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Vufind has been live for just about 2 months now. In that time we have gotten 118 feedback emails detailing bug reports, enhancement requests, and personal opinions about the new system. It has been a busy fall for the systems staff and we are just now finishing up the fixes on a few of our... Continue reading “Vufind status update – October 2009” ›
October 19-23 is Open Access Week. This exhibit seemed very timely with the addition of our Scholarly Communications Librarian Molly Keener and the opening of our institutional repository Wakespace. The exhibit, along with a presentation will hopefully educate our community about open access issues. Continue reading “Open Access Week exhibit” ›
Welcome to Open Access Week! The Wake Forest University community of scholars joins colleagues across the globe in celebrating and promoting the principles of Open Access to scholarship. In the path from information to knowledge to wisdom, free and open access to ideas is paramount. Open Access Week exists to broaden awareness and understanding of... Continue reading “Wake Forest University Celebrates “Open Access Week”” ›
Please join us for a discussion about the future of publishing on Tuesday, October 20, at 3 p.m. in 204 ZSR Library. Molly Keener will discuss changes in the scholarly publishing field and will project how those changes impact the future of publishing. Erik Mitchell will briefly discuss the library’s institutional repository project and how... Continue reading “Program: The Future of Scholarly Publishing” ›
by Peter Suber Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder. OA is entirely compatible with peer review, and all the major OA initiatives for scientific and scholarly literature insist on... Continue reading “A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access” ›
Z. Smith Reynolds Library has established an Open Access Fund to help faculty pay for Open Access publication fees. Under a cost-sharing arrangement, the ZSR Library will pay for one-third of the Open Access publication fees, and the remaining two-thirds will be funded equally by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and the faculty... Continue reading “Z. Smith Reynolds Library Open Access Fund” ›
As the dissemination of research output moves more fully into the digital environment, the process of producing and publishing scholarship is rapidly changing. Tracking various drafts of publications – from submission to acceptance – is easier and more beneficial to authors. Requesting an article frequently requires only a few clicks or keystrokes. Databases and search... Continue reading “The Future of Publishing” ›
I taught my first LIB 100 class the first half of Fall Semester 2009. I got lots of help from Roz Tedford and Lauren Pressley and my assistant, Megan Mulder. I decided the class would do an exhibit as a final project for the course. ZSR was participating in the Big Read which focused on... Continue reading “LIB 100 Exhibits- Harlem Renaissance” ›
I figure since we’re about halfway through Teaching Teaching, it might be time for a Gaz update! This semester we’ve taken a different approach. Instead of Roz or me organizing the topics, lectures for each class, and activities, we’re acting as a community of learners. As a group we came up with topics that we... Continue reading “Teaching Teaching” ›
I teamed up again with Dr. Lynn Neal and her Religion class to design exhibits this fall. I met with the class in September and broke out my traveling exhibits box to show various projects students have done in the past. I also gave the class several handouts and described the process of designing a... Continue reading “Religion Class on Cults exhibits” ›