Showing papers in "Serials Librarian in 2017"
TL;DR: In this article, the authors considered Bitcoin as a system of exchange, and the block chain technology it is built on, in the context of supporting developing nations and found that if integrated correctly Bitcoin could have far reaching applications, from tackling corruption to empowering women.
Abstract: This article considers Bitcoin as a system of exchange, and the block chain technology it is built on, in the context of supporting developing nations. If integrated correctly Bitcoin could have far reaching applications, from tackling corruption to empowering women. This article found Bitcoin to be a feasible option, with support from real world applications and global endorsement from users. The discussion is then applied in the context of corruption as it puts forward this emerging technology as an alternative to traditional centralised fiscal systems. The article posits that public libraries could be potential facilitators and a crucial component of this integration.
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TL;DR: Libraries’ experiences with evaluating a patron-driven (PDA) program with Kanopy and an evidence-based program with Alexander Street for streaming videos are explored, including a thorough comparison of EBA and PDA models, workflows, and outcomes.
Abstract: This article explores the University of Colorado (CU) Libraries’ experiences with evaluating a patron-driven (PDA) program with Kanopy and an evidence-based (EBA) program with Alexander Street for
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TL;DR: In 2015, the Orbis Cascade Alliance investigated a consortium wide evidence-based acquisition (EBA) model to incorporate into its established eBook program, and began a pilot of Wiley’s Usage Based Collection Management Model.
Abstract: In 2015 the Orbis Cascade Alliance investigated a consortium wide evidence-based acquisition (EBA) model to incorporate into its established eBook program, and began a pilot of Wiley’s Usage Based Collection Management Model. EBA is an acquisition model that grants library patrons access to a title list over an agreed-upon time period for a pre-negotiated amount of money, and titles from that list are then selected for purchase based on the evidence of usage from the initial access period. This article shares the consortium’s experiences evaluating usage, managing titles and records, controlling duplication, predicting costs, and the inclusion of MARC records to enhance discoverability.
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TL;DR: In the fall of 2015, two librarians at San Diego State University initiated a project to enhance the visibility of some of the library's numerous electronic resources as mentioned in this paper, where promotional materials were created to highlight the main features and functionality of seven specific databases to which the library subscribes.
Abstract: In the fall of 2015, two librarians at San Diego State University initiated a project to enhance the visibility of some of the library’s numerous electronic resources. Promotional materials were created to highlight some of the main features and functionality of seven specific databases to which the library subscribes. Although there are many factors of this project that warrant further research, the authors can definitively state that usage for six of the seven electronic resources featured in their promotional project did increase when they were advertised to a wider campus population via the library’s website.
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TL;DR: An assessment of the Open Access movement addressing how far it has come since its inception, how well it has met its original goals, what has and has not worked well, and what is not happening at all is provided.
Abstract: In a vision session at the 31st NASIG Annual Conference, Heather Joseph provided an assessment of the Open Access movement addressing how far it has come since its inception, how well it has met its original goals, what has and has not worked well, and what is not happening at all. She talked about the importance of open (in all senses—open access, open education, and open data) as a public good, and shared feedback from a recent strategic review of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition and the Open Access movement. Joseph also explored the implications of using open as an enabling strategy for researchers, scholarly publishers, policymakers, and the larger academic community, and emphasized the importance of deliberately considering what outcomes open can help each community achieve—rather than thinking about open as an end to itself.
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TL;DR: The BookTube community as mentioned in this paper is a community of Young Adult readers who share a shared love of reading books on the Internet, where readers review, critique, and endlessly discuss Young Adult books.
Abstract: Thanks to the sociotechnical capabilities of the Internet, readers, young and old, have been able to establish a vibrant community centered on a shared love of Young Adult novels. On YouTube this community is known as BookTube; here readers review, critique, and endlessly discuss Young Adult books. Within this community there are several popular BookTube “celebrities” who function as boundary spanners—connecting everyday readers to authors and publishers. This innovative use of social media by Young Adult readers has helped to create a community that transcends the isolated and solitary boundaries usually associated with reading.
