Papers by Brian Rosenblum
Oclc Systems & Services, Jun 5, 2007
Ghana Library Journal
The idea of “Open Access” (hereafter OA) emerged in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s with a noble... more The idea of “Open Access” (hereafter OA) emerged in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s with a noble goal: to provide comprehensive access to the scholarly literature for everyone around the world by making the results of scholarly research freely and immediately available online to all. After more than 20 years of OA advocacy and development, where do things stand? Has the noble goal of universal access been realized, and is the scholarly literature now accessible and open to the global community of scholars? How strong is the current OA movement and where is it headed? While significant advances have been made, to be sure, the fact is that elements of OA have taken a wrong turn somewhere, resulting in a system that is broken and has not lived up to its promise. Early OA efforts focused on the need for better access to read and reuse scholarly literature. While significant advancement has been made in this area, it has created another barrier to the free and open sharing of scholarly ...
Image courtesy Getty Images, 2014. Used under terms of Fair Use. A Recap of a Presentation Given ... more Image courtesy Getty Images, 2014. Used under terms of Fair Use. A Recap of a Presentation Given at CNI in Spring 2016 Craft Culture The disintegration of viable institutional synergy between publishers and scholars … gives rise to creative entrepreneurship We have the infrastructure, will, and impetus to perform small-scale publishing in libraries
Slides from MLA 2019 session 374, "Collaboration in the Digital Research Landscape," an... more Slides from MLA 2019 session 374, "Collaboration in the Digital Research Landscape," an open meeting of the Libraries and Research Forum.
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Advances in Library Administration and Organization, 2018
Purpose-In the spring of 2016, the University of Kansas Libraries piloted Research Sprints: One W... more Purpose-In the spring of 2016, the University of Kansas Libraries piloted Research Sprints: One Week, One Project, a program aimed at cultivating relationships with faculty through deep project-based engagement. Methodology/approach-Three faculty members, matched with a team of library experts, worked intensively to complete a research or pedagogic project for one week in May. Critical to the program's success was the use of project management methodologies and tools. These tools were essential to identifying task dependencies, developing workflows, and documenting work processes. Findings-The overall success of the Sprints demonstrated to faculty that library staff can be more than one-shot consultants; faculty collaborators learned first-hand that the library can be a true partner throughout the scholarly process. As an approach to user engagement, Sprints pose some considerations for library management, including the need for robust staff training in project management and teambuilding, internal resistance to utilizing project management tools, difficulty finding staff time and resources to commit for a short but high-concentrated period, and the need to align projects with staff expertise and availability. Originality/value-This chapter provides an assessment of the Sprints pilot, addressing some of the implications, potential benefits, and challenges of adopting and adapting Research Sprints to support library work. It will be of interest to project managers and library staff who are considering integrating project management methods into their outreach and services, and provides examples of how project management can inform library efforts to more deeply collaborate in advancing the scholarly work of local research and teaching communities.
This archival page includes documents and recordings related to the international symposium, “Env... more This archival page includes documents and recordings related to the international symposium, “Envisioning a World Beyond APCs/BPCs,” held in Lawrence, Kansas, on Thursday and Friday, November 17-18. The presenters were a group of 18 internationally respected scholars, publishers, university librarians, and executives from foundations and organizations, who were asked to participate in a discussion about current models available for achieving an expansive, inclusive, and balanced worldwide open publishing ecosystem. The symposium was co-sponsored by the University of Kansas Libraries, Open Access Network (a project of K|N Consultants), Allen Press, SPARC, and ARL. The materials included here are the symposium schedule, recordings of Parts 1 and 2 of the Nov. 17 livestream, a transcript of the livestream, and team proposals originating from the Nov. 18 morning session.
