Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/karen_s_fischer Recent documents in Karen S Fischer en-us Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:57:07 PDT 3600 http://works.bepress.com/karen_s_fischer/7 http://works.bepress.com/karen_s_fischer/7 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:10:23 PDT Faculty at many large academic institutions have endorsed author addenda, to be used by authors when signing a publication agreement. These addenda, if accepted by the publisher, allow the author to retain rights to use their work in several ways. Some examples are: freely posting their article on their own Web sites, depositing copies of their work in a repository (institutional or disciplinary), and using their work in future works, such as new editions or in ways not yet imagined. In short, an addendum allows authors to share their research more widely, and gives them the added benefit of increasing the impact of their research and creative outputs. This survey was designed to investigate whether and how ARL member libraries are educating authors about their copyrights and promoting the use of author addenda to publication agreements. It explores which addenda have been endorsed and/or promoted, how the library is supporting authors' use of addenda, which library staff are promoting author addenda and how they are trained, and what kinds of activities the library has engaged in to educate authors about using addenda. Karen S. Fischer Books http://works.bepress.com/karen_s_fischer/5 http://works.bepress.com/karen_s_fischer/5 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:08:57 PST This classified critical bibliography continues the work initiated by Monika Kirtland and Pauline Cochrane, and furthered by Steven Blake Shubert. Kirtland and Cochrane published a bibliography surveying the literature critical of LCSH from 1944-1979 titled "Critical Views of LCSH-Library of Congress Subject Headings, A Bibliographic and Bibliometric Essay." Shubert analyzed another decade of literature in his article titled "Critical Views of LCSH--Ten Years Later: A Bibliographic Essay." This current bibliography compiles the next twelve years of critical literature from 1990-2001. Persistent concerns of the past fifty-seven years include inadequate syndetic structure, currency or bias of the headings, and lack of specificity in the subject heading list. New developments and research are in the areas of subdivisions, mapping, indexer inconsistency, and post-coordination. LCSH must become more flexible and easier to use in order to increase its scalability and interoperability as an online subject searching tool. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Karen S. Fischer Articles http://works.bepress.com/karen_s_fischer/4 http://works.bepress.com/karen_s_fischer/4 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:06:36 PST Karen S. Fischer Articles http://works.bepress.com/karen_s_fischer/2 http://works.bepress.com/karen_s_fischer/2 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:05:10 PST In many academic libraries, knowledge of the issues surrounding scholarly communication is considered a skill set required by every librarian who has contact with faculty and students. In fact, these skills are now being written into job descriptions for librarians who are on the front lines with faculty. Learning about these complex issues takes time, but there are ways to facilitate the process of empowering librarians with the information they need to be knowledgeable enough to have conversations with their constituents. Karen S. Fischer Presentations http://works.bepress.com/karen_s_fischer/1 http://works.bepress.com/karen_s_fischer/1 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:13:31 PST Skills needed to effectively manage electronic journals are highly valued in libraries today. Some of these include sound technological skills, ability to analyze and prioritize well, knowledge of licensing, and ability to communicate with a wide range of people. Additionally, centralized vs. decentralized e(lectronic)-resources management is debated in many large libraries. A struggle exists between having a few people do all of the work related to electronic journals and resources (i.e., acquisitions, cataloging, and troubleshooting), and parceling out the work among units and integrating electronic journals work into the regular workflow of other materials of all formats. Larger libraries are under pressure to reorganize staff and work flows to accommodate electronic journals, but must make some large decisions before effective electronic resources management (ERM) can be put into place. This article raises staffing and workflow issues to consider when planning electronic resources management. Karen Fischer Articles