New & Noteworthy

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(2009), "New & Noteworthy", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 26 No. 10. https://doi.org/10.1108/lhtn.2009.23926jab.001

New & Noteworthy

Article Type: New & Noteworthy From: Library Hi Tech News, Volume 26, Issue 10.

LibLime Launches Enterprise Koha

LibLime, the leader in open-source solutions for libraries, announced in September 2009 the launch of LibLime Enterprise Koha. LibLime Enterprise Koha is built on over two years of completed customer-sponsored development, including several highly anticipated academic and consortia features. This Software as a Service offering on LibLime's new cloud computing platform will also feature regular monthly releases as additional customer-sponsored development is completed. Starting in October, LibLime will begin the rollout of this solution to Koha ZOOM Hosted customers.

A public software release of each version of LibLime Enterprise Koha will occur periodically, after the sponsoring library and LibLime's customers have had adequate time to ensure that the codebase is of sufficient quality and stability to be contributed back to the Koha Community. LibLime Enterprise Koha software releases will be available from the download page of LibLime's web site.

LibLime Enterprise Koha represents a business process change for LibLime and is an adaptive response to balance customer requirements and business sustainability. LibLime will now be focusing all development efforts on the LibLime Enterprise Koha codebase. All customer-sponsored development projects will now fall into a single release schedule, overseen by LibLime.

Features currently available in LibLime Enterprise Koha include:

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  Support for the MARC21 Holdings standard

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  GetIt Acquisitions

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  ‡biblios.net Cataloging

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  Patron Proxies

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  Call Slips

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  Hourly Loans

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  Permission granularity

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  A new reporting interface

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  ISBN-13 support

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  Email Checkout Slips

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  Enhanced consortia support

Features in the pipeline for LibLime Enterprise Koha include:

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  Browse Indexes

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  Global Update Tool

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  Barcodeless Checkouts

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  Multiple Copy Holds and more

The solution is backed by LibLime technical support and includes access to a new LibLime Customer web site which features: Customer Wish Lists, a Software Roadmap, LibLime-specific Documentation Center and other support information.

For more information about LibLime Enterprise Koha, visit: www.liblime.com/products/koha/liblime-enterprise-koha

Plinkit Software Upgraded

The Plinkit Collaborative has upgraded their software for small libraries. The new release has a number of improvements, the most popular being the ability to create and manage “recurring events”. Resources can now be tracked, so if an image is deleted and another document references it, a warning will pop up preventing unpleasant surprises like dead links. Further functionality includes “versioning” where users can view a full history of changes, compare previous revisions, and revert to an earlier version of a page; a locking mechanism to prevent two people from editing the same page at the same time; and “working copy” support that allows a user to edit a copy of a “live” page and then later publish and replace the copy as the live page.

Plinkit 2.0 is based on Plone 3.2, which includes Kupu 1.4, so there are now many more formatting options for text. Working with images is simpler than ever with automatic image captioning as well as the ability to add resized images and Flash content. These are just a few of the many enhancements that make it even easier to use with the Plinkit software.

Plinkit is especially valuable in rural areas where long distances and limited hours make it difficult for patrons to go to the library in person. With the upgrade complete, the five organizations that joined the collaborative this year will start launching new sites, greatly increasing the number of small libraries with a web presence and library customers with online access to library catalogs and databases, as well as features such as slide shows, videos and event calendars.

Plinkit is:

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  a service that state libraries and consortia provide to local libraries;

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  a template-based web site creation toolkit made using open-source software;

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  a multi-state collaborative supporting Plinkit services;

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  provided as a web-hosting service.

Plinkit collaborative web site: www.plinkit.org/

EBSCO Publishing Releases EBSCOhost^® Integrated Search

Federated Search tools have not lived up to the expectations they originally were designed to meet. As a result, librarians and end users have grown frustrated with these services. EBSCO Publishing has introduced EBSCOhost^® Integrated Search (EHIS) to change the federated search landscape.

Like traditional federated search tools, EHIS is able to simultaneously search EBSCOhost^® databases along with all other electronic resources, including OPACs, publisher packages as well as resources from other database aggregators. However, EBSCOhost is one of the most used research platforms and offers users a well-known search experience. The easy-to-use features and functionality within EBSCOhost provide users with one simple and intuitive starting place for integrated searching.

