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OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
A Framework for the Engaged Librarian
http://library.osu.edu/staff/administration-reports/Engaged_Librarian_Framework_Dec2011.pdf
Competencies:
Knowing how scholarly
communication works (including
understanding a variety of
publishing models) in assigned
disciplines
Tracking emerging trends and
models within disciplines and how
these relate to trends in other
disciplines
Understanding and explaining
the value and function of OSUL
publishing partnership options as
they develop
Explaining the principles behind
open access publishing and
public access practices, knowing
expectations of funders for sharing
research results, and knowing
available options for open access
for scholars in their assigned
departments
Understanding and explaining
the functions and policies of
institutional repositories and
disciplinary repositories generally
and OSU-supported repositories
specifically.
Understanding the mechanics
of authors’ copyrights and advise
faculty and students on strategies
for effectively managing and
exercising their rights in their works.
Examples of
best practices:
Helping faculty, graduate
students, and academic staff to
negotiate retaining their rights as
authors to broaden access to their
research.
Advocating with authors and
editors for advancing sustainable
models of scholarly communication.
Providing resources that increase
faculty, graduate students, and
academic staff awareness of
alternative publication models in
their discipline.
Working with faculty to deposit
their works in institutional or
disciplinary repositories and publish
in open access venues.
Recruiting university-published
content identifying digital
resources that require long-term
preservation and merit sustained
access.
Referring faculty, students, and
staff to the Head of the Copyright
Resources Center, Preservation
and Reformatting Officer, or the
Scholarly Resources Integration
Department when appropriate and
partnering with them in projects
that increase sharing of OSU
research.
Collection
Development
Develop and manage collections to
actively support research and instruction
in subject area(s) by contributing to the
selection and management of content
for the libraries collections in relevant
formats and languages.
Competencies:
Using collections as a basis for
engagement to create dynamic services
and innovative applications of collections
to research questions or curricular goals
Managing funds and other resources
to support the acquisition of content that
has the most value for OSU research,
teaching, and learning.
Working effectively with colleagues
in the Libraries to enhance acquisition,
access, discovery, and use of library
collections.
Integrating knowledge of scholarly
communication patterns and trends in a
discipline with local collection building
and management activities.
Developing cooperative statewide
collection development relationships to
enhance collaboration, access and the
development of shared resources
Developing and applying knowledge
of local use of collections to effectively
manage resources and increase the
value of collections for users’ research,
teaching, and learning.
Scholarly Communication
Work with members of the university community to enhance their ability to
share their research broadly and effectively by addressing a range of issues,
including changes in publishing, funder requirements for sharing research, open
access models for disseminating new knowledge, digital publishing, and exercis-
ing author rights to broaden sharing of research.
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