38 · SPEC Kit 299
“Often cover journal pricing, copyright/author rights management, open access.”
“We have engaged the faculty in many ways: Faculty Council resolutions, meetings with promotion and
tenure committees, all faculty auditorium discussions, Web pages, small group education sessions with faculty,
discussions with individual editors, etc., all of which might sound impressive but all of which have essentially
accomplished little except to add to the general level of noise on campus. As a library we are attempting to
back away from scholarly communication missionary activities as we believe this harms our credibility, but we
still have librarians who are true believers, so we are providing a mixed message.”
“Where to find out about whether journals allow preprint and post print publication on personal Web sites.”
What methods of delivering this content have been most effective for faculty? Rate the
following on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 is least effective and 5 is most effective. Check “Not
used” if the library has not used a particular method. N=53
N 1 2 3 4 5 Not used
One-on-one conversations 52 2
(4%)
3
(6%)
10
(19%)
8
(15%)
28
(54%)
1
(2%)
Formal group presentations 51 6
(12%)
1
(2%)
20
(39%)
11
(22%)
10
(20%)
3
(6%)
Newsletter articles 51 4
(8%)
10
(20%)
13
(25%)
5
(10%)
2
(4%)
17
(33%)
Informal group discussions 50 2
(4%)
2
(4%)
13
(26%)
13
(26%)
13
(26%)
7
(14%)
Web pages 50 7
(14%)
10
(20%)
17
(34%)
8
(16%)
1
(2%)
7
(14%)
Brochures and other documents 50 2
(2%)
15
(30%)
13
(26%)
9
(18%)
2
(2%)
9
(18%)
E-mail messages 49 4
(8%)
5
(10%)
18
(37%)
8
(16%)
3
(6%)
11
(22%)
Other method 12 — — 3
(25%)
1
(8%)
1
(8%)
7
(58%)
Please describe other delivery method. N=9
“All faculty are invited to SC programs. We also sponsor one-on-one consultations with the library’s legal
adviser.”
“All of the education initiatives related to scholarly communication were part of activities promoting our
institutional repository. We have not yet planned any independent initiative on scholarly communication.”
“Articles in University newspaper.”
“Often cover journal pricing, copyright/author rights management, open access.”
“We have engaged the faculty in many ways: Faculty Council resolutions, meetings with promotion and
tenure committees, all faculty auditorium discussions, Web pages, small group education sessions with faculty,
discussions with individual editors, etc., all of which might sound impressive but all of which have essentially
accomplished little except to add to the general level of noise on campus. As a library we are attempting to
back away from scholarly communication missionary activities as we believe this harms our credibility, but we
still have librarians who are true believers, so we are providing a mixed message.”
“Where to find out about whether journals allow preprint and post print publication on personal Web sites.”
What methods of delivering this content have been most effective for faculty? Rate the
following on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 is least effective and 5 is most effective. Check “Not
used” if the library has not used a particular method. N=53
N 1 2 3 4 5 Not used
One-on-one conversations 52 2
(4%)
3
(6%)
10
(19%)
8
(15%)
28
(54%)
1
(2%)
Formal group presentations 51 6
(12%)
1
(2%)
20
(39%)
11
(22%)
10
(20%)
3
(6%)
Newsletter articles 51 4
(8%)
10
(20%)
13
(25%)
5
(10%)
2
(4%)
17
(33%)
Informal group discussions 50 2
(4%)
2
(4%)
13
(26%)
13
(26%)
13
(26%)
7
(14%)
Web pages 50 7
(14%)
10
(20%)
17
(34%)
8
(16%)
1
(2%)
7
(14%)
Brochures and other documents 50 2
(2%)
15
(30%)
13
(26%)
9
(18%)
2
(2%)
9
(18%)
E-mail messages 49 4
(8%)
5
(10%)
18
(37%)
8
(16%)
3
(6%)
11
(22%)
Other method 12 — — 3
(25%)
1
(8%)
1
(8%)
7
(58%)
Please describe other delivery method. N=9
“All faculty are invited to SC programs. We also sponsor one-on-one consultations with the library’s legal
adviser.”
“All of the education initiatives related to scholarly communication were part of activities promoting our
institutional repository. We have not yet planned any independent initiative on scholarly communication.”
“Articles in University newspaper.”
