Understanding GDPR: Libraries, Repositories, & Privacy Policies

This presentation examines the impacts of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on Digital Commons Institutional Repositories. It will briefly explore the history and requirements of GDPR, steps bepress has taken to comply with regulations, impacts on our bepress repositories, and best practices which libraries can implement at their institutions. It also includes an example of a data audit process at the University of Denver and the resulting privacy policy developed

Image Seeking Behaviors in a Local History Collection

This study built upon previous, but limited research on image seeking behaviors. The focus of the study was on student image seeking behaviors within a digital collection and explored the following two questions: How do students at the University of Denver seek images within Digital DU? Are students at the University of Denver aware of Digital DU

Creating Open Works

Workshop materials for a course on Creative Commons Licensing of scholarly and creative works. The set contains 2 slide decks and handouts

Creating an Open Works Workshop

Learn how to use Creative Commons licensing, choose a hosting platform, and remix open resources. This workshop explores open resource repositories, examines Creative Commons licenses, remixes materials into a group creative work, and walks participants through considerations when hosting works. This workshop supplies valuable, hands-on experience for participants

Showcasing More and Increasing Impact : The Virtuous Cycle of IR Success

Every institution wants an IR that showcases the full breadth of its works and drives significant impact for the academic interests on campus. In fact, this creates a virtuous cycle : more content leads to more readers and recognition, more collaborations, more students, and more funding, which in turn leads to more content. But how do you reach that level of success? And how do you sustain it? This talk answers these questions through two particular lenses on the IR: content population (“Showcasing More”) and impact realization (“Increasing Impact”). Digital Commons customer case studies and recent and upcoming product developments will highlight these two themes

Essentialism, Social Construction, or Individual Differences

Per the United States Department of Labor Women’s Bureau’s latest available statistics, the percentage of women employed in computer and information technology occupations was consistently lower than the average for all occupations. When broken down by selected characteristics, these numbers range from 12.4% in computer network architectures to 35.2% in web development. Is this trend reflected in the libraries? Although no comprehensive statistics are available for women in library IT, Lamont’s study does reflect the same trend in that the number of women as library IT department heads has been about one half that of men between 2004-2008. Why is there an under representation of women in library IT leadership? Is gender a concern? To answer this question, a more essential question should be addressed, i.e. what makes a successful IT supervisor in libraries? We posit that a successful supervisor is reflected in the morale and self-esteem of their reports, as well as in the integrity, productivity, and efficiency of the department or group they head

One Size Does Not Fit All: Self-Archiving Personas Based On Federally Funded Researchers at a Mid-Sized Private Institution

Introduction: This mixed-method study analyzes the self-archiving behaviors and underlying motivations of researchers at an institution very recently recategorized by the Carnegie Classification system from “Doctoral– High Research Activity (R2)” to “Doctoral–Very High Research Activity (R1).” Methods: A quantitative analysis of data provided by CHORUS, a multi-institutional open access (OA) infrastructure project designed to minimize the administrative costs of complying with federal public access mandates, was followed by semi-structured qualitative interviews with researchers to determine the underlying motivations for self-archiving research papers resulting from federal grant support. Results: Fifty-one authors with federal research funding published 71 journal articles; 139 OA versions of these 71 articles were intentionally made available by researchers across nine types of platforms, including and in addition to those provided by publishers. Interviews with 11 investigators revealed motivators such as a dedication to public access to knowledge, learned behaviors in specific disciplines, and enlightened self-interest. Challenges included concern regarding confidentiality, confusion about intellectual property and funder requirements, administrative overhead, and integrity of the scholarly record. Discussion: Despite concerns and a lack of an OA mandate and other drivers more commonly present at larger, more research-intensive universities, several researchers interviewed actively engaged in self-archiving article versions, not always with clear motivations. These findings have implications for both scholarly communications and collection development services. Conclusion: These quantitative and qualitative data informed the creation of three distinct personas intended to help librarians at similar universities design services in a manner that aligns with investigator motivations

Natural Knee Data Collection

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Moving AI Lab: Grid Maps

Game maps used with permission.https://digitalcommons.du.edu/du_slideshow/1008/thumbnail.jp

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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