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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
17 Interviews with Virginia Tech CALS Faculty: State of Research and How Information Professionals Can Help
Haugen, Inga (2016-12-07)
In the early months of 2016, Ithaka S+R, a not-for-profit service that helps the academic community navigate economic and technological change, asked various land grant universities to be a part of a national project examining the current state of research and how information professionals can support agricultural researchers. Eighteen institutions and the National Agriculture Library (NAL) chose to participate; Virginia Tech (VT) is one of the participating entities. There were two main aspects of participation, the interview stage and then reporting. Each of the institutions were tasked with identifying appropriate faculty to interview, and then conducting the interviews, transcribing and anonymizing the transcripts, and only then sharing information with Ithaka S+R. The national report was created by Ithaka S+R staff Danielle Cooper and Roger Schonfeld from 5 anonymized transcripts made available from the interviewing process at every participating campus, resulting in n=95 interviews for the national report . This report herein is created from only the local responses at Virginia Tech (n=17 faculty). The project we report here was designed with this combined nature, therefor some of the variables of the study design accommodate the scope of the national report better. However, analyzing the 17 results from Virginia Tech reveals a vision of what researchers at Virginia are doing as they seek information.
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.
$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
A 3D Data Preservation Model in Cross-Disciplinary Use
Kinnaman, Alex (2020-11-12)
This poster presents the results of a multi-case study on 3D datasets at Virginia Tech University Libraries and an invitation to participate in a survey on 3D and virtual reality preservation methods. These results will culminate in a proposed 3D/VR preservation workflow employed by VTUL on a current 3D digitization project.
3D Data Repository Features, Best Practices, and Implications for Preservation Models: Findings from a National Forum
Hardesty, Juliet; Johnson, Jennifer; Wittenberg, Jamie; Hall, Nathan; Cook, Matt; Lischer-Katz, Zack; Xie, Zhiwu; McDonald, Robert H. (2020-07)
This study identifies challenges and directions for 3D/VR repository standards and practices. As 3D technologies become more affordable and accessible, academic libraries need to implement workflows, standards, and practices that support the full lifecycle of 3D data. This study invited experts across several disciplines to analyze current national repository and preservation efforts. Outlined models provide frameworks to identify features, examine workflows, and determine implications of 3D data on current preservation models. Participants identified challenges for supporting 3D data, including intellectual property and fair use; providing repository system management beyond academic libraries; seeking guidance outside of academia for workflows to model.
$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.
The 5 P's of DH: Project Management, Preservation, Policies, Procedures, and Prosopographies
Kinnaman, Alex; Guimont, Corinne (2019-10-14)
Creating sustainable, preservable Digital Humanities (DH) projects is a challenge that is often left until after project completion if considered at all. This presentation explores a case study that is implementing a strategy of project management, preservation planning, and documentation early in development as a framework for preserving DH projects.
7 Tips for Hosting Virtual OTN Workshops
Walz, Anita R.; Hofer, Amy; Trunnell, Christina (Open Textbook Network, 2020-05-12)
Academic Libraries: How do we put it all together, become agile, and adapt?
