Publisher-Library partnership for accessibility: A case study of scholarly publishing for public audiences

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TitlePublisher-Library partnership for accessibility: A case study of scholarly publishing for public audiences
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsAnderson-Wilk, Mark, and Kunda, Sue
Volume15
Issue1
AbstractPublic outreach and access are becoming more and more important across institutions of higher education. Sustainable information technology approaches are necessary to communicate and preserve public education materials generated as part of this new era of "outreach and engagement." This paper describes the partnership between Oregon State University's Extension Service publishing arm and the Oregon State University Libraries to make Oregon State University the first land-grant institution to systematically publish outreach materials using the university's institutional repository. This partnership models how institutional repositories can be used to publish outreach products developed through faculty scholarship; the university's outreach materials are thus simultaneously digitally preserved and made discoverable and accessible to a wide public audience. Intrainstitutional partnerships, such as the one described in the case study, can be mutually beneficial in the current environment of limited resources and desire for cross-disciplinary collaboration.
NotesThis article discussed a practical case about collaboration between publisher and library at the Oregan State University. Through such partnership, the author concluded that it benefited publisher, libraries and users at the same time. Thus, future practice should seek for such opportunities to expand access to more materials for the public.
DOI10.3998/3336451.0015.104