1. Research and Scholarly Communication in the Humanities New Partnerships Between Librarians and Scholars Presented to the Humanities Research Institute January 15, 2007 by Carol Hixson, University Librarian

2. Humanities scholarship Traditionally text- and image-based Primary resources are substance of research in the humanities Monograph is still prevalent form of scholarly output Humanities computing first focused on analysis and interpretation

3. Today’s scholarly environment Increased expectations for sharing results of research Higher numbers and increasing cost of publications Difficulty in getting monographs published Greater collaboration and interdiscliplinarity Not bounded by national borders

4. Today’s scholarly environment Increasing numbers of open-access publications Growth of uncontrolled content on the Web Greater access to digitized versions of primary sources Increasing mixture of formats Less clarity about intellectual property dos and don’ts Rising expectations

5. Traditional roles for librarians Select and acquire materials Organize and provide access to materials Archive and preserve materials Alert scholars and students to materials Assist scholars and students in locating materials on their topics Provide instruction in use of specialized tools

6. Academic library environment No longer have monopoly on information Able to acquire smaller percentage of research output Growing reliance on digital content - less control Balancing between print and electronic Decreasing use of traditional library services

7. Opportunities and challenges Reduced dependence on library as physical location Linking and integration of disparate resources Access to wider array of resources Opportunities for wider audiences Greater self-reliance for students and researchers

8. Archer Library initiatives Strategic planning Redesign of library web site Redesign of some of the physical space Create more welcoming environment Involvement in campus plagiarism initiative

9. Archer Library initiatives New liaison initiative New reference initiative New instruction initiative Federated searching Digital collections Institutional repository

10. Open Archives Initiative Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata harvesting (OAI-PMH) Metadata: Metadata are structured, encoded data that describe characteristics of information-bearing entities to aid in the identification, discovery, assessment, and management of the described entities

11. Open access

12. OAI registries

13. Alouette Canada

14. Power of digital collections

15. Office of the President

16. Results of Search

17. Flyer from Presidential Papers

18. Art and architecture images

19. Historical photograph collection

20. Stampede Rodeo in Winnipeg

21. Context

22. Collaboration

25. Context

26. Text Encoding Initiative

27. Definition of an institutional repository (IR) Digital collections capturing and preserving the intellectual output of a single or multi-group community Set of services for the management and dissemination of digital materials

28. Reasons for an IR Provides university branding Promotes research and scholarship Highlights individual achievement Organizes and archives materials Provides greater depth of access Increases visibility (power of the Web) Promotes collaboration

29. University of Toronto

30. University of Manitoba

31. University of Calgary

32. Scholars’ Bank - U of Oregon

33. Research and scholarship

36. Individual achievement

37. Power of the Web

38. Usage statistics

39. Test site for the U of R https://irtest.uoregon.edu/dspace/handle/123456789/1181

40. Faculty of Education

41. Humanities Research Institute

42. HRI Newsletter

43. SIDRU

44. Individual publication

45. Faculty of Arts

46. SIPP

47. SIPP Student Policy Papers

48. New or expanding library roles Assist with course development and teaching Assist with research and research proposals Put scholars in touch with primary source materials Put scholars in touch with other scholars Help navigate copyright/intellectual property needs and requirements Assist with publication

49. Contact information Carol Hixson University Librarian 585-4132 Carol.Hixson@uregina.ca