Walters, Tyler (Virginia Tech, 2018-11-07)
Across the Miles: Engagement Across Distance
Walz, Anita R.; Gilbert, Charla; Cash, Debbie (2015-05-08)
This professional practice session covers expansion and redefinition of student and faculty-focused library services between Virginia Tech’s main campus in Blacksburg and the National Capital Region, located five hours away and in an entirely different context. A team of collaborators in a recently realigned department discuss their model for planning and initiating for change. In the Summer of 2014, Virginia Tech libraries were strategically realigned to better meet strategic directions and aspirations as documented in VT Libraries 2012-2018 Strategic Plan. One of these shifts included development of a new unit “Planning and Branch Operations” which includes many library operational duties, oversight of three branches, a research commons, and “planning and assessing the Libraries’ presence in the National Capital Region.” In line with the President’s “Strategic Plan: A Plan for a New Horizon. Envisioning Virginia Tech 2012-2018” http://www.president.vt.edu/strategic-plan/2012-plan/2012-strategic-plan.pdf library faculty and staff began to meet to discuss extending, enhancing, envisioning, and expanding library services within the National Capital Region. This resulted in a process to simultaneously gather information, improve problematic services with immediate impact, and plan mid- and long- term directions for extension and expansion of library services in the National Capital Region. This presentation tells the story of how a team of several individuals from Virginia Tech’s Blacksburg and National Capital Region-Falls Church campuses, in partnership with colleagues at various sites in the National Capital Region expanded offerings of the NCR-Resource Center, leveraged a new strategic focus on institutional expansion in Northern Virginia, partnered to provide multiple service-types from afar, and customized these services to address the unique needs of Virginia Tech faculty, staff, and students in the National Capital Region. Services developed and expanded as a result of this collaboration include, but are not limited to: improved collection circulation systems and procedures, establishment, extension and expansion of onsite or remotely-provided services (event capture, statistical consulting, data management training/planning . . . ), and increased collaboration with initiatives unique to the needs of VT faculty, staff, and students affiliated with the seven locations in Northern Virginia.
Adaptable Course Materials: Creating an Open Textbook for Electromagnetics
Walz, Anita R.; Ellingson, Steven (2018-02-15)
We describe the purpose, process, and product of developing the open textbook. Electromagnetics, Volume 1 (Beta) by Ellingson (2018) is a faculty-authored, LaTeX based, customizable, and openly licensed textbook (licensed Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike CC BY SA 4.0) published through VT Publishing of the University Libraries and publicly released as a Beta version. This poster explores the potential and process of reusing, developing, and publicly sharing modular and customizable course materials (open textbooks) licensed with Creative Commons licenses in support of addressing faculty desire for more flexible, adaptable, and lower cost course materials. Electromagnetics Volume 1 (Beta) was published in January 2018 by VT Publishing and made possible in part by the Virginia Tech University Libraries’ Open Education Faculty Initiative Grant Program. The text is currently being field tested Spring 2018 ECE 3105 with ancillaries, LaTeX source code, and new print and electronic versions expected to be released in Summer 2018. It is freely and publicly available at: https://doi.org/10.7294/W4WQ01ZM A low-cost print on demand version of Volume 1 BETA is also available via Amazon.com for under $30. This textbook is part of the Open Electromagnetics Project at Virginia Tech. The goal of the project is to create no-cost openly-licensed content for courses in undergraduate engineering electromagnetics. The project is motivated by two things: lowering learning material costs for students and giving faculty the freedom to adopt, modify, and improve their educational resources.
Addressing Malnutrition and Food Insecurity with Breadfruit in a Rural, Developing Country: A Case Study and Lessons Learned in Thomassique, Haiti
Klyver, John; Haugen, Inga; Schulz, Logan; LaPais, Wiscard-Kardin; Saint-Fleur, Charles; Starke, S. J.; Piersaint, Jason; Rizzo, Anael; Sarazen, Kyra (2021-09)
Haiti’s Central Plateau region suffers from significant malnutrition, economic hardship, and a crisis level of food insecurity. Already the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere in terms of GDP per capita, Haiti has pervasively high malnutrition rates, but the Central Plateau region is one of its most severely affected areas. One in five children of the Central Plateau suffers from malnutrition, and the region exhibits a 30% rate of child stunting (the highest in the country). Our US-based team affiliated with Klinik Sen Jozèf, a well-known and community-respected medical clinic in the Central Plateau city of Thomassique, partnered with local Haitian leadership and Trees That Feed Foundation to introduce the agricultural tree product called breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) and an innovative development model to the area with the goal of combating local malnutrition. Breadfruit is highly valued in Thomassique and its surrounding villages, yet there are few local sources for it. A Haitian agronomist was hired to produce breadfruit saplings from trees donated to the clinic by Trees That Feed, and these saplings were then distributed among local farmers and community health committees. The agronomist provided appropriate crop training for breadfruit in conjunction with the sapling distribution. Four years into the program, the outcomes have been noteworthy enough to warrant sharing the process here. This article addresses the lessons learned during implementation of this program in an effort to assist others looking to introduce models or crops in a similar manner for similar purposes. While engaged in a literature review, we found very little written about how to plan and implement a program like ours, despite its potential for positively impacting the health and economic wellbeing of communities in developing nations. Our experience is particularly significant in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the United Nations World Food Programme projected the number of people affected by food insecurity to nearly double to 265 million worldwide by the end of 2020 as a result of it.