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TL;DR: The University of South Florida has implemented two electronic resources–based initiatives as part of the Tampa Library’s Textbook Affordability Project, which effectively uses library expertise and skills to create library-as-publisher for the benefit of the students and textbook affordability.
Abstract: To help students withstand the rising cost of textbooks and in turn support the mission of student success, the University of South Florida (USF) has implemented two electronic resources–based initiatives as part of the Tampa Library’s Textbook Affordability Project. Through the E-books for the Classroom program, the library purchases electronic versions of texts required for coursework, providing equitable access to needed materials at no cost to the students. For the past 5 years, this program has evolved into a highly successful textbook affordability measure, acquiring hundreds of e-books and serving thousands of students. Additionally, the library, with the support of the Office of the Provost and in collaboration with Innovative Education, is publishing a faculty-authored multimedia Open Access textbook to be used by hundreds of students each semester in USF’s children’s literature courses. The USF institutional repository, Scholar Commons, will host the textbook, making it freely available ...
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TL;DR: The results demonstrate that the state-funded set of subscriptions provides more than 55% of total world output and meets about 70% of the communication needs of Russian researchers in all Essential Science Indicators research areas.
Abstract: We investigated collection development within the system of information support of research in Russia at the state-funded level. The analysis has been performed from the point of view of the struct...
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TL;DR: This article broadly reviews the issue of access in special collections and introduces several solutions for improving access to special collections materials.
Abstract: This article broadly reviews the issue of access in special collections and introduces several solutions for improving access to special collections materials. Drawing on literature and specific case studies, the author finds that special collections units have made great progress in making their materials accessible to researchers and users. A variety of access web and digitization technologies are outlined and discussed.
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TL;DR: An overview of what’s new in R5 is provided, some comparisons to the previous code of practice are drawn, and the implications for librarians are discussed.
Abstract: A new release of the COUNTER Code of Practice, Release 5 (R5), was recently published and becomes the standard that publishers and content providers must comply with when they deliver the January 2019 usage data to their customers. This article provides an overview of what’s new in R5, draws some comparisons to the previous code of practice, and discusses the implications for librarians.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors document research scientists' awareness of Open Access (OA) journals, determine their attitudes toward OA journal use and publication, and determine the levels of use of OA materials.
Abstract: There previously has been little research specifically about use of Open Access (OA) content in Ghana for information retrieval and for publication or information sharing, although several articles indicate that the infrastructure and the attitudes are in place. The objectives of this article are (1) to document research scientists’ awareness of OA journals, (2) to determine their attitudes toward OA journal use and publication, and (3) to determine the levels of use of OA materials. This article contributes to the growing body of literature on the potential of OA for the developing world in two ways: it provides information about OA adoption in Ghana, where little research has been done thus far, and it provides information about the beliefs of research scientists in a governmental organization, an area where little research heretofore has been done.
TL;DR: In this article, the capabilities of and requirements for working with EZproxy based on many years of experience using the product in academic libraries are discussed and essential tips and caveats regarding its management and use are imparted.
Abstract: The author discusses capabilities of and requirements for working with EZproxy based on many years of experience using the product in academic libraries. The basics of how EZproxy works and essential tips and caveats regarding its management and use are imparted.
TL;DR: This report will identify the services and content essential to a successful institutional repository, discuss how to build a team of talented experts to build and market the repository, address the creation of a business plan and strategies for marketing and building social media presence, and conclude with thoughts on how to develop, process, and publish journals locally and sustainably.
Abstract: The institutional repository (IR) can be a dynamic, online collection of research, writing, and projects conducted by a university’s faculty and students. IRs are also important tools that allow a library to create a connection with faculty and students. This report will identify the services and content essential to a successful institutional repository, discuss how to build a team of talented experts to build and market the repository, address the creation of a business plan and strategies for marketing and building social media presence, and conclude with thoughts on how to develop, process, and publish journals locally and sustainably.
