Presented at Northwest Innovative User Group annual conference, October 19, 2004. Discussed the process Oregon State University Libraries used for the implementation of Innovative Interfaces' MetaFind federated search software including: Selection process; Implementation Plan development; Implementation Task Force; Identification of possible electronic resources and criteria used; Review of existing Metafind...
Presentation on Oregon State University's efforts to build an Institutional Repository with a focus on establishing buy-in, customization, and future directions. Presented as part of a panel entitled "Managing Digital Assets: the Promise of IRs" at the Greater Western Library Association (GWLA) Board Meeting on October 3, 2005.
Discusses the ease and usefulness of conducting usability studies and provides an example of usability testing at Oregon State University undertaken to improve the DSpace Electronic Thesis/Dissertation (ET/D) submission process.
Describes efforts at Oregon State University to combat serials inflation through involvement of faculty in a Scholarly Communication Task Force. Includes brief discussion of context of scholarly communication crisis and information about the formation and work of task force to educate and change faculty behavior depending on their role in...
Reports the work of the 2004/2005 Oregon State University Faculty Senate Task Force on Scholarly Communication. Report: Determines the current practices that impede an open and sustainable system of scholarly communication, citing data where necessary to substantiate the findings;
2. Determines actions that OSU faculty members, as authors, readers, reviewers,...
The fifth and final article in a series of articles published in OSU This Week by members of the Faculty Senate Library Committee regarding threats to an open and sustainable system of scholarly communication and potential solutions. Article discusses how deposit of articles in institutional repositories increases the availability of...
How are academic libraries organizing themselves in order to engage in the content selection and digitization of local collections? Are libraries creating new positions or units, assigning responsibilities to existing departments, setting up cross-functional collaboration among existing departments, or using a combination of these strategies? Who holds responsibility for the...