Browsing by Author "Kipphut-Smith, Shannon"

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    Book review: The Impactful Academic: Building a Research Career That Makes a Difference
    (Iowa State University Digital Press, 2023) Kipphut-Smith, Shannon
    A brief review of Wade Kelly's book, The Impactful Academic: Building a Research Career That Makes a Difference (2022).
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    Building and Managing Your Online Profile as an Academic
    (2016-12-07) Spiro, Lisa; Kipphut-Smith, Shannon
    Slides from a workshop on raising your online visibility as an academic.
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    Cultivating our ORCID garden: Lessons learned from publishers
    (2017) Kipphut-Smith, Shannon
    ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID)--developed to address the problem of name ambiguity in scholarship--has been widely welcomed by many in the scholarly communications community, including many academic librarians. In fact, librarians have been some of the organization’s biggest supporters, largely because they understand how a persistent identifier like ORCID can help to solve issues that have long been a problem in information management. As a result, academic libraries have played a large role in increasing awareness of ORCID on their campuses. Activities are varied, including the development of LibGuides and other resources, hosting ORCID workshops, and even assigning/assisting authors with ORCID sign-up. The number of publishers and funders requiring ORCID is growing, ensuring that an increasing number of authors will be exposed to the identifier. Because it is likely that, for many faculty, their first “encounter” with ORCID will occur during the scholarly publishing process, we seek to discover what ORCID resources faculty encounter and what, if any, additional information is needed. This poster presents the results of the first phase of a project that looks at author engagement with ORCID during the publication process. We identify where within the workflow ORCID engagement typically occurs and what resources authors are provided to learn more about ORCID. In addition, we reached out to publishers requiring ORCID to learn more about what feedback they have received from authors, focusing on what additional assistance may be needed. This information can help libraries to further develop and enhance their ORCID support on campus.
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    Cultural Anthropology and Open Access—Interview With Dominic Boyer, Cymene Howe, and Marcel LaFlamme
    (Taylor & Francis, 2019) Vieira, Scott; Kipphut-Smith, Shannon
    In this installment of “Conversations,” Dominic Boyer, Cymene Howe, and Marcel LaFlamme, of the Cultural Anthropology editorial team, discuss the ins and outs of publishing a gold open access journal in the field of anthropology. Highlights of the discussion include Cultural Anthropology’s move to open access, the ethics of open access, the growth of international readership, ongoing publishing challenges in open access, and the role libraries can play with open access publishing.
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    Engaging in a Campus-Wide Conversation About Open Access
    (Texas Library Association, 2014) Kipphut-Smith, Shannon
    Open access (OA) scholarship—generally, scholarship made freely available online with minimal copyright and licensing restrictions—is a major focus of many academic libraries. Academic libraries are perfectly situated to lead the discussion about open access and are natural partners in campus-wide open access initiatives. In April 2012, Rice University’s Faculty Senate passed an Open Access Policy, directing faculty to place copies of their peer-reviewed journal articles in the Rice Digital Scholarship Archive. This paper discusses the successes and barriers to policy implementation, thus far. Despite some setbacks, the library’s involvement with the policy has positioned it to engage in campus-wide conversations about open access and upcoming federal public access initiatives, and has invited further conversations about other scholarly communications issues.
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    "Good Enough": Developing a Simple Workflow for Open Access Policy Implementation
    (Taylor & Francis, 2014) Kipphut-Smith, Shannon
    Academic libraries are often tasked with open access (OA) policy implementation. Many academic libraries have developed robust workflows that utilize custom-built management tools and receive support from a number of library staff. While such workflows certainly streamline the process, their development and management require significant resources. As the number of smaller institutions with OA policies increases, there is a need for solutions that are efficient, flexible, and can be accomplished with minimal resources. Staff at Rice University's Fondren Library developed a simple workflow that populates the institutional repository, freeing up time for OA policy outreach and awareness activities.
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    Leading a Campus-Wide Conversation About Open Access
    (2014) Kipphut-Smith, Shannon
    Open access (OA) scholarship—generally, scholarship made freely available online with minimal copyright and licensing restrictions—is a “hot topic” in academic libraries. Academic libraries are perfectly situated to lead the discussion about open access and are natural partners in campus-wide open access initiatives. In April 2012, Rice University’s Faculty Senate passed an Open Access Policy, directing faculty to place copies of their peer-reviewed journal articles in the Rice Digital Scholarship Archive. This paper discusses the successes and barriers to policy implementation, thus far. Despite some setbacks, the library’s involvement with the policy has positioned it to lead campus-wide conversations about open access. In addition to encouraging policy compliance, Fondren’s involvement has invited further conversations about open access and other scholarly communications issues. Further, Fondren’s experience managing an OA policy positions the library to play a large role in upcoming federal public access initiatives.
