lib-ir: policy shift on submissions

[Barbara Jenkins <jenkins@uoregon.edu>]

thanks Carol.  I really think that this is the nature of this type
of effort - certainly when it is new and we are trying to convert folks
to it.  Barb

At 10:42 AM 11/28/2004 -0800, Carol Hixson wrote:
> I believe that reality dictates a
> change to our policy
> on submissions to Scholars' Bank. We began by
> stating that authors should submit their own work.
> The reailty is that we have had only 2 authors submit
> their own work so far (both students). The remaining
> 208 items have been submitted by me or by staff
> working under my direction. For the short term, I
> think that is likely to continue. I also think that we want
> to make sure that lack of time, or computerphobia, or
> dislike of the submission interface does not get in the
> way of acquiring content for Scholars' Bank.
>
> I have therefore inserted wording in a number of our
> supporting pages and guides that indicate that the
> library will act as the agent on behalf of an author
> or community, when requested, and take care of
> the submission.  This is an approach that I heard
> echoed by every single presenter at the recent
> SPARC IR meeting. I know of only one library
> that says it is charging for this service.
>
> If you have concerns with any of the changed
> wording, let me know.
>
> Carol

Barbara Jenkins 
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