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$150,000 Available to Publish Open Access Articles: VT’s OPEN ACCESS SUBVENTION FUND
McMillan, Gail (Virginia Tech, 2017-12-05)
Course Description If you're writing an article for a scholarly journal, Virginia Tech Libraries will support the Article Publishing Charge (APC) of up to $1500 for publication in an open access (OA) journal. The fund also supports APCs for hybrid OA journals, if the publisher reduces institutional subscription prices. The OASF is available to everyone In the VT community—faculty, staff, and students. In this session we will review Virginia Tech’s Open Access Subvention Fund award criteria, locate OA journals, and identify databases that help determine if the publisher meets the funding criteria. Bring your laptop or tablet and practice or create an OASF request with the fund manager at hand. At the conclusion of the session you will be in a good position to have your next article funded, which you can link to your résumé, annual activity report, or dossier for promotion and tenure/continued appointment. Come prepared to also learn more about the Libraries’ publishing services and VT’s draft open access policy. Course Outcomes

Understand the OASF award criteria

Learn about hybrid OA journals and publishers’ “double dipping”

Walk away with a draft the request for funds

Know who to talk to about library publishing services

Have a better understanding of the impact of an OA policy
2013 NDLTD Survey of ETD Practices
McMillan, Gail; Stark, Shannon; Halbert, Martin (2013)
Our intention with this survey was to overcome the lack of baseline data about ETDs. Surprisingly, while ETDs have been available for over 15 years, no one has systematically collected general data about ETDs or the graduate programs that process them. Therefore, we set out to create a survey that would collect as much helpful information as possible regarding program planning, collection content and size, collection management, and assessment. We also hoped to identify current best practices as well as problem areas for all institutions to be aware of, and to chart the longitudinal progress of this growing responsibility.
2018 R & I Annual Report
Griffin, Julie; Hilal, Amr E.; Brown, Anne M.; Petters, Jonathan L.; Porter, Nathaniel D.; McMillan, Gail; Cross, Carrie; Pannabecker, Virginia; Smith, Erin M. (Virginia Tech, 2018)
This is the 2018 annual report for the Research & Informatics division at University Libraries.
$215,000 Available to Publish Journal Articles: VT’s Open Access Subvention Fund
McMillan, Gail (Virginia Tech, 2021-10)
Course Description Learn from the Open Access Subvention Fund (OASF) manager how to get the library to pay the article processing charges (APCs) when your article is accepted by an OA journal that requires these fees. Since 2013 when Virginia Tech Libraries first made funds available, the OASF has grown to $215,000 to support articles published in scholarly OA journals. Everyone in the VT community—faculty, staff, and students, is eligible for support from the Libraries’ fund. In this session we will review the OASF award guidelines, identify journal and publisher databases to help you determine if a journal meets the funding criteria, locate OA journals in your field, and discuss VT’s new open access policy that was approved by the Board of Visitors in March 2021. If there’s time we will also talk about the Libraries’ publishing services, including open textbooks, and book subvention opportunities. Course Outcomes • Be familiar with the OASF award criteria • Gain knowledge of hybrid OA journals and publishers’ “double dipping” • Be familiar with sources of OA journals • Be aware of the VT OA policy
$40,000 Still Available to Publish Your Open Access Article!
McMillan, Gail (Virginia Tech Libraries, 2017-03-03)
NLI Course (March1, 2017) Description If you're writing an article for a scholarly peer-reviewed journal, Virginia Tech Libraries will support the Article Publishing Charge of up to $1500 for an open access journal. In this session we will review Virginia Tech’s Open Access Subvention Fund award criteria, locate Open Access journals, and identify databases to help determine if the publisher meets the funding criteria. At the conclusion of the session you will be in a good position to have your next article funded, which you can link to your CV, FAR, or P&T dossier. Come prepared to also learn more about the Libraries’ publishing services.
About the Virginia Tech April 16, 2007, Condolence Archives of the University Libraries (2007-2011)
McMillan, Gail; Kennelly, Tamara (2012-04-17)
This document describes the history of the April 16, 2007, Condolence Archives collection, including the efforts by staff and volunteers to archive the tens of thousands of items donated to the university in response to the shootings.
