Managing COVID-19 Vendor Offers for Teaching and Research Support
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, various vendors have presented over 200 offers to aid in teaching and research. This session covers how these offers are evaluated, processed, and disseminated, along with the challenges faced in managing the influx of resources. The focus is on establishing remote access, troubleshooting, and ensuring temporary access to new platforms for academic support during these challenging times.
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COVID-19 VENDOR OFFERS KATIE FERGUSON, 13 MAY 2020
What are the COVID-19 offers? How the offers are processed and managed Challenges FORMAT OF TODAY'S SESSION Q&A Featured collections Next steps Q&A
Resource offers to support teaching and research during COVID-19 WHAT ARE THE COVID-19 VENDOR Open access to COVID-related research Resources to support remote teaching Additional online resources (to assist with loss of print access) OFFERS? 200+ vendor offers received since mid-March
Publishers began making COVID-19 research openly available The Council of Australian University Libraries (CAUL) proactively contacted publishers to ask what support they would offer during COVID-19 WHERE DID IT ALL Increased support for remote teaching BEGIN? Free temporary access to resources (extended trials) This process has been reactive rather than proactive
Main point of contact Electronic Resources Coordinator Evaluating the offers HOW ARE THE OFFERS PROCESSED? Is the offer genuine? Does the email come from a known/reputable source? Is the offer relevant to our teaching and research? Involvement of CMLs in the process Additional staff involvement Comms (Michelle), Mark and IT
Open access vs. closed Communication with vendors via email or online forms Use of IP ranges and ezproxy SETTING UP ACCESS Testing access Dissemination of access url and offer details Wider communication via Library blog post (dated 20/3/20) #ANULibraryDailyHighlight
There are no bibliographic records in Sierra for this content No access via catalogue or SuperSearch NO Reliance on CMLs to disseminate information Blog post as a place to capture the offer information BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORDS Why? Too much work/high volume of offers Short-term access only Lack of staff time
Volume of offers Establishing off-campus access to new resources CHALLENGES 60+ new platforms Access troubleshooting Managing expiry dates
FEATURED COLLECTIONS JSTOR Global Plants: Global Plants is the world s largest database of digitized plant specimens and a locus for international scientific research and collaboration The Global Plants database is a growing collection of nearly three million high- resolution type specimens and related materials from community contributors around the world Access until 30 June 2020
FEATURED COLLECTIONS British Online Archives The BOA website hosts over 3 million records drawn from both private and public archives. These records are organised thematically, covering 1,000 years of world history, from politics and warfare to slavery and medicine Access until 31 May 2020
FEATURED COLLECTIONS Drama Online: National Theatre Collection Drawing on 10 years of NT Live broadcasts, alongside high-quality archive recordings never previously seen outside of the NT s Archive, the National Theatre Collection is now complete and contains 30 filmed performances Access until 31 May 2020
FEATURED COLLECTIONS Readex Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 Joint Publications Research Service, 1957-1995 African Newspapers Series 1 and 2, 1800-1925 African Newspapers: The British Library Collection Caribbean Newspapers Series 1, 1718-1876 Rand Daily Mail, 1902-1985 Latin American Newspapers Series 1 and 2, 1805-1922 South Asian Newspapers, 1864-1922 Access until 30 June 2020
FEATURED COLLECTIONS E-books: De Gruyter: Access to 75,000+ eBooks from 1749 2016 ProQuest: University Press, College Complete and Reference Collection EBSCO: Harvard Business Review E-Book Subscription Collection e-Duke Books collection Manchester University Press Ebook Collections E-textbooks: Cambridge Core textbooks SpringerNature textbooks ScienceDirect textbooks
New offers to be evaluated and processed Ongoing troubleshooting of access issues WHAT'S NEXT? Managing access expiry Evaluating success of resource offerings
ANU Library blog post: Publishers offering free access to scholarly materials in response to COVID-19 LINKS Admin spreadsheet: COVID-19 vendor offers
