[Lib-helig-l] FW: Selection and Use of Open Access Resources - A Survey

Dear Colleagues

Please see email below.   

 

Kind regards

National HELIG Committee

 

Ingrid Thomson

Subject Librarian:  Humanities Information Division

Chancellor Oppenheimer Library

University of Cape Town Libraries

Tel:  +27 21 650 3133

Fax:  +27 21 650 2965

Ingrid.thomson@uct.ac.za

 

Chair: Western Cape Branch  (2012 – 2014)

National EXCO Additional Member: Advocacy and Social Media (2012 – 2014)

Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA)

 

 

From: Akilah Nosakhere [mailto:anosa7@nmsu.edu]
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 10:46 PM
To: Mandla M. Ntombela
Subject: Selection and Use of Open Access Resources - A Survey

 

Dear Mandla Ntombela:

My name is Akilah Shukura Nosakhere, I serve as Director of Library Services at New Mexico State University at Carlsbad. My research partner, Dr. Mustafa Abdelwahid, Director of the University Library at Alfaisal University, and I are writing a paper for presentation this summer and desire to have some recent data to add to our research on the use of open access material in Africa universities.

 

The 10 question electronic survey is managed by SurveyMonkey and takes 20 minutes or less to complete. 

I am including the link to the web-based survey for your review.  If you have time, please complete the survey by clicking on the enclosed link.  The survey is available from the link until Saturday 17 May 2014.  Feel free to share this email with appropriate  LIASA membership.

Selection and Use of Open Access (OA) Resources in Academic Libraries in Africa

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6KKXMQW

Selection and Use of Open Access (OA) Resources in Academic Libraries in Africa Survey This 10 question survey is designed to measure the selection and use of Open Access (OA) resources in academic libraries in various regions of Africa. Of particular importance are the use of collection development principles and evaluative methods used to select OA resources for the academic library. Read more...

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Any questions you or your colleagues have about the survey please contact me using the email address noted here.  Thank you.

 

Sincerely,

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Akilah S. Nosakhere
Director of Library Services
New Mexico State University Carlsbad
1500 University Drive 
Carlsbad, NM 88220-3509

575-234-9330

anosa7@nmsu.edu

 

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[Lib-helig-l] Weekend viewing: Creating a culture of assessment in an academic library

Dear Colleagues

Here’s a recording of a panel discussion on Creating a culture of assessment in an academic library.      

 

A culture of assessment can be defined as "assessment is a regular part of your institutional practice" -- but what organizational characteristics and practices assist or hinder the develop of such a culture?  Join College & Research Libraries for a live panel conversation on creating and maintaining a culture of assessment at your library and factors associated with it. The panellists will discuss the C&RL pre-print study "Bridges and Barriers: Factors Influencing a Culture of Assessment in Academic Libraries," share ideas for both administrators and front-line librarians working to build such a culture, and explore relevant ACRL initiatives.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhwz-2RsHaQ&list=HL1397154143

 

Here’s the link to the pre-print study http://crl.acrl.org/content/early/2014/03/03/crl14-601.full.pdf+html

 

Panellists include Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe who presented a HELIG webinar on Assessment last year.

http://liasa.org.za/sites/default/files/ig/Embedding%20Assessment%20-%20Hinchliffe%20-%20Sent.pdf

Kind regards

HELIG National Team 

 

Ingrid Thomson

Subject Librarian:  Humanities Information Division

Chancellor Oppenheimer Library

University of Cape Town Libraries

Tel:  +27 21 650 3133

Fax:  +27 21 650 2965

Ingrid.thomson@uct.ac.za

 

Chair: Western Cape Branch  (2012 – 2014)

National EXCO Additional Member: Advocacy and Social Media (2012 – 2014)

Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA)

 

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[Lib-helig-l] Reminder: HELIG/ARL Webinar on "Agile Management" with Andrew Wells (Univ of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)

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Dear Colleagues

 

LIASA HELIG (SA) in collaboration with the Academic and Research Libraries (Standing Committee of IFLA) would like to invite you to an online presentation on agile management and how it has been used to achieve improvements and customer satisfaction at the library of the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia). In the current technological age where libraries are investing significant resources, including human resources, to meet the challenges for new roles and responsibilities, this webinar presents one of many interventions.  The webinar is aimed at librarians and library managers wishing to fully embrace the digital transition in order to enable innovation in space and other opportunities to experiment.

