Technology & libraries lightning round up
- 1. Technology & Libraries Lightning Round-up Jacqui Grallo Reference and Instructional Technology Librarian, California State University Monterey Bay
- 2. ACRL/SPARC Forum Caroline Sutton, Co-Action Publishing and the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) Wim van der Stelt, Springer Open Choice Catriona MacCallum, PLoS
- 3. Links ACRL Scholarly Communication Toolkit http:// scholcomm.acrl.ala.org / SPARC Forum archive http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/forum.shtml
- 4. Core vs. Non-core Practices Core = Upholding rigor, integrity, cumulative nature of knowledge Non-core = selling subscriptions, offering licensing agreements, parceling out knowledge into “issues” with “pages,” assigning DOIs, doing peer review prior to publication, and measuring a journal’s impact factor
- 5. Giant Sorting Mechanism “ is this the best way to disseminate science?”
- 6. Re-engineering Organization of Content What must be done before publication, and what can wait until after? PLoS Currents http://www.plos.org/journals/currents.php
- 7. RUSA/MARS Discovery Layers Josh Boyer, North Carolina State University Beth Bernhardt, UNC Greensboro Johan Oberg, Macalester College Notes at http://connect.ala.org/node/128191
- 8. Discovery Layers/Tools/Services Single search of all types of materials (locally held and not) pre-indexed in one place Users can limit/filter in many ways
- 9. ULS Executive Committee Discussion of the White Paper on the ALA Midwinter Meeting http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/governance/officers/eb_documents/2010_2011ebdocuments/ebd12_17_%20mw_future.pdf
- 10. Thank you! Brought to you by the ACRL ULS Technology in University Libraries Committee Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/ACRL-ULS-Technology-in-University-Libraries-Committee/168949083131800 Twitter: @acrlulstech