Altmetrics
McMillan, Gail (2013-08-07)
This is a brief introduction to the topic of "alternative metrics" for University Libraries.
The Changing Publication Landscape
McMillan, Gail (2016-02-26)
The landscape of scholarly publishing is in flux and has evolved considerably over the last decade. This program addressed the current state of scholarly communication and provided an opportunity to discuss issues, controversies and ideas related to author’s rights, open access publishing, impact measures, and more. It was informative for everyone on both sides of the podium and launched conversations and discussions surrounding scholarly publishing.
Collaborative Preservation of ETDs: The MetaArchive Cooperative and LOCKSS
McMillan, Gail (2010-05-11)
While few would argue about the importance of digital preservation, it often gets a low priority when institutions are planning and implementing their ETD initiatives. However, the NDLTD has joined forces with the MetaArchive Cooperative to establish the ETD Preservation Network. By adapting the open-source software, LOCKSS, the MetaArchive provides a secure dark archive for ETDs that is run and maintained by partnering institutions--currently Boston College, Emory University, Florida State, Rice, and Virginia Tech. This collaborative, distributed, digital preservation network is cost-effective and not too technology- or staff-intensive for any member institution. As a founding member of both the NDLTD and the MetaArchive Cooperative as well as part of the original ETD implementation team at Virginia Tech, I provide a practical grounding in the distributed digital preservation network for ETDs.
Communicating Research to the Public through ETDs
McMillan, Gail (2016-04-26)
This was a presentation for the CAUS Construction Engineering Research Methods course, CNST-5084, taught by Dr. Annie Pearce. The focus of the April 26, 2016, class was "Communicating Research to the Public." It was organized by Mayank Khurana & Vivek Prasad.
Conference Highlights: 3rd International Symposium on ETDs
McMillan, Gail (Virginia Tech, 2000-03-18)
Conference highlights according to Gail McMillan
Content Selection, Preparation, and Management
McMillan, Gail; Howard, Rachel (Educopia Institute, 2010)
Here is a set of best practices for policies regarding the selection, preparation, and management of digital content for preservation purposes. Though the authors draw upon PLNs (Private LOCKSS Networks) in their featured examples, the chapter may be applied more broadly to many distributed digital preservation initiatives. As such, it will be of great use to librarians, curators, and archivists, as well as administrators, who are seeking to ready their collections for preservation.
Copyright in Research and Scholarship for Engineering Education Graduate Seminar
McMillan, Gail (2015-05-01)
Copyright in Research and Scholarship for the Engineering Education Graduate Seminar, May 1, 2015.
Copyright in Scholarship
McMillan, Gail (2012-11-05)
You can legitimately use someone else's work in your own when you know about copyright and you understand your rights as well as your responsibilities.
Copyright in Scholarship & Instruction and an Open Access Primer
McMillan, Gail (Digital Library and Archives, 2012-02-06)
Increase your understanding of US copyright law, particularly US Code Title 17, Sect. 106-108, and your appreciation of rights and responsibilities with regard to intellectual property issues that faculty and students regularly face. Questions and concerns from the VT community will illustrate the legal code and university policies developed this spring will be revealed. The Open Access Primer provides information and links to better inform ourselves about the issues as well as the resources available. Drawing on resources provided by such OA experts as Peter Suber and the recent ALA Midwinter 2012 panel, we can discuss a library policy or resolution.
Copyright, Fair Use and Your ETD: Know Your Rights & Responsibilities
McMillan, Gail (Virginia Tech, 2020-02-27)
You’re writing your thesis or dissertation, and you want to include an image that you didn’t create. Are you allowed to use it? Is that considered fair use? What if has a Creative Commons license? What about your thesis or dissertation - is that copyrighted? How does placing your thesis or dissertation in the institutional repository affect your ability to publish articles or books from it later on? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this workshop. By the end of this session, you’ll Understand the basics of copyright and fair use as they apply to your thesis and dissertation Know your rights as the author of a thesis or dissertation
