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Project management is what all archivists and librarians do on a daily basis…we just don’t always call it that and we’re rarely taught it in school. Where a majority of the work happens when it comes to managing a digitization project is...
This presentation was given as part of the FSU Graduate School's "Publish or Perish: Early Career Publishing in STEM" workshop. The presentation covers topics related to open access (OA) publishing, authors' rights, and compliance with...
Tallahassee Civil Rights Oral History Collection, "Enhancing Access to Historically-Significant Archival Collections: Linking EAD-Encoded Finding Aids to Audio Files
This poster session documents the steps taken by our institution to enhance access to and enrich the research value of an historically significant collection by linking digitized text and audio to an encoded archival description (EAD)...
– The purpose of this article was to describe a university library instruction and research model that represents a collaborative effort between faculty, libraries, and the campus reading writing center. It uses rigorous research...
This article presents an analysis of 111 journals in Library and Information Science based on measurements of "openness" including copyright policies, open access self-archiving policies and open access publishing options. We propose a...
Research and Publishing As an Archivist: Publishing As A Co-Author is a case study documenting the presenter's experience as a co-author in writing for a professional publication as an archivist. He discusses the steps he and his co...
Introduction by John A. Strong Professor Emeritus, Long Island University: About twenty years ago when I was working with Gaynell Stone on the Suffolk County Archaeological Association series on Long Island Indians she sent me to the...
The application of divergent local practices in a shared bibliographic database can result in unexpected display issues that adversely affect user experience. This is especially problematic when merging databases from multiple...
Purpose: This paper aims to describe how the Florida State University Libraries used assessment data with other campus partners to gain funding and resources for new initiatives. When general funding sources were threatened, alternative...
The Office of Digital Research and Scholarship partners with members of the scholarly community at FSU and beyond to engage with and act on innovative ideas in teaching, research, and creative activity. We privilege marginalized voices...
This article discusses the preferences, habits, and needs of graduate students as they relate to spaces for research and study. The findings are based on a large-scale ethnographic study of graduate students at Florida State University...
Digital scholarship is an evolving area of librarianship. In this piece we propose 10 theses, statements about what this kind of work DOES, rather than trying to define with it IS. We believe that digitally-inflected research and...
This case study examines how the Florida State University Libraries' Claude Pepper Library planned the first phase of the Pepper OnLine Archival Retrieval and Information System (POLARIS) Project—the development of an on-line finding aid...
Florida State University (FSU) entered into a formal digital preservation strategy agreement with Florida Digital Archive (FDA) in 2009. However, prior to joining FDA, FSU requested permission from FDA to develop a plan to preserve a...
Developing small worlds of e-science: using quantum mechanics, biological science, and oceanography for education and outreach strategies for engaging research communities within a univeristy
The poster will use text, diagrams, screenshots, models, and developing e-science digital collections at Florida State University (FSU) Libraries as an experimental approach in developing a digital preservation management policy strategy...
Many mobile applications, also known as apps, are excellent instruments for gathering qualitative and quantitative data. This article is a starting point for those interested in gathering assessment data using mobile tools and provides...
The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities is a national educational program that helps post-9/11 veterans discover their dreams of starting their own businesses. Although their story has been well documented, one story...
In this study, researchers sought to capture students’ authentic experience of finding books in the main library using a GoPro camera and the think-aloud protocol. The GoPro provided a first-person perspective and was an effective...
Local records are the foundation on which social history is constructed. However, in an era when most historians categorize themselves as social historians, it is amazing to note how much these primary resources appear to be...
As efforts to advance open access (OA) and develop scholarly communication programs become increasingly pervasive in academic libraries, there is a pressing need for scholarship on the diverse ways that librarians are responding to this...
Florida State University (FSU) Libraries Digital Library Center (DLC) in collaboration and partnership with FSU Biological Scientist, Dr. A.K.S.K. Prasad, has successfully preserved a small sample of his diatoms research in both Florida...
There is a significant and important responsibility as libraries move into the role of publishing to retain our heritage of "access for all." Connecting and collaborating with colleagues in the publishing industry is essential, but...
Presented as part of Progress (and Pitfalls) of Linked Data Projects panel, ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2018, Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting: https://archives2018.sched.com/event/ESm5/303-progress-and-pitfalls-of-linked-data-projects...
Presentation of a proposed faculty Open Access (OA) policy to the Florida State University Faculty Senate on 17 February 2016. Following the presentation and questions, the Senate voted unanimously in favor of adopting the policy.
When Florida State University started the migration from its old digital collections software into the Islandora platform, it became clear the actual migration wasn’t going to be the biggest problem; more than a decade’s worth of poor...
Preservice teachers enrolled in the first portion of an undergraduate education program at the Florida State University were assigned to develop case studies based on their experience working in local elementary schools. The case studies...
The authors lay out practical ways for libraries to involve themselves in this evolving area, especially focused on current strengths of many libraries including commitments to resource accessibility and project development. Finally, ...
The presentation highlights the early development of FSU Heritage Protocol using DigiTool digital assets management system for the digital collection development and resource discovery of select historic FSU materials digitized for...
This article is based on quantitative and qualitative research examining humanities scholars' understandings of the advantages and disadvantages of print versus electronic information resources. It explores how humanities' faculty...
Acquisitions functions remain operationally crucial in providing access to paid information resources, but data formats and workflows utilized within library acquisitions remain primarily within the traditional integrated library system ...
Libraries' focus on mobile devices as information portals (e.g., text reference and mobile Web sites) and productivity tools (e.g., calendars and documents) has caused them to overlook a more subtle opportunity. Smartphones and tablets...
Research shows that academic libraries can be difficult to navigate, and that students are often frustrated with not being able to find the right materials. This current study attempts to identify access barriers in FSU's Strozier...
This paper will briefly discuss encoded archival description (EAD) finding aids, the workflow and process involved in encoding finding aids using EAD metadata standard, our institution's current publishing model for EAD finding aids, ...
Libraries are always faced with the challenge for developing new services that respond to the growing needs of their patron base. A library material delivery service is one new service model that is becoming increasingly popular among...
While broad assessment projects are often used to steer library strategic planning initiatives, this article will present the benefits of qualitative interviews with distance learning constituents as a framework for developing a focused...
This essay explores factors underlying the underutilization of Open Access (OA) to make education research literature freely available online, where it can benefit a global audience of researchers, students, teachers, and policymakers....
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