ISSN was first published as an ISO standard in 1975, making 2025 its 50th birthday. Come help us celebrate the history, drama, and accomplishments of this important standard with some humor and maybe a song or three. Great moments in ISSN history will be dramatized and cameos by such fellow identifiers as DOI, ISBN, and ISNI will take competitive jabs at ISSN's success. Attendees will come away with a better understanding of the background and significance of the standard and its use today.
Learning Outcomes
Attendees will come away with a better understanding of the background and significance of the standard and its use today.
I am a librarian and a researcher in information science focusing on persistent identifiers, metadata quality, open science and digital preservation. I have been running the ISSN International Centre and coordinating its network of 93 member countries since 2014. I am a member of... Read More →
Regina Romano Reynolds is director of the U.S. ISSN Center and head of the ISSN Section at the Library of Congress. She was a member of the U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee and co-chaired the internal LC group that recommended LC projects based on the report of the Working Group... Read More →
In 2023, our Acquisitions department evaluated existing position descriptions for how well they met the current needs and challenges of the department and the broader library landscape. We found that staffing in our serials unit was still skewed toward print management even though over 80% of our subscriptions have moved to an electronic format. Several positions were redesigned to incorporate NASIG Core Competencies, especially related to the print and electronic resource life cycles. By using the core competencies to distribute print and electronic responsibilities among multiple staff members, we balanced the workload and prepared our area to better face future trends. This session will discuss the new position descriptions, the benefits of incorporating built-in cross-training, and how we worked with our campus HR office to build a job-family grid which provides opportunities for staff advancement.
Learning Outcome Following this session, participants will be able to: 1. Think critically about whether existing organizational structures are meeting current and future needs. 2. Identify core competencies and visualize how to distribute them among additional staff members through training and reskilling. 3. Be prepared to advocate for these changes with their library leadership.
"Diversity and Libraries: The Stigma of Mental Illness" describes the stigma of mental illness in libraries, regardless of strong diversity programs. The presenter will discuss the literature and the results of a short survey conducted by the presenter. The results of the survey will be analyzed and recommendations for improvement will be presented.
Learning Outcomes
Know about the stigma of mental illness in libraries.
Understand what is missing in Diversity Statements that do not take into consideration mental illness.
Realize ways Diversity Statements can be changed to take into consideration mental illness.
Acquiring electronic resources for academic libraries has evolved into a complex and multifaceted process. Juggling numerous requests from faculty, negotiating with vendors, managing budgets, and ensuring timely access. This presentation will explore how leveraging Jira, a robust project management software, can help you re-imagine the e-resource acquisition workflow, transforming it from a chaotic process into a streamlined and efficient operation. Jira, with its customizable workflows, robust tracking capabilities, and seamless communication features, provides a powerful platform for managing the entire lifecycle of e-resource acquisitions including trial workflows. We will delve into how Jira can be configured to: Streamline Request Processing Establish clear and concise workflows for each stage of the acquisition process, from initial request submission to final approval. Automate tasks, such as sending notifications and assigning requests. Utilize custom fields to capture essential information about each request, such as consortia options, trial availability, authentication method, usage statistics availability, VPAT availability and rating, and history of ILL requests. Enhance Communication and Collaboration Facilitate seamless communication and collaboration between library staff processing requests. Utilize built-in messaging and notification features to keep everyone informed about the status of requests and resolve issues promptly. Increase Transparency and Accountability Provide a clear and transparent view of the acquisition process for all stakeholders. Enhance accountability by tracking progress, identifying bottlenecks, and ensuring timely decision-making. By implementing Jira, libraries can significantly reduce staff burden, improve efficiency, and enhance the overall user experience. This presentation will provide practical tips and best practices for implementing Jira in an academic library setting, including customization options, and workflow design including trial workflows.
Learning Outcomes
Describe how Jira can be used to streamline the e-resource acquisition workflow in an academic library.
