Green v. Gold, or Chatter About How Green OA is Not Cutting It

Andrée Rathemacher\u27s prompts for a discussion at the 2017 Boston OA Advocates Meeting, which took place on July 19, 2017 at Lamont Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Also included as supplementary files are presentation slides and the meeting agenda

OCLC Expenditures FY19

This report lists the total amounts invoiced to the University of Rhode Island Libraries by OCLC during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019. Costs are broken down by invoice date and category and include all library locations (RIN, RIU, and RIX). We pay two fixed monthly fees for each location: one for cataloging (FIX9832) and one for interlibrary loan (FIX9836). Total OCLC expenditures for FY18 were $95,678.02. Following is a breakdown of selected OCLC expenditures. Total OCLC Billings by branch: RIU —$87,800.92 RIN — $5,759.50 RIX —$2,117.60 Total OCLC Billings by function: Cataloging — $50,123.22 Interlibrary Loan —$28,127.62 ILLIAD — $13,922.18 EZproxy —$3,505.00 Total OCLC Billings by function by branch: RIU Cataloging — $46,261.68 Interlibrary Loan —$24,112.06 ILLIAD — $13,922.18 EZproxy —$3,505.00 RIN Cataloging — $2,861.58 Interlibrary Loan —$2,897.92 RIX Cataloging — $999.96 Interlibrary Loan —$1,117.6

Finding Quality Business Information on the Internet

Article on strategies for finding reliable business information on the Internet. The article appeared in the Fall 2002 issue of the MBA Alumni Newsletter online, published by the University of Rhode Island College of Business Administration

Your Ticket to the Information Highway

Thank you letter and program evaluations for a workshop, Your Ticket to the Information Highway, sponsored by the Institute for Labor Studies and Research (ILSR). The workshop was held on November 15, 1996 in Providence, Rhode Island. The purpose of the three-hour workshop was to “provide a basic understanding of the Internet, demonstrate labor-related sites, and give [participants] hands-on experience ‘surfing the Net.’” The workshop was one of a series of three intended to help participants become more effective union leaders. It received unanimously positive evaluations from the ten participants

Elevator Pitch: Open Access Talking Points

Speaking notes and discussion questions for a facilitated networking session, Elevator Pitch: Open Access Talking Points. The speaking notes outline the argument that an Open Access future is inevitable, and the questions are geared to encouraging discussion among librarians about their roles in relation to Open Access. The networking session was sponsored by the Special Interest Groups of the ACRL New England Chapter and was held during the ACRL/NEC Spring 2014 Conference, We’re All in This Together: Strengthening Librarians through Professional Development. The session took place on May 9, 2014 at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA

Finding Business Information on the Internet

Thank you letter from Carol Surprenant, Director of the University of Rhode Island Research Center in Business and Economics, for presenting a workshop, Finding Business Information on the Internet, offered as part of the Business Intelligence Expo. The Business Intelligence Expo was held in Providence, Rhode Island, on October 21, 1997. The one-hour workshop was offered twice during the Expo and covered business information available on the Internet. With a total of 25 attendees, this workshop was the most heavily attended of all workshops at the Expo

And They Were There: Reports of Meetings — 30th Annual Charleston Conference. Developing an E-Book Acquisition Strategy That Works

Brief summary of a session at the 30th Annual Charleston Conference, held in Charleston, S.C. in November 2010

19th Annual Conference Reports, Strategy Sessions. Working Collaboratively with Vendors to Create to Products You Want: Smooth Sailing Ahead

Summary of a Strategy Session at the 19th Annual North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) Conference, held in Milwaukee, Wis. in June 2004. Available: http://tigerprints.clemson.edu/nasig/vol19/iss3/1/

Open Access to Archival Collections

Text of a short presentation on crowdfunding open access to archival collections. The presentation was one of five Brief Topic Talks at the Boston-Area Open Access Advocacy Meetup, which took place on July 14, 2015 at Snell Library, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Also included as supplementary files are the meeting agenda, the text of the presentation in Word, and an outline version of the presentation / speaking notes

Web Pages Launched for Library College Departments

Short article announcing new Web pages created for the University of Rhode Island Libraries\u27 two departments