(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is pleased to announce its new “Policy Statement on Open Access to Scholarship by Academic Librarians”, which reads: “Scholarship by academic librarians advances the fields of library and information science, influences practices of aligned professions, and informs effective advocacy. In support of…
Category: Open Access
Medical Heritage Library: Great Archival resource You’ve Likely Never Heard of
Sometimes massive digitization projects happen and it takes a while to notice. Virginia just tipped off Stacey to the existence of the Medical Heritage Library, http://www.medicalheritage.org/. Founded in 2010, the MHL has quietly grown on Archive.org to contain over 76,000 items, 3,000 of which are volumes out-of-copyright historical American medical journals published from 1797 to 1923. Unlike the…
Free webinar on instutitional repositories in health care systems
New Services to Enhance a Health Care Network’s Reputation Tue, Jan 27, 2015 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST ________________________________________ Live for a little over two years, Lehigh Valley Health Network’s repository, LVHN Scholarly Works, has enhanced the Network’s reputation and research credibility by increasing the visibility of its scholarship. In addition to enhancing the…
Daniel Biss’s Presentation
The video of Illinois State Senator Daniel Biss’s keynote address last Friday at Northern Illinois University’s “Open Access Week” event is linked below. http://www.livestream.com/niulive/video?clipId=pla_64e2dffa-2f2e-4232-8e14-95527bf9305f&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb Eric Edwards took the following notes that answer many frequently asked questions about open access and the Open Access to Research Articles Act. Illinois State Senator Daniel Biss’s Presentation During Northern…
HSLI Supports Illinois Senate Bill 1900
HSLI President Stacey Knight-Davis has sent a letter to Governor Quinn encouraging him to sign Illinois Senate Bill 1900 into law. Titled the Open Access to Research Articles Act, this bill outlines the creation of task forces at Illinois public universities to consider how universities can further open access goals. Full text of SB 1900…
Open Access Survey: New HSLI Project Assessment
The survey is an assessment of HSLI and Illinois Hospitals’ readiness to begin a new project together involving Open Access. Before you complete the survey, take the time to view the Open Access Video posted previously on the HSLI blog. Refer both the survey and video to your hospital colleagues for their input. Watch a…
Open Access Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD2KccCTnWM&feature=em-share_video_user Fran Kovach
HSLI President’s Message Summer 2012
The summer of 2012 is one for the record books indeed. Last summer, HSLI presented a Consumer Health Education resources class for public librarians at LaSalle Public Library after the board meeting. Encouraged by the attendance of the event last summer, HSLI sponsored a MLA CE, “Disasters in an International Context”, before the semiannual Board…