Dear Nannie... yours devotedly, Charlie: Nannie Figgat Chronicles Mid-19thCentury Southwest Virginia through her Diary, Recipes and Correspondence
McMillan, Gail; Robbins, Jean C. (Botetourt County Historical Society Museum, 2013-04-25)
The title, Dear Nannie... yours devotedly, Charlie, represents the basis of our story of Nancy G. Figgat/Anne Godwin/Nannie -- all the same person. We began with two manuscript recipe books, which we realized belonged to mother and daughter, Martha Mary Godwin and Nannie. Resources at the Botetourt Country Historical Society Museum helps us appreciate the Figgat and Godwin families of Fincastle, Virginia. Our research took off when we discovered that Charles Miles Figgat courted, married, and deserted Ann Godwin, whom he alone affectionately addressed as "Nannie." Having a passion for research led us to a wealth of primary and secondary documents, but it all began at Virginia Tech in Newman Library's Special Collections with the Southwest Virginia Counties Collection. Our story is the story written by Nannie in her letters, diary, and recipe book. She provides a culinary perspective from her time and place in Virginia history, and she documents activities in and around Fincastle during the Civil War. With additional historical documents including letters written by her father, mother, and husband from 1835 to 1885, we follow Nannie Figgat for more than 80 years. Her story is mainly from the perspective of a young woman in her twenties waiting to hear if her parents will agree to a marriage proposal, through war and scandal, to her final move and residence with her adult children in Roanoke, Virginia. Their documented activities conclude the story with her death in 1919. We hope readers will experience, as we did, her triumphs, grief, and disappointments, and appreciate her as an example of courage, faith, and love during often trying times.
Developing a Plan for a More Diverse, Inclusive, and Equitable Library at a Research 1 Land-Grant University
Briganti, Jonathan S.; Dodson, Brittany; Haugen, Inga; McMillan, Gail; Mecham, Ronald; Ogier, Andrea; Phillips, Shannon; Wright de Hernandez, Anthony (ACRL Diversity Alliance, 2021-12-20)
Using the Virginia Tech strategic plan as a guide, a team of its University Libraries faculty and staff designed a strategic planning approach for the library that directly engaged with University goals and explored two areas: 1) contributing to the equity-, diversity-, and inclusion-related (EDI) goals laid out in the University strategic plan, and 2) expanding upon efforts to broaden diversity and representation in the library. The team identified four major themes: accessibility, climate, employment and professional development, outreach, and advocacy, and used these themes to develop specific recommendations. The process served to shine the light on these topics within the library, allowing for reflection and self-understanding, crucial components to change and grow with more attention to inclusion and diversity. Recognizing a need for change, it is hoped the report leads to better advocacy and ally-ship and brings issues to light for other libraries engaging in similar processes.
Digital Images for the Virginia Tech Digital Library
McMillan, Gail; Burr, Annette; Worley, Gary M. (Virginia Tech, 1996-03-20)
All images photographed or copied by a unit of Information Systems will be scanned and contributed to the Virginia Tech Digital Library. The digital images will be browsable and findable through word searching textual descriptors. The university community will be able to view digital images online according to fair use guidelines for nonprofit, academic libraries. They will be available for faculty to incorporate in their course materials and to students for study and research purposes. Outside the university community, not all digital images will be accessible via the Internet; some will only be available at library workstations and campus computer labs. There will be unlimited Internet access to digital images when the university owns the copyright. No one will be charged a fee to view thumbnails, but there will be a charge to have a reproduction made and this will have implications for the electronic billing tactical plan.
Digital Knowledge Repositories: What the 2015 ETD Survey Reveals
McMillan, Gail (2015-11-03)
On Nov. 3, 2015, international speakers participated in the DELNET (Developing Library Network) Panel Discussion on "Digital Knowledge Repositories: Emerging Issues, Trends and Technologies" at the India International Centre in New Dehli. This presentation (one of five) focused on the 2015 ETD survey particularly as it related to participation by Indian universities.

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