Recent ucsd_libraries_reports items

Advancing Open Monograph Opportunities at UC: November 2025 Public Report

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The University of California (UC) Libraries Advancing Open Monograph Opportunities at UC public report provides a comprehensive strategic framework for advancing open access (OA) monograph publishing across the University. It recognizes that UC, as a global research leader, is uniquely positioned to influence the future of open monograph publishing by fostering sustainable, equitable, and high-impact models that align with the University’s mission of research excellence, equity, and public service. This report, which was developed through a multi-track open monographs initiative launched by the UC Libraries in Spring 2025, builds on the foundation of the 2018 Pathways to Open Access toolkit. While that earlier work analyzed open models, frameworks and strategies broadly, this 2025 analysis addresses the distinct challenges and opportunities associated with OA monographs and supporting UC authors at scale.

Expanding the Impact of the Conference on Academic Library Management: Identifying Gaps and Opportunities in Professional Development Support for Managers

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This white paper presents the methodologies, findings, and recommendations for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant RE-254898-OLS-23, “Expanding the Impact of the Conference of Academic Library Management: Identifying Gaps and Opportunities in Professional Development Support for Managers.”

Project LEND Service Plan

Thu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Project LEND Service Plan

Blueprint 2030: The Digital University in the Next Decade

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

In 2009, the original Blueprint for the Digital University set the stage for UC San Diego’s many accomplishments in cyberinfrastructure over the following decade. Many contemporary services and infrastructure used across campus have their origins in this document and subsequent projects. But research evolves, new needs arise, and new requirements are placed on researchers. Thus, campus leadership recognized the need for a new, updated Blueprint, helping point the way to the next generation of support.

To compile this new Blueprint, the Research Computing and Data Services Governance Committee engaged in a multi-year process to obtain expert input into the future of research and research technology, including consulting a faculty advisory group, surveying campus faculty, engaging in in-depth interviews with UC San Diego administrators such as the Executive Vice Chancellor and Vice Chancellor for Research, and conducting faculty focus groups.

This document outlines...

Blueprint for the Digital University: A Report of the UCSD Research Cyberinfrastructure Design Team

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This report provides the rationale and design for a campus‐wide research cyberinfrastructure (RCI) that will meet federal mandates for research data preservation, improve UCSD’s academic competitiveness, and achieve economies‐of‐scale savings through centralization of core infrastructure elements, while at the same time recognizing the diverse and distributed nature of UCSD’s research enterprise.

Informed by a campus survey conducted in 2008, as well as a number of case studies analyzed by the Research Cyberinfrastructure Design Team (RCIDT), our design focuses primarily (but not exclusively) on digital data. Driven by proliferating high throughput instruments, wireless sensor nets, and supercomputer simulations, the amount of digital data at the heart of the modern research enterprise is growing exponentially at UCSD and around the world. Our proposed data‐centric RCI will not only allow us to cope with the data deluge, it will position UCSD to prosper from...

University of California Libraries Digital Reformatting Guidelines

Wed, 8 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

University of California Libraries Digital Reformatting Guidelines

UC San Diego Ithaka S+R Research Study: Supporting Big Data Research

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

During Winter 2020 - Summer 2021, the UC San Diego Library participated in the Ithaka S+R multi-institutional research study “Supporting Big Data Research”. The purpose of this study was to learn more about how researchers on the UC San Diego campus work with big data in their research and provide a set of recommendations to enhance and develop resources and services that will directly support and benefit this research. While definitions of “big data” may vary by discipline, we use the term here to refer to datasets large enough to be challenging to analyze within a traditional spreadsheet, or on a single computer.

In-depth interviews with twelve UC San Diego big data researchers of various academic ranks and departmental affiliations were conducted, with questions focusing on various aspects of collecting and analyzing big data, infrastructure needs, research communication and data sharing, and training and support needs. Based on these interviews, we identify...

Information Literacy Combined Rubric: Mapping the ACRL Framework to the AAC&U VALUE Rubric (Final Report of the Information Literacy Rubric Task Force)

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The University of California, San Diego is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), and was undergoing review to reaffirm accreditation during the library’s rubric project. Since the university’s previous review in 2010, WSCUC has introduced information literacy as a core competency to be included in “an integrated course of study of sufficient breadth and depth to prepare…[students] for work, citizenship, and life-long learning” (WSCUC, 2013). Additionally, “for each core competency, the institution may set a specific level of performance expected at graduation and gather evidence of the achievement of that level of performance (which can be based on sampling) using the assessment methods of its choice” (WSCUC, 2013). Information literacy instruction and assessment has long been at the core of academic library services, so it made sense for the library to partner with campus to help set the standard...

Guidelines for Efficient Archival Processing in the University of California Libraries (Version 4)

Mon, 18 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Guidelines for Efficient Archival Processing in the University of California Libraries (Version 4)

Forum Planning Committee’s Report to UC Council of University Librarians on Choosing Pathways to Open Access (CP2OA)

Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

On October 16-17, 2018, University of California (UC) libraries hosted a working forum in Berkeley, California entitled “Choosing Pathways to Open Access” (“CP2OA”) (see https://cp2oa18.com/). Sponsored by the University of California’s Council of University Librarians (“CoUL”), the forum was designed to enable North American library or consortium leaders and key academic stakeholders to engage in action-focused deliberations about redirecting subscription and other funds toward sustainable open access (“OA”) publishing.

This report was prepared by members of the forum’s Planning Committee1 as a way to update CoUL on forum outcomes, and to synthesize these outcomes into recommendations for further collective (UC multi-institutional) action to advance OA. The recommendations reflect the opinions of the report drafters; they are not an official statement by CoUL, nor should publication of this report signify CoUL’s endorsement of our recommendations. We (the Planning Committee)...

Further Development of a Shared Cataloging Resource for the Visual Resources Community: UCAI Phase Two: Final Report

Tue, 21 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

This report describes efforts to advance and stabilize the intrastructure for a shared cataloging utility for art images by developing a set of production-quality tools that operate on a large, standardized set of legacy metadata.

Union Catalog of Art Images (UCAI Phase 1): Final Report

Tue, 21 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

This report describes the work done to build a prototype for a union catalog of art images as a proof-of-concept that it is technically possible to create such a union database.

Assessing Student Learning Outcomes from Reference Desk Interactions in an Academic Library: An Exploratory Study

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

This paper presents the results of a preliminary study designed to examine the feasibility of conducting research into the learning outcomes associated with research consultation between reference librarians and university students. The researcher studied the teaching taking place at an academic library reference desk and assessed the student’s ability to apply what was taught to a new information need. The results indicate that participant awareness of library resources increased and their skill in searching online databases improved. Although participants demonstrated greater skill in identifying and obtaining useful information, they were unable to demonstrate an increased ability to assess the quality of the information acquired. The paper demonstrated that it is both possible and useful to assess the learning taking place at academic library reference desks.

Applying Conflict Theory to Strategy Selection In Scholarly Communication

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Consolidation of journal publishers and declining library budgets has resulted in conflicts between academic libraries over price and access. Several conflict theories, including conflict spiral, power dependence, and game theory can be used to explain how this relationship developed and possible approaches to improving a libraries position.

Documenting the Biotechnology Industry in the San Francisco Bay Area

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This documentation strategy outlines an archival collecting model for the field of biotechnology to acquire original papers, manuscripts and records from selected individuals, organizations and corporations as well as coordinating with the effort to capture oral history interviews with many biotechnology pioneers.