Open Access Empowers 16-Year-Old to Make Cancer Breakthrough
 image © Right to Research CoalitionSPARC’s student initiative, the Right to Research Coalition, has released a video interview of Jack Andraka, a high school sophomore who won the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair with a breakthrough diagnostic for pancreatic cancer. Interviewed by Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Andraka discusses how open access articles and NIH’s PubMed Central played a key role in enabling his discovery.
SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) Proposal
The Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and ARL have drafted a proposal in response to the OSTP memo: The SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE).
 share-proposal-07june13.pdf
The proposal begins:
Research universities are long-lived and are mission-driven to generate, make accessible, and preserve over time new knowledge and understanding. Research universities collectively have the assets needed for a national solution for enhanced public access to federally funded research output. As the principal producers of the resources that are to be made publicly available under the new White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)[1] memorandum, and that are critical to the continuing success of higher education in the United States, universities have invested in the infrastructure, tools, and services necessary to provide effective and efficient access to their research and scholarship. The new White House directive provides a compelling reason to integrate higher education’s investments to date into a system of cross-institutional digital repositories that will be known as SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE)...
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Terms:2013, Access to Federally Funded Research, Data Curation, Data Management, Data Policies, Open Access, Open Data, Open Scholarship, Public Access Policies, Publications, Publishing Models, Report, Repositories, Scholarly Communication, Text
Article-Level Metrics Primer Released by SPARC
 This spring SPARC published a community resource, Article-Level Metrics: A SPARC Primer (PDF), by Greg Tananbaum. Article-level metrics (ALMs) are rapidly emerging as important tools to quantify how individual articles are being discussed, shared, and used. This SPARC primer provides an overview of what ALMs are, why they matter, how they complement established utilities and metrics, and how they might be considered for use in the tenure and promotion process.
ARL Releases RLI 282 on Library Budgets, Journal Bundles, Reference Staffing
 ARL has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 282, which features articles on ARL library budgets over the past two years, subscriptions to journal collections from large publishers, and the impact of the changing roles of librarians on reference staffing. A pre-publication version of the article about journal bundles was released earlier this year.
The complete table of contents with links to the articles follows:
Research Library Issues, no. 282 (2013)
Terms:2013, Charles B. Lowry, Julia C. Blixrud, Karla L. Strieb, Library Administration, Library Services, Licensing, Marketplace, Publications, Research Library Issues, Scholarly Communication, Text, Workforce
Research Library Issues, no. 280 (Sept. 2012)
Terms:2012, ARL Statistics, Library Administration, Library Services, Licensing, Marketplace, New Models, Open Access, Publications, Research Library Issues, Scholarly Communication, Text
ARL Releases RLI 280 on OERs, E-Book Licensing, Research Library Trends
 ARL has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 280, which features articles on open educational resources (OERs) as an alternative to traditional textbooks, ARL's e-book licensing effort, and research library trends as shown by the ARL Statistics. A pre-publication version of the article about OERs was released earlier this year.
The complete table of contents with links to the articles follows:
Introduction to Opportunity Assessment Instrument
This introduction explains the Institute on Scholarly Communication Opportunity Assessment Instrument.
All participants accepted for the institute’s three-day program development event are encouraged to work with a selected department to complete an opportunity assessment prior to attending the institute.
isc-workshop-apr2013-assessment-intro.pdf
Increasing the Effectiveness of Your Scholarly Communications Program Workshop Presentation Slides
Presentation slides used in the ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communications workshop, Increasing the Effectiveness of Your Scholarly Communications Program, held in Indianapolis, IN, on April 9-10, 2013.
isc-workshop-apr2013-slides1.pdf
Increasing the Effectiveness of Your Scholarly Communications Program Workshop Handout 2
Second worksheet used in the ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communications workshop, Increasing the Effectiveness of Your Scholarly Communications Program, held in Indianapolis, IN, on April 9-10, 2013.
isc-workshop-apr2013-handout2.pdf
Increasing the Effectiveness of Your Scholarly Communications Program Workshop Handout 1
Worksheet used in the ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communications workshop, Increasing the Effectiveness of Your Scholarly Communications Program, held in Indianapolis, IN, on April 9-10, 2013.
isc-workshop-apr2013-handout1.pdf
Open Educational Resources as Learning Materials: ARL Releases Pre-Pub from RLI 280
 image © MorBCNARL has released a pre-publication version of an article on “Open Educational Resources as Learning Materials: Prospects and Strategies for University Libraries,” which will be featured in the forthcoming Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 280.
