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{"title":"Cost per Use as an Electronic Resources Evaluation Parameter: Can You Use It Under Extraordinary Circumstances?","authors":"L. Crespo","doi":"10.5703/1288284317010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317010","url":null,"abstract":"In 2017, the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) suffered two extraordinary events that substantially affected library services. From March through June 2017 the university was closed due to a student strike that affected daily activities and academic services. In September of the same year, our country was hit by the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in its history, which left the whole island without power and communications infrastructure for many months. In both scenarios, access to electronic resources was seriously affected. Usage reports are important for, among other things, evidencing the use of electronic resources in a certain collection, justifying the allocation of funds, and as criteria for evaluating resources. Cost per use is one of the evaluation parameters used by many academic institutions, including the Library System at the UPR Rio Piedras Campus (UPRRP). However, what happens when there are extraordinary factors that affect the calculation of the cost per use during a period of time? What alternatives exist, if any, to be able to calculate and continue using cost per use as a reliable evaluation parameter? This work in progress proposes the development of a new way of calculating and analyzing the cost per use of the electronic subscriptions of the UPRRP Library System using data that is not influenced by extraordinary events and that may affect the final result. The use of the median instead of the average to calculate the cost per use can be an effective alternative to deal with this problem. The Library System at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus The Library System of UPRRP consists of 21 different libraries and collections that provide services to nine faculties and graduate schools. It serves a population of nearly 14,000 students, 1,300 faculty members and researchers, and 1,600 nonfaculty staff. Even though each library and collection has their own staff and coordinates their services to the public, the Library System handles all tasks regarding administration, budget management, cataloging, acquisitions, preservation, and information systems and technologies management. Due to its status as a public institution, the UPRRP, as well as the other 10 campuses of the University of Puerto Rico, receives the general public and offers them access to information resources, the Internet, and many other services that can be compared to those offered in a public library. There are not enough public libraries in the country, so we daily welcome hundreds of patrons from the nearby communities of Río Piedras and San Juan with different economic, social, and academic backgrounds. The electronic resources collection of the Library System (LS) consists of 134 databases in 59 different platforms or interfaces that cover all the disciplines offered at the UPRRP. It has around 8,000 electronic books and 7,550 individual journal titles. Of these, 1,231 e‐ books and 1,400 journals are not part of any collection or bundle an","PeriodicalId":363268,"journal":{"name":"O, Wind, if Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121961084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tradition + Evolution: Providing Scaffolding for Librarians in a Time of Change","authors":"Mira Waller, Hilary Davis, Scott A. Warren","doi":"10.5703/1288284317052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317052","url":null,"abstract":"Changing technology, evolving research methods and requirements, shifting expectations in teaching and learning, and the ongoing transformation of the scholarly communication landscape have all given libraries more opportunities than ever to participate in the full research life cycle, including areas previously considered outside their scope. As a result, libraries have been seeking ways to evolve the liaison role and its influences on collections, services, and the identity of both libraries and librarians. Some changes have been more fluid while others have been more prescriptive. Some roles have shifted in direct response to a specific need, for example, supporting research data management and funding compliance. In other cases, anticipated needs such as lab‐ integrated support and grant collaboration are driving the shift. In all cases, libraries are grappling with how best to position their liaisons for success. In this interactive Lively Lunch session, facilitators Mira Waller, Hilary Davis, and Scott Warren provided a brief overview of what is happening in their libraries and posed questions to guide a focused discussion around the changing roles and duties of liaison librarianship. Participants shared lessons learned while gleaning best practices regarding the ways in which changing roles and new paths have simultaneously opened opportunities and posed sticky challenges. Lively Lunch Discussion Introduction and Overview Waller began the Lively Lunch by introducing the facilitators of the session and asking participants to actively engage in a dialogue, so that the session would be truly interactive. Next, Waller noted that many, if not all of the audience were in the room because they were a part of, in charge of, interested in, and/or affected by the ongoing changing nature of liaison or subject specialist librarians; and that liaison roles are evolving to try to meet the shifting needs of patrons around research, teaching, and learning. Like many libraries, North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries and Syracuse University (SU) Libraries have been exploring ways to evolve the subject/liaison librarian role to best meet new needs, while continuing to meet necessary traditional needs by a combination of leveraging technology, realigning priorities, providing training in new skills, and reimagining positions. Waller shared that NCSU Libraries has been shifting from a support model to actively engaging and collaborating with scholars throughout the academic and research life cycle. At the same time NCSU Libraries has tried to allow for experimental approaches and organizational flex by providing opportunities and resources to pilot new services, as well as encouraging staff to take risks. Functional roles have been established