November 9, 2022

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2022
Wednesday, November 9th
9:00 AM	A Warm Welcome Ann Connolly, Digital Commons 9:00 AM
9:10 AM	Hitchhiker's Guide to the Digital Commons Galaxy: The Product Roadmap Ann Connolly, Digital Commons Luca Belletti, Digital Commons Promita Chatterji, Digital Commons Saad Khan, Digital Commons 9:10 AM The Digital Commons product team shares overviews of the roadmaps for each of the Digital Commons modules.
10:10 AM	3-2-1-Launch! Building Out-of-this-World Exhibits with DCX Ann Connolly, Digital Commons Heidi Benedict, Roger Williams University Susan McMullen, Roger Williams University Erica Finch, Utah State University 10:10 AM Want to explore new worlds for your outstanding collections? Need a way to keep all your institutions’ exhibits within the orbit of the library? Learn from some of the Digital Commons community’s intrepid DCX explorers who are traveling to where no one has gone before to create out-of-this-world exhibits!
11:30 AM	Light Years of Lightning Talks - Session 3.1 Promita Chatterji, Digital Commons Jonathan Jiras, Rowan University Lee Dotson, University of Central Florida Bobby Ciullo, University of Central Florida Lily Dubach, University of Central Florida Kerri Bottorff, University of Central Florida Karen Ramsden, Montclair State University Darren Sweeper, Montclair State University Adam Duguay, Sheridan College Ellen Neuhaus, University of Northern Iowa 11:30 AM Join us for a series of inspirational and educational lightning talks by members of the Digital Commons community, for members of the Digital Commons community. Session 3.1 hosted by Promita Chatterji, Digital Commons. Jonathan Jiras, Rowan University Content Type Statistics for a Digital Commons Repository We wanted a simple view of what content types were in each collection of our DC repository. We did not see such a report in the Administrative Dashboard, so we wrote one. Our application harvests data via OAI, parses it to JSON via Python, and presents it in a reactive UI. Lee Dotson, Bobby Ciullo, Lily Dubach, Kerri Bottorff, University of Central Florida Textbook Affordability + WordPress + DC API = Unique eTextbook Portal Collaboration As part of a textbook affordability initiative, the University of Central Florida Libraries sought ways to inform students that hundreds of required textbooks are available for free as library eTextbooks. When other methods did not include necessary information such as a link to the eTextbook or other details, a secondary method was investigated: creating an eTextbook Portal. An eTextbook Portal serves as a searchable webpage to help students locate eTextbooks that match their courses. A collaboration between the institutional repository, textbook affordability, and web services produced this creative solution to organize and share information for each eTextbook using Digital Commons to host the content. Utilizing a book gallery with customized metadata fields and the Batch Upload File Manager for adding cover images, each eTextbook has its own record and thumbnail image stored in the institutional repository. The goal of providing students with a quick, intuitive approach to locating the information and accessing the eTextbooks was made possible through the magic of the Digital Commons API, CSS styling, and a webpage designed to pull the information stored in the institutional repository to create the eTextbook Portal. Karen Ramsden and Darren Sweeper, Montclair State University Red Hawks Soar!: Showcasing our Unique Collections to Engage the University Community and Beyond The purpose of our presentation is to share our experiences in building relationships in order to create several unique and socially relevant collections in the Montclair State University Digital Commons. We will discuss issues related to community engagement, outreach and librarian liaison work undertaken to form new partnerships. During this process we learned how to adapt to change and how to find new ways to innovate, create and collaborate in order to demonstrate the value of the library, while promoting faculty research and our students’ scholarly activities, in support of the Strategic Plan of the University. In our presentation, we will discuss how we created Personas from the results of our research study to identify faculty members to use as a guide when evaluating services and outreach. We will address the process of promoting the repository to the campus community at large, and everything in between from the planning stages to the continued growth and sustainability of the repository. As this evolving culture of research is embraced throughout the University, the need for a vibrant, adaptable, and creative use of the repository becomes just as crucial as an IR’s archival capabilities, especially when impacting the University’s strategic vision and mission. Adam Duguay, Sheridan College Showcasing and Tracking UN Sustainable Development Goals Through Your Repository In 2021, Sheridan became Ontario’s first post-secondary institution to sign the SDG Accord, the sector’s collective international response to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By signing the accord Sheridan committed to contributing, tracking, and bringing awareness to the SDGs. SOURCE, Sheridan’s institutional repository was identified as an ideal platform to highlight and further disseminate the scholarship, research and creative activities produced at Sheridan that align and further the SDGs. By developing an easy-to-use workflow, we were able to create a system that highlights and showcases existing and upcoming SDG contributions that can be discovered by other academic intuitions and the international community. Ellen Neuhaus, University of Northern Iowa Impact Stories: Global Feedback Demonstrating the Reach and Impact of Your IR Libraries and higher education institutions have to show the value of their services, resources, and programs to their stakeholders. The University of Northern Iowa Rod Library implemented a Global Feedback Form (Google form) throughout the institution’s IR and now receives regular feedback from global users. We receive regular impact stories from global users informing us how specific works posted to the repository have affected or benefited them. This has allowed us to share impact stories with campus administration and other stakeholders, showing the reach and impact of campus programs and departments. For example, a graduate student said, “I am from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. I am doing my thesis titled 'Exploring the nature of intersectionality and its impact on education'. I searched a lot but didn't get any quality resources on this topic. But finally, I found this work of Petersen which provides me a guideline to continue my work. I am really thankful to the authority for this open access to this tremendous work. Thanks a lot.” We have closed the assessment loop by compiling the feedback in a Global Feedback Report which is archived in UNI ScholarWorks so campus administrators and other stakeholders have access to the stories. Each time feedback is received, we send the story to the related stakeholders - dean of the college, department head, and faculty advisor - so they can see the reach and impact of their department and program.
