38 · Survey Results: Survey Questions And Responses
Author Education
17. What kinds of activities is your library engaged in to educate authors affiliated with your
institution about using an author addendum? Check all activities that the library has used. Check
up to three of those that seem to have been the most effective (this is not a ranking). N=43
Activity N Have Used
N=43
3 Most Effective
N=35
Presentations to faculty 37 37 23
One-on-one visits with faculty/graduate students 31 31 22
Handouts/brochures/posters (such as SPARC’s
Author Rights brochure and poster)
28 28 6
Presentations to graduate students 26 26 9
Author addendum Web site 26 26 9
Letters/e-mails to authors 20 20 5
Blog posts 15 15 —
One-on-one visits with institution administrators 14 14 5
Author addendum FAQ 12 12 3
Videos/tutorials posted to a Web site 5 5 2
Other activity 11 11 2
Please describe other activity. N=11
Most Effective
Guest speakers from outside the university, for example John Willinsky.
Other activity includes a 2005 Scholarly Communication Symposium. We also use copyright questions to the
Copyright Committee as an opportunity to make faculty aware of the Open Access Publication Fund and the
SPARC addendum.
Other
Library presentation to Council of Deans.
Scholarly communication Web site.
Addenda are discussed on IR site.
Annual Scholarly Communication Colloquium series that addresses a different topic each year. Faculty find out
about the institutional repository, open access, electronic publishing and similar topics. Presentation to Senior
Administration of the University in a group setting.
Committee meetings described earlier have helped to inform the campus. The veterinary librarian wears an open
access t-shirt once each week. We use PLOS promotional materials in displays. We use the MIT video.
Author Education
17. What kinds of activities is your library engaged in to educate authors affiliated with your
institution about using an author addendum? Check all activities that the library has used. Check
up to three of those that seem to have been the most effective (this is not a ranking). N=43
Activity N Have Used
N=43
3 Most Effective
N=35
Presentations to faculty 37 37 23
One-on-one visits with faculty/graduate students 31 31 22
Handouts/brochures/posters (such as SPARC’s
Author Rights brochure and poster)
28 28 6
Presentations to graduate students 26 26 9
Author addendum Web site 26 26 9
Letters/e-mails to authors 20 20 5
Blog posts 15 15 —
One-on-one visits with institution administrators 14 14 5
Author addendum FAQ 12 12 3
Videos/tutorials posted to a Web site 5 5 2
Other activity 11 11 2
Please describe other activity. N=11
Most Effective
Guest speakers from outside the university, for example John Willinsky.
Other activity includes a 2005 Scholarly Communication Symposium. We also use copyright questions to the
Copyright Committee as an opportunity to make faculty aware of the Open Access Publication Fund and the
SPARC addendum.
Other
Library presentation to Council of Deans.
Scholarly communication Web site.
Addenda are discussed on IR site.
Annual Scholarly Communication Colloquium series that addresses a different topic each year. Faculty find out
about the institutional repository, open access, electronic publishing and similar topics. Presentation to Senior
Administration of the University in a group setting.
Committee meetings described earlier have helped to inform the campus. The veterinary librarian wears an open
access t-shirt once each week. We use PLOS promotional materials in displays. We use the MIT video.
