The Scholarly Communication Unit of the David L. Rice Library at the University of Southern Indiana started not with a bang, but with a lateral transition. Over the next two years, the unit has focused on creatively developing the themes of scholarly communication competencies within and outside the library despite limited resources, and this session will serve to highlight ways in which other libraries that are facing similar limitations can still provide quality services to their institutions. The knowledge and skills necessary to build the scholarly communication programs have been culled from across the library with strategic reconsideration of job lines and descriptions. Utilizing affordable professional development activities has deepened our ability to support scholarly communication activities on campus. The realignment of positions with existing personnel, has also enabled us to leverage existing relationships to produce outreach activities that include our faculty advocates. Similarly, the institutional knowledge within the library and our relationships across campus have allowed us to pursue a particularly creative approach to open access funding that does not require a new line of money from the university. Our approach to scholarly communication services has fundamentally been as a public service that requires innovative problem-solving in order to identify and enhance competencies within the library so that we can successfully take programs outside the library and strategically reallocate resources to build a Scholarly Communication Unit that serves our entire campus. Peter Whiting Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of Southern Indiana Andrea Wright Assistant Director and Head of Public Services, University of Southern Indiana

1. Upcycling a Schol
Comm Unit
BUILDING BRIDGES WITH CREATIVITY,
REALLOCATIONS, AND LIMITED RESOURCES

2. Objectives
• Describe our unit development
• Explore the opportunities and
challenges of our approach
• Provide a model that other
resource-restricted institutions
can adopt or adapt
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3. About USI
• Public
• 4-year
• 11,000 students
• Master’s College or University
• Profession with some Arts &
Sciences
• Community Engagement

4. Structure
NASIG Core Competencies for Scholarly Communication Librarians
• Team Building
• Background Knowledge
• Technical Skills
• Outreach & Instruction
…and then putting it all together.

5. Team Building

6. What Is and What Could Be
• Library structure re-evaluation
• Realignment of existing
personnel
• Gaps
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7. Unit Approach
• Faculty-Oriented
• Public Service
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8. Unit Workings
• Weekly Unit Meetings
• Biweekly Public Services
Meetings
• Balance to Strengths
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9. Team Building Blueprint
• Utilize documentation such as strategic plans
• Recognize the Schol Comm skills that exist in other library positions
• Play to your strengths
• Identify gaps

10. Background Knowledge

11. Andrea Wright
• Public Services
• Instruction and teaching librarian
• Open access funding
• Copyright
• Institutional repository
• Outreach and engagement
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12. Peter Whiting
• Metadata/cataloging
• Serials
• Campus contacts
• Scholarly Communication contacts
in Indiana
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13. How it ties together
• Experience
• Attributes
• Background
• Public services
• Technical services
• Librarianship
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14. Background Knowledge Blueprint
• SPARC - https://sparcopen.org/
• Open Access by Peter Suber - https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/open-
access
• Copyright for Educators & Librarians Coursera Course -
https://www.coursera.org/learn/copyright-for-education
•OER: A Field Guide for Academic Librarians (2018) edited by Wesolek,
Lashley, and Langley - https://commons.pacificu.edu/pup/3/
• CopyrightX - http://copyx.org/
• Creative Commons Certificate -
https://certificates.creativecommons.org/

15. Technical Skills

16. Finding and Implementing an
Institutional Repository
• IR Implementation Team Scope
The Institutional Repository (IR) Task Force will
examine viable IRs options, evaluate and select an IR platform, and
develop core IR polices and guidelines to facilitate a successful
launch
• IR Implementation Team Goal
Have an institutional repository formally launched by Open Access
Week 2019

17. IR Team – Fall 2019
• Toyota's Secret: The A3 Report
• Rubric development
• General demo feedback form
• Platforms identified
• Demos
• Recommendation
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18. IR Team – Spring 2019
• Branding and logo
• Implementation with Atmire
• Sandbox
• Submission agreement
• IR Guidelines and FAQ
• Outreach on campus

19. Technical Skills Blueprint
• Network with other Schol Comm Librarians
• Use the complementary knowledge (IT, systems, metadata) and varied
perspectives (end-user, novice, experienced) within your library
• Making Institutional Repositories Work (2016) edited by Callicott,
Scherer, and Wesolek - http://oapen.org/search?identifier=626981
• Cornell University Library Repository Principles and Strategies Handbook -
https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/culpublic/Cornell+University+Libra
ry+Repository+Principles+and+Strategies+Handbook
• Toyota’s Secret: The A3 Report by Shook -
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/toyotas-secret-the-a3-report/

20. Outreach & Instruction

21. Cleaning-up at Home
• Library Website
• LibGuides
• Internal Communication
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22. Plugging into the Grid
• Spring Meeting
• Committee and Council
Meetings
• College and Department
Meetings
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23. Launching New Programs
• Lunch and Learn
• Copyright Course for Grad
Students & Advisors
• Publishing Support
• OA Fund
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24. Outreach & Instruction Blueprint
• Start within your library
• Look for existing department or campus events
• Prioritize topic coverage
• Consider accessibility and equitability

25. Putting It All Together

26. Open Access Fund
BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE
"Much of this knowledge is
acquired through library
and information curriculum, in
non-library jobs, or is learned in
other positions held in the
library."
• Existing USI funding options
• Faculty Senate process
• Open Evaluation Criteria

27. Open Access Fund
TECHNICAL SKILLS
"An active awareness of new
technologies and the impact
they have on a rapidly changing
scholarly communication
landscape …"
• Application
• Publication review form
• Review process

28. Approval process
Faculty Author
•Completes the Application
Form online
Schol Comm Unit
•Reviews Application Form
•Completes the Publication
Review Form
Chair
•Reviews Application and
Publication Forms
•Forwards Approval to Dean
Dean
•Reviews Forms and Chair
Approval
•Forward Approval to Provost
Provost
•Reviews Forms and
Approvals
•Confirms Approval to Faculty
Author

29. Open Access Fund
OUTREACH AND INSTRUCTION
"The SCL is actively engaged with
a rapidly-changing landscape that
necessitates clear
communication, advocacy, and
outreach involving many
different internal and external
audiences."
• Faculty Senate
• Council of Chairs and Program
Directors
• College of Nursing and Health
Professions

30. Open Access Fund
TEAM BUILDING
"The role of the SCL is
fundamentally collaborative."
• Provost’s Office
• Liaison Librarians

31. Contact Us
David L. Rice Library
Scholarly Communication Unit
Peter Whiting
Andrea Wright
ScholComm@usi.edu
812-465-1280
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