Open Access Scams

We here at Collaborative Librarianship are all for open access, but all good things have a negative side.  We encourage you to follow Jeffrey Beall’s web page capturing “predatory Open Access Publishers.”

“In 2012, Jeffrey Beall, a librarian at the University of Colorado at Denver, told The Chronicle that he keeps a list of “predatory” open-access publishers, whose main goal is to generate profits. Such publishers, says Mr. Beall, “add little value to scholarship, pay little attention to digital preservation, and operate using fly-by-night, unsustainable business models.””

http://scholarlyoa.com/individual-journals/

Major Maine Libraries, Public and Academic, Collaborate on Print Archiving Project

Major Maine Libraries, Public and Academic, Collaborate on Print Archiving Project

LJ excerpt: “Eight of Maine’s largest libraries, both public and academic, are about halfway through a major and distinctive project for the shared management and archiving of their print collections and the integration of digital editions into a statewide catalog”

Call for Proposals – Resource sharing and ILL conference

“Call for Proposals – Reminder!
The NWILL Conference Program Committee invites proposals for sessions of interest to interlibrary loan and resource sharing practitioners for our conference to take place September 11-13, 2013, in Portland, Oregon at Portland Community College – Sylvania Campus.

Collaborative Librarianship – Table of Contents Vol 4, no 4

 Table of Contents

Editorials

The Collaborative Shift Has Happened!	PDF
Valerie Horton	130-131

 Scholarly Articles

Co-Teaching Relationships among Librarians and Other Information Professionals	Abstract PDF
Ann Medaille, Amy W. Shannon	132-148

Team-Based Ingenuity Supporting 21st Century Learners	Abstract PDF
Sarah C. Hutton, Robert C. Davis, Carol Will	149-164

By and For Us: The Development of a Program for Peer Review of Teaching by and for Pre-Tenure Librarians	Abstract PDF
Jaena Alabi, Rhonda Huisman, Meagan Lacy, Willie Miller, Eric Snajdr, Jessica Trinoskey, William H. Weare, Jr.	165-174

Extending Access to Electronic Resources of a Merged Community College and University Library	Abstract PDF
Angela Dresselhaus	175-182

 From the Field

Innovation & Leadership Through Collaboration – The Orbis Cascade Alliance Experience: An Interview with John Helmer	Abstract PDF
John F. Helmer, Stephen Bosch, Chris Sugnet, Cory Tucker	183-185

Tribute to a Cooperative Pioneer: Bill DeJohn	Abstract PDF
Cecelia N. Boone	186-187

 Viewpoints: Technology Matters

The Golden Ratio and Community	PDF
Lori Bowen Ayre	188-189

 Reviews

Review of “Social Networking Tools for Academic Libraries”	PDF
Alison Hicks	190-191

Librarians and the Linguistic Society of America

The Linguistic Society of America featured an Open Access Publishing symposium at their annual conference. Librarians from MIT and Boston University contributed to the presentation. Slides and accompanying audio pieces are available for review. Library Journal did a terrific job of aggregating all the pertinent links in one spot. http://www.infodocket.com/2013/02/07/scholarly-publishing-audio-and-slide-presentations-from-lsa-open-access-symposium/

Libraries of Columbia and University of Toronto Announce Agreement to Collaboratively Support Tibetan Studies

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Press Release: “The research libraries at Columbia and the University of Toronto will collaboratively support Tibetan Studies collection development and research activities at both institutions.”

Collaborative Librarianship News: A review of 2012

The WordPress.com stats people prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Click here to see the complete report.

Textbook Collaboration

“The Open SUNY Textbook Program will produce fifteen free online textbooks in 2013, thanks to the support from a SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology Grant (IITG) and library funding, and the time and talent of librarians and consultation by SUNY Press.”

Survey of open access scholarly journals

“Edgar, B. D. & Willinsky, J. (in press). A survey of the scholarly journals using Open Journal Systems. Scholarly and Research Communication.

Abstract A survey of 998 scholarly journals that use Open Journal Systems (OJS), an open source journal software platform, captures the characteristics of an emerging class of scholarpublisher open access journals (with some representation from more traditional scholarly society and print-based titles). The journals in the sample follow traditional norms for peerreviewing, acceptance rates, and disciplinary focus, but are distinguished by the number that offer open access to their content, the growth rates in new titles, the participation rates from developing countries, and the extremely low operating budgets. The survey also documents the limited degree to which open source software can alter a field of communication, as OJS appears to have created a third path, dedicated to maximizing access to research and scholarship, as an alternative to traditional scholarly society and commercial publishing routes.”

Features and Benefits of Librarian / Instructional Design Collaborations

Scooped this through John Shank. “Design to Learn, Learn to Design: Using backward design for information literacy instruction“

“Using backward design coupled with a focus on intentional learning, a series of platform-independent podcasts were created to address the need to increase student information literacy competency. The design team used a collaborative process where all members of the team worked in an iterative fashion from the specification of student learning outcomes to the creation of the final assessments. As a case study, this project brought to light the importance of clearly specifying student learning outcomes, creating meaningful assessments, employing strong project management, and efficiently utilizing the composition and dynamics of the design team.”