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Libraries’ Software Developers Collaborate in NSF Innovation Grant A $1,165,594 grant from the National Science Foundation
to University of Maryland researchers will fund the creation of software tools to help analyze data pertaining to the paths, speeds and distances certain animal species travel. Analysis of this “movement ecology” will inform a wide range of biological topics including population ecology, disease spread, gene flow, and wildlife management and conservation. The lack of statistical tools for extracting information from data collected in the field has long been a challenge for biologists like William Fagan, chair of the university’s Department
Bill Fagan, chair of the Department of Biology, will collaborate to develop software that will increase the understanding of how African bush elephants travel. The tool will help other scientists analyze their own datasets.
of Biology and a co-principal investigator for the grant. Other co-principal investigators are Justin Calabrese (Smithsonian and UMD Adjunct Faculty) and Babak Hamidzadeh (University Libraries). “A key mission of NSF’s Advances in Biological Informatics program is to make data resources available to a much broader community of researchers,” says Fagan. “We partnered with the University Libraries to bring together basic research seeking to quantify and understand animal movement with tool development that will allow other users, working with their own datasets, to apply the new statistical and computational approaches we are developing.” The grant will demonstrate the value of these new tools and methods through case studies of species such as African bush elephants in Kenya and the endangered khulan in the Mongolian Gobi desert. The grant also highlights how software developers at the University Libraries can provide expertise to create tools to support faculty research. “Technology influences libraries far more than most people realize,” says Hamidzadeh, Interim Dean of the University Libraries. “Librarians organize, curate and preserve information in its many forms. Creating software tools and providing programming know-how to our users and new partners is a logical extension of that.” The Advances in Biological Informatics program of the National Science Foundation seeks to encourage new approaches to the analysis and dissemination of biological knowledge for the benefit of both the scientific community and the broader public. These Innovation awards pioneer new approaches to the application of informatics to biological problems. For expert guidance, project consultation, and technical assistance on various aspects of data management and curation, contact lib-research-data@umd.edu.
Campuswide Contributions Increase Support for Faculty Authors The ‘‘ fund has
In a broad show of support for open access, all schools on campus have con-
provided me with a unique chance to make my work known to a worldwide audience.
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— Kira Gor, SLA PR School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, College of Arts and Humanities
tributed to a fund established by the University Libraries to help authors cover the article-processing charges levied by peer-reviewed open-access journals. The collaboration: l enables authors to retain their copyrights
l accelerates the online availability of peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles generated by UMD researchers l raises campus awareness about the benefits of open access More information: lib.umd.edu/oa/openaccessfund or contact Terry Owen, Digital Scholarship Librarian, towen@umd.edu
Use Open Materials in Your Teaching, Too We’ve curated and compiled (as only librarians can) many go-to sources for course materials, content modules and more. View an online guide that highlights free, quality instructional resources. Find hundreds of open source textbooks by subject. lib.guides.umd.edu/oer
Questions About Funded Research? Start Here. We believe you should spend your energy on
your research, not trying to figure out where to get the support you need. That’s why we’re developing a suite of services with faculty needs in mind. Building on foundational library offerings, these services and programs advance a new model we call the Research Commons. For example, in a new series of workshops, you can learn to create a data management plan, realize the benefits of R, write a literature review, or a nail a TED talk. A cornerstone of this new model is an online collection of integrated research resources on campus, or IRROC.umd.edu. Go there first to learn more about funded research—how to identify potential funders, prepare a proposal, comply with guidelines and more. IRROC is provided through a partnership of the Division of Research, the Division of Information Technology and the University Libraries.
OPEN ACCESS BY THE NUMBERS
$ 40,000
TOTA L P R O V I D E D TO S U P P O R T
2014 -15 UMD OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING FUND by UNIVERSIT Y LIBRARIES, VP & CHIEF RESEARCH OFFICER, PROVOST and UNIVERSIT Y DEANS ARTICLES FUNDED
28 in 2014-15 • 12 in 2013-14 $3,000 maximum funded per article Average cost per article funded $1,372
10,555 6,450
PEER-REVIEWED OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS WORLDWIDE
OA JOURNALS SEARCHABLE at ARTICLE LEVEL
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McKeldin Teaching Labs Refurbished Faculty nationwide believe
instructing students in information literacy is the most essential service academic librarians provide. Newly renovated spaces like this one in McKeldin Library with moveable furnishings and laptop computers make it easier for students to engage with each other — and the instructor. “Classrooms like this provide flexibility of layout while seating more students,” says Rachel Gammons (center), head of Teaching and Learning Services for the University Libraries. “The egalitarian setting encourages participation.”
P U B L I S H E D BY O P E N H U M A N I T I E S P R E S S I N C R I T I C A L A N D C U LT U R A L T H E O R Y
2,084,373 O P EN ACC ESS ARTIC LES
134 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED PHON E N UMBER FOR MORE I N FORMATI ON
(301) 314 -1328 (Terry Owen, towen@umd.edu)
Sources: Directory of Open Access Journals, (doaj.org) an online index that provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals; Open Humanities Press (www.openhumanitiespress.org/ journals.html); and University Libraries Digital Scholarship Librarian.