Research shows that many federated search customers are unhappy with four components of traditional federated search products – Search Quality, Search Speed, Customer Service, and Cost. EBSCOhost Integrated Search solves these problems by using the strength of the familiar and intuitive EBSCOhost interface.

Search quality: In addition to simultaneously searching all electronic resources, EBSCOhost provides features that are available for any database from any vendor to improve search results. These features include:

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  basic and advanced search functionality;

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  subject clustering;

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  sorting results by relevancy or date;

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  date slide limiter;

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  add to folder options;

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  use of custom links.

Search speed: Fast response times are possible with EBSCOhost Integrated Search. EHIS allows for a tiered approach to viewing results which enables fast information retrieval for the top resources as determined by each library. Users are no longer forced to wait for the slowest resources to determine when results will be returned – eliminating the lowest common denominator issue.

Customer service: EBSCOhost Integrated Search allows libraries to integrate all of their electronic resources into one central location, eliminating end-user confusion and providing librarians with additional resources. These resources are delivered via a platform they already know so training is not an issue. Librarians may use EBSCOadmin^® to set up databases in EBSCOhost Integrated Search. EBSCOadmin may also be used to customize the way users see and access EHIS, to generate usage reports and label the databases to make searching easier for the end user. Access may be provided through a search box on the library's web site or via the EBSCOhost interface.

Cost: EBSCO will allow libraries to connect to EBSCOhost databases without a connector fee. The cost savings of these free connectors reduce the total number of connectors making EBSCOhost Integrated Search a cost effective search solution. The use of the familiar EBSCOhost interface also saves on training costs since EHIS is an extension of EBSCOhost and not a new interface.

More information: www.ebscohost.com/integrate

Page Hunt: Microsoft Game Aims to Make Search Better

Researchers at Microsoft are investigating the use of human computation games to elicit data from players that can be used to improve search. One challenge is to create a game that players find entertaining and captivating. The research challenge is to ensure that researchers get useful data comparable to data from other sources, and to develop efficient methods to use this data to improve search.

Page Hunt, a single-player game, is like search in reverse: you are shown a web page, which you have to “hunt down” using queries sent to Microsoft's Bing search engine. Page Hunt includes several features to increase fun in game playing, such as using timed responses, score keeping, having a top-scorers list, taboo queries, and bonus points.

The data elicited using Page Hunt has several applications including providing metadata for pages, providing query alterations for use in query refinement, and identifying ranking issues.

Try out Page Hunt: http://pagehunt.msrlivelabs.com/PlayPageHunt.aspx

A paper describing the Page Hunt research can be found here:

http://appsrv.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~hma/Poster_SigIR09_Hao.pdf

Atlas Systems Releases Aeon Version 2.0

Aeon is special collections circulation and request management software designed by special collections librarians. Aeon improves user service and maximizes staff efficiency while providing unparalleled item tracking, security, and statistics.

Aeon enables users to place item requests directly from an online catalog and finding aids and to monitor them in a personalized web-based account. The Aeon staff client permits staff to manage every step of every transaction, from shelf to user and back again.

Feedback from current and prospective users continues to drive the development of Aeon. Two major enhancements in Aeon 2.0 are redesign of the Aeon Staff Client home page, and the addition of the Photoduplication/Digital Image order process. Following are highlights of key enhancements and new features in Aeon Version 2.0, which is now available.

The Aeon Staff Client Home Page has been redesigned to display even more information at a single glance. The Requests group houses the current workflow statuses, or queues, for all open requests. Staff can create their own custom categories to conveniently organize their processing activities. The new Events group tab shows a list of all active events, such as class presentations and exhibits, for which items have been requested. The Reports group includes a barometer showing the number of active requests and users, and tabs for additional productivity reports, such a Daily Visitors and Requests by Hour. The Users group shows a list of patrons who have signed in to the reading room as well as a list of newly registered patrons waiting to be cleared. The System group lists pending emails and other server processes. A new “Home” icon enables staff to quickly return to the home screen at any time. Staff can also resize and rearrange the information panel groups as desired.

