Survey questionnaire distributed to faculty at six Bulgarian universities. Results are the basis of "Bulgarian Author Open Access Awareness and Preferences" research article: Boock, M., et al... (2019). Bulgarian Author Open Access Awareness and Preferences. Library Management.
A zine created by attendees of the panel session "Zine Cultures as Critical Resistance: A Hands-on Workshop to Build Community Engagement and Student Learning" at the American Library Association Annual Conference, June 2018 in New Orleans. The panelists were Ziba Perez Zehdar-Gazdecki, Daniela Capistrano, Ann Komaromi, and Mark Yoffe. The...
Many conversations surrounding the future of libraries suggest that libraries are going to be defined by their unique collections. Often these discussions center on the distinctive collections found within a library’s special collections. However the possibility exists that within our stacks there are many unique resources that are also worth...
On March 31, 2016 the Oregon State University Postdoctoral Association and the Oregon State University Libraries hosted an open access panel moderated by Pedro Molina-Sanchez. Speakers included Michaela Willi Hooper, Scholarly Communication Librarian at OSU Libraries; Rachael Kuintzle, PhD student in the OSU College of Science; Marit Bovbjerg, Faculty in...
Oregon State University Libraries piloted a one-year ILL purchase on demand service beginning in February 2009. An online survey was used to measure patron satisfaction and determine future borrowing and recommendation behavior. These results, along with patron comments, were used to explore future success of the service and ways to...
Sharing of research data has begun to gain traction in many areas of the sciences in the past few years because of changing expectations from the scientific community, funding agencies, and academic journals. National Science Foundation (NSF) requirements for a data management plan (DMP) went into effect in 2011, with...
Data management plans (DMPs) are a rich source of information about researchers and their research data management (RDM) knowledge, capabilities, and practices. Systematic analysis of DMPs can uncover important insights about local RDM needs, which can then inform the development or expansion of library RDM services. As part of an...
An analysis of Data Management Plans (DMPs) can offer insight into local data management practices. The IMLS- funded “Data management plans as A Research Tool (DART) Project” has developed an analytic rubric to assist librarians in facilitating and standardizing the review of DMPs. This panel will consist of data specialists...