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    Web citations: tracking citation impact
    GARNER, JANE ; HORWOOD, LYNNE ; SULLIVAN, SHIRLEY ( 2007)
    This paper discusses the Web Citation Index (WCI) and other options for citation tracking, such as Google Scholar and Scopus. These are tools that can assist researchers to measure the quality of their papers to support the Australian Government’s Research Quality Framework (RQF) requirements. One measure of establishing quality of the research is to indicate metrics, such as the journal impact factor. Another means of establishing peer evaluation is for researchers to be aware of those papers that are citing their own work. This paper provides a commentary about different tools that are available to the research community. Librarians need to know what these tools are to be able to present a comprehensive suite of products to researchers.
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    Bringing hidden treasures to light: illuminating DSpace
    SULLIVAN, SHIRLEY ; Horwood, L. ; Garner, J. ; Young, E. ( 2004)
    The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) has gained momentum since eprints.org was released in2000. An alternative to eprints.org is the recently released DSpace, the open source software developed at MIT. The paper will trace the history and development of DSpace initiatives, such as the joint project between MIT and University of Cambridge. It also discusses the impact and benefits of repositories for research institutions and libraries.
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    Examining one model of e-books for an academic library setting
    GARNER, JANE ; HORWOOD, LYNNE ; SULLIVAN, SHIRLEY ( 2002)
    In late 2000, CAVAL (Cooperative Action by Victorian Academic Libraries) organised a consortial purchase of netLibrary for interested members, including the University of Melbourne. The paper will briefly define ebooks and their advantages and disadvantages will be discussed. The paper will also report on the trials of netLibrary held at the University of Melbourne.
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    Innovations in Electronic Delivery of Scholarly Information: Will the E-Print Replace the Scholarly Journal?
    GARNER, JM ; HORWOOD, LM ; SULLIVAN, SA (Information Specialists Division, Australian Library & Information Association, 2001)
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    Eprints@Melbourne
    GARNER, JANE ; HORWOOD, LYNNE ; SULLIVAN, SHIRLEY ( 2003)
    In 2002, the University of Melbourne Information Division established a repository for research papers authored by University academics. The effort forms part of a world wide endeavour to share scholarly literature via eprint repositories. The repository uses eprints.org software and is compliant with the protocols of the Open Archives Initiative to ensure interoperability with major worldwide eprint initiatives. Academics within the Faculty of Economics and Commerce were the initial target group of contributors as they have an existing culture of digital distribution of draft research papers. The paper provides a brief overview of the relevant literature, discusses the benefits of an institutional repository, outlines the methods used to gain academic support and involvement in the project and gives a current state of play of the repository of the University of Melbourne in terms of its usage and content coverage. The paper will complement Establishing an eprint repository at the University of Melbourne: implementation aspects by Eve Young and Shirley Sullivan.
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    Etexts: free scholarly resources reviewed
    GARNER, JANE ; HORWOOD, LYNNE ; SULLIVAN, SHIRLEY ( 2003)
    Academic libraries and research institutions such as state libraries have been expending considerable resources over the past few years on digitising collections such as those significant for local history, or for literary criticism. During 2002, the University of Melbourne Information Division staff evaluated three etext centres for their suitability as resources to support academic programmes. These are the Humanities Text Initiative (HTI), the Electronic Text Center (ETC) and the Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS). A set of defined criteria for evaluating the etext centres was created and applied. The paper reports on the evaluation and the conclusions reached. Appendices provide an annotated list of similar, useful sites, a table outlining the results of applying the evaluation criteria to 3 etext centres, and a table comparing the results of a search in one etext centre against the recommended readings in a number of University of Melbourne subjects.
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    OAI compliant institutional repositories and the role of library staff
    Horwood, L ; Sullivan, S ; Young, E ; Garner, J (Emerald, 2004-05-01)
    The role of librarians in the development and promotion of institutional repositories is discussed. It is presented as a continuation of their existing functions of acquiring, organising and making readily available the resources needed by academic staff and students. Library staff are collaborating with IT staff and academics to disseminate scholarly material and learning objects emanating from their institutions. The Open Archives Initiative and its Protocol for Metadata Harvesting, which provide the technical structure to support the repositories and enable their interoperability for searching purposes, are discussed. The benefits to institutions and their staffs are also reported. The skills needed by library staff are outlined, as well as the pitfalls and problems they may face in persuading academic staff of the virtues of institutional repositories.
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    The place of eprints in scholarly information delivery
    Garner, J ; Horwood, L ; Sullivan, S (Emerald, 2001-08-01)
    The continuing high costs of scholarly information provision have encouraged the proliferation of eprint servers. We have seen the establishment of the Chemistry Preprint Server, PhilSci Archive and ClinMed, to mention just three examples. Both the well‐established and the evolving eprint repositories offer hope that academic libraries can continue to provide access to required scholarly information at reasonable cost. The paper describes the advantages of eprint servers and possible obstacles to their acceptance.