Checklist for New CSU Librarians Working in Digital Repositories

Welcome to the CSU! Here are some resources that might help you acclimate yourself to the work that Scholarly Communication practitioners are doing within the system.

Helpful listservs and communication channels:

1. Sign up for the Digital Repositories listserv: digrepo@lists.calstate.edu

2. Sign up for the CSU Copyright listserv: CSUCOPYRIGHT-L@LISTSERV.CSUS.EDU

3. Sign up for the CSU Librarians Slack channel: calstatelibraries.slack.com

4. Sign up for the CSU/UC Scholarly Communication Knowledge Sharing Group: csuucscholcom-1mb6777.slack.com

5. If you are managing ScholarWorks for your campus, please make sure to add your name to the Campus Project Managers list.

Important deadlines/events:

1. Annual Digital Repositories meeting: this meeting is generally held during the summer months. It is an opportunity for library workers to get together and share information as well as plan for future enhancements.

2. ScholarWorks Project Managers meetings: Currently the 3rd Thursday of the month at 10 AM. Contact @David Walker to get added to the group.

3. ScholarWorks Open Forum meetings: More general than the Project Managers meetings, but still of possible interest. Currently happening on the 1st Friday of the month at 2 PM. Contact @David Walker to get added to these invitations.

Important tools:

Documentation on ScholarWorks, the CSU systemwide institutional repository.

Documentation on Open Journal Systems for the CSU Libraries.