Open Access Week is an international week of action that takes place all over the world in late October. This year it will be held from October 23 – 29, 2017. SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) announced that the theme for 2017 will be “Open in Order to”. This year’s theme is…
By Shelley E. Barba, Digital Scholarship Librarian, TTU Libraries Scholarly Publishing Team Member Summer technically starts on June 21st; although, for many academics the beginning of summer starts the second grades from spring are turned in. With the freedom from teaching courses, the summer is ripe with potential and promise. There will be so much…
By Hualing Xie, Visiting Librarian at Texas Tech University Libraries My name is Hualing Xie, I come from Beijing, the capital of China. I am a librarian at National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSLC) which is the public library service system of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) as well as the National Library…
Four simple rules for digital preservation! by Heidi Winkler, Digital Preservation Librarian and Scholarly Communication Team member. April 23-29, 2017 marks the American Library Association’s annual Preservation Week, a celebration of all things library preservation. These are rules that I use in my work at the institutional level, and they are concepts that will take…
by Heidi Winkler, Digital Preservation Librarian and Scholarly Communication Team member. April 23-29, 2017, marks the American Library Association’s annual Preservation Week, a celebration of all things library preservation. In my work as Digital Stewardship Librarian here at the TTU Libraries, my focus lies behind the scenes in what we call our “dark archive,” making…
by Brian Quinn, Personal Librarian, Library Scholarly Communication Team Co-Chair The traditional role of the subject liaison librarian is increasingly being called into question. Responsibilities that had been considered the core of liaison work such as reference, instruction, and collection development may no longer be sufficient to meet user needs. At the same time, liaisons…
This year, the library will be hosting two events for Open Access Week. Two will be in person events discussing open access with faculty and graduate students. It is a great opportunity to learn more, find new perspectives and get to know librarians. Open Access Week is an international week of action that takes place…
First, what is protected by copyright? Original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression. That means no formal registration or even notation (e.g. © ) is necessary once an idea has been written down or put into a format. Copyrighted works include things like audiovisual works, graphics, sculptures, dramatic works, literary works,…
The Office of Scholarly Communication at Texas Tech University Libraries will be writing guest posts for Scholarly Messenger, the monthly newsletter for the Office of the Vice President for Research. Intro from the Newsletter post: While there are many resources on campus for developing proposals and compliance, Texas Tech University Libraries has a team to…
The Office of Scholarly Communication at Texas Tech University Libraries will be writing guest posts for From Anywhere, the monthly newsletter for Worldwide eLearning. Worldwide eLearning is TTU’s campus unit for online and distance education. Intro from the Newsletter post: Libraries are usually associated with books or a quiet place to study. In fact, many…
What is “Scholarly Communication”?
Scholarly Publishing in Raiderland 