Research Library Issues, no. 282 (Spring 2013): Pre-pub of "The State of Large-Publisher Bundles in 2012"
Deadline Approaching for Scholarly Communication Workshop on Strategic Skills
Offered by the ARL-ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication (ISC), the workshop “Increasing the Effectiveness of Your Scholarly Communication Program: Strategic Skills for Success” helps librarians continue building and strengthening programs that resonate with their local institutions. This workshop is appropriate for librarians who have already established scholarly communication programs and are seeking to develop a deeper impact. Participants will think strategically about setting directions, plan appropriate next steps, and practice skills to influence campus partners.
SPEC Kit 332: Organization of Scholarly Communication Services (November 2012)
SPEC Kit 332 explores how research institutions are currently organizing staff to support scholarly communication services, and whether their organizational structures have changed since 2007, when member libraries were surveyed about their scholarly communication education initiative. It covers who leads scholarly communication efforts inside and outside the library, the scholarly communication related services that are offered to researchers, and which staff support those services. It also looks at how the library measures the success of its scholarly communication services, including demonstrable outcomes of these services. It includes position descriptions for library leaders of scholarly communication efforts, charges for SC committees, organization charts, descriptions of SC services, assessment tools, open access policies, and SC resolutions.
This publication is available for purchase in both online and print versions. Download the spec-kit-purchase-options-2013.pdf for complete pricing and purchase options information.
Link to the online SPEC Kit 332 on the ARL Digital Publications website.
Terms:2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, kynita stringer-stanback, Library Administration, Library Services, Melanie Feltner-Reichert, Publications, Rachel Radom, Scholarly Communication, SPEC Kit, Text
Membership Meeting 2012 (Fall): Data Governance in the Scholarly Communication Ecosystem Understanding the Issues and Rights Associated With Research Data
Proceedings of the 161st ARL Membership Meeting, October 2012.
mm12fall-smith-henry-riley-kirchner.pdf Audio on YouTube
Terms:2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, Ann Campion Riley, Ann Campion Riley, Ann Campion Riley, Ann Campion Riley, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, Audio , Data Curation, Data Curation, Data Curation, Data Curation, Data Policies, Data Policies, Data Policies, Data Policies, Geneva Henry, Geneva Henry, Geneva Henry, Geneva Henry, Joy Kirchner, Joy Kirchner, Joy Kirchner, Joy Kirchner, MacKenzie Smith, MacKenzie Smith, MacKenzie Smith, MacKenzie Smith, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Publications, Repositories, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Slide, Slide, Slide, Slide
Citation Analysis of PhD Theses in Psychology and Psychobiology
Poster presented at the LCDP Luminary Class, June 2012. lcdp-2012-poster-boyd-angela.pdf
Terms:2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, Angela Boyd, Angela Boyd, Angela Boyd, Angela Boyd, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Publications, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication
Hip Hop Scholarship: A Descriptive Analysis of Dissertations 1993-2011
Poster presented at the LCDP Luminary Class, June 2012. To better understand the growth and interdisciplinary nature of hip hop, this project investigates the scholarship related to this emerging area of research. Using the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) database as a tool, a sample of 103 out of a total 344 dissertations were examined with a focus on various aspects of the hip hop culture. A descriptive analysis is presented based on institution, geographic location, department, keywords, and year of publication. lcdp-2012-poster-gray-laverne.pdf
Terms:2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, LaVerne Gray, LaVerne Gray, LaVerne Gray, LaVerne Gray, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Publications, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication
Membership Meeting 2012 (Spring): Open scholarship: digital scholarship
Proceedings of the 160th ARL Membership Meeting, May 2012.
mm12sp-munoz.pdf
Terms:2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, E-Research, E-Research, E-Research, E-Research, Open Scholarship, Open Scholarship, Open Scholarship, Open Scholarship, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Publications, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Slide, Slide, Slide, Slide, Trevor Muñoz, Trevor Muñoz, Trevor Muñoz, Trevor Muñoz
Membership Meeting 2012 (Spring): 21st Century Scholarly Publishing and the Third Space
Proceedings of the 160th ARL Membership Meeting, May 2012.
mm12sp-dewey.pdf
Terms:2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, Barbara I. Dewey, Barbara I. Dewey, Barbara I. Dewey, Barbara I. Dewey, New Models, New Models, New Models, New Models, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Publications, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Slide, Slide, Slide, Slide, University Publishing, University Publishing, University Publishing, University Publishing, University Publishing, University Publishing, University Publishing
ARL and LYRASIS Sign Agreement for Licensing Initiative
On November 18, 2011, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and LYRASIS signed an agreement designating LYRASIS as an agent to negotiate licenses for online content on behalf of interested ARL member libraries. This is the culmination of an effort that began in 2010 to identify a strategy for ARL to influence the marketplace regarding licensing rights, technical specifications, and business terms to meet the needs of research libraries.