With Aeon 2.0, patrons can now place photoduplication and digital image orders through the Aeon Web Interface. Patrons are provided with an automated estimate of charges, opportunities to revise and approve their orders, electronic invoicing and the ability to download PDF deliverables. The Aeon Staff Client includes new processing ribbons to manage the photoduplication workflow from order receipt and approval, through item paging and review, to payment processing and delivery. The Aeon Customization Manager includes a new billing table for staff to configure charges for duplication formats, service levels, and shipping. The photoduplication process is designed to be flexible so that orders can be created onsite by staff as well as remotely by patrons.

Additional details are covered in the Aeon 2.0 Release Notes, which may be downloaded from www.atlas-sys.com/products/aeon/resources.html

SkyRiver Bibliographic Utility Service: Alternative for Cooperative Cataloging

SkyRiver announced in October 2009 the launch of its new bibliographic utility service. Already in use in both public and academic libraries, SkyRiver provides a clear, low-cost alternative for cooperative cataloging.

SkyRiver connects libraries with bibliographic metadata by dropping barriers and offering unlimited access to the SkyRiver database, unlimited record requesting, unlimited user licenses, and data transfer. SkyRiver's development partners are projecting significant savings compared to their current spending for similar cataloging services.

The ability to dramatically reduce cataloging expenses, especially at a time when libraries are acquiring fewer items that require cataloging, is critical in today's difficult economic landscape. According to Leslie Straus, SkyRiver's President, “This is an exciting venture that enhances library workflows while addressing the budget challenges libraries now face.”

At its initial launch, SkyRiver provides access to millions of records from the Library of Congress, the British Library, CONSER, and a variety of public domain sources. The service includes an easy-to-use, intuitive cataloging client for searching, editing, and adding records to the library's local catalog. Features include a powerful search engine with facets and tags, automatic record request notification, one-click downloading of bibliographic and authority file records, and shelf-ready support, including spine labels. SkyRiver is right for all types of libraries and integrates with any local library system.

Two well-established academic libraries, Michigan State University and California State University, Long Beach, are the first libraries to publicly announce that they are fully operational using SkyRiver as their exclusive cataloging service. Both libraries are looking to SkyRiver to substantially reduce the costs associated with cataloging.

Michigan State University is SkyRiver's first ARL development partner. Cliff Haka, Director of Libraries at MSU states, “I have been concerned for some time that a viable alternative bibliographic utility is necessary to encourage a more responsive marketplace as well as lower prices. This is why we have worked as a development partner on SkyRiver, which offers streamlined processing at lower prices. I view this not simply as a plus for the MSU Libraries, but as an opportunity for all libraries, so many of which are under extreme financial duress, to cope with financial challenges or reallocate funds to other priorities.”

For Cal State Long Beach, saving money was equally important as its willingness to pioneer a more competitive landscape for bibliographic services. Roman Kochan, Dean of Library Services at Cal State Long Beach, states, “A company like SkyRiver is long overdue. I'm pleased to be part of the vanguard of libraries that believe there should be a choice of full-service bibliographic utilities.”

As important as cost savings are, SkyRiver is delivering on its ease-of-use claims which calm the concerns of cataloging staff looking to switch services. Nancy Fleck, Associate Director of Technical Services and Systems at Michigan State, says, “SkyRiver has been easy to implement, easy to use, and our staff embraced it from the day it was introduced.”

SkyRiver is now conducting customer acceptance testing with its lead development partners and plans to be in full production mode in January, 2010.

SkyRiver: http://theskyriver.com/

OCLC Record Use Policy Council to Develop New WorldCat Record Use Policy

The OCLC Board of Trustees has convened a Record Use Policy Council, which will draw upon the fundamental values of the OCLC cooperative and engage with the global library community to develop the next generation of the WorldCat Record Use Policy. The intent is to recommend to the OCLC Board of Trustees a new policy that is aligned with the present and future information landscape. The new policy will replace the Guidelines for Use and Transfer of OCLC Derived Records that was developed in 1987.

The formation of this council was one of the recommendations contained in the final report of the OCLC Review Board on the Principles of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship formed in January 2009 to represent the membership and inform OCLC on best practices for sharing library data.

The Policy Council is also charged with carrying out the other recommendations contained in the final report, including development of a policy to enable expanding the role and value of WorldCat in the broad information ecosystem.

