This report is a redacted version of the report presented to the University Librarian. Dec. 30, 2009 report of the Oregon State University Libraries Discovery Search Task Force to the University Librarian. Report recommends the 2 year purchase of the Serials Solutions Summon discovery product.
This presentation was given at the University of Oregon Libraries on January 21, 2010. "Rights Well" was developed at the Oregon State University Libraries as part of the Scholarly Communication Program. The presentation addresses the importance of authors' rights (why authors should care) and methods for developing a presentation specific...
This article seeks to make a compelling case for authors’ rights training through emphasis on academic librarians’ dual roles as both authors and as liaisons to research and teaching faculty. Using the example of the Rights Well Workshop developed at Oregon State University Libraries, the article demonstrates the value of...
In the summer of 2010, Oregon State University Libraries underwent librarywide strategic realignment. We sought to transform the Libraries’ structure and create units with renewed and innovative purposes. We wanted to position ourselves to anticipate and address users’ needs and expectations both now and in the future. One unit that...
At the 2010 Library Administration retreat, Professor Chadwell proposed that the Libraries “become a strategic partner in the research endeavors of OSU, especially related to e-science.” Professor Butcher later charged Professors Chadwell and Boock with investigating appropriate roles for the Libraries relating to data curation of the university’s research data,...