An Introduction for New Faculty August 2008 University Libraries:
Jan 12, 2016
An Introduction for New Faculty August 2008
University Libraries:
What is a library?
… 2004 might well be remembered as the Year of Search … If we get through these rocky times with civilization’s underpinnings intact, our descendants, swimming in total information, might be required to memorize the date of last August’s Google IPO as a cultural milestone…
Newsweek, December 2004
“Where attention is scarce, the library needs to provide services which save time, which are built around user workflow, and which are targeted and engaging … Aggregating resources may not be enough. They will be shaped and projected into user environments in ways that support learning and research objectives.”
Lorcan Dempsey, Ariadne, 2006
“The internet lies at the core of an advanced scholarly information infrastructure to facilitate distributed, data- and information-intensive collaborative research. These developments exist within a rapidly evolving social and policy environment, as relationships shift among scholars, publishers, librarians, universities, funding agencies, businesses, and other stakeholders.”
Christine Borgman
LIBRARY ROLES: getting in the flow
• Knowledge resources: build collections … work with content creators/providers.
• Access: catalogs/indexes … develop technology infrastructure & personal/group tools.
• Services & Expertise: reference/research services…information literacy, collaborative learning centers, online research environments.
An Introduction
• Overview of Libraries system• Connecting with the organization• Services & resources• Your intellectual work, publishing, your
rights, etc.
OVERVIEW
Facts & Figures• 14 physical sites in Twin Cities• 6.8 million volumes (15th largest
research library in North America), all media types
• Nearly 30,000 electronic journals, over 266,000 e-books (campus licensing)
• 350 staff, over 500 student employees• Major contributor to campus technology
infrastructure• Largest external lending volume
Mpls. MainLibrariesWilson Library – Main Humanities and Social Science
Andersen Library – Special Collections and Archives; Research Materials and Storage Collections
Walter Library – Science and Engineering; Video and audio materials
Bio-Medical Library – Health Sciences
Subject LibrariesArchitecture and Landscape Architecture
Math Library
Music Library
MainLibraries
Magrath Library
Entomology/ Fisheries/Wildlife
Forestry
Plant Pathology
Vet Medical
Also:
Horticulture (Chaska)
Lake Itasca Bio Station
St. PaulLibraries
Independent Libraries
• Journalism Library (CLA)• Law Library (Law)• Coordinate campus libraries
– Crookston, Duluth, Morris, Rochester• Many, many departmental libraries &
reading rooms
ORGANIZATION
Discipline Liaisons• Collection development, access
– New journals, monographs– Electronic content licenses
• Instructional services, customized web services
• Research support• Program development, grants, outreach
SERVICES & RESOURCES
http://www.lib.umn.edu
Customized
PersonalizedYour Information
Citation management tool• Web-based• Import/export citations• Integrate with word processing applications• Manage citations• Create bibliographies, reference lists• Shared reference lists
Copyright Information & Education
Instructional RoleUMN Undergraduate Learning Outcomes• The ability to identify, define, and solve problems• The ability to locate and evaluate information• Mastery of a body of knowledge and mode of inquiry• An understanding of diverse philosophies and cultures
in a global society• Ability to communicate effectively• An understanding of the role of creativity, innovation,
discovery, and expression in the arts and humanities and in the natural and social sciences
• Skills for effective citizenship and lifelong learning
Instructional Services
• Online tutorials (QuickStudy)• Discipline resource guides• Course-specific websites (CourseLib)• Unravel the Library workshop series• Course-specific sessions
SMART Learning Commons
• Wilson Library (West Bank)• Magrath Library (St. Paul)• Walter Library (East Bank)
– Research support– Writing support– At risk course support– Peer learning consultants– Technology assistance
Your Work, Publishing, Rights
Scholarly Publishing:A Circle of Gifts
PublisherPublisher
LIBRARYLIBRARY
READERREADER
AUTHORAUTHOR
Reviewer
Creator Rights (copyright)• To publish and distribute a work in print or other
media• To reproduce it (e.g., through photocopying)• To prepare translations or other derivative works• To perform or display the work publicly • To authorize others to exercise any of these
rights
These rights may be both segmented and transferred to others.
Surrendered Copyright?May Need Permission to:
• Post the work on your web site or to a course management system like WebCT
• Re-use excerpts in another work• Translate the work into another language• Make copies of the work for your colleagues• Place the work in course-packs• Place the work in a digital repository or
archive
Creator OptionsOption 1 Option 2 Option 3Continue the frequent existing practice of transferring ownership of copyrights to publishers, in exchange for
publication
Reserve some specific rights (e.g., the right to republish an essay in a book, the right to copy material for instructional purposes, etc.) but otherwise transfer ownership of the copyright to the publisher
Retain ownership of the copyright and license to publishers all the rights the publishers need to conduct
their business
CIC Authors’ Addendum
Open Access: A new model for rights
Open Access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright & licensing restrictions. OA focuses on royalty-free scholarly communication.
Author agrees to a license that may require attribution or
block commercial re-use, but permits the uses required by legitimate scholarship (reading, downloading, sharing, storing, printing, searching, linking…)
Open Access Models
• OA Journals: (peer reviewed), often author-pays; grew 19% in 2007; ~3000 titles
• OA archives, repositories: institutional, disciplinary, governmental
UMN = University Digital Conservancyhttp://conservancy.umn.edu/
NIH Policy (2007) The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall
require that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication, to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law.
Institutions and investigators are responsible for ensuring that any publishing or copyright agreements concerning submitted articles fully comply with this Policy.
Negotiating: Success StoryProfessor Gary Balas, of U of M’s department
of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, initiated a change within his professional organization:
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) agreed to modify their self-archiving policy to allow web posting without requesting permission
Author rights• Assigning your rights matters• Authors have options, agreements are
negotiable• Open access: journal venues, self-
archiving• The Libraries can help:
– Document publisher policies– Guidance on rights options (templates)– Identify open access venues– Archive your works
What is a library?
• Core and distinctive knowledge resources• Pervasive information services: teaching,
learning, research support• Tools to enhance inquiry, productivity• Counsel on publishing options
…in the flow
QUESTIONS?