The members of the OCLC Record Use Policy Council have agreed to undertake a significant body of work to canvass the current and future information needs of the library community and provide a broad and inclusive set of perspectives and experiences. The members of the Council are:

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  Co-Chair: Jennifer Younger, President-Elect, OCLC Global Council and Edward H. Arnold Director of Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame, USA.

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  Co-Chair: Barbara Gubbin, Director, Jacksonville Public Library, USA.

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  ChewLeng Beh, Chair, OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council and Senior Director, Singapore National Library Board, Singapore.

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  Raymond Berard, Global Council Delegate and Director, ABES, France.

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  Karen Calhoun, Vice President, WorldCat and Metadata Services, OCLC, USA.

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  Klaus Ceynowa, Global Council Delegate and Deputy Director General, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Germany.

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  Christopher Cole, Global Council Delegate and Associate Director for Technical Services, National Agricultural Library, USA.

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  Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President, OCLC Research and Chief Strategist, USA.

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  Nancy Eaton, Dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications, Penn State University, USA.

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  Clifford A. Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), USA.

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  Brian E.C. Schottlaender, Global Council Delegate and The Audrey Geisel University Librarian, UC San Diego Libraries, USA.

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  Lamar Veatch, Global Council Delegate and State Librarian, Georgia Public Library Service – University System of Georgia, USA.

“We have listened to the frank feedback and criticism from the membership regarding the proposed Record Use Policy and the process by which it was introduced”, said Larry Alford, Chair of the OCLC Board of Trustees. “We have withdrawn the proposed policy and formed this Council to ensure that the final policy incorporates the broad views of the global library community and looks ahead to the future of the information landscape. This council represents the diverse OCLC membership, and I know they will gather feedback from the OCLC membership and global library community to inform their policy recommendations.”

Over the course of the next seven months, the Record Use Policy Council will:

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  review key values and principles underlying the current guidelines developed in 1987;

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  develop success criteria for a revised policy or guidelines;

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  conduct and disseminate the results of an environmental scan of data-sharing policies;

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  evaluate findings from the environmental scan and draft a new policy and recommendations for implementation;

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  develop a formal, transparent and well-managed process for vetting the new draft policy with the OCLC Regional Councils and the OCLC Global Council as the representatives of the OCLC membership.

The Record Use Policy Council will begin its work soon. The group will define an approach and timeline to carry out this important charge. The Council will submit a new draft policy and recommendations for implementation to the Chair of the OCLC Board of Trustees and OCLC President and CEO, for review and approval by the OCLC Board of Trustees in midyear 2010.

OCLC Review Board on the Principles of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship final report: www.oclc.org/us/en/worldcat/catalog/FinalReport_ReviewBoard.pdf

New Version of EZproxy Now Available from OCLC

The EZproxy 5.2 release is now available from the OCLC web site. Enhanced features include:

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  New directive for use in LDAP authentication, which allows the search filters that are used in login to also be used when reading attributes.

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  EZproxy now allows vector notation in the user.txt file, because the Innovative Interfaces, Inc (III) system patron API has changed to support multiple use of the same field. Previous versions of EZproxy would only retrieve the first value of the field – but now they can be specified in the array. For example, if the system has a field named “phone”, the first instance might be home, the second might be work, and the third might be cell. Now EZproxy user.txt can access each as auth:phone[0], auth:phone[1], auth:phone[2], which gives the system more flexibility with contact information.

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  The sample config.txt (generated by the -m command) has been updated to include more stanzas for OCLC resources. These additional stanzas make it easier and faster to add a new database to your configuration file.

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  The signing algorithm for certificates has been updated to SHA1, which is more secure than the previous MD5.

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  DisableSSLv2 directive now works as expected.

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  There were a number of additional minor fixes to improve the overall stability of EZproxy.

For more details and a full list of changes, please go to www.oclc.org/support/documentation/ezproxy/changes.htm

To upgrade to EZproxy 5.2: www.oclc.org/support/documentation/ezproxy/download/

1,000,000+ Books Digitized by Google Available via the Espresso Book Machine

Brandon Badger, Google Books Product Manager, writes on the “Inside Google Books” blog:

We founded Google Books on the premise that anyone, anywhere, anytime should have the tools to explore the great works of history and culture. We recently made available over a million free public domain books for viewing and download from our web site. Reading digital books can be an enjoyable experience, but we realize that there are times when readers want a physical copy of a book. To that end, I'm excited to announce that we're partnering with On Demand Books to allow readers to purchase public domain books digitized by Google from any Espresso Book Machine at bookstores and libraries around the world.

