The Future of Open Access Journals in Academic Libraries: a Survey on Current Practices and a Blueprint for Collection Development (Survey Data)

Print journals collection development is a long-standing academic library role, whose support of university curriculum and research is essential. However, academic libraries have weathered difficult collection development decisions due to costs and strained budgets. As technology has given rise to online journals and space is reallocated, libraries have shifted focus to online journals. In addition, some academic libraries select open access journals to supplement subscriptions, but lack criteria. Furthermore, academic libraries are challenged by some open access journals’ predatory practices, unreliable access, and lacking peer review. This article explores academic libraries’ open access journals collection development and provides a blueprint

Increasing the Accessibility of Library Resources & Services for Improved Discovery in the Classroom

Equitable access to education for students with disabilities is not just a good idea, it is the law. However, all students benefit from having multiple possible ways to learn. I believe the same holds true for library services and resources. However, making courses and library resources and services is easier to imagine than it is to do. Come to this presentation to hear about what I learned in the ADA & Web Accessibility Self-Paced Workshop from Online Learning Consortium and how I have improved the accessibility of library resources and services

Supporting Your Tenure and Promotion With Scholarship Citations, Downloads, and Journal Rankings

Come to this poster session to learn the importance of making your scholarship more visible by identifying the impact of your scholarship in your discipline and at large. Learn how to find data on citation use, determine the extent to which your scholarship is downloaded, and locate journal rankings to support the importance of your research to present in dossiers for tenure and promotion as well as regular performance reports. Having hard data about downloads and citations of your scholarship to support your tenure or promotion dossier or regular performance report is crucial to assessing the impact of your scholarship on your discipline and society. Documenting the statistics of downloads and citations of your scholarship, as well as the rankings of the journals in which you publish, can help to support the scholarship area of your dossier. There are a variety of ways to gather data which will be presented in this session. In addition, learn how to give your work greater exposure to scholars worldwide, by depositing copies of your work in institutional repositories, and including links to your work in an ORCid profile. Bring an extra device to this poster presentation to try it out for yourself

Promoting Open Access Journals and Open Data to Your Scholarly Community for Maximum Impact

Open access journals and open data provide researchers with information that would otherwise be behind a paywall. Both are growing exponentially and are widely used and cited by scholars. However, not all open access journals are respected, peer reviewed publications and should be evaluated prior to submitting research. Open data repositories allow researchers to deposit their data to promote it and make it available for others to access and use. Getting the word out about scholarly research is fundamental to other researchers to access it, and augments the possibility of citations and altmetrics scores. Come to this presentation to hear about how you can promote open access to scholars in your community so that they can publish and promote their open access research for maximum impact

Using Library E-Resources in the Classroom

This is a presentation about library resources and how to use them in the classroom to support discovery and scholarship. This included adding links for e-resources into Angel in order to facilitate off-campus access to the resources

Open access in theory and practice: the theory-practice relationship and openness (book review)

This is a book review that appeared in CHOICE

Advantages and Challenges of Open Access Resources During COVID-19 and Beyond

The COVID-19 pandemic taught librarians that we needed to up our game of providing access to needed resources to serve patrons’ needs even while our physical buildings were shuttered last year. Some vendors and publishers offered deals to libraries to convert their print book purchases or journal subscriptions to online; however, not all libraries had funds to do this. Other publishers offered free access to part or all of their resources to libraries, and some are continuing to do so even though some libraries have returned to more normal operations. Open access resources have been around for years, and allow libraries to expand their access to resources beyond the library walls without financial burden, but they do offer challenges for libraries, especially during the COVID-19 shutdown. Come to this presentation to learn about the benefits and challenges of open access for libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Responding to the Need for Change Through Strategic Collection Development

Is your library’s print serials collection irrelevant and little used? Have you been given a mandate to change? Has your library’s budget been cut while you must provide access to relevant serials and databases? In June of 2013, Axe Library had a change of leadership and at the same time, staff were given a mandate to change by university administration with no idea of what that meant. In addition, the library faced a crippling budget shortfall that meant subscription cuts were inevitable. As a result, staff came to realize that the status quo of doing their jobs as they knew them would no longer suffice. The library had to make lasting changes in providing access to relevant resources, but also deal with the budget crisis. With the new Dean’s leadership, staff members united to set priorities for relevant serials and database needs in order to create a student-centered, service oriented library. While Axe Library’s situation is not unique, this librarian discusses innovative ideas and suggests a model for other libraries

Using a 21st Century Tool to Support Discovery & Research With Library Resources

Learn how you can use LibGuides to point your students to discipline specific databases and resources in order to help them to use good resources in doing research. Specifically, LibGuides can point to subscription and open access databases, online journals, websites, uploaded documents, and YouTube videos, among other things