Jeffery Loo – UC Berkeley

PURPOSE: Provide a presentation to LBNL Library introducing UC-eLinks -the University of California’s SFX link resolver service.

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

1. The purpose of link resolvers is to connect readers from citations to full-text materials in an automated fashion.
2. UC-eLinks guides readers to full-text access via different pathways, including the following actions:
   • directing readers to electronic, full-text materials;
   • searching library catalogs for the availability of resources; and
   • initiating interlibrary loan requests.
3. Beginning with a citation source, the UC-eLinks workflow continues through OpenURLs, link resolver processes, and user selection of services before opening the final target.
4. The installation and development of UC-eLinks is overseen by the California Digital Library and co-managed by UC campus libraries.
5. LBNL Library has several options for developing link resolver services, so a decision-making and planning framework is proposed that outlines the benefits and limitations of each option.

PURPOSE: Provide a presentation to LBNL Library on the current state of ebook technology and UC Berkeley Library’s ebook inventory.

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• ebook inventory at UC Berkeley Library
• The guidelines for ebook collection development prepared by UC, which address issues with licensing, acquisition models, digital rights management, reader devices, pricing models, vendor options, and more.
• Tour of the ebook features and functionalities within different vendor platforms – demonstrating print-on-demand services and interactive content.

TYPE: Seminar

METHODS: Initiated, organized, and promoted the seminar.

SPEAKER: Dr. Antony Williams.  He is the Vice President of Strategic Development at the Royal Society of Chemistry and is the host of ChemSpider, a free online structure centric community for chemists.

AUDIENCE: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC Berkeley personnel, and researchers interested in online collaboration, data storage and curation, data exchange, crowdsourcing, and open access.

FORMAT: 90 minute presentation

DATE AND VENUE: March 24, 2010 – Building 50 Auditorium, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

ABSTRACT: The increasing availability of free and open access resources for scientists on the internet presents us with a revolution in data availability. The Royal Society of Chemistry hosts ChemSpider, a free access website for chemists built with the intention of building community for chemists (http://www.chemspider.com/).

ChemSpider is an aggregator of chemistry related information, at present over 20 million unique chemical entities linked out to over 300 separate data sources, ChemSpider has taken on the task of both robotically and manually curating publicly available data sources. It is also a public deposition platform where chemists can deposit their own data including novel structures, analytical data, synthesis procedures and host data associated with the growing activities associated with Open Notebook Science.

This presentation will examine chemistry on the internet, the dubious quality of what is available and how the ChemSpider crowdsourced curation platform is fast becoming one of the centralized hubs for resourcing information about chemical entities.

We will also review our efforts to provide free resources for synthesis procedures, spectral data and structure-based searching of the chemistry literature and how chemists can contribute directly to each of these projects.

Following the presentation and a question and answer session, a hands on session showing how to search for, curate and deposit data on ChemSpider will be given for interested parties.

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TYPE: Presentation

AUDIENCE: LBNL Research Services Team

PURPOSE: An introduction to the UC Berkeley Library resources and services – and how Berkeley Lab personel may access them.

FORMAT: 20 minute presentation and 40 minute discussion and demo.

SUMMARY:

• Your Berkeley Lab status determines your level of access to UCB Library services and resources.
• There is a variety of resources and services, including e-resources, print books, instructional events and workshops, and reference services.
• There are different ways for acquiring UCB Library cards and IDs for access – but when in doubt, contact the Privileges Desk at Doe Library.

PARTICIPANT HANDOUT: Full text PDF

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TYPE: Presentation

AUDIENCE: UC Berkeley Librarians

PURPOSE: To introduce the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – a unique scientific environment with opportunities for engagement and exploration by UC Berkeley Librarians.

INTENDED OUTCOME: To encourage librarians to visit and explore the Berkeley Lab.

FORMAT: 20 minute presentation and 10 minute discussion.

TRANSCRIPT: Full text PDF

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PURPOSE: To respond to the LBNL Library Committee’s question: Does open access publishing conflict with LBNL publication requirements for patents, copyright, and public access?

AUDIENCE: LBNL Library Committee

METHOD: Discussed this question with (1) an attorney at Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Management Department and (2) the Report Coordination Office at LBNL.

REPORT: In response, a report was collaboratively written with Rosemary Lowden and Jean Wolslegel. (Full text PDF available upon request. Email jlloo at lbl dot gov)

HAIKU SUMMARY OF REPORT:

O. A. and patents,
copyright, public access?
No conflict, same rules.

PURPOSE: To characterize LBNL research and to determine whether it corresponds to the subject expertise of the UC Berkeley Library.

AUDIENCE: UC Berkeley Librarians

METHOD:

1. A content analysis of the LBNL website (http://www.lbl.gov) identified research organizations and programs at the Berkeley Lab and their corresponding research themes, disciplines, and subject areas.
2. This information was entered into a Microsoft Access database.
3. Relationships were assigned between the research disciplines and the subject expertise of the subject specialty libraries of the UC Berkeley Library.

RESULTS:

• The subject expertise of the Science Libraries and the Environmental Design Library corresponds to the research conducted at LBNL.
• LBNL research was characterized by 6 research themes, which divide into 35 research disciplines and subsequently divide into 486 research subjects. There were 79 research centers and research programs at LBNL counted.
• A Microsoft Access database was created (here is the ER diagram).
• Reports can be generated showing the relationship between:
  • Research themes, disciplines, and subjects
  • Research programs and entities at LBNL
  • Subject specialty libraries at UC Berkeley Library
• Here are some sample reports:
  • LBNL research themes, disciplines, and subjects (Full text PDF)
  • Subject specialty libraries and their associated LBNL research disciplines and subjects (Full text PDF)
  • Research subjects and their associated LBNL research entities (Full text PDF)
• Reports can be tailored to your needs.  Please email me at jloo at berkeley dot edu.

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TYPE: Presentation

AUDIENCE: LBNL Library Committee

PURPOSE: To foster discussion about the awareness of open access principles, the options for open access, and the opportunities for promoting open access at LBNL.

INTENDED OUTCOME: To consider the need for open access promotion.

FORMAT: 20 minute presentation and 15 minute discussion.

TRANSCRIPT: Full text PDF

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