TL;DR: In this paper, a framework for activism can be found within Birdsall's theory of progressive librarianship, which argues that the public library should reject the notion that they are neutral and instead adopt a political stance in defense of intellectual freedom; they should actively combat surveillance and limitations on access.
Abstract: Public librarians uphold an ethical commitment to protect the intellectual freedom of their patrons, but when information is accessed online, users become vulnerable to censorship and surveillance. The public library is a democratic institution in which patrons should be able to interact with information free of restriction or judgment, and this right is threatened by the conflict between access and privacy. Librarians should reject the notion that they are neutral and instead adopt a political stance in defense of intellectual freedom; they should actively combat surveillance and limitations on access. A framework for activism can be found within Birdsall’s theory of progressive librarianship.
TL;DR: The purpose of this study is to identify a method by which individual librarians and/or libraries can create a list of journals considered important to a discipline, one that accurately reflects the state of scholarly communication in a field as it relates to the currency and quality of journal literature, and that is sustainable over time.
Abstract: Determining the core journals in a discipline serves an important role for both academic librarians and departmental faculty. In addition to helping librarians build or weed journal collections, especially in difficult budget years, core lists help departments seeking accreditation, committees evaluating a candidate’s scholarship for tenure and promotion, and faculty choosing publications for their research. They also assist faculty guiding student research in the discipline. However, because of the inexorable changes that have occurred, and will continue to occur, in scholarly communication, no such list can be considered immutable. The purpose of this study is to identify a method by which individual librarians and/or libraries can create a list of journals considered important to a discipline, one that accurately reflects the state of scholarly communication in a field as it relates to the currency and quality of journal literature, and that is sustainable over time. More specifically, our purp...
TL;DR: A preliminary report on the work of the Canadian Linked Data Initiative, a collaboration between five of Canada’s largest research libraries, Library and Archives Canada, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, and Canadiana.org, aims to chart a path to a new age of technical services, one based on the foundation of Linked Open Data.
Abstract: This article is a preliminary report on the work of the Canadian Linked Data Initiative (CLDI), a collaboration between five of Canada’s largest research libraries, Library and Archives Canada, Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec, and Canadiana.org. Although still in its nascent stage, participating institutions are working together to advance the technical services divisions of our libraries in the area of linked data. Project working groups are making progress in five main areas: grant funding, digital collections, education and training, legacy metadata enhancement, and in the evaluation and adaptation of Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative tools. By working across geographic and institutional boundaries, the CLDI aims to chart a path to a new age of technical services, one based on the foundation of Linked Open Data.
TL;DR: It is concluded that institutional repository librarians should focus efforts on collecting and preserving material outside of the formal publishing program in order to advance the work of the authors' institutions, and to advance what libraries can do.
Abstract: In the early 2000s, Clifford Lynch and Raym Crow had two different visions for the future of institutional respositories Using their works as a starting point, T Scott Plutchak discussed the initial aims of institutional respositories and addressed the dialectic between the view of institutional repositories as providing a method of preserving and nurturing new forms of scholarly communication and that of the institutional repository as a mechanism to transition to Open Access models for scholarly publications Plutchak concludes that institutional repository librarians should focus efforts on collecting and preserving material outside of the formal publishing program in order to advance the work of our institutions, and to advance what libraries can do
TL;DR: The goal of this preconference was to guide aspiring academic librarians in understanding how to navigate scholarly publication requirements and be successful academic writers.
Abstract: The goal of this preconference was to guide aspiring academic librarians in understanding how to navigate scholarly publication requirements and be successful academic writers The presenters provided tips for beginners as well as for those already engaged in a research agenda One of the presenters is a published book and journal author and the other is the editor-in-chief of a major peer-reviewed library journal
TL;DR: This report will provide an overview of “The Knowledgebase at the Center of the Universe,” an American Library Association Technology Report assessing the state of knowledgebase technology.
