SUNY Office of Library and Information Services
Report to SUNY Librarians Association
Karen Gardner-Athey (karen.gardner-athey@suny.edu)
June 12, 2019
SUNY Library Services Platform (LSP)
• Go Live starts this week;
• Monthly LSP update webinar will be held on June 14 at 2:00;
• LSP FAQs are available;
• Significant product documentation on Alma and Primo is available at the Ex Libris Knowledge Center (no logon necessary);
• Stay up to date on developments via LSP website and/or the new sunylsp email list;
Open Educational Resources
• 59 campuses participating in OER initiative;
• 155,00+ students taking one or more of 4,600 OER courses;
• Curated Catalog of OER: oer.suny.edu;
• 1000+ faculty using OER;
SUNY Libraries Consortium (SLC)
• SLC Board Spring meeting is scheduled for 6/10 – 6/12, You can submit questions and agenda items for the Board meetings through Executive Director, Chuck O’Bryan (chuck@sunylibrariesconsortium.org);
OLIS / SUNY News
• OLIS continues to support the migration to the ALMA LSP; Maureen Zajkowski and Gail Pawlowski have been deep in data migration as well as other migration activities;
• Full staff meeting held 5/15/19 in Albany. Staff activities and future directions discussed;
• RFI released last year, looking into the research/workflow/research lifecycle marketplace. It coincided with the Open Access Resolution that was passed by the SUNY BOT;
• Maureen Zajkowski is working with STAT!Ref on the 2019/2020 renewal
Open Access Policy
• Resolution was informed by actions of the Faculty Senate on open access and a system-wide task force;
• This was a consultative process with System Administration receiving guidance and input from library deans, provosts, UFS, FCCC and others;
• Draft resolution was sent to campuses for review and comments informed the final version with was presented by the Chancellor to the SUNY BOT;
• Policy does not ask faculty, students, or staff to avoid publication in peer-review journals, monographs, etc., but to increase access to scholarly work;
• State Operated campuses shall develop an Open Access Policy of their own, following faculty governance procedures;
• Each Community College is encouraged to develop a policy of their own, that also follows faculty governance;
• SUNY’s policy aligns with other universities and colleges’ open access goals;
• Most federal funding requires open or public access to publicly funded research;
Elsevier Negotiations (Science Direct)
• Dec 18th, 2018 – Initial Meeting
• Feb 25, 2019 – Vendor Cancelled Meeting
• Feb 26, 2019 – Initial meeting with UC
• March 18, 2019 – Requested information not received from Elsevier
• April 8, 2019 – Present to Vice Presidents of Research
• April 13, 2019 – UFS Spring Plenary
• April 22, 2019 – Begin Town Hall Meetings
• Jun 3, 2019 – Next Negotiation Meeting
• Fall, 2019 - Another round of town halls?
• Dec 2019 Contract Expires
SUNYConnect Information / Resources
• For additional information about SUNYConnect, see our web site -
http://www.SUNYConnect.suny.edu/• OLIS’ Footprints Service Request System
http://service.sunyconnect.suny.edu/footprints/help.html • OLIS Support Portal
http://wiki.sunyconnect.suny.edu/display/OLIS/Support+Portal • SUNYConnect union catalog
http://search.sunyconnect.suny.edu/ Links (in this document)
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