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Item Open Access Behind the scenes: a (very) quick look at library acquisitions(Libraries and Cultural Resources, University of Calgary, 2008-05) Dingwall, Gloria; Waller, Andrew; D'Amour, HeatherA brief description of the acquisitions process for serials and monographs in Libraries and Cultural Resources at the University of Calgary.Item Open Access Beyond the ivory tower: disseminating your research to a broader audience(2008-05-07T18:39:30Z) Waller, Andrew; Sadler, ShawnaIn these days of the internet, open access journals, institutional repositories and other alternative publishing methods, it can be difficult to determine the best way to disseminate research. This session was aimed at those who wanted more information about: • Where to publish - Open Access journals vs. traditional journals. • What issues to be aware of including author rights, rights to place in an institutional repository? • What is an institutional repository used for? What kinds of material can be added? • What supports are locally available?Item Open Access Beyond the Patriot Act: Rulings from the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) and their Effects on Canadian Libraries and Researchers(Libraries & Cultural Resources, University of Calgary, 2007-04) Waller, AndrewOFAC is the Office of Foreign Assets Control, part of the United States Department of the Treasury. OFAC governs sanctions against countries embargoed by the United States and has released rulings that have implications on the licenses signed by Canadian libraries and the provision of information to library users. This article mentions research avenues relating to this for the author.Item Open Access A Brief Introduction to E-LIS: The Open Archive for Library and Information Science(2006-10) Waller, AndrewThis is an introduction to E-LIS, briefly covering the basics of the repository. This accompanied a presentation that was given at Library Council, University of Calgary, October 27, 2006.Item Open Access A brief overview of the Open Access activities at the University of Calgary(2013-10-02) Waller, AndrewThis was a short presentation on the Open Access Authors Fund in Libraries and Cultural Resources (LCR) at the University of Calgary. It also touched on the other Open Access-related programs and services in LCR. Presented at the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) Annual General Meeting, Toronto, ON, October 2, 2013.Item Open Access “Buying Our Own”: An Analysis of the Holdings of Local Faculty-Authored Publications at the University of Calgary(Information Resources, University of Calgary, 2005) Waller, AndrewThis article reports on an ongoing study of how well the University of Calgary Library is doing in collecting the journals in which University of Calgary authors publish. The Library has access to the current issues of 73% of the serials (mostly journals) listed in faculty annual reports. There is no current access to the remaining 27% though there are some cancelled print subscriptions and some electronic journals with no current issues among these.Item Open Access Buying Your Own: An Analysis of the Holdings of Local Faculty-Authored Publications at the University of Calgary Library(2007-02-28T17:12:16Z) Waller, AndrewThis brief presentation reports on an ongoing study of how well the University of Calgary Library is doing in collecting the journals in which University of Calgary authors publish. The Library has access to the current issues of 73% of the serials (mostly journals) listed in faculty annual reports. There is no current access to the remaining 27% though there are some cancelled print subscriptions and some electronic journals with no current issues among these.Item Open Access Case study: the role of librarians in Open Access publishing and setting up a central fund(2013-04-26) Waller, AndrewA look the the Open Access suite in Libraries and Cultural Resources at the University of Calgary, particularly the Open Access Authors Fund, focusing on the set-up of the Fund and the role of the library in the Fund.Item Open Access The Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) Private LOCKSS Network(2010-10-15) Waller, AndrewThis presentation very briefly describes the origin and governance of the COPPUL PLN along with a short description of the content the PLN preserves.Item Open Access Customer service: giving your best(Saskatchewan Library Association, 1996) Waller, AndrewThis is a report on the presentation "Customer service: giving your best" that took place at the Saskatchewan Library Association/Saskatchewan Association of Library Trustees Conference, North Battleford, SK, April 25-28, 1996. This session was given by Val Solash from Edmonton Public Library and was designed to help make librarians better customer service providers. Tips