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Location
Room A
Presentation Type
Lightning Talk
Start Date
29-4-2021 3:40 PM
Description
In March 2020 West Virginia University suspended classes and closed on campus facilities, including the libraries, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to continue employing student workers, library staff were encouraged to identify projects that could be performed remotely. In support of this initiative, institutional repository staff developed a process for student workers to deposit Open Access (OA) publications in the Research Repository, WVU’s institutional repository.
Using the Web of Science Database (WoS), we identified OA publications with at least one WVU-affiliated author. While WoS distinguishes between different types of Open Access, we limited our scope to “DOAJ Gold” articles. To be listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals, a journal must use a Creative Commons license or equivalent, so by focusing on DOAJ Gold articles, we were able to forego time-intensive reviews of publisher policies and attempts to acquire preprints and postprints from faculty.
Previously, we offered a CV review service to faculty whereby repository staff reviewed publications to determine which versions could be deposited. This initiative enjoyed limited success, largely due to difficulties in recruiting participants and acquiring preprints and postprints when necessary, as indicated by the following results:
- 27 faculty publication lists reviewed, totaling 943 scholarly works
- 547 of the 943 works (58%) deemed eligible for deposit (either as a preprint, accepted manuscript, or publisher’s PDF)
- 114 of the 547 eligible works (21%) deposited in the Research Repository
By contrast, during our DOAJ Gold-focused project 1,576 items were deposited in our repository, representing over 50% of the Faculty & Staff Scholarship Collection.
This project was not without its challenges, which included errors in entering metadata and the creation of duplicate records. However, this initiative was largely successful, resulting in substantial growth in our repository and the continued employment of student workers during a particularly challenging period of time.
Growing the Repository with a Student Remote Work Project
Room A
In March 2020 West Virginia University suspended classes and closed on campus facilities, including the libraries, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to continue employing student workers, library staff were encouraged to identify projects that could be performed remotely. In support of this initiative, institutional repository staff developed a process for student workers to deposit Open Access (OA) publications in the Research Repository, WVU’s institutional repository.
Using the Web of Science Database (WoS), we identified OA publications with at least one WVU-affiliated author. While WoS distinguishes between different types of Open Access, we limited our scope to “DOAJ Gold” articles. To be listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals, a journal must use a Creative Commons license or equivalent, so by focusing on DOAJ Gold articles, we were able to forego time-intensive reviews of publisher policies and attempts to acquire preprints and postprints from faculty.
Previously, we offered a CV review service to faculty whereby repository staff reviewed publications to determine which versions could be deposited. This initiative enjoyed limited success, largely due to difficulties in recruiting participants and acquiring preprints and postprints when necessary, as indicated by the following results:
- 27 faculty publication lists reviewed, totaling 943 scholarly works
- 547 of the 943 works (58%) deemed eligible for deposit (either as a preprint, accepted manuscript, or publisher’s PDF)
- 114 of the 547 eligible works (21%) deposited in the Research Repository
By contrast, during our DOAJ Gold-focused project 1,576 items were deposited in our repository, representing over 50% of the Faculty & Staff Scholarship Collection.
This project was not without its challenges, which included errors in entering metadata and the creation of duplicate records. However, this initiative was largely successful, resulting in substantial growth in our repository and the continued employment of student workers during a particularly challenging period of time.