Abstract: Since its advent more than 15 years ago, the knowledgebase has quietly deposed the catalog as the center of the library management and discovery universe Knowledgebases provide libraries with an inventory of their e-resources holdings and describe the materials that a library has purchased at a more granular level than the traditional bibliographic record Knowledgebases power key tools such as link resolvers and unified search platforms, support management needs across the e-resources lifecycle, and more recently have evolved to intersect with areas such as linked open data, community contribution models, and next-generation library management platforms They have truly become the hub from which our most vital services operate This report will provide an overview of “The Knowledgebase at the Center of the Universe,” an American Library Association Technology Report assessing the state of knowledgebase technology Topics covered will include an overview of the current product landscape, an explo
TL;DR: This study will examine the work flow and problems encountered in maintaining central and local SFX instances, as well as discuss the advantages and challenges of providing and maintaining access to electronic serials at the consortium and member library levels.
Abstract: Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) is a consortium of Ontario’s twenty-one university libraries. Scholars Portal E-journals (SP E-Journals) is an OCUL-sponsored digital repository containing over 45 million full text scholarly articles drawn from 19,000 journals covering every academic discipline. SP E-Journals exports its holdings to various knowledge bases including SFX. Scholars Portal (SP), OCUL’s shared technology infrastructure provider, maintains a central SFX instance for member libraries’ content subscribed via OCUL. The University of Windsor’s library is an OCUL member library that, until recently, used SFX as its Open Uniform Resource Locator link resolver for OCUL and local subscription content. This study will examine the work flow and problems encountered in maintaining central and local SFX instances, as well as discuss the advantages and challenges of providing and maintaining access to electronic serials at the consortium and member library levels.
TL;DR: The availability of Open Access journals in three commercial databases commonly licensed by libraries, as verified by reference to the Directory of Open access Journals title list, ranged from 10.91% to 29.18%, raising the question of whether some databases include Open Access content to increase title counts and justify higher subscription fees.
Abstract: In this investigation the availability of Open Access journals in three commercial databases commonly licensed by libraries, as verified by reference to the Directory of Open Access Journal...
TL;DR: The presenters of this NASIG session shared their experiences of supporting TDM as a library subject liaison, acquisitions librarian, and publisher representatives, and issues involving TDM of data from multiple publishers, local hosting of data sets and TDM activity by undergraduate students.
Abstract: Scholars increasingly use text and data mining (TDM) methods to discover trends and relationships within complex digital data sets. In order to support this development in scholarly communication, librarians and publishers need to be knowledgeable about TDM methods, build partnerships with TDM researchers, and address challenges related to licensing and access to large document sets. The presenters of this NASIG session shared their experiences of supporting TDM as a library subject liaison, acquisitions librarian, and publisher representatives. Audience members discussed issues involving TDM of data from multiple publishers, local hosting of data sets and TDM activity by undergraduate students.
TL;DR: The process, management, communication, and outcomes involved in migrating to a new next-generation library management system are outlined.
Abstract: In 2015, Radford University’s McConnell Library migrated to OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc (OCLC)’s WorldShare Management Services, relinquishing three legacy systems in the process As a result, many of the Collection and Technical Services Department’s workflows changed considerably beginning months before the contract was signed An extensive temporary departmental focus on data clean-up and training was required while maintaining core duties New opportunities for collaboration and communication emerged In light of developing new workflows, NASIG Core Competencies for Electronic Resources Librarians and NASIG Core Competencies for Print Serials Management were consulted in revising positions What follows is the process, management, communication, and outcomes involved in migrating to a new next-generation library management system
TL;DR: The issues that the ISSN International Centre perceives as necessitating a revision of the standard and the likely next steps in the International Organization for Standardization standards revision process are described.
Abstract: The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) has been the standard, eight-digit code used to identify newspapers, journals, magazines, and periodicals on all kinds of media—print and electronic—for the past 40 years Periodically, the standard must be revised to allow it to accommodate new formats, changes in the publishing industry and information supply chain, and other developments in the information field Regina Romano Reynolds, director of the US ISSN Center at the Library of Congress, describes the issues that the ISSN International Centre perceives as necessitating a revision of the standard and the likely next steps in the International Organization for Standardization standards revision process
TL;DR: In this article, the authors apply the logic of professionalism by Freidson and Abbott, and suggest that while we may advocate an OA business model to drive down costs, achievement of this model may actually undermine the library profession in the process.
