Browsing by Author "Michaels, Sherri"

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Comparing Transaction Logs to ILL - Raw Data
(2015-01-10) Cohen, Rachael; Michaels, Sherri
Dissertations in IUScholarWorks
(Indiana University Digital Library Program, 2010-02-01) Halliday, Jim; Michaels, Sherri
IUScholarWorks is a set of services whose stated goal is to make the work of IU scholars freely available. One of our recent efforts towards this goal has been to ingest all IUB student dissertations into the repository and make them freely available. Our talk will focus on the recent efforts of the IUScholarWorks team to do this. There were several challenges that the team faced in making this possible. These included issues of copyright, locating authors to gain permission, the challenge of converting the metadata into an appropriate format, and creating a ingestion workflow that would be as automated as possible. We will discuss the creation of an automated drop box processor that allows the dissertations to be ingested automatically, and a new embargo feature, which allows dissertations to be hidden until permission to display them is granted. We will conclude with a discussion of what is left to be done on this project, and ways in which the service can be improved in the future.
Does (No) Discovery Lead to (ILL) Delivery? Comparing Transaction Logs to ILL requests to Determine the Persistence of Library Patrons
(Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve, 2019) Cohen, Rachael; Michaels, Sherri
This study looks at known-item searches within a university catalog that come up with a “no results” response to see whether patrons will then place an ILL request for that material and how persistent a user might be in order to obtain something that they want. Catalog search transaction logs were compared against interlibrary loan (ILL) requests placed during the same time frame. Overall, the rate of persistence, or the frequency with which ILL requests were placed when no results were found in the catalog is very low.
Shared Print on the Move: Collocating Collections
(2013-11-08) Crist, Rebecca; Michaels, Sherri
As university libraries devote increasing portions of staff time and budget dollars to electronic resources, many are looking for cost- and labor-efficient ways of storing and ensuring access to legacy print collections. Shared print repositories have emerged as one possible solution, but setting up a shared storage system is never easy. Issues of selection, preservation, access and use, and interoperability must be resolved, but first comes one pivotal question: Where are we going to put all these books? Collocating shared print storage is one answer. Rather than securing holdings in place, The Committee on Institutional Cooperation’s Shared Print Repository selects volumes for preservation from multiple universities, relocating materials as necessary to create a comprehensive print collection. Collocating the collection means more secure conditions can be maintained and better user services supported by holding some bodies of print content in common thus relieving each individual school of the obligation to commit the necessary resources to manage these resources on its own. Nonetheless, physically transferring items, but not ownership, to other locations creates specific challenges. This paper will explore the opportunities and issues associated with collocating shared print storage using the CIC Shared Print Repository as an example.