11:30 AM	Light Years of Lightning Talks - Session 3.2 Luca Belletti, Digital Commons Rachel Evans, University of Georgia Law Library & Law School Erin Rushton, Binghamton University Libraries Caitlin Holton, Binghamton University Libraries Jacob Nunnally, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University Ashley D.R. Sergiadis, East Tennessee State University Kyle Johnson, East Tennessee State University Rachel Walton, Rollins College 11:30 AM Join us for a series of inspirational and educational lightning talks by members of the Digital Commons community, for members of the Digital Commons community. Session 3.2 hosted by Luca Belletti, Digital Commons. Rachel Evans, University of Georgia Law Library & Law School Avoiding Total Eclipses in Your Repository: Leveraging Grants, Digitization, Consortia-OAI Harvesting, Digital Exhibits & PR Campaigns Over the course of the last two years the University of Georgia School of Law and Library have pursued a variety of grant funding opportunities to increase digitization efforts of our special collections and archives. This lightning talk will touch on the grant writing process, discussing our rejections and successes, and give takeaways to others interested in digitization grants. This talk will culminate in the relationship building our grant writing has helped facilitate including the continued resource sharing with state and nation-wide partners the Digital Library of Georgia and Digital Public Library of America. Another practical takeaway will include the OAI harvesting used so that attendees are left with the Digital Commons documentation consulted as a primary resource to reformat our IR series URLs for successful ingest by the Digital Library of Georgia. Erin Rushton and Caitlin Holton, Binghamton University Libraries Collaborative IR projects with the Campus Community There is a growing interest from departments and organizations on campus to use our Institutional Repository (IR), the ORB, to host creative works, digital publications, and supplemental materials for projects. Recently we began working with Harpur Palate, our University's acclaimed national literary journal, to support the digitization of their archives and to make these archives available through the IR. We will discuss how we provided access to our Digitization Lab to support the digitization of back issues and how we trained Harpur Palate staff to create metadata and submit content in the IR. By developing a workflow that defines the roles and responsibilities of the Libraries vs. those of contributors, we hope to have more collaborations with the campus community and expand the scope of the IR. Jacob Nunnally, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University 10 Years and Counting: Law Journals at Hofstra University We at Hofstra University School of Law are approaching 10 years on bepress Digital Commons and recently hit 3 million downloads. The purpose of my lightning talk is to discuss the IR architecture of our four law journals. One fairly unique thing we do at Hofstra is scan and upload the cover of each journal issue so that the online experience is identical to the print experience. It also makes each issue's landing page look pretty! Ashley D.R. Sergiadis and Kyle Johnson, East Tennessee State University Opting Out of Opting In: Switching Our Profile Workflow to Include Every University Faculty Member Starting this semester, Charles C. Sherrod Library at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) began shifting our SelectedWorks service model from an opt-in (we create profiles for faculty who send us their CV) process to a quicker and easier opt-out (we create profiles for all faculty) model. Our lightning talk will provide an overview of this opt-out model and how we laid the groundwork for its success. We started by engendering support amongst the Deans, Faculty Senate, and University Research Council, detailing the benefits of a university-wide profile service and assuaging any fears or concerns that an opt-out model might generate regarding utility and privacy. We also undertook a substantial harvesting project as part of this project using Digital Common's PubMed and Scopus integration to harvest thousands of ETSU-affiliated records into our repository. We create these "instant profiles" by aggregating publicly assessable information (such as contact information, education, etc.) from available sources such as university departmental pages, LinkedIn, ResearchGate, etc. to complete their "About" information without needing a copy of their CV. We then import all available works into the profile from the aforementioned harvesting project. Once completed, we email the faculty member in question and give them two weeks to accept or decline their profile before going "live." This will greatly expand the reach of our department's service and further integrate our portion of the library into the academic community of the university. Rachel Walton, Rollins College Considering CV Review as an IR Service for Faculty: Is it worth it? The Perspective of A Small Liberal Arts College CV Deposit is a high-touch service portal wherein faculty submit their CV to library staff who in turn complete all of the rights checking, publisher contact, and other review needed to make faculty work available openly within the IR. This kind of function is intended for faculty who are interested in depositing the whole of their scholarly body of work into the IR and requires a dedicated team of library professionals to execute fully. My lightning talk will introduce the concept of CV Deposit and Review, with a discussion of the existing literature, and outline the below positives and negatives of such a service model for a library of our size. Negatives -- such a concierge-like offering may be overwhelming and unmanageable Positives -- the chance to increase the discoverability and openness of faculty research and integrate with other OA outreach efforts across campus. Finally, my talk will end with some real-world feedback from librarian liaisons at my small liberal arts college who offer insights (encouraging and critical) about whether CV review is a viable service model for our campus community.

November 9, 2022

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