1. How To, and How Not To Recover and Preserve Two Orphan Journals DCGLUG – Wayne State U July 30, 2015 Paul Blobaum, M.A., M.S. Scholarly Communications Librarian University Library, Governors State University

2. OPUS – Open Portal to University Scholarship GSU: Founded in 1969 currently about 5,000 FTE Opus.govst.edu Joined DC in March 2014 Launched OPUS in May 2014 Migration from dspace to DC

3. OPUS – Governors State 4,416 items, 7/29/2015 Scholarly Communications/Whatever Department:.25 FTE Faculty Librarian,.50 FTE Digital Projects Manager,.25 FTE Archives manager

4. Digitization Projects Completed prior to 2014 Creative Woman magazine (outsourced through CARLI consortium) on ContentDM Innovator student newspapers Staff newsletters, press releases Syllabi Monee Township Land Records

5. Planning for OPUS projects Identify do-able projects for short term in 2 areas: Archive materials GSU 50 th Anniversary – 2019 Campus groups Center for Performing Arts 20 th Anniversary Season Student Research Conference Faculty Research Events Student Newspaper – The Phoenix

6. Principles Low cost Adopt best practices Learning from failure “Failing Forward” concept Focus on Faculty and Student scholarship Student employees Highlight GSU archives – needs awareness and support! Policy Development

7. 2 Journals published by GSU ! Concerns: Copyright Preservation of print copies Missing issues Oral history of editorial staff Digitize contents to post on OPUS

8. Journal of Communication Therapy Published 2x a year GSU Library holdings: Vol 1, 1982 – Vol 2 1983 No copyright statement or symbol Editor: Tulsi B. Saral, GSU College of Education

12. Insight and Hindsight: Psychology Discussion Papers Published 1x a year Library holdings Vol 1,1982- vol 17, 2002 Missing Vol. 4 and 15 Has copyright statement & © Editor: Barbara Jenkins/Rachel Berg Deed of Gift in process

15. Future plans 2015-16 Transfer copyright, digitize and post Full Text of Insight and Hindsight Borrow missing issues of J Communication Therapy, digitize, and Inisight and Hindsight Archive digital copies in 3 locations Post metadata only and information on how to request copies of articles in OPUS Update OCLC/Worldcat records