inflation Movement from paper to electronic New pricing and access models for electronic content Scholarly output increasing
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Result? Libraries able to provide access to smaller percentage of total scholarly output
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Responses? Serials cancellations Campus discussions on scholarly communication Consortial purchases Broader sharing of collections Cataloging of e-journals Promotion of open-access journals New management tools (SFX, ERM, etc.)
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IRs and Open Access IR: digital collections capturing and preserving the intellectual output of a single or multi-university community Open access: allows all members of society to freely access relevant cultural and scientific achievements, in particular by encouraging the free (online) availability of such information
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SPARC: Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition http://www.arl.org/sparc/
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The Case for Institutional Repositories http://www.arl.org/sparc/IR/ir.html
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Rationale for Institutional Repositories New Scholarly Publishing Paradigm Institutional Visibility and Prestige Archive Output not Otherwise Captured
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ACRL Scholarly Communication http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/scholarlycomm/scholarlycommunication.htm
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Reforming Scholarly Communication http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/whitepapers/principlesstrategies.htm
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Issues in Scholarly Communication http://www.arl.org/scomm/
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Getting Started
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Investigate the Software
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https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu
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Evolving Local Policy Framework Submission policies Metadata standards Institutional commitment Copyright and licensing Division of responsibilities and clarification of roles
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Develop Local Context
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Local Contextual Wrapper Educate on issues and link to broader movement Provide overview of services using meaningful language Personalize the information Answer questions of local interest Provide enough detail Build in redundancy
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Educate on Issues of Concern
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Scholarly Communication Crisis : Background
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Link to Broader Movement
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Wellcome Trust and Open Access http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTD002766.html
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Berlin Declaration on Open Access http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlindeclaration.html
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Provide Overview of Services
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Personalize the Information What’s in it for me page
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What’s In It For Them?
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Answer Questions of Local Interest
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Copyright Concerns
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SHERPA http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php
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Sample Policy on Copyright
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Provide Enough Detail
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License Agreement
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Structure of Scholars’ Bank Communities Sub-communities (sometimes) Collections Titles Items
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Sample Community
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Collections within Communities
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Individual Titles within Collections
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Individual Files Make Up Titles
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Items Can Be in Multiple Collections
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Mediated Submissions
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Serials In Scholars’ Bank : Issues Locating appropriate content Getting permission to archive Converting to electronic form, if needed Migrating to different file formats, if needed Educating campus editors and authors about serial publishing Presenting them in a useable fashion Deciding on the appropriate metadata Deciding on links between the IR and the catalog
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Locating appropriate content Newsletters Online journals Online newspapers Integrating web sites
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CultureWork
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Getting permission to archive Explain the benefits Pursue them Make it as easy as possible Offer to do all the work, if necessary
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Conversion of Existing Files
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Complexities of Harvesting
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HTML Archives and Multiple Pages How Deep do You Go?
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Capturing Links
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Broken or Inaccurate Links
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Logical or Useful Presentation
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Numbering or the Lack Thereof
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Chronological Displays of Issues
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Actual Issue of Newsletter
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Appropriate Level of Metadata
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Links From the Catalog
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Cataloging Issues
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Current Efforts Departments, programs, institutes Hosting ejournals, newsletters, web sites Electronic theses Individual class archives Undergraduate Research Award program Individual faculty sites Graduate student community
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Electronic Theses
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Individual class archives
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Undergraduate Library Research Awards
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Individual Faculty Collections
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How are we doing? How do we measure success? How are we doing compared to others? How are we doing collectively?
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MIT
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California Digital Library
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University of Toronto
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University of Glasgow
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University of Rochester
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University of Edinburgh
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University of Kansas
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University of Arizona
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University of Oregon’s Scholars’ Bank
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Are We Changing Scholarly Communication Patterns? Not in the way we planned Slowly Expanding access to grey literature
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Next Steps at the UO Continue to acquire content Continue to market Align more closely with instructional programs Develop self-submission model among some communities Establish advisory group Develop searching guides Contribute further to software development Refine use statistics
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Contact Information for Scholars’ Bank Carol Hixson Head, Metadata and Digital Library Services University of Oregon Libraries chixson@darkwing.uoregon.edu (541) 346-3064
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