and separated from traditional liaison roles, for example, a new Data & Visualization Services Department was launched; but the NCSU Libraries has also allowed for traditional liaison roles that include some fu","PeriodicalId":363268,"journal":{"name":"O, Wind, if Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121441470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Using a Community of Practice Approach to Transform: How an Academic Library Collections Unit Reorganized to Meet Growing Demands for E-Resources and Services During a Time of Institutional Change","authors":"John Abresch","doi":"10.5703/1288284317029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317029","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, technical services operations and collection management at the Library was operating with flat budgets, a staff organization in a state of transition, ineffective workplace communication, and a progressive loss of institutional knowledge and skill sets. During the same time, the university was characterized by a fast‐ developing dynamic research and learning environment. New research endeavors and academic programs were incorporating a variety of electronic resources in their activities. In response, library administrators implemented a strategy of organizing technical services operations into a community of practice with three key elements. The three elements included redefining technical staff organization, enhancing collaboration and communication, and building new work areas. This paper illustrates how the technical services operations at USF was remodeled by modifying staff organization and workspaces into collaborative teams. The team approach has focused skill sets on multiformat collection problem solving and enhanced service delivery to library patrons. The reorganization has transformed a department previously centered on processing print publications to a department focused on managing diverse activities including evidence‐ based acquisitions programs in both e‐ book and streaming formats as well as diverse e‐ journal and database subscriptions. The new Collections & Discovery Unit has a shared mission and vision. The unit staff members have built a knowledge base of diverse information and solutions to meet the challenges of a fast‐ changing academic landscape.","PeriodicalId":363268,"journal":{"name":"O, Wind, if Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?","volume":"165 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131461872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"When the Wind Blows: Changing Roles for Changing Times","authors":"Mira Waller, Shelby Hallman","doi":"10.5703/1288284317050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317050","url":null,"abstract":"Subject liaisons have traditionally focused on providing domain‐ specific services and collections. Recently, however, their roles have shifted from a support model to actively engaging and collaborating with scholars throughout the academic life cycle and research enterprise. At the same time, users increasingly require functional information support (e.g., for GIS, data visualization, or data mining) in place of or in addition to domain‐ specific services. As the liaison role continues to evolve, finding the right balance between the roles of generalist, subject specialist, and functional expert will provide both challenges and opportunities. This proceeding focuses on a case study of two librarians in the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries who started out in the Collections & Research Strategy Department and ended up in a new department, Research Engagement. One librarian transitioned from being a libraries fellow into a new role as research librarian for Engineering & Entrepreneurship and the other librarian transitioned from being the associate head of the Collections & Research Strategy Department into being the head of the new department. The librarians will share their perspectives and experiences around helping to shape this new department, including figuring out the role of the new department in the organization, building an identity, and developing goals and priorities. The librarians will also share what traditional skills were still needed in their new roles and what strategies were employed for identifying and building new skills.","PeriodicalId":363268,"journal":{"name":"O, Wind, if Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?","volume":"777 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117024039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Library-Supported Scholarship: Increasing Faculty Scholarly Reach with Author Services","authors":"Russell Michalak, Monica D. T. Rysavy","doi":"10.5703/1288284317059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317059","url":null,"abstract":"The researchers’ primary goal when working with faculty on the research and publication process is to empower them to independently write literature reviews, deploy surveys, collect data, analyze data, and submit manuscripts to peer‐ review journals and edited book collections. The authors coach faculty in doing so in a variety of ways, from one‐ on‐ one trainings to small group workshops. For faculty who have recently earned their PhD, librarians have worked with them to narrow their dissertation topic into a publishable product. As part of the publishing process, the authors have shown them how to select potential publication outlets by reviewing the journals most cited by those the faculty are citing through using Web of Science and by reviewing journal SJR index scores. To assist faculty with marketing their publications, we surveyed the college’s faculty to determine their awareness of authors so that the library can assist them to increase their scholarly reach. Overall, with the exception of Google Scholar Author Profiles and LinkedIn, more than 50% of the college’s faculty indicated that they were unaware of the remaining author services. This indicates there is need for librarians or educational technologists to train faculty on the benefits author services provides faculty.","PeriodicalId":363268,"journal":{"name":"O, Wind, if Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125732459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Future of Research Information: Open, Connected, Seamless","authors":"Annette Thomas","doi":"10.5703/1288284317000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317000","url":null,"abstract":"Part of the