Location
Cook Library 206Z & Room A
Presentation Type
Poster
Start Date
27-4-2023 4:00 PM
Description
The first road:
When Houston Cole Library started an Institutional Repository (IR) at Jacksonville State University, reading all of the journal articles and literature and watching all of the webinars on how to make an IR work was a must. One of the top recommendations was to cultivate buy-in. The standard recommended process for getting buy-in did not work for me and my faculty. Everything I tried did not work. It was a ton of work, a lot of hope, and even more disappointment. I had to come up with a new plan if the IR was going to succeed.
The second more successful road:
My frustration was alleviated when I was introduced to Elsevier's Scopus metrics tool to find articles written by our faculty. My presentation will detail my successful workflow and could be used as an example for other new IR librarians to build their repositories. This alternative approach to building a successful IR has the flexibility to be a stand-alone workflow or to be a complement to more traditional repository methods.
Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood and I Have Taken Them Both: Tales from a New IR Librarian
Cook Library 206Z & Room A
The first road:
When Houston Cole Library started an Institutional Repository (IR) at Jacksonville State University, reading all of the journal articles and literature and watching all of the webinars on how to make an IR work was a must. One of the top recommendations was to cultivate buy-in. The standard recommended process for getting buy-in did not work for me and my faculty. Everything I tried did not work. It was a ton of work, a lot of hope, and even more disappointment. I had to come up with a new plan if the IR was going to succeed.
The second more successful road:
My frustration was alleviated when I was introduced to Elsevier's Scopus metrics tool to find articles written by our faculty. My presentation will detail my successful workflow and could be used as an example for other new IR librarians to build their repositories. This alternative approach to building a successful IR has the flexibility to be a stand-alone workflow or to be a complement to more traditional repository methods.