Purdue Libraries create buzz with open access e-Pubs at Indiana State Fair

Purdue is a great example of a public university that uses their IR (Purdue e-Pubs) to provide valuable public resources for its state.  This year, they had a great opportunity to further extend awareness of those resources at the Indiana State Fair.

At one table, Scholarly Repository Specialist and IR Manager Dave Scherer showcased the valuable resources available to the community through e-Pubs.  With an iPad, he pointed out freely available research papers based on visitors’ interest, asking them about everything from traffic snags during the Indy 2012 Superbowl (showing them over 1,500 transportation reports in e-Pubs) to whether they were satisfied with their corn crops (pointing to practical agricultural resources). According to Charles Watkinson, Director of Purdue University Press, Dave’s demonstrations emphasized that “ePubs publishes Purdue-authored research that is for everyone.”