Here's some video footage of the Espresso machine in action: www.youtube.com/watch?vzyNSap5XSv0

We believe in an open ecosystem where people can access and read books, whether at a computer, on their phone or electronic reader, or from their local library or bookshop. This announcement is yet one more step towards fulfilling that mission: it helps people find and read these books in more ways.

http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2009/09/books-digitized-by-google-available-via.html

University of Michigan Press Joins HathiTrust Digital Library

The University of Michigan Press announced in October 2009 that it was joining with HathiTrust Digital Library to open electronic content for free online access. U-M Press plans to have 1,000 or more titles available for full viewing by the end of this year. Utilizing the latest technology, readers and researchers will find multiple ways to find what they are looking for. HathiTrust links to the U-M Press site allow for fast online purchasing.

Launched in 2008, HathiTrust is a digital preservation repository and research management tool for the world's great research libraries, focused on providing scholars in the digital age with the largest collection of electronic research material this side of Google Book Search and large-scale, full-text searching and archiving tools to manage it.

“Presses have had online previews and PDFs of sample chapters, tables of contents, and sometimes entire books on their Web sites for years”, said Phil Pochoda, director of the U-M Press. “The HathiTrust partnership is something entirely new that takes into account the actual pursuit of broad dissemination of scholarly information.”

“Security restrictions are in place to protect the integrity of the product, but with HathiTrust, a full view of the material is there. It's searchable and it's available to anyone with access. If you want to either search for or happen to come across Michigan Press books, you can look through them onscreen anywhere, anytime.”

In addition to a partnership with HathiTrust, content on Amazon and hundreds of U-M Press books in Google Book Search (in which the U-M Library was one of the original participants), U-M Press has had a “Look Inside” feature on its own book Web pages for several years. With text search ability powered by Google, the “Look Inside” feature on the U-M Press web site is another tool for viewing each title without damaging the integrity of the product. It currently contains thousands of table-of-contents and sample chapter views, with more than 100 complete titles available for full viewing and hundreds more complete titles planned for full view by the end of 2009.

The HathiTrust partnership adds to the wide array of U-M Press digital access options and increases the range and means of expression of published ideas and authors, taking advantage of the close coordination between U-M Press and existing U-M Library digitization efforts and avenues, Pochoda said.

Together with the next generation of e-book readers and iPhones, the U-M's new print-on-demand model – the ability to turn electronic material into high-quality bound volumes quickly and in small batches, depending on demand – means that worldwide dissemination of material to customers and libraries has become more efficient and accessible than ever, and new, broader view options help ensure that such material is found.

Related links:

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  List of free-view U-M Press titles in HathiTrust: www.press.umich.edu/digital/hathi

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  U-M Press' digital transition: www.press.umich.edu/digital/hathi/

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  U-M Library's Digitization Project: www.lib.umich.edu/michigan-digitization-project

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  HathiTrust: www.hathitrust.org/

UOW Research Repository Reaches One Millionth Download

University of Wollongong's (UOW) open access research repository, Research Online, has reached one million full text article downloads since the site went live in 2006. Research Online allows anyone to download papers and articles by UOW academics, including student theses and research papers from a wide range of areas.

The millionth paper to be accessed was a 2006 conference paper by Faculty of Informatics academics Katina Michael, A. McNamee and MG Michael entitled “The Emerging Ethics of Humancentric GPS Tracking and Monitoring”.

Manager of Repository Services, Michael Organ said the Michaels are some of the strongest supporters of Research Online, with more than 160 items on the site.

I am absolutely delighted”, Katina Michael said. “Research Online has been instrumental in getting our research out to the wider community – fellow academics, industry, government and citizens. It is such a powerful tool.

An academic has the ability to control the release of their papers at any point throughout the publication process but I think the real contribution of Research Online has been in forming cross-institutional and transnational networks.

Research Online also gives academics the ability to see which of their papers are the most popular, and Katina Michael says this has been useful for her research.

My fellow collaborators and I have been able to gauge which papers are being downloaded most and when. We can then make some basic assumptions about the significance of various research endeavours and direct our efforts accordingly.