Library and Information Science Commons An indexed, print copy of the Proceedings is also available for purchase at: http://www.thepress.purdue.edu/series/charleston. You may also be interested in the new series, Charleston Insights in Library, Archival, and Information Sciences. Find out more at: http://www.thepress.purdue.edu/series/charleston-insights-library-archivaland-information-sciences.","PeriodicalId":363268,"journal":{"name":"O, Wind, if Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?","volume":"429 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120968514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Data Expeditions: Mining Data for Effective Decision-Making","authors":"A. Michael, Ivy Anderson, Gwen Evans","doi":"10.5703/1288284317002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317002","url":null,"abstract":"Part of the Library and Information Science Commons An indexed, print copy of the Proceedings is also available for purchase at: http://www.thepress.purdue.edu/series/charleston. You may also be interested in the new series, Charleston Insights in Library, Archival, and Information Sciences. Find out more at: http://www.thepress.purdue.edu/series/charleston-insights-library-archivaland-information-sciences.","PeriodicalId":363268,"journal":{"name":"O, Wind, if Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122705158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Simplifying the Collections Budget to Maximize Flexibility and Increase Responsiveness to User Needs","authors":"D. Koufogiannakis, Denise Pan","doi":"10.5703/1288284317020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317020","url":null,"abstract":"Part of the Collection Development and Management Commons An indexed, print copy of the Proceedings is also available for purchase at: http://www.thepress.purdue.edu/series/charleston. You may also be interested in the new series, Charleston Insights in Library, Archival, and Information Sciences. Find out more at: http://www.thepress.purdue.edu/series/charleston-insights-library-archivaland-information-sciences.","PeriodicalId":363268,"journal":{"name":"O, Wind, if Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116549057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Decoding the Scholarly Resources Marketplace","authors":"Lindsay Cronk, Rachel Fleming","doi":"10.5703/1288284317073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317073","url":null,"abstract":"Part of the Collection Development and Management Commons, Scholarly Communication Commons, and the Scholarly Publishing Commons An indexed, print copy of the Proceedings is also available for purchase at: http://www.thepress.purdue.edu/series/charleston. You may also be interested in the new series, Charleston Insights in Library, Archival, and Information Sciences. Find out more at: http://www.thepress.purdue.edu/series/charleston-insights-library-archivaland-information-sciences.","PeriodicalId":363268,"journal":{"name":"O, Wind, if Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131816021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Getting E-Books into Courses: How Libraries Can Partner with Faculty to Ease the Textbook Affordability Crisis","authors":"David Comeaux, K. Li, J. Pavy","doi":"10.5703/1288284317027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317027","url":null,"abstract":"Academic libraries have implemented various initiatives to help reduce the cost students pay for learning materials. Popular initiatives including promoting open educational resources (OER), inclusive access programs, and curriculum‐ based collection development. A recent survey conducted by Library Journal/EBSCO identified several barriers to faculty engagement with e‐ books in courses. This paper will discuss those barriers, as well as the efforts at two Louisiana universities, under the leadership of the statewide academic library consortium (LOUIS), to promote both OER and library‐ purchased e‐ books, and address challenges to faculty and student engagement with these materials. In addition to these, some libraries have implemented programs to purchase books assigned to courses as e‐ books and made them available to students free of charge. One such program has been in place at Louisiana State University (LSU) since 2014. This paper will describe that program, including its efforts to engage faculty members, as well as similar efforts at the University of New Orleans (UNO). Among the efforts to engage faculty is LSU’s “e‐ Textbooks for Faculty” portal; a website that enables faculty members to search for relevant e‐ books. A similar tool, created by EBSCO to serve a state consortium, will also be discussed. Finally, user testing was conducted to understand whether an existing library e‐ textbook product (EBSCO) sufficiently supported the course‐ reading workflow; this paper will discuss that testing as well as recommendations for platforms seeking to support this use case. Libraries and the Affordability Landscape Involvement in affordability initiatives is a major trend in academic libraries. One widely discussed strategy is the promotion of open educational resources (OER) and supporting faculty in their discovery, adoption, and creation. Another major strategy is curriculum‐ driven collection development, in which libraries purchase or license content that is assigned in classes. A closely related, more proactive strategy involves promoting existing library collections (and content that is either open or which can be licensed for campus‐ wide use) to faculty during the textbook selection process. Understanding Obstacles to Faculty Engagement in Affordability To support efforts by Louisiana libraries and others seeking to leverage librarylicensed materials, EBSCO sponsored a large‐ scale survey via Library Journal to academic faculty in North America in the summer of 2018. The goal was to understand faculty perceptions and behavior related to linking to electronic library resources for courses, specifically using library ebooks. A total of 228 faculty members responded to the survey. One half teach primarily undergraduates, and the remainder were spread between postgraduates, community college, and graduate students, as shown in Figure 1. A wide array of disciplines were represented. More than one‐ fourth of respondents teach social science","PeriodicalId":363268,"journal":{"name":"O, Wind, if Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133447058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}