Image courtesy Getty Images, 2014. Used under terms of Fair Use. A Recap of a Presentation Given ... more Image courtesy Getty Images, 2014. Used under terms of Fair Use. A Recap of a Presentation Given at CNI in Spring 2016 Craft Culture The disintegration of viable institutional synergy between publishers and scholars … gives rise to creative entrepreneurship We have the infrastructure, will, and impetus to perform small-scale publishing in libraries
The Journal of Wildlife Management, 2017
A commentary published recently in Journal of Wildlife Management argued that open access publica... more A commentary published recently in Journal of Wildlife Management argued that open access publication has strong negative implications for the future of science. Unfortunately, that commentary was founded in serious and deep misconceptions about the distinctions between open access, commercial, and society publications, and the rigor of peer review in open access journals. To the contrary, open access responds more appropriately than traditional closed publishing venues to the needs and participation of an increasingly global scholarly research community, and peer review by a broader community may in many cases be more rigorous, responding to the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of modern research. We respectfully suggest that The Wildlife Society consider a transition from closed access to open access for the Journal of Wildlife Management, as a means of optimizing and maximizing its role in communications in the field.
Science (New York, N.Y.), Jan 17, 2016
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Seeking to more effectively respond to campus initiatives and user expectations, the University o... more Seeking to more effectively respond to campus initiatives and user expectations, the University of Kansas (KU) Libraries underwent a process of significant organizational review and transformation. Guided by a purposeful, open process, a diverse and representative group was elected to serve on the Libraries Organizational Review Team (ORT) to assess the existing organizational structure, determine major functions and cross-functional areas therein, and identify new and vital activities and positions essential for achieving our strategic priorities. Recognizing, too, the trends and challenges occurring within higher education and academic libraries, ORT sought to redefine professional roles and functions to strategically position the Libraries for the future. Utilizing peer institutional research, library literature and reports, and focus groups with each library unit, the team ultimately recommended a significant overhaul of the Libraries' organizational structure. Broadly, the recommendation was for an adaptive and agile structure that is more responsive to university priorities, technological developments, and resource constraints. Specifically, ORT recommended a structure driven by contemporary user expectations and supportive of new modes of scholarly communication, new pedagogical methods, and data management. The recommended organizational design is fluid and user-focused with an emphasis on integrating into the academic life of scholars and students. This paper will report on the purposeful 'grassroots' approach undertaken by the team and its creative processes of organizational review. Additionally, the authors will present ORT's final recommendations, as well as the rationale thereof. Finally, the authors will illustrate the new organizational model and analyze the efficacy and challenges of the reorganization.
Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 2014
A level playing field is key for global participation in science and scholarship, particularly wi... more A level playing field is key for global participation in science and scholarship, particularly with regard to how scientific publications are financed and subsequently accessed. However, there are potential pitfalls of the so-called “Gold” open-access (OA) route, in which author-paid publication charges cover the costs of production and publication. Gold OA plans in which author charges are required may not solve the access problem, but rather may shift the access barrier from reader to writer. Under such plans, everyone may be free to read papers, but it may still be prohibitively expensive to publish them. In a scholarly community that is increasingly global, spread over more and more regions and countries of the world, these publication access barriers may be quite significant. In the present paper, a global suite of colleagues in academe joins this debate. The group of colleagues, a network of researchers active in scholarly publishing, spans four continents and multiple discipl...
OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives, 2007
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe the history of KU ScholarWorks, the University of... more PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe the history of KU ScholarWorks, the University of Kansas' institutional repository, and the various strategies used to promote and populate it.Design/methodology/approachThis paper describes how KU ScholarWorks came into being, and discusses the variety of activities employed to publicize the repository and encourage faculty to deposit their work. In addition, the paper discusses some of the concerns expressed by faculty members, and some of the obstacles encountered in getting them to use the repository. The paper concludes with some observations about KU's efforts, an assessment of the success of the program to date, and suggests some next steps the program may take.FindingsThe paper found that KU ScholarWorks has relied on a “self‐archiving” model, which requires regular communication with faculty and long‐term community building. Repository content continues to grow at a steady pace, but uptake among faculty has been slow. ...
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Papers by Brian Rosenblum