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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
Background
Prices rising faster than inflation
Movement from paper to electronic
New pricing and access models for electronic content
Scholarly output increasing
Result?
Libraries able to provide access to smaller percentage of total scholarly output
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.)
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
SPARC: Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
http://www.arl.org/sparc/
The Case for Institutional Repositorieshttp://www.arl.org/sparc/IR/ir.html
Rationale for Institutional Repositories
New Scholarly Publishing Paradigm
Institutional Visibility and Prestige
Archive Output not Otherwise Captured
ACRL Scholarly Communicationhttp://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlissues/scholarlycomm/scholarlycommunication.htm
Reforming Scholarly Communicationhttp://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/whitepapers/principlesstrategies.htm
Issues in Scholarly Communicationhttp://www.arl.org/scomm/
Getting Started
Investigate the Software
https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu
Evolving Local Policy Framework
Submission policies
Metadata standards
Institutional commitment
Copyright and licensing
Division of responsibilities and clarification of roles
Develop Local Context
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
Educate on Issues of Concern
Scholarly Communication Crisis : Background
Link to Broader Movement
Wellcome Trust and Open Accesshttp://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTD002766.html
Berlin Declaration on Open Accesshttp://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlindeclaration.html
Provide Overview of Services
Personalize the Information
What’s in it for me page
What’s In It For Them?
Answer Questions of Local Interest
Copyright Concerns
SHERPAhttp://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php
Sample Policy on Copyright
Provide Enough Detail
License Agreement
Structure of Scholars’ Bank
CommunitiesSub-communities (sometimes)
• CollectionsTitles
Items
Sample Community
Collections within Communities
Individual Titles within Collections
Individual Files Make Up Titles
Items Can Be in Multiple Collections
Mediated Submissions
Serials In Scholars’ Bank : Issues
Locating appropriate contentGetting permission to archive Converting to electronic form, if neededMigrating to different file formats, if neededEducating campus editors and authors about serial publishingPresenting them in a useable fashionDeciding on the appropriate metadataDeciding on links between the IR and the catalog
Locating appropriate content
Newsletters
Online journals
Online newspapers
Integrating web sites
CultureWork
Getting permission to archive
Explain the benefits
Pursue them
Make it as easy as possible
Offer to do all the work, if necessary
Conversion of Existing Files
Complexities of Harvesting
HTML Archives and Multiple Pages How Deep do You Go?
Capturing Links
Broken or Inaccurate Links
Logical or Useful Presentation
Numbering or the Lack Thereof
Chronological Displays of Issues
Chronological Displays of Issues
Actual Issue of Newsletter
Appropriate Level of Metadata
Links From the Catalog
Cataloging Issues
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
Electronic Theses
Individual class archives
Undergraduate Library Research Awards
Individual Faculty Collections
How are we doing?
How do we measure success?
How are we doing compared to others?
How are we doing collectively?
MIT
California Digital Library
University of Toronto
University of Glasgow
University of Rochester
University of Edinburgh
University of Kansas
University of Arizona
University of Oregon’s Scholars’ Bank
Are We Changing Scholarly Communication Patterns?
Not in the way we planned
Slowly
Expanding access to grey literature
Next Steps at the UO
Continue to acquire contentContinue to marketAlign more closely with instructional programsDevelop self-submission model among some communitiesEstablish advisory groupDevelop searching guidesContribute further to software developmentRefine use statistics
Contact Information for Scholars’ Bank
Carol Hixson
Head, Metadata and Digital Library Services
University of Oregon Libraries
(541) 346-3064
