In this presentation we share how and why OSU Libraries and Calyx Press, Inc. are partnering to digitize so called at risk works. An international non-profit feminist press, Calyx brought many now-prominent authors to international attention, including the poet Sharon Olds and Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska. Supported by a National...
The rise of digital scholarship within the humanities and social sciences presents new opportunities for stronger partnerships between librarians, scholars, students, and other campus units. While libraries and librarians can benefit digital scholarship projects throughout their lifecycle, researchers often seek library expertise when working with publishing platforms. As such, Oregon...
Librarians support student success through partnership with academic success units such as writing centers. This roundtable explored a range of writing center-library models, some based in service design thinking. Discussants sought to highlight practices, such as studio pedagogy, that lead to sustainable, mutually beneficial outcomes for libraries and writing centers....
Academic librarians often seek to situate our daily work in the research literature. Yet we find that not all of our questions have been studied or, if they have, our questions are only partially answered. Wouldn’t it be nice to know what the most pressing questions needing research are? Who...
Books and journal articles are the most familiar forms of disseminating scholarly research, however, the move from "ink-on-paper" to a digital format presents small presses with difficulties. E-books, e-readers and digital publishing demand that presses transform their publishing model and rethink their business practices. Challenges are wide ranging and numerous;...