FY2017 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Statistical Survey: University of Rhode Island Data

The main document posted here is a report generated from the online subscription service ACRLMetrics. The report contains FY2017 data as submitted by the University of Rhode Island Libraries for the 2017 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Annual Survey. Several files are included as supplemental content, including the data in spreadsheet format, the filled-out survey form as submitted, the blank data worksheet, the survey instructions and definitions, and the trends questionnaire

Introduction to DigitalCommons@URI

DigitalCommons@URI is the University of Rhode Island\u27s institutional repository. Faculty, staff, and students are invited to deposit scholarly and creative work for long-term preservation and online dissemination. The repository also offers support for journal publishing and faculty profile pages. This presentation gives an overview of the repository and how to contribute

FY2019 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Statistical Survey: University of Rhode Island Data

The main document posted here is a report generated from the online subscription service ACRLMetrics. The report contains FY2019 data as submitted by the University of Rhode Island Libraries for the 2019 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Annual Survey. Several files are included as supplemental content, including the data in spreadsheet format and the filled-out survey form as submitted in February 2020

The 1foldr Data Report for Populating IRs: A Lighting Fast Review

Review of the University of Rhode Island\u27s experience with the 1foldr data report. Lightning talk given at OpenCon 2018 Boston, 9 November 2018, Boston, MA

DigitalCommons@URI and the Open Access Policy

Overview of the University of Rhode Island\u27s IR, DigitalCommons@URI, and the URI Open Access Policy. Webinar presented to the URI community

Journal Publishing at the University of Rhode Island

Overview of the University of Rhode Island Libraries journal publishing program through DigitalCommons@URI. Presented at the Digital Commons North American Conference, October 2021

Bindings, Blades, and Bottlenecks: Finding Equilibrium in an In-House Digitization Project

Lightning Talk given at ACRL New England Conference 2021. Starting in fall 2019, we embarked on an in-house pilot project to digitize our entire thesis and dissertation collection and ingest these works to the institutional repository. With undergraduate student workers doing all of the scanning, we are removing the binding of one copy of each thesis/dissertation and digitizing the resulting loose pages using a sheet feeder scanner. Surprisingly little has been written about this approach to digitization in libraries, perhaps because destroying physical copies of books is not often desirable or feasible. But in certain situations, this workflow can provide a very low-cost and relatively fast option for digitizing a collection. The best information we were able to find about taking books apart came from YouTube. For advice about heavy-duty paper cutters (guillotines) we relied on book arts listservs. As a result, we are learning on the job and adjusting as we go. For example, the new paper cutter blade went dull after merely two months because of the unexpectedly high number of books students were able to get through. Also because of the high volume of scanning, staff working on other pieces of the project – such as uploading the files to the repository, editing the catalog records, and even discarding the large volume of empty bindings – encountered a large bottleneck. After recalibrating and redistributing the workloads amongst the collaborative team, we are finding a balance where the various elements of the project are keeping pace. Given the limited amount of information available about in-house “destructive” digitization projects, our talk will be aimed at sharing valuable lessons learned from the experience

New England Technical Services Librarians Spring 2012 Conference: iLibrary: Digital Futures for Libraries (May 3, 2012, Worcester, MA)

This report discusses the program of the 2012 New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL) annual spring conference, held on Thursday, May 3 at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, titled “iLibrary: Digital Futures for Libraries.” NETSL is a section of the New England Library Association and a regional group of the American Library Association