Copyright Solutions for Institutional Repositories: A Collaboration with Subject Librarians
Â  This work investigates using subject librarians to conduct copyright clearance in an institutional repository (IR). At Utah State University, the library assures copyright clearance for faculty scholarship, thereby garnering input of faculty scholarship into the IR. Currently, subject librarians are not widely participating in routine IR work; however, the in-volvement of subject librarians with the IR offers benefits to the subject librarians and the institution as a whole. This article provides a model for institutions needing new solutions for copyright clearance using subject librarians and discusses the rationale, benefits and challenges of adopting this model.
Leading roles for reference librarians in institutional repositories: One library's experience
Purpose – Aims to describe one academic health science center library's experience with expanding reference librarian leadership roles in implementing institutional repository initiatives.Design/methodology/approach – The institutional repository project development phases are briefly documented. The rationale for selecting reference librarians to lead the initiative and resultant role changes is discussed.Findings – Reference librarians are strategically placed to promote and administer institutional repository initiatives successfully. The professional challenge rests in reference librarians' readiness to become scholarly publishing change agents.Practical implications – This case study documents a successful approach to incorporating institutional repository projects into existing library roles in addition to providing new leadership opportunities for reference librarians.Originality/value – Reference librarian roles in institutional repository projects and the evolution of organizational roles are not...
Knowledge Management in Academic Libraries
Ces cinquante dernieres annees, les bibliothecaires sont passes du developpement des collections a la gestion des collections, avant de franchir un pas supplementaire avec la gestion des connaissances. L'A. retrace cette evolution, definit la gestion des connaissances et decrit la facon dont la Ohio State University a repondu a ces changements en mettant en place le projet Knowledge Bank de depot numerique institutionnel des connaissances.