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...
A technical overview of the creation of the Pauling Catalogue, a six-volume resource published in 2006 and including over 1,000 illustrations. The Pauling Catalogue describes the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, a collection spanning some 4,437 linear feet as held in 2,230 boxes and including 4,111 books.
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The Oregon Library Association has produced its peer-reviewed journal, the OLA Quarterly (OLAQ), since 1995, and OLAQ was published in Digital Commons beginning in 2014. When the host institution undertook to move away from Bepress, their new repository solution was no longer a good match for OLAQ. Oregon State University...
Paper describes the formation of a Center for Digital Scholarship and Services at Oregon State University Libraries with a focus on how the library accomplished digital library and scholarly communication services. The paper describes the goals of the library in this area and the organizational and staffing changes that were...