Thursday, November 20, 2008
Research Showcase
Carnegie Mellon's Institutional Repository
PROGRAM
Dan Hood, Research Showcase Outreach Coordinator, will define "institutional repository" (IR), cover the history of IRs, and highlight notable advances in open access publishing relating to IRs. The discussion will include an in-depth demonstration of Carnegie Mellon’s new institutional repository, a progress report, and discussion of future directions for the repository and related services. This event will be of interest to faculty, graduate students and anyone contributing the university's research output.
BIO
Dan Hood is the University's Research Showcase Outreach Coordinator. He previously served as the University Libraries' Information Literacy Fellow. Through his experience as a librarian at Carnegie Mellon, he has gained a deep understanding of Carnegie Mellon's research landscape while working directly with faculty and graduate students in their teaching and research endeavors. Dan holds a master's degree in library and information science from the University of Pittsburgh.