open content in federated search
Hello Everyone, I have a question. We are wondering about adding open content to Summon. If we do this, it would be a lot of content and would appear as part of the library collection. I have concerns about this for two reasons: - The result list might be overwhelming, is of varying quality, and may prevent the paid content in the catalogue, which is specific to the curriculum, from displaying in a way that students can find it. - Some of the offered paid content is from publishers like Elsevier and, even though we pay for some Elsevier content, I have deep reservations about 'open' collections from for-profit publishers. We do have the option to hand-pick some of the open collections on offer. What has your Library done about adding open content to your collections? Thanks for your help, Lin Lin Brander| Librarian, Electronics & Computer Systems; Open Education|British Columbia Institute of Technology T 604-432-8922<tel:604-432-8922>| E lbrander(a)bcit.ca<mailto:lbrander(a)bcit.ca>| W bcit.ca/library<http://www.bcit.ca/library/> | O https://www.bcit.ca/open/
Hi Lin We have struggled with this off and on as well. Here are few things we are doing. There might be room for some divide and conquer here! - We removed the open Access label from Summon. We found it was popping up too many times in error so we had to remove it until the meta data from the open lists improved. - We recently disabled a journal title in one of the larger open lists - ROAD b/c it was deemed predatory. We are going to go through the Open lists we have enabled at a high level to see what their policies are. It's impossible to go title by title as there just are too many. Doing this as a group might be a good way to nail those open lists in one swoop rather than us all doing this individually? And this way it isn't just for Summon users - I'm sure the other discovery layers likely offer the same access? Just a thought and if anyone is interested, maybe we could chat about it at our next meeting? From: Bcoel <bcoel-bounces(a)lists.bccampus.ca> On Behalf Of Lin Brander Sent: March 7, 2022 4:09 PM To: bcoel(a)lists.bccampus.ca Subject: [Bcoel] open content in federated search CAUTION External Sender: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hello Everyone, I have a question. We are wondering about adding open content to Summon. If we do this, it would be a lot of content and would appear as part of the library collection. I have concerns about this for two reasons: - The result list might be overwhelming, is of varying quality, and may prevent the paid content in the catalogue, which is specific to the curriculum, from displaying in a way that students can find it. - Some of the offered paid content is from publishers like Elsevier and, even though we pay for some Elsevier content, I have deep reservations about 'open' collections from for-profit publishers. We do have the option to hand-pick some of the open collections on offer. What has your Library done about adding open content to your collections? Thanks for your help, Lin Lin Brander| Librarian, Electronics & Computer Systems; Open Education|British Columbia Institute of Technology T 604-432-8922<tel:604-432-8922>| E lbrander(a)bcit.ca<mailto:lbrander(a)bcit.ca>| W bcit.ca/library<http://www.bcit.ca/library/> | O https://www.bcit.ca/open/
Hello BC Open Education Librarians, Cataloguers at KPU have been providing MARC records for the BC Open Textbooks for the past few years. We are now being asked if it would be useful to catalogue other parts of the open education collection - such as course materials and ancillary documents. Before embarking on this work we would like to hear whether your group thinks this would be worthwhile. Is it something that would be useful to place in the library catalogue? Is it helpful to have the ancillary materials appear together with the records for the open textbooks? Who are the users that this level of resource description would server? Any feedback you can offer would be most welcome. If you could reply by March 23rd I would appreciate it. Thanks very much, Linda Woodcock ________________________________ Linda Woodcock Technical Services Librarian | NACO Canada Funnel Coordinator KPU Library kpu.ca/library Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, B.C. V3W 2M8 t 604.599.2450 | f 604.599.2303 e linda.woodcock(a)kpu.ca | she/her/hers At KPU we work, study, and live on the unceded traditional lands of the Kwantlen<https://www.kwantlenfn.ca/>, šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ (Musqueam<http://musqueam.bc.ca/>), sq̓əc̓iy̓aɁɬ təməxʷ (Katzie<https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/lower-mainland-southwest/katzie>), Semiahmoo,<https://www.bcafn.ca/first-nations-bc/lower-mainland-southwest/semiahmoo> sc̓əwaθenaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsawwassen<http://tsawwassenfirstnation.com/>), Qayqayt<https://www.facebook.com/qayqayt/> and kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem<http://www.kwikwetlem.com/>) peoples. This email may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you received this email in error please delete the email and inform the sender immediately. Unauthorized distribution or use is strictly prohibited.
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Caroline Daniels -
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Linda Woodcock