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.
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 identify academic programming models for chemical informatics and draft plans for the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library at UC Berkeley.
METHOD: Reviewed chemical informatics programming at academic and government institutions. Prepared a summary report and drafted preliminary plans for the library.
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:
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.
This information was entered into a Microsoft Access database.
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)
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.