included realizing that that everyone in an organization has customers ("inside" and "outside" customers) and that customers have "moments of truth" when they come into contact with any aspect of the organization. In addition, a Total Product Concept model for customer service was presented, which describes "core", "expected", and "exceeded" services.Item Open Access Digitial preservation in academic libraries: recent Canadian initiatives(2012-02-02) Waller, Andrew; Johnston, WayneThis session looks at various preservation-related projects including the Council of Prairie and Pacific Libraries' (COPPUL) Private LOCKSS Network (PLN), the University of Guelph's work with research data, and Trusted Digital Repositories (TDRs) at Scholar's Portal and elsewhere. Also includes an introduction to digital preservation.Item Open Access E-LIS: The Open Archive for Library and Information Science(Library Association of Alberta, 2006) Waller, AndrewThis article is an introduction to E-LIS, briefly covering the basics of the repository. Some background information on repositories, open access, and scholarly communication reform is also given.Item Open Access Faculty briefing/education surrounding Open Access(2014-10-08) Waller, AndrewA brief discussion of Open Access-related activities carried out at the University of Calgary by Libraries and Cultural Resources with emphasis on faculty education regarding OA.Item Open Access Five years (almost) of the University of Calgary Open Access Authors Fund(2012-06-23) Waller, AndrewA recap of the first five years of the Open Access Authors Fund, operated by Libraries and Cultural Resources at the University of Calgary.Item Open Access From the CLA Task Force on Open Access(Canadian Library Association, 2008) Waller, Andrew; Morrison, HeatherThis is a brief update on the work of the CLA Task Force on Open Access (OA) and the activity of the Canadian Library Association regarding Open Access.Item Open Access Globalization and scholarly communication : a story of Canadian marginalization(University of Calgary Press, 2007) Pannekoek, Frits; Clarke, Helen; Waller, AndrewThis book chapter argues that Canadian academic libraries have largely failed to maximize the opportunity to develop a national information infrastructure. As a result, they operate in an environment where information is often under the control of corporate interests and other nations. For instance, Canadian scholarly communication is affected by American legislation (e.g. The USA PATRTIOT Act) and governmental rulings (e.g. rulings of the Office of Foreign Asset Controls). While some discussion has taken place, there is an overall lack of a national dialogue on how to ameliorate this situation. There is also evidence that access to Canadian digital content within Canada is selective.Item Open Access Integrating the Internet into school projects(Saskatchewan Library Association, 1996) Waller, AndrewThis is a report on the presentation "Integrating the Internet into school projects" that took place at the Saskatchewan Library Association/Saskatchewan Association of Library Trustees Conference, North Battleford, SK, April 25-28, 1996. This session described some ways that the Internet was being used in school activities at North Battleford Comprehensive High School, North Battleford, SK. A portion of the session dealt with the problems related to having the Internet in schools.Item Open Access Introducing E-LIS, the Repository for Library and Information Science(Saskatchewan Library Association, 2006-12) Waller, AndrewThis article is an introduction to E-LIS, briefly covering the basics of the repository. Some background information on repositories, open access, and scholarly communication reform is also given.Item Open Access It Came From South of The Border: Effects of the USA PATRIOT Act and More on Canadian Libraries(2007-10-29T16:04:53Z) Waller, AndrewThis presentation examined the effects of the USA PATRIOT Act on Canadian libraries along with other similar American actions, such as the rulings of the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC). In a time when libraries in Canada are spending increasingly large amounts of money on electronic products housed on servers located in the United States (or under the control of American subsidiaries), it is important to know how these databases and our use of them is impacted by American legislation and governmental activities. This session will look at what libraries and other organizations and jurisdictions in Canada are doing to deal with these problems.Item Open Access Journal Aggregators: Making Informed Decisions(2009-06-10T22:09:33Z) Waller, Andrew; Wright, CliveThis session presented a panel discussion on questions related to advantages, disadvantages, questions and concerns related to journals signing on with journal aggregators.