Presentation delivered to the OSU Libraries and Press Staff at the monthly administrative briefing on May 23, 2018.
The presentation details the framework and ambitions of the Oregon State University Libraries and Press (OSULP) Community Interviewing Project. The project seeks to build community and reduce silos within OSULP by capturing...
Executive Summary:
Oregon State University Libraries and Press (OSULP) demonstrates the value of openness in a variety of ways. We worked with faculty to pass an open access policy to provide the broadest possible access to university scholarship. We teach faculty and students to use data tools that promote the...
The Strategic Agenda for Research Data Services will guide the development of data services at OSU Libraries from January 2013 to June 2014. The Strategic Agenda is informed by best practices in data management at peer universities. Major elements of the Strategic Agenda include an instructional program on data management,...
Oregon State University Libraries and Press (OSULP) committed in its 2012-2017 strategic plan to the long term maintenance and preservation of digital content. OSULP manages digital objects in two Samvera repositories: the ScholarsArchive@OSU institutional repository, regularly ranked in the top ten U.S. repositories by Webometrics, and Oregon Digital, a longstanding...
This article presents Oregon State University’s experience launching an innovative Open Textbook initiative in spring 2014. The partners, Open Oregon State and the Oregon State University Libraries and Press, aimed to reduce the cost of course materials for students while ensuring the content created was peer-reviewed and employed multimedia capabilities....
The shift to open, and away from subscriptions, will require changes to many OSULP services, and OSULP’s reporting structure can be expected to evolve to accommodate such changes. This position paper recommends starting points for thinking about how OSULP could take on new roles and responsibilities that relate to the...