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...
This white paper gives an overview of the software applications used by university presses to publish digital monographs. In addition, we will look at routes taken by university presses to move from all print to some e-publishing and list the supplemental online content that is typically offered for a fee.
Faculty and librarians agree on the qualities of a good research question. However, in an exploratory study, they differed on when students should develop their research question. While librarians stated that students should develop their question early, first-year writing faculty advocated for delaying the development of the research question. The...
At Oregon State University (OSU) Libraries, librarians are evaluating the decade-old information commons in the transition to a learning commons. Visits to commons spaces at libraries across the country provided perspective on this transition. This paper describes the development of the OSU Libraries Information Commons, identifies themes from our trips...
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...
A library’s Web site is well-recognized as the gateway to the library for the vast majority of users. Choosing the most user-friendly Web architecture to reflect the many services libraries offer is a complex process, and librarians are still experimenting with what works best for their users. As part of...
This article presents the results of an exploratory study asking faculty in the first-year writing
program and instruction librarians about their research process focusing on results specifically
related to serendipity. Steps to prepare for serendipity are highlighted as well as a model for
incorporating serendipity into a first-year writing course.
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...
Between 1906-41, John Bennes was one of Portland’s most prolific architects. Recent research has helped to define Bennes’ place in the architectural history of Portland and Oregon, though new information about him continues to be uncovered. This presentation explores the rich architectural legacy that Bennes created and shares new information...
As the bulletin board was once used to notify patrons of library happenings and impart general information, libraries can now use podcasting for the same purpose. This presentation emphasizes the benefits of podcasting and outlines the cost and other considerations.
Research & Innovative Services Report 4 (2009). Report on project conducted in AY 2008/09 to identify strategies and resources which have proved successful at other libraries where programs for campus-wide dataset curation are in place; articulate common "problems" that have been encountered by the implementers of these programs; and make...
This presentation is used by author in technical training sessions for dataset contributors to the Oregon Spatial Data Library. This set of slides was initially prepared for meeting with data librarians at University of Oregon. Author is Programmer/GIS Analyst for the Oregon Explorer.
During AY 2009/10 OSU Libraries’ Research and Innovative Services Department (RIS) conducted a pilot project on “environmental scanning.” One of our goals for the year is to develop a process to investigate emerging trends based on a topic and disseminate our findings. Initially we each scanned a segment of the...
Presented at ALA 2010, this session discussed MarcEdit and common techniques used to manipulate library metadata. This particular talk focused on functionality that would be specifically useful for individuals looking to migrate data from one ILS system to another.
This presentation about the Oregon Spatial Data Library (OSDL) (http://spatialdata.oregonexplorer.info/) was delivered to the Western Association of Map Libraries in March 2010. The OSDL provides convenient ways to find, access, and share geospatial data and was developed in partnership with the Oregon Department of Administrative Services (DAS). The Oregon Spatial...
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the current state of worldwide mobile usage; mobile technologies; libraries' use of mobile technologies including a review of library mobile catalog options, both vendor-supplied and in-house created; perspectives from current library leaders and innovators on the importance of incorporating...