Scholarly Commons @ MU
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The Numbers Game: Collecting, Compiling, and Utilizing Usage Data in an Academic Library
(2013-06-04)As our academic library budgets evolve, librarians have to make difficult decisions about what resources to spend that money on every year. Looking at patron usage of our resources, both tangible and electronic, can help ... -
Transfer 2.0 and Beyond! An Update
(2013-06-04)e-Journals often get transferred between publishers, whether because of change in commercial ownership (by acquisitions and disposals) or because the owner (frequently a society) takes the opportunity to partner with a ... -
Technical Services Transparency: Using a LibGuide to Expose the Mysteries of Technical Services
(2013-06-04)Technical services departments in academic libraries have long struggled to communicate effectively with other library departments, particularly public services departments. As academic libraries acquire large numbers of ... -
The Value of Purchasing E-book Collections from a Large Publisher
(2013-06-04)The academic e-book market is in the midst of rapid change and development. While e-books are still a relatively small percentage of library collections, sales are growing and libraries appear ready to ramp up their e-book ... -
Striking Up A Conversation, Striking Up A Victory: Engaging Faculty in Scholarly Communication
(2014-04-15)The concepts “open access” and “scholarly communication” have become inseparable from the library landscape. Librarians are increasingly aware of the issues inherent in these concepts, but faculty have been slower to ... -
Report on Session: Sailing the Digital Seas: Charting a New Course with CONTENTdm
(2014-05-07)With the transition of government publications from print to digital over the last decade, the State Library of North Carolina saw the need to implement a content management system for the state’s digital publications. ... -
E-Resources, E-Reality
(2014-05-13)Presentation given at E-Resources & Libraries (ER&L) on March 18th, 2013. Managing e-resources with free and proprietary tools. -
Taming the Communication Beast: Using LibGuides for Intra-Library Communication
(2014-05-13)Presentation given at the Library Technology Conference on March 16, 2011. Using LibGuides for communication between technical services and other library departments. -
Project Transfer: Five Years Later
(2014-05-13)Presentation given at E-Resources & Libraries (ER&L) on April 3, 2012. Managing journal publisher transfers and updates to the Transfer Code of Practice. -
The Value of Purchasing E-Books From a Large Publisher (Springer E-Books)
(2014-05-13)Presentation given at the Charleston Conference on November 3, 2011. Usage analysis of Springer e-books at Miami University Libraries. -
The Value of Purchasing E-Books From a Large Publisher: A Usage-based Analysis of Oxford University Press E-Books
(2014-05-13)Presentation given at the Acquisitions Institute (Timberline) on May 20, 2012. Usage analysis of Oxford University Press e-books at Miami University Libraries. -
E-Resource Management at Miami University (Great Expectations: Maximizing Efficiency and Value in Collection Management and Discovery)
(2014-05-13)Presentation given as part of panel at Charleston Annual Conference on November 4, 2010. Managing e-resources. -
Usage Statistics in the Real World: Two Perspectives
(2014-05-13)Presentation given at the Great Lakes E-Summit on October 11, 2012. Managing e-resource usage statistics. -
Keep the Change: Faculty Roles in the Scholarly Communications System and Their Impact on Open Access Promotion
(2014-05-13)Presentation given at the Academic Library Association of Ohio Annual Conference on October 29, 2010. Educating faculty about open access choices and scholarly communication issues. -
Transfer 2.0 and Beyond! An Update
(2014-05-13)Presentation given at the Charleston Conference on November 3, 2011. Information about Project Transfer (v. 2.0) for librarians and publishers. -
E-Books in Ohio: What's a Librarian To Do?
(2014-05-13)Presentation about managing PDA e-books given at the ALAO CMIG Workshop on March 22, 2013. -
Rock, paper, scissors, COUNTER, SUSHI: Making sense of usage
(2014-06-11)Presentation at the ALAO CMIG Workshop on June 9, 2014. -
Engaging Faculty in Scholarly Communication Change: A Learning Community Approach
(Pacific University Libraries, 2014-08-01)INTRODUCTION As the landscape of scholarly communication and open access continues to shift, it remains important for academic librarians to continue educating campus stakeholders about these issues, as well as to create ... -
Engrossed, Enraged, Engaged: Empowering Faculty in Transforming Scholarly Communication
(2014-11-10)Librarians are deeply invested in the scholarly publishing lifecycle. This investment, in tandem with an evolving scholarly communication system, has encouraged librarians to become advocates for transformation in this ...