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    Libraries at the hub as the federally funded research wheel turns to open
    (2016-03-15) Kipphut-Smith, Shannon; Rozum, Betty; Thoms, Becky
    Academic libraries are strong partners in supporting researcher compliance with both funder public access policies and institutional open access policies, and are increasingly involved in research data management activities. The 2008 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy, requiring researchers to deposit copies of all NIH-funded publications in PubMed Central, provided an opportunity for academic librarians to use their expertise in education and training, copyright, and author rights issues to assist with policy compliance. At the same time, many institutions began conversations about management of research data and adoption of institutional open access (OA) policies, requiring faculty to place copies of their scholarship in institutional repositories (IRs). Academic libraries play an important role in these policies, promoting the benefits of OA, managing IRs, and facilitating article deposit. Naturally, many of those already engaged with services and resources related to public access, OA policies, and research data welcomed the 2013 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) memo, calling for increased public access to the results of federally-funded publications and research data. This presentation shares the results of a study conducted to better understand how academic libraries are leveraging existing services and resources when addressing the new public access policies. The researchers will survey libraries and research offices at the Carnegie very high and high research activity universities regarding OA policies, and services and collaborations that have been developed to assist faculty in meeting the new federal mandates. Using the results of the survey, and case studies from Rice University and Utah State University, we will offer a detailed snapshot of the role of academic libraries and research offices in addressing these funder policies as well as identify opportunities for more collaborative efforts.
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    Measuring Open Access Policy Compliance: Results of a Survey
    (Pacific University Libraries, 2018) Kipphut-Smith, Shannon; Boock, Michael; Chapman, Kimberly; Hooper, Michaela Willi
    INTRODUCTION: In the last decade, a significant number of institutions have adopted open access (OA) policies. Many of those working with OA policies are tasked with measuring policy compliance. This article reports on a survey of Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions (COAPI) members designed to better understand the methods currently used for measuring and communicating OA policy success. METHODS: This electronic survey was distributed to the COAPI member listserv, inviting both institutions who have passed an implemented policies and those who are still developing policies to participate. RESULTS: The results to a number of questions related to topics such as policy workflows, quantitative and qualitative measurement activities and related tools, and challenges showed a wide range of responses, which are shared here. DISCUSSION: It is clear that a number of COAPI members struggle with identifying what should be measured and what tools and methods are appropriate. The survey illustrates how each institution measures compliance differently, making it difficult to benchmark against peer institutions. CONCLUSION: As a result of this survey, we recommend that institutions working with OA policies be as transparent as possible about their data sources and methods when calculating deposit rates and other quantitative measures. It is hoped that this transparency will result in the development of a set of qualitative and quantitative best practices for assessing OA policies that standardizes assessment terminology and articulates why institutions may want to measure policies.
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    Owls Learn OER
    (Rice University, 2020) Kipphut-Smith, Shannon
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    Reasons for Non-Compliance with an Institutional OA Policy
    (2015) Kipphut-Smith, Shannon
    As the number of institutional open access policies increases, libraries and other academic units must figure out ways to facilitate faculty compliance. This poster shares initial results of a study tracking faculty responses to requests for articles, showing that the barrier to faculty compliance is more often due to issues related to alignment of self-archiving activities with existing research workflows than a rejection of open access. It is hoped that such work will prove useful for institutions to better align open access policy activities with research workflows.
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    Rescoping research through student-librarian collaboration: Lessons from the Fondren Fellows program
    (2018) LaFlamme, Marcel; Kipphut-Smith, Shannon; Association of College and Research Libraries
    Academic library professionals increasingly see student workers as full coparticipants in the design and delivery of library resources and services. For some librarians, this perspective grows out of a commitment to critical and feminist pedagogy,1 while for others, greater reliance on student workers in the face of flat or contracting budgets has led to the pragmatic realization that the “skills of student workers could be leveraged to advance the library in unexpected and invaluable ways.”2 This article examines how collaboration with students can take librarian-initiated research in new directions, drawing on the experiences of the coauthors (a library staff member and a graduate student) as part of the Fondren Fellows program at Rice University’s Fondren Library.
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    Update on the Rice Open Access Policy
    (Rice University, 2014) Kipphut-Smith, Shannon; Spiro, Lisa; Lowman, Sara
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    What Does Your Data Need?
    (2015-09-25) Carlson, Scott; Spiro, Lisa; Weimer, Kathy; Kipphut-Smith, Shannon
    What does research data need so that it can live on after the experiment is over? Challenges facing Rice researchers in successfully (and strategically) managing their research data include formulating an effective data management plan, cultivating the data with proper organization and description, and protecting it against future loss (or decay). To better inform Rice’s overall research data management strategies, the university’s Research Data Management Team (RDMT) -- a virtual organization that develops services and identifies resources on research data management -- will present a poster that discusses the resources and expertise that the RDMT -- in collaboration with Rice's Office of Information Technology, Center for Research Computing, and Office of Proposal Development -- utilizes to carry out data planning, curation, and sharing.
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    “When We’re Done with It, We Don’t Care What Happens to It” What Open Access Practitioners Can Learn from Deadheads
    (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016) Kipphut-Smith, Shannon; Carlson, Scott; Smith, Kevin L.; Dickson, Katherine A.
    Historians and commentators have long praised the Grateful Dead for their razor-sharp business acumen, especially the band’s policy on audience taping. What started as way to stem the tide of bootlegs (while keeping a certain segment of the fan base happy) turned out to be a brilliant marketing tool, as well as a cornerstone of Deadhead culture. Our essay will re-contextualize the Dead’s taping policies from a marketing context to that of Open Access, the unrestricted access to scholarly work mandated by a growing number of colleges and universities. The essay will first trace the history, similarities, and the differences between the two concepts, noting that the Dead’s taping policy does not ultimately constitute an Open Access policy. Despite those differences, in the second part, we will discuss what librarians (and other Open Access practitioners) can learn from Deadhead culture, and what advantages can be cultivated from a cutting-edge music sharing platform that remains strikingly relevant today.