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Johnson & Wales UniversityScholarsArchive@JWUScholarsArchive@JWU Annual Reports University Libraries11-16-2015Institutional Repository Annual Report: AY2014-2015Erika GearingJohnson & Wales University, Providence, egearing@jwu.eduFollow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.jwu.edu/sa_annualreportsPart of the Library and Information Science CommonsThis Annual Report is brought to you for free and open access by the University Libraries at ScholarsArchive@JWU. It has been accepted for inclusionin ScholarsArchive@JWU Annual Reports by an authorized administrator of ScholarsArchive@JWU. For more information, please contactjcastel@jwu.edu.Repository CitationGearing, Erika, "Institutional Repository Annual Report: AY 2014-2015" (2015). ScholarsArchive@JWU Annual Reports. 9.https://scholarsarchive.jwu.edu/sa_annualreports/9  Annual Report AY 2014-2015 Year 9               Prepared by:  Erika Gearing, Reference Management Librarian November 2015   Overview The ScholarsArchive@JWU is an Institutional Repository and digital showcase that provides open access to journal articles, working papers, dissertations and theses, and other creative works published by the Johnson & Wales University faculty, staff, colleges, departments, and students from all four campuses. The IR also holds several special collections of restaurant menus.  The ScholarsArchive@JWU is a unique library service that provides an open access platform for faculty, staff, and students to share their knowledge and contributions with the global community. The ScholarsArchive@JWU is also an invaluable promotional and marketing tool for contributors and the university. Prospective students, faculty, and staff can easily access examples of high quality scholarship, publications, events, and creative works.  This report covers activity from: July 2014 – June 2015  Activity Summary Summary of New Content • 268 Denver Campus Restaurant Menu Collection • 53 JWU Magazine • 307 Student Newspaper – Providence Campus • 3 Centennial Oral Histories  New Partnerships, Initiatives, and Connections All four campuses, Providence, Charlotte, Denver, and North Miami, are now stakeholders and contributors to the ScholarsArchive@JWU. The Denver campus library began adding a collection of menus, which to date totals 268 items.  The Providence campus had the help of an intern from the URI Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) to scan archival issues of the Campus Herald newspaper and JWU Magazine. This was completed during the fall 2014 term.  MEASURES OF USE Submissions: 573  Total downloads of all content: 265,848       (as of 11/16/2015)  Top 20 Items Title of Work Downloads as of 11/16/2015 1. The Cheesecake Factory - Dessert Menu 75317 2. The Effects of Social Media on College Students 51989 3. World War II Technology that Changed Warfare - Radar and Bombsights 17436 4. Analysis of the Upscale/Fine Dining Sector in the Restaurant Industry 12714 5. The Negative Effects of Tourism on National Parks in the United States 7182 6. Whole Foods Market ™ Case Study: Leadership and Employee Retention 6596 7. Does Social Media Affect Consumer Decision-Making? 5404 8. The History of Canned Food 3814 9. Social Activism with Extra Sauce: How Food Communication Increases Political Awareness in Social Media 3609 10. Advertising and Consumerism in the Food Industry 2812 11. Analysis of the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Industry 2442 12. Strategic Analysis – Six Flags Entertainment Corporation 2143 13. Stress Related Issues Due to Too Much Technology: Effects on Working Professionals 2034 494 592 573 0100200300400500600700800900Submissions2006-072007-082008-092009-102010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15151007 169288 265848 050000100000150000200000250000300000Downloads2006-072007-082008-092009-102010-112011-122012-132013-142014-201514. Carnival Corporation & plc 1934 15. Brown-Forman Corporation and the Distilleries Industry 1634 16. Online Versus Face to Face College Courses 1602 17. Edible Marijuana: A New Frontier in the Culinary World 1433 18. Exploratory Research: The Effects of Electronic Books on College Students 1342 19. Personal Social Networking: Affects on Companies Hiring Decisions 1336 20. Using MATLAB to Illustrate the 'Phenomenon of Aliasing' 1274  Google Analytics™ Data    Staffing & Work Flow Staffing and work flow remained the same as the previous academic year: One full time reference librarian. There is no set percentage of time or formal schedule for work related to the IR. For faculty or student scholarship, items are uploaded within a day or two. For larger projects, work progresses informally, with time taken whenever possible to dedicate to scanning and uploading content.  Equipment HP desktop workstation running Windows 7 and Adobe Pro XI. We are still using the EPSON GT-20000 scanner with PaperPort scanning management software. The PaperPort software was updated to the current version in Fall 2014.   0100002000030000400005000060000700008000090000100000Sessions Users Page views Pgs /SessionNew Returning2012-132013-142014-15Professional Development & Training None.  Successes The Denver campus collection of menus is one of the great successes of the IR. This collection continues to grow and generate interest. Digitizing the student newspaper archives and the JWU Magazine was a great success on the Providence campus, and could not have been accomplished without the help of the URI GSLIS intern. It was also a great accomplishment to add the first audio collection to the IR that showcased interviews related to the Centennial celebration.   Challenges The challenge remains to continue outreach, collection, and publishing efforts and forming new partnerships, and how to make time to assist and support the other campuses as they embark on adding new content.  Opportunities & Goals The IR management at the Providence campus would benefit from having one staff member focus on adding scholarship and providing over all administrative management, along with one staff member coordinating and adding content from the University Archives. Incorporating student assistants into the scanning process would be a great help to adding content on a more regular basis.  Conclusions There have been great strides made this year, and with four campuses looking for ways to contribute and add content to the IR, it will only continue to grow and prove its value to the university community.   

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