 

About the presenter

Andrew Wells is the University Librarian at The University of New South Wales.  Over the years Andrew has overseen major changes to the University Library’s services, organisation and buildings.  He has taken a strong interest in improving facilities and steering the Library through a period of rapid changes in scholarly information. Andrew has held senior positions in several major Australian libraries.  Prior to joining UNSW, Andrew was the Assistant Director General, Resource Sharing Division at the National Library of Australia (1996-2001).  At the State Library of New South Wales, he occupied senior positions in a variety of roles, building on major periods of service at the University of Queensland Library, Macquarie University Library and a previous stint at UNSW Library from 1982 to 1986.

About the webinar

 

Date: 22 April 2014

Time: 08:30 – 09:30 SA Time (Time Zone Converter)

Venue: Virtual (will be confirmed when registering)

Registration:  Is required. Closes on 20 April 2014 - Click here for the registration process.
Costs: No costs

 

 

Kind regards

On behalf of HELIG LIASA (SA) and the ARL

 

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[Lib-helig-l] RDA-SA Workshops 2014 - Register now!

[Lib-helig-l] More Friday reading New articles--Journal of Librarianship & Scholarly Communication, 2(2)

*Apologies for cross-posting*   

 

We are pleased to share the first articles in Volume 2, Issue 2 of JLSC. Several articles are available now, and two more (listed as “In Press” below) will be available in the next few days.

 

New from the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication (http://jlsc-pub.org/jlsc/):

 

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Commentary

 

Bottlenecks in the Open-Access System: Voices from Around the Globe / by Elisa Bonoaccorso et al.

http://dx.doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.1126

 

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Research Articles

 

[IN PRESS] Exploring Video Abstracts in Science Journals: An Overview and Case Study / by Scott Spicer

http://dx.doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.1110

 

Scholarly Communication at Canadian Research Libraries: Conversations with Librarians / by K. Jane Burpee and Leila Fernandez

http://dx.doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.1121

 

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Practice Articles

 

"I cannot tell what the dickens his name is": Name Disambiguation in Institutional Repositories / by Lizzy A. Walker and Michelle Armstrong

http://dx.doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.1095

 

What do Students Learn from Participation in an Undergraduate Research Journal? Results of an Assessment / by Sharon A. Weiner and Charles Watkinson

http://dx.doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.1125

 

[IN PRESS] Addressing Faculty Publishing Concerns with Open Access Journal Quality Indicators / by Sarah Beaubien and Max Eckard

http://dx.doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.1133

 

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Theory Article

 

Student Embargoes within Institutional Repositories: Faculty Early Transparency Concerns / by David Stern

http://dx.doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.1080

 

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Brief Reviews of Books and Products

 

Research Data Management: Practical Strategies for Information Professionals, edited by Joyce M. Ray / by Karl Nilsen

http://dx.doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.1136

 

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Submit an article to JLSC! View author guidelines at

http://jlsc-pub.org/jlsc/authors.html

 

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Isaac Gilman & Marisa Ramirez

JLSC Editors-in-Chief

 

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[Lib-helig-l] Friday Reading: Latest College and Research Libraries News

Dear Colleagues

Here’s the link:       http://crln.acrl.org/content/75/4.toc

 

Articles which may be of interest:-

 

o    Nancy Kranich, Megan Lotts, and Gene Springs:   The promise of academic libraries: Turning outward to transform campus communities   Coll. res. libr. news April 2014 75:182-186

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o    Heather McCullough:  Developing digital scholarship services on a shoestring: Facilities, events, tools, and projects  Coll. res. libr. news April 2014 75:187-190

o    Full Text

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o    Jie Zhang and Nevin Mayer:  Proactive chat reference: Getting in the users’ space

Coll. res. libr. news April 2014 75:202-205

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o    Full Text (PDF)

 

Regards

HELIG National

 

 

 

 

 

Ingrid Thomson

Subject Librarian:  Humanities Information Division

Chancellor Oppenheimer Library

University of Cape Town Libraries

Tel:  +27 21 650 3133

Fax:  +27 21 650 2965

Ingrid.thomson@uct.ac.za

 

Chair: Western Cape Branch  (2012 – 2014)

National EXCO Additional Member: Advocacy and Social Media (2012 – 2014)

Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA)

 

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[Lib-helig-l] RDA-SA Workshops 2014: Registration is now open!