lib-ir: ACRL University Library Section Current Topics DG: Institutional Repositories

[Barbara Jenkins <jenkins@uoregon.edu>]

For your information.  I plan to attend.  Barb

> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:51:55
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> Subject: ULS Current Topics DG:  Institutional Repositories
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> ACRL/University Libraries Section/Current Topics Discussion 
> Group
>
> Institutional Repositories:  Their Place in the Evolution of 
> Scholarly Communication
> Saturday, January 15, 2005
> 2:00-4:00 pm
> Sheraton/Independence West
>
> For the past three years, the ACRL/University Libraries 
> Section/Current Topics Discussion Group has sponsored 
> programs about the library as place.  This year, we leave 
> physical places for virtual spaces with a program 
> entitled “Institutional Repositories:  Their Place in the 
> Evolution of Scholarly Communication.”  
>
> Leaders in the academic library community have promoted the 
> development of institutional repositories as a proactive 
> strategy to accelerate the changes taking place in the world 
> of scholarly communication. With an institutional repository, 
> the university makes a commitment to store, organize, 
> preserve and provide access to the intellectual output of the 
> institution.  This provides significant leadership and 
> collaboration opportunities for librarians.
>
> Programs abound on the topic of institutional repositories.  
> This program will feature three speakers giving their views 
> on specific aspects of the issue.  Michael Keller of Stanford 
> University will give his perspective looking beyond the 
> phenomenon of the institutional repository itself and placing 
> it in the larger context of the evolution of scholarly 
> communication. Shane Nackerud from the University of 
> Minnesota will describe UThink, the largest academic blogging 
> site in America, as a fascinating outgrowth of the 
> institutional repository idea. Margret Branschofsky from the 
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology will speak on the issue 
> of promoting an institutional repository on campus, 
> recruiting submissions, securing permissions, and other 
> issues related to outreach.
>
> Come and join the lively discussion that is sure to follow.
>
>
> **********************************************************
> Stephanie Atkins
> Assistant Circulation and Bookstacks Librarian
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
> ssatkins@uiuc.edu
> (217) 333-2803

Barbara Jenkins 
Head, Reference & Research Services
Knight Library
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299

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