Identify key features of Jira that are beneficial for managing e-resource requests, such as workflow automation, and communication tools.
Explain how Jira can improve communication and collaboration among library staff involved in the e-resource acquisition process.
Explain how Jira can enhance transparency and accountability within the e-resource acquisition process.
Discuss the potential benefits of implementing Jira, such as increased efficiency and improved decision-making. Identify potential obstacles to Jira implementation at their own library.
License agreements influence how libraries, students, researchers, and other users interact with electronic resources. A forthcoming open e-book by five law and licensing experts from institutions across the US – (“E-resource Licensing Explained,” to be published by ARL) – will empower academic librarians and library staff with licensing responsibilities to advocate for license terms that enable computational research. The guidebook includes easily-digestible legal explanations and pragmatic strategies for preserving rights that users already have under US copyright law, particularly in the face of restrictive license terms that would otherwise constrain or eliminate those rights. During this session, the guidebook’s co-authors and reviewers will share their own insights, challenges, and successes in negotiating for license agreements.
Learning Outcomes
Following this session, participants will be able to: recognize the fundamental concepts of licensing e-resources, and identify licensing resources.
Head of Electronic Resources, University of Kentucky
Co-chair of the Continuing Education committee. You'll see me crocheting around the conference (most likely working on Christmas gifts). Ask me about crafting, my two greyhounds, coming in third-place on Jeopardy!, and all things electronic resources!
During the Fall and Winter quarters of 2024, librarians at UC Santa Cruz were faced with the challenge of tracking perpetual access for titles canceled for an ongoing serial cancellation project due to a budget shortfall. This required consolidating information from various spreadsheets and other sources, some of which were still being updated. This session will review the tracking process that we used, including how we consolidated the perpetual access information, how we verified our access with vendors, how we addressed subscriptions with print + online coverage and share tips for if another library is faced with this type of project.
Learning Outcomes
Attendees will learn about tasks to consider for working collaboratively during serial cancellations.
Attendees will learn about a process to track perpetual/post cancellation information.
This session will explore what steps stakeholders from libraries, publishers, and infrastructure providers might take together to operationalize open access business processes. Maureen Walsh, Scholarly Strategist, The Ohio State University Libraries, will reflect on her almost two decades of involvement in Ohio State’s open access programs and initiatives and share her perspective on the current pain points of supporting open access publishing agreements. New open access business models have outpaced the development of efficient and effective open access workflows in libraries. Beyond the financial commitment of open access agreements, libraries are absorbing significant staff costs to manage open access workflows. Attendees will bring different perspectives and ideas toward business process solutions for libraries supporting open access publishing agreements.
Learning Outcomes
Gain a wider perspective on the challenges of library support for open access
Learn about the interdependencies with all of the stakeholders in the open access landscape—libraries and their institutions, researchers, publishers, infrastructure providers, and funders
Possible solutions and best practices for managing open access agreements
The common team structure within libraries, especially in technical services, can often lead to silos of processes as well as knowledge about our systems and our collections. With modern library service platforms (LSPs), it is important to recognize the interconnected system of records, specifically acquisitions and cataloging records. If this is neglected, it will negatively impact the data quality and the functionality of the catalog and ultimately, will affect the ability to collect data from LSP in any useful way. This presentation will examine causes of segmented workflows and provide guidance on overcoming silos and developing cross-departmental relationships to improve workflows and productivity. Strategies for collaborative workflows including examples of governance groups, shared documentation, tracking and others will be given.
Learning Outcomes Participants will be able to:
1.Identify the causes of departmental silos between acquisitions, cataloging, and other library departments, and understand how this fragmentation affects library organization.
2.Develop strategies to overcome departmental silos in library workflows and establish more collaborative processes between technical services teams. 3.Learn best practices for fostering cross-departmental relationships, enhancing communication, documentation, and improving overall workflow efficiency in library technical services.
