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  • Donor Funded Open Educational Resources: Making the Case

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    Valentino, Maura L.
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    PURPOSE – This paper aims to explain the concept of Open Educational Resources (OER) and how libraries can make a good case to donors to fund these types of projects. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH – The literature reveals that donors have been willing to support projects that save students money on textbooks. Course...
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    -0016 Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited Version: [Accepted Manuscript] Detailed Terms of

  • Variability in academic research data management practices: implications for data services development from a faculty survey

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    Whitmire, Amanda L., Boock, Michael, and Sutton, Shan C.
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    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how knowledge of local research data management (RDM) practices critically informs the progressive development of research data services (RDS) after basic services have already been established. Design/methodology/approach – An online survey was distributed via e-mail to all university faculty in...
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    -407. doi:10.1108/PROG-02-2015-0017 10.1108/PROG-02-2015-0017 Emerald Group Publishing Limited

  • The future of open access and library publishing

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    Chadwell, Faye A. and Sutton, Shan C.
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    PURPOSE – The purpose of this article is to provide a vision for how academic libraries can assume a more central role in a future where Open Access publishing has become the predominant model for disseminating scholarly research articles. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH – The authors analyze existing trends related to Open Access...
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    10.1108/NLW-05-2014-0049 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Accepted Manuscript http

  • Author preferences for open access in Portugal : survey findings

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    Carvalho, Milena, Boock, Michael, Martins, Susana, Braga, Inês, Pinto, Cláudia, and Todorova, Tania
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    In its relatively short existence, open access—the free, online, and immediate availability of scientific outputs in journals and repositories—has contributed to the availability and impact of scientific knowledge across the globe. As a result, the authors hypothesize that researchers and students increasingly prefer that their work appears in open access...
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    and Scientific Societies Working Group (Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing, 2003). Six

  • Star CEOs: Influence on Competitor CEOs’ Risk-Taking

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    Cho, Sam Yul and Choi, Yohan
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    This study explores how a star CEO winning a prestigious award and prior firm performance relative to competitive aspirations, defined as the performance of industry peers, influence competitor CEOs’ risk-taking. Using a difference-in-differences methodology, we find that when a star CEO wins a prominent award, competitor CEOs increase their risk-taking....
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    , there is a limited focus on understanding how these events can influence CEOs’ inclination for risk

  • A Framework to Review Performance Prism

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    Najmi, Manoochehr, Etebari, Mohammad, and Emami, Samin
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    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop an exclusive review framework for Performance Prism. Design/methodology/approach - An extensive literature survey on performance measurement is used to identify the main aspects of the review in such systems. Various dimensions related to the characteristics of Performance Prism are explored....
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    and implementation, research on PMS review is limited. This is more evident in the literature

  • Creating a digital library of three-dimensional objects in CONTENTdm

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    Valentino, Maura and Shults, Brian
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    Purpose – This paper aims to describe a project conducted by the University of Oklahoma Libraries to create a digital collection consisting of three-dimensional scientific objects. Design/methodology/approach – The University of Oklahoma Libraries developed the following methodology for creating a digital collection of three-dimensional objects. Digital still photographs of six...
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    perspectives Vol. 28 No. 4, 2012 pp. 208-220 q Emerald Group Publishing Limited 1065-075X DOI 10.1108

  • Podcasting Initiatives in American Research Libraries

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    Bierman, James and Valentino, Maura
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    Purpose: The paper discovers how many American Research Libraries produce podcasts, on what subjects they are produced and how those podcasts are promoted. Design/methodology/approach: The researchers looked at each American Research Library’s website in December 2009 to determine if the library has a podcasting initiative and if so, what topics...
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    newest form of content publishing, it may be a good time to revisit Balas’ assertion: Is podcasting

  • Preparing for the 21st Century: Academic Library Realignment

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    Nutefall, Jennifer E. and Chadwell, Faye A.
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    Purpose – The purpose of this article is to communicate how an academic library can establish and implement a realignment process to prepare itself to serve users in the 21st century. Design/methodology/approach – The authors employed a case study approach to present the challenges of realigning an academic library. They...
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  • Making the case for a fully mobile library web site: from floor maps to the catalog

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    Bridges, Laurie, Gascho Rempel, Hannah, and Griggs, Kimberly
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    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...
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    -0-85724-212-9 ISSN 0090-7324 ©2010 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Reference Services Review is

  • “I don't think it's harder, just that it's different”: Librarians' attitudes about instruction in the virtual reference environment

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    Gronemyer, Kate and Deitering, Anne-Marie
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    Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate librarians' attitudes towards instruction in virtual reference transactions and to review relevant literature. Design/methodology/approach – Librarians who provide virtual reference services are surveyed about attitudes towards providing instruction via virtual reference software. In addition to gathering demographic information respondents...
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    . 421434 C Emerald Group Publishing Limited 5Ø97334 DOl 1O.11O&'OO73911lXJ7O29 421 Received 25 June