Wendy Robertson, Digital Scholarship Librarian, is responsible for helping to expand support of electronic scholarship and e-publishing, including supporting locally published e-journals and managing the institutional repository. Robertson performs data analysis on digital collections related to batch loading, migrating from one system to another, and aggregating with other information resources. Wendy received a B.A. in History from Grinnell College in 1988, and an M.L.I.S. from The University of Iowa in 1992. She has worked at The University of Iowa Libraries since 1988. Her previous work positions include Electronic Resources Systems Librarian in Enterprise Applications, Electronic Resources Management Unit Head, Serials Cataloger and Supervisor in Technical Services.
Articles
A Collaborative Checklist for E-journal Access (with Rocki Strader, Alison Roth, and Bob Boissy), Serials Librarian (2006)
Strader, Roth and Boissy introduced a checklist which they had developed which indicates the different...
Integrating Resources Cataloging Workshop (with Steven J. Miller), Serials Librarian (2005)
This pre-conference covered the first four sessions of the Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program’s Integrating...
Everything you always wanted to know about SFX but were afraid to ask (with Paul A. Soderdahl), The Serials Librarian (2004)
Link resolvers, including Ex Libris’ SFX, use OpenURL to provide library patrons with context-sensitive links,...
We’re Heading for the Barn Now! An Update on the Revisions to ISBD(S) and AACR2 Rules for Serials Cataloging (with Jean Hirons and Karen Darling), Serials Librarian (2001)
Jean Hirons explained the status of harmonization AACR, ISSN and ISBD(S) rules. Hirons discussed the...
Presentations
Repository Metadata: Challenges of Interoperability, ALCTS Institutional Repository Webinar Series (2011)
This session will give an overview some of the specific challenges in repository metadata including...
Enhancing Existing Content By Transforming Books to Databases, Electronic Resources & Libraries (2011)
The University of Iowa Libraries has converted a few print texts to databases, working with...
Repository-Based Publishing by Libraries, SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting (2010)
The University of Iowa Libraries has a small e-publishing program as part of our repository...
Introduction to Iowa Research Online (IRO), University of Iowa Tech Forum 2010 (2010)
Iowa Research Online (IRO) is a publishing platform for faculty and staff research. These publications...
Hosting of Open Access Titles: Why and How for Libraries, ILA/ACRL Spring Conference (2010)
This presentation will cover general trends and developments in journals and ways libraries can be...