ScholarWorks Information & Documentation
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A collection of materials documenting CSUN ScholarWorks2024-03-29T15:59:16ZState of the Institutional Repository 2016
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State of the Institutional Repository 2016
Weiss, Andrew
This report examines the collections, policies, general procedures and projects comprising the CSUN ScholarWorks Open Access Repository (SOAR) for the AY 2015-2016 and looks ahead to the coming AY 2016-2017 and beyond. The report begins by providing a breakdown of the repository as it is currently organized and populated. Overall the repository added approximately 6,800 items from April 2015 to June 2016, growing from 10,149 to 17,015; over 800,000 items were downloaded and 1.7 million records were viewed during this time.
Repository indicators of success are also examined and analyzed for their levels of effectiveness. The indicators of success examined include: mandates, planning integration, funding models, proximity to digitization centers, interoperability (including linked data), measurement, and promotion strategies. The report also provides 10 future directions to improve the long-term viability of the repository. Rough timelines for short-, mid- and long-term planning goals are outlined and proposed.
Recommendations and goals for the coming academic year include the following: 1) Complete ETDs CQF project (Phase IV completed by summer 2017); 2) Increase alumni involvement for larger open access ETD collections (write & submit CQF to fund student for this project for AY 2017-2018); 3) Continue outreach & collaborative efforts to reach faculty participants; 4) Including targeted advertising strategy and design SOAR paraphernalia (pamphlets, postcards, etc.); 5) Improve Scholar Spotlight outcomes (in progress) using 1Scence's oaFoldr citation data aggregation service; 6) Collaborate with Chancellor's Office to test next-generation repository platforms; 7) Propose and begin initial development of a scalable and sustainable "Center For Digital Scholarship" to address the multiple, growing needs of the CSUN faculty and to advocate for Open Access and library-centric digital publishing; [See Appendix A for brief proposal] focusing especially upon the following: 1) Design & implement a 'Services Portfolio' comprising: a) Repository Services (i.e.: Document Archive, OA Fund, Scholar Spotlight); b) Data Management Planning (DMP) Services; c) Faculty Publication Services (i.e.: OA journals & monograph publishing);
d) Scholarly Communication Copyright/IP Consultation Services; e) University Archive Services; 2) Collaborate with and support other centers on campus, including MetaLab, Center for Digital Humanities (and others), for customized and prototype services and tools development.
Report: This document is intended to provide details of the current state of the ScholarWorks Open Access Repository (SOAR) for the AY 2015-2016 and to provide room for speculation on future development. The document explains the various policies, ongoing projects and collections, and the overall digital ecosystem and infrastructure necessary to sustain a viable repository. The document also aims to examine current repository practices and projects at the university and at CSU system level, including a look at various stakeholders in the repository and an analysis of the CSU/CSUN relationship. Ultimately, the direction SOAR takes will be impacted by how successful projects are leveraged into new initiatives and how new policies affect participation behaviors. In particular, successful grant and CQF projects in tandem with campus and CSU system-wide mandates or resolutions will help to drive repository growth. This document aims to identify such potential projects as much as identify future trends.
2016-01-01T00:00:00ZOpen Access Initiatives & Institutional Repositories
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.2/2180
Open Access Initiatives & Institutional Repositories
Weiss, Andrew
This presentation given to faculty chairs of the Mike Curb College of Arts, Media and Communication discusses the Open Access movement and how it impacts faculty. The presentation also documents Oviatt Library's efforts to create an Open Access movement on CSUN's campus via the Scholar Spotlight program and ScholarWorks.
Presentation
2012-01-01T00:00:00ZCSUN ScholarWorks | Mission Statement & Repository Development Policies
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.2/891
CSUN ScholarWorks | Mission Statement & Repository Development Policies
Weiss, Andrew; Altman, Elizabeth
CSUN ScholarWorks Mission:
To collect, organize, preserve and disseminate the research and creative works of CSUN faculty, students (both graduate and undergraduate) and administrators in an online, interoperable, and open-access environment.
Primary objectives:
- To gather and collect CSUN research and creative works, including journal articles and pre-prints, data sets, oral histories, educational learning objects, symposia, congresses, conferences and other university-related archives and documentation, into a centralized online repository;
- To improve access to CSUN research and creative works via the tools and platforms that provide a permanent environment for open access;
- To organize CSUN research and creative works so that individual and related works (including those with complex structures and multiple parts of files) can be easily identified through a variety of attributes (including basic metadata);
- To preserve CSUN research and creative works through the appropriate archiving of content to ensure availability in the future;
- To distribute CSUN research and creative works through open access platforms on the web and through indexing via major search engines (including Google, Yahoo!, et. al) and discovery tools (including CSU’s MERLOT, WorldCat, et. al).
Mission statement for CSUN ScholarWorks
2012-01-01T00:00:00ZCSUN ScholarWorks: Fair Use & Copyright
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CSUN ScholarWorks: Fair Use & Copyright
Weiss, Andrew
You are a copyright owner if you have ever taken a photo, drawn a picture, written a story, a criticism of a story, a book review, an academic paper, a Graduate Thesis, videotaped your family vacation. This pamphlet discusses basic copyrights for owners and users of copyrighted materials. Fair Use chart is included.
Pamphlet distributed to all faculty and students interested in copyright.
2012-01-01T00:00:00Z