Abstract: Open Access (OA) publications challenge traditional library collections and the result is potentially transformative. The costs of subscriptions will be moved from readers and libraries to authors or be covered by universities, foundations, or other government funders. As a movement, it connects to a much larger cultural narrative and has given the impression of fait accompli. There is still skepticism among individuals involved in academic publishing. Applying the logic of professionalism by Freidson and Abbott, this article suggests that while we may advocate an OA business model to drive down costs, achievement of this model may actually undermine the library profession in the process. To strengthen our professional identity, librarians should embrace our expert role in research practices and broaden our access functions in accord with what users most value.
TL;DR: How librarians are becoming more involved with information literacy curriculum and how publishers can assist them, particularly regarding access to information and the scholarly publishing process is explored.
Abstract: As information sources have expanded, there have been parallel changes in the way students and researchers find and use that information. The role of the library has shifted to embedding information literacy skills into the curriculum as a primary function. This presentation explored how librarians are becoming more involved with information literacy curriculum and how publishers can assist them, particularly regarding access to information and the scholarly publishing process. Since 2015, Rebecca Donlan at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) and Stacy Stanislaw at Taylor & Francis Group have been collaborating on an information literacy program for FGCU students and faculty that focuses specifically on navigating the scholarly publishing landscape. Donlan and Stanislaw provided an overview of the project, its formation, implementation, and progress to date.
TL;DR: A comparison between Jeffrey Beall’s List of Standalone Journals and a group of six commercial publisher and open access journal packages and a dramatic increase in the growth of predatory publishers and their journals is forecast.
Abstract: Similar to a study by Nelson and Huffman on the presence of predatory journals in aggregator databases, this study presents the results of a comparison between Jeffrey Beall’s List of Standalone Jo...
TL;DR: The role of electronic resources librarians (ERLs) in a large-scale, consortial LSP implementation relative to NASIG’s Core Competencies for Electronic Resources Librarians is examined.
Abstract: Library Services Platforms (LSPs) offer academic libraries the ability to integrate the management of print and electronic resources in one centralized platform This article will examine the role of electronic resources librarians (ERLs) in a large-scale, consortial LSP implementation relative to NASIG’s Core Competencies for Electronic Resources Librarians The speakers, Conor Cote and Kirsten Ostergaard, hail from Montana, where the Treasure State Academic Information and Library Services Consortium, comprised of seventeen academic libraries, is implementing Ex Libris’s Alma LSP in conjunction with the Primo discovery layer The aim of this presentation and article is to examine how the skills and competencies of an ERL can be leveraged for an effective and minimally disruptive LSP implementation
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discussed the costs associated with moving scholarly journal subscriptions in the U.S. market entirely to an Article Processing Charge business model, known also as Gold Open Access.
Abstract: In 2014, University of California, Davis University Library and the California Digital Library collaborated on an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant-funded project to explore costs associated with moving scholarly journal subscriptions in the U.S. market entirely to an Article Processing Charge business model, known also as “Gold Open Access.” We contacted MacKenzie Smith, one of the principal investigators, in order to get her reflections on the process of gathering the data, and to discuss some implications of the findings. The interview suggests that the “Pay It Forward” model could be successful over time, following a necessarily complex transition period.
TL;DR: A study of job advertisements for technical services librarian positions provided insight into critical aspects of the library profession, issues that affect the work life of academic librarians and problems with the use of terminology and the actual conceptualization of positions.
Abstract: A study of job advertisements for technical services librarian positions provided insight into critical aspects of the library profession, issues that affect the work life of academic librarians A review of several hundred job ads with a focus on job titles revealed problems with the use of terminology and the actual conceptualization of positions Based on the ads reviewed, libraries also appear to be raising their expectations for types of knowledge and skills required and personal qualities desired