Adult Literacy for Incarcerated Adults: Using a community approach and peer-mentors to create access to Open Educational Resources
Scales, Glenda R.; Walz, Anita R. (2022-09-08)
Invited presentation for the Correctional Services Literacy and Reading Symposium, Drakenstein Correctional Centre, Western Cape, South Africa.
Advancing OER & Open Education on Your Campus
Walz, Anita R. (2018-10-19)
Invited keynote presentation. This event was sponsored by Central Virginia Community College and Achieving the Dream Open Educational Resources Initiative.
Affordable (and free!) course materials: What, why and where to find them
Walz, Anita R. (Virginia Tech, 2023-05-16)
This presentation was delivered during Virginia Tech's Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Course Design Clinic. It is used in a 30-minute, interactive session and is intended to provide timely and immediately useful information for faculty engaged designing or redesigning courses. It features library support and resources available to faculty and students through the University Libraries, and open educational resources (OER) available to anyone in the general public with internet access.
Agricultural data management and sharing: Best practices and case study
Moore, Eli K.; Kriesberg, Adam; Schroeder, Steven; Geil, Kerrie; Haugen, Inga; Barford, Carol; Johns, Erica M.; Arthur, Dan; Sheffield, Megan; Ritchie, Stephanie M.; Jackson, Carolyn; Parr, Cynthia (2021-02-24)
Agricultural data are crucial to many aspects of production, commerce, and research involved in feeding the global community. However, in most agricultural research disciplines standard best practices for data management and publication do not exist. Here we propose a set of best practices in the areas of peer review, minimal dataset development, data repositories, citizen science initiatives, and support for best data management. We illustrate some of these best practices with a case study in dairy agroecosystems research. While many common, and increasingly disparate data management and publication practices are entrenched in agricultural disciplines, opportunities are readily available for promoting and adopting best practices that better enable and enhance data-intensive agricultural research and production.
Albatross: Rolling on a sea of data
Bailey, Annette; Gilmore, Tracy; O'Brien, Leslie; Wright de Hernandez, Anthony (2016-11-03)
Big deals and journal package incentives are an increasing reality for academic libraries, yet the solutions for evaluating these package scenarios in a timely, cost-effective manner are few. The proliferation of these offers requires the examination of numerous and complex questions. There is a need to know the utilization and strength of a package, the inflation costs for various titles and packages, and the ability to identify cost trends. A team of librarians at Virginia Tech created a solution for addressing these concerns and for managing their journal data by designing and developing an in-house database. Albatross, named in reference to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, is a database created to gather journal usage data and cost data in a central environment where the data can then be queried to use in return-on-investment analysis and journal package assessments.
Altmetrics
McMillan, Gail (2013-08-07)
This is a brief introduction to the topic of "alternative metrics" for University Libraries.
Analyzing current serials in Virginia: An application of hte Ulrich's Serials Analysis System
Metz, Paul; Gasser, Sharon (Johns Hopkins Univ Press, 2006-01)
VIVA (the Virtual Library of Virginia) was one of the first subscribers to R. R. Bowker's Ulrich's Serials Analysis System (USAS). Creating a database that combined a union report of current serial subscriptions within most academic libraries in the state with the data elements present in Ulrich's made possible a comprehensive analysis designed to inform collective decision-making about serials. The results of this analysis, especially as they pertain to possible efforts to preserve subscriptions within the state or to add subscriptions to targeted new titles, are presented. Problems with using the resource and anticipated product enhancements are also discussed.

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