Linda L. Phillips

University Libraries, 2012-2014: Transformation, Visibility, Innovation

Linda L. Phillips — Thu, 19 May 2011 10:50:17 PDT

This presentation summarizes strategic directions of the University of Tennessee Libraries for 2012-2014. As all of higher education experiences profound change, research Libraries witness transformation in the tools, resources, and formats available to scholars—along with evolving academic cultures. Library planning embraces research library trends and plans for UTK's VOL Vision Journey to the Top 25. The University Libraries are central to achieving VOL Vision goals.

Take 10 for Trace

Linda Phillips et al. — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:21:57 PDT

These slides accompanied a ten-minute presentation introducing faculty to the capabilities of the campus digital showcase and archive, including mention of the library's digital peer-reviewed Newfound Press.

Coming Home: Scholarly Publishing Returns to the University

Linda L. Phillips — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:29:10 PDT

For more than two decades visionary university administrators and librarians have urged the scholarly community to recognize the value of its intellectual capital beyond promotion, tenure, and academic prominence. Publishing in its broadest sense encompasses the production and dissemination of information for public access; scholarly publishing includes peer-reviewed literature in books and journals, as well as conference papers, technical reports, working papers, data sets and emerging forms of scholarship presented in numerous multimedia formats. Today’s academic publishing environment is a complex amalgam of technological capability, economic realities, and emerging social networking practices pushing the boundaries of the traditional scholarly publishing culture. Technology enables innovative scholarship and offers new options to access research results. The economy compels universities to scrutinize business models and evaluate return on investment. Subscriptions to expensive commercial publications are unsustainable, and resources devoted to costly journals reduce available funding to purchase monographs. This essay explores several strategies universities can take to retain control of a valuable commodity, the scholarship they produce. How can university administrators protect and promote intellectual assets produced at their institutions? One approach is to identify the various ways a university funds publishing, explore the convergence of publishing activities and functions within the university, and take steps to increase access to the wealth of published material generated by the academy.

Introduction to SelectedWorks: Training Slides

Linda Phillips — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:58:24 PST

This is a set of slides used for orientation to SelectedWorks with the University of Tennessee College of Nursing on February 12, 2010.

The University of Tennessee Libraries Newfound Press Scholarly Publishing Demonstration

Linda Phillips — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:35:32 PST

Launched in 2005, the University of Tennessee Newfound Press demonstrates open access; ensures quality through peer review; encourages innovative approaches to the creation and dissemination of scholarly and specialized work; seeks content with narrow focus or innovative format unlikely to be published by a market-driven press; helps authors of specialized content disseminate their work; and experiments with new forms of publication. This presentation describes the reasons for starting Newfound Press; offers highlights from the business plan; and discusses the convergence of Newfound Press with other campus publishing, including the digital showcase and archive, Trace (operates on the bepress Digital Commons platform), and the University of Tennessee Press.

Metadata Plus: How Libraries Assure Discovery of Locally Created Content

Melanie Feltner-Reichert et al. — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:32:27 PDT

This presentation offers a simple illustration of the ways html code, metadata tagging and other strategies enable content discovery. It contains examples that can be understood by anyone familiar with a bibliographic record. Librarians who grasp these concepts will be well-prepared to convince faculty that the library is both a safe and sustainable archive for their work, and that placing content with the library is more likely to lead to its discovery than any personal web space.

Walking the Walk: A Path to Support Open Access Publishing [Poster]

Linda L. Phillips et al. — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:15:22 PDT

Scholarly communication is the lifeblood of universities. Threats to the free flow of research and ideas continue to jeopardize the entire academy; however administrators, scholars, and librarians are now pursuing options to reclaim research produced in the academy's domain. One way to do this is with Open Access. Open Access has been a topic of interest and intense depabe for academic librarians. Ways to create awareness about and encourage publication in Open Access journals have been discussed at library conferences for the better part of the decade. But what is the next step? What happens when the library's promotion pays off and teaching faculty seek support for their open access endeavors? This poster describes the steps taken to create a pilot program for an open access support fund at a Research I university. The program is one way to "walk the walk" of open access promotion by offering to subsidize costs associated with some open access publications. The poster includes practical information and tips such as: steps that can be taken to create a similar program; library and academic positions which may be involved; and opportunities and barriers that exist. Program documents, statistics and general impressions are provided.

Selector as Entrepreneur (Panel presentation for New Selectors and Selecting in New Subjects: Meeting the Challenges)

Linda L. Phillips — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:08:08 PDT

Collection building in the digital age aims to create a collection of "freely accessible, integrated, and comprehensive record of serious scholarship and knowledge." Library collections are broadly defined as all the resources libraries make available to users—items purchased, locally created or reformatted digital materials, subject guides, social networking tools, and content freely accessible in digital collections around the world. New selectors must master several enduring skills related to collection policy, management of print and digital resources, budget management, and liaison with clientele. An entrepreneurial approach to collection building and liaison requires an understanding of the digital library context and diverse scholarly cultures. Entreneurial selectors who know details about the disciplines they serve, such as who is publishing and where, research topics, location of data sets, applications of research, and student involvement will be prepared to offer clientele information about gaining maximum visibility for their scholarly work.

Newfound Press: The digital imprint of the University of Tennessee Libraries

Linda L. Phillips — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:05:42 PDT

The University of Tennessee Libraries launched its digital imprint, Newfound Press, in 2005 to develop a framework for making peer reviewed scholarly and specialized works available worldwide. Building on local digitization investments, Newfound Press has published two monographs, hosts a born–digital journal, and is experimenting with publishing conference proceedings as digital multimedia. Through Newfound Press, the University of Tennessee is promoting open access publishing while resolving issues such as finding sustainable funding, creating a process for peer review “on the fly,” and establishing credibility as a viable scholarly publications venue. If every research library were to provide similar services, access to scholarship could become more transparent than ever before.