UOW Research Online: http://ro.uow.edu.au

Open Access Scholarly Publishing Presentations Available

The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) announced in October 2009 that video recordings of all presentations from the 1st Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing, held September 14-16, 2009 in Lund, Sweden are now available online, free-of-charge.

Presentation recordings: http://river-valley.tv/conferences/publishing/oaspa-2009/

Conference web site: www.oaspa.org/coasp/

Full Text Papers from GL3 Now Openly Available

Twenty-eight, full-text papers from the Third International Conference on Grey Literature hosted by the EU are now available in the OpenSIGLE Repository. GreyNet purchased permission earlier this year from Emerald to make openly accessible the papers published in the GL Conference Proceedings 1994-2000. Since its re-launch in 2003, GreyNet has sought to recover this earlier research in the field of grey literature and make it available to librarians, researchers, educators, students, and net-users alike. These earlier collections now included in the OpenSIGLE Repository rely on the efforts of INIST as service provider and GreyNet as data provider. In 2008, GreyNet's conference-based collections 2003-2007 were already accessible in the OpenSIGLE Repository. By the close of this year, it is anticipated that all of the papers in the International Conference Series on Grey Literature will be fully accessible via the OpenSIGLE Repository.

GL3, 3rd International Conference on Grey Literature papers: http://opensigle.inist.fr/handle/10068/697932

OpenSIGLE Repository: www.greynet.org/opernsiglerepository.html

What to Withdraw: New Report from Ithaka

As large-scale digitization efforts ensue, how do libraries determine when to retain print collections? What to Withdraw: Print Collections Management in the Wake of Digitization, a new report released in September 2009 from Ithaka S+R, the strategy and research arm of the not-for-profit organization ITHAKA, analyzes which types of journals can be withdrawn responsibly today and how that set of materials can be expanded to allow libraries the maximum possible flexibility and savings in the future.

“Determining the value of retaining print after its digitization requires a system-wide analysis of the needs of all libraries and their users collectively, rather than focusing only on a region, a system, or a consortium,” stated Roger Schonfeld, Manager of Research at Ithaka S+R and co-author of this report. “Our analysis indicates that libraries today can safely de-accession certain print holdings that are adequately preserved in digital and print form elsewhere.”

Analyzing the rationales for retaining and preserving scholarly journals in print format, the report proposes minimum time periods for which some system-wide access to print versions is required. Then, based on a study commissioned by Ithaka S+R and conducted by Candace Yano, a professor of industrial engineering and operations research and in the Haas School of Business at UC Berkley, the report proposes the minimum number of print copies that are required today depending on their condition.

Based on this analysis, the report concludes that certain print journal backfile sets are well enough digitized and contain few enough images that there is likely to be virtually no demand for them by users, and are sufficiently well preserved digitally and in print repositories that libraries can responsibly withdraw their own print holdings.

At the same time, the report warns that other print materials may not yet be ready for broad withdrawal without raising risks unduly. For these materials, a number of strategies are recommended for allowing libraries increased flexibility in the future. First, organizations responsible for digitization programs should provide more transparency on the quality of their digitization work and should participate in an ongoing effort to upgrade the quality of the scans. In addition, libraries should deepen existing collaborations around print preservation, perhaps bringing in publishers and other digitizers as partners in this effort.

“Libraries are right to push aggressively into the digital future but should do so with an awareness about risk and tradeoffs,” stated Ross Housewright, analyst and co-author. “There is an opportunity before us to make a system-wide impact on print collection management, but in order to do so libraries and digitizers need to commit to collaboration at a level unseen today.”

Report: www.ithaka.org/ithaka-s-r/research/what-to-withdraw

Ithaka S+R web site: www.ithaka.org/ithaka-s-r

Storage Architectures for Digital Preservation 2009 Presentations Available

On September 22-23, 2009, the Library of Congress hosted a Workshop on Storage Architectures for Digital Preservation organized by the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP). This workshop was one of a series that LC has convened in recent years to bring together people from the Federal Government, storage technology providers, NDIIPP partners and other specialists in digital preservation to focus on the interplay between the development of commercial large scale storage systems and the evolution of digital preservation systems. The presentations, along with a meeting summary prepared by the Library of Congress staff, are now available at:

www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/events/other_meetings/storage09/index.html