Membership Meeting 2011 (Spring): International STM Journal Market
Presented at the 158th ARL Membership Meeting, May 2011.
 mm11sp-stm.mp3
Terms:2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, Audio , Audio , Claudio Aspesi, Claudio Aspesi, Claudio Aspesi, Claudio Aspesi, Marketplace, Marketplace, Marketplace, Marketplace, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Publications, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Ted Bergstrom, Ted Bergstrom, Ted Bergstrom, Ted Bergstrom, William (Bill) J. Cook, William (Bill) J. Cook, William (Bill) J. Cook, William (Bill) J. Cook
Membership Meeting 2011 (Spring): Strategic Partnerships to Reshape Scholarly Communication
Presented at the 158th ARL Membership Meeting, May 2011.
mm11sp-partner.mp3
Terms:2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, Audio , Audio , Carole Moore, Carole Moore, Carole Moore, Carole Moore, Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Publications, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication
Membership Meeting 2011 (Spring): Current and Future STM Publishing Market Trends
Presented at the 158th ARL Membership Meeting, May 2011.
mm11sp-cook.pdf
Terms:2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, Licensing, Licensing, Licensing, Licensing, Marketplace, Marketplace, Marketplace, Marketplace, Marketplace, Marketplace, Marketplace, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Publications, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Slide, Slide, Slide, Slide, William (Bill) J. Cook, William (Bill) J. Cook, William (Bill) J. Cook, William (Bill) J. Cook
Membership Meeting 2011 (Spring): Watching your cards in The Big Deal
Presented at the 158th ARL Membership Meeting, May 2011.
mm11sp-bergstrom.pdf
Terms:2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, Licensing, Licensing, Licensing, Licensing, Marketplace, Marketplace, Marketplace, Marketplace, Marketplace, Marketplace, Marketplace, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Publications, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Slide, Slide, Slide, Slide, Ted Bergstrom, Ted Bergstrom, Ted Bergstrom, Ted Bergstrom
Membership Meeting 2011 (Spring): STM Publishing: A Shift of Power
Presented at the 158th ARL Membership Meeting, May 2011.
mm11sp-aspesi.pdf
Terms:2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, ARL Membership Meeting, Claudio Aspesi, Claudio Aspesi, Claudio Aspesi, Claudio Aspesi, Licensing, Licensing, Licensing, Licensing, Marketplace, Marketplace, Marketplace, Marketplace, Marketplace, Marketplace, Marketplace, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Proceedings, Publications, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Slide, Slide, Slide, Slide
Questions from the NRNT Digital Curation and Preservation Webcast
These questions were asked during the April 7, 2011, webcast "New Roles for Research Libraries: Digital Curation for Preservation," but were left unanswered due to time constraints. The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) asked the webcast panel and the report authors to develop written responses to the unanswered questions in an effort to deepen webcast participants' understanding of the topic.
nrnt_dc_webcast_qanda_apr07.pdf
Terms:2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration, Preservation, Preservation, Preservation, Preservation, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Repositories, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Text, Text, Text, Text
New Roles for New Times: Digital Curation for Preservation
The New Roles for New Times series identifies and delineates emerging roles and present research on early experiences among member libraries in developing the roles and delivering services. This report looks at how libraries are developing new roles and services in the arena of digital curation for preservation.
The authors consider a “promising set of new roles that libraries are currently carving out in the digital arena,” describing emerging strategies for libraries and librarians and highlighting collaborative approaches through a series of case studies of key programs and projects. They also provide helpful definitions and offer recommendations for libraries considering how best to make or expand their investments in digital curation. Issues and developments within and across the sciences and humanities are considered.
nrnt_digital_curation17mar11.pdf
Hardcopy also available for purchase for $25.00 plus shipping & handling.
Terms:2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration, Digitization, Katherine Skinner, Katherine Skinner, Katherine Skinner, Katherine Skinner, New Roles for New Times, New Roles for New Times, New Roles for New Times, New Roles for New Times, Preservation, Preservation, Preservation, Preservation, Preservation, Preservation, Preservation, Publications, Repositories, Research Collections, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Text, Text, Text, Text, Tyler O. Walters, Tyler O. Walters, Tyler O. Walters, Tyler O. Walters
Publishing Support for Small Print-Based Publishers: Options for ARL Libraries
This report summarizes the results of a project to investigate options that research libraries have for providing publishing support to small, print-based publishers.
pub-support_7mar11.pdf
Terms:2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, Judy Luther, Judy Luther, Judy Luther, Judy Luther, Library Publishing, Library Publishing, Library Publishing, Library Publishing, October Ivins, October Ivins, October Ivins, October Ivins, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Text, Text, Text, Text
ARL E-Book Requirements
This is "Appendix C: Detailed Evaluation Requirements and Desirables" of the 2012 ARL e-book licensing agent RFP, more commonly known as the "ARL E-Book Requirements."
arl-e-book-requirements-2012.pdf
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