IN BRIEF
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
McKeldin Mold Outbreak In early August, preservation librarians discovered a
mold outbreak affecting books shelved on multiple floors in McKeldin Library. All floors remained open to users. Dehumidifiers had been hard at work throughout the summer or conditions would have been worse. (We emptied about 3,245 gallons of water from these humidifies, more than enough to fill your average semi-trailer.) A contractor has helped us clean books and inspect nearly 16,000 shelves. This scenario occurs with unwelcome frequency. The region is humid, and the building is relatively old and inefficient. But moving books into the optimal environmental conditions of the future Severn Library will extend their lifespans.
Adjunct Office in McKeldin Adjunct faculty can now find temporary space in McKeldin Library’s new Adjunct Office (McK 7223). Designed for use by multiple people at one time, the space has three desks with PCs and ergonomic chairs, strong wireless connectivity and multiple plug-ins—and a window! It has an open layout with no soundproofing between desks, therefore should be used for quiet, individual work only. There is a small table with four chairs available for those who need a larger work space or group work. Users can reserve all 3 desks in order to book the full room for brief meetings (no more than 1 hour). Reserve the room at umd.libcal.com/booking/researchcommons.
Open Access Workshops
ALICE: 150 YEARS AND COUNTING THE LEGACY OF LEWIS CARROLL: Selections from the Collection of August and Clare Imholtz
Maryland Room Gallery, Hornbake Library In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Special Collections and University Archives highlight Lewis Carroll’s creative genius. Beginning with early editions of his famous Alice books, the exhibition includes Carroll’s other fictional, poetic, photographic, and mathematical works. Artwork by artists and illustrators worldwide shows Alice’s timeless appeal as a beloved literary character. The exhibit runs through July 2016. www.lib.umd.edu/Alice150
CAMPUS FORUM ON INCOME INEQUALITY
Wednesday, October 28, Noon-1:30 p.m.
McKeldin Library 6137, Special Events Room The first in a series sponsored by the University Libraries, this event will provide campus faculty the forum to offer perspectives on major societal issues. It will also demon strate how different disciplines could collaborate and how librarians can facilitate their research needs.
EVENING WITH VENIAMIN SMEKHOV: POETRY AND PROSE
Part of the Maya Brin Residency Program Thursday, October 29, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
McKeldin Library 6137, Special Events Room Co-sponsored with the College of Arts and Humanities, the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; School of Theater, Dance & Performance Studies; and the University Libraries. ter.ps/smekhov
FUTURE OF THE RESEARCH LIBRARY SPEAKER SERIES THE EVOLVING SCHOLARLY RECORD: Scope, Stakeholders, and Stewardship Brian Lavoie Research Scientist, OCLC Research
Monday, November 16, 10:00 a.m.
McKeldin Library, Special Events Room Recent OCLC Research explores how the scholarly record is changing in a digital, networked environment and how “consciously coordinated” stewardship models can support the long-term availability of an increasingly diverse, complex, and distributed scholarly record.
GIS DAY
Wednesday, November 18
The Department of Geographical Sciences invites the campus community to meet faculty and graduate students and explore applications of GIS to cutting edge research. Details: email Kelley O’Neal kelleyo@umd.edu.
Register at www.lib.umd.edu/oa/openaccessweek
Monday, October 19, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. McKeldin Library 7121
Tuesday, October 20, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. McKeldin Library 7111
COPYRIGHT AND ELECTRONIC THESES & DISSERTATIONS Do you plan to include third-party materials in your thesis or dissertation? If so, do you need to request permission from the copyright holder or does it fall under the Fair Use exemption of the Copyright Law? This session covers best practices and useful strategies to help make that determination, as well as how to protect the copyright of your own research. The same workshop is offered at two times.
50th Anniversary of International Piano Archives at Maryland The University of Maryland Libraries in partnership with The Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts announce activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Piano Archives at Maryland. As the world’s most extensive concentration of piano recordings, books, scores and archival papers, the archive offers a unique resource for the study, appreciation, and preservation of the classical piano repertoire and its performance.
Upcoming concerts: ORION WEISS December 3, 2015 URSULA OPPENS February 4, 2016 MARGARET LENG TAN April 12, 2016
Wednesday, October 21, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. McKeldin Library 7111
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Thursday, October 22, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. McKeldin Library 7121
OUR MISSION The University of Maryland Libraries enable the intellectual inquiry and learning required to meet the education, research and community outreach mission of the University. Architecture Library Art Library Engineering & Physical Sciences Library Hornbake Library McKeldin Library Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library Priddy Library at Shady Grove White Memorial Chemistry Library
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AUTHOR RIGHTS SESSION Learn more about your basic rights as an author, publisher policies for posting on the web, author options and tools for retaining rights, and additional options such as publishing in open access journals. The same workshop is offered at two times.