Joseph R. Kraus
Associate Librarian
Reference & Digital Repository Librarian
Joseph has been with the Arthur Lakes Library since June of 2019. Prior to joining Mines as a reference librarian, Joseph was at the University of Denver Main Library from 1998 to 2016 where he served in two roles. He was the Science and Engineering Reference Librarian from 1998 to 2012 and then as an Electronic Resources/Collections Analysis Librarian from 2012 to 2016. Before that, he was the Engineering Librarian at George Mason University from 1995 to 1998.
Joseph has written numerous articles and presented on topics ranging from science journal usage, scholarly communication, library unconferences, and alternative metrics.
Contact
Library Room #270A
(303) 273-3664
jkraus@mines.edu
linkedin.com/in/oajoe/
ORCID id: 0000-0001-6227-8815
Google Scholar Profile: OWJ-ZQoAAAAJ
Education
- Secondary Science Teaching License, Colorado State University – Global Campus, 2018
- MLS, University of Maryland, College Park, 1995
- BS, Physics, Beloit College, 1989
Selected Publications & Presentations
- Joseph R. Kraus, 2022, Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, The Charleston Advisor 23(3): 17-19, https://doi.org/10.5260/chara.23.3.17
- Joseph R. Kraus, 2021, Cooking Up Open Access LIS Journals in The Scholarly Communications Cookbook, Buljung, B., and E. Bongiovanni (eds), Chicago, Association of College and Research Libraries, pp. 186-189, https://libraryjoe.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/kraus-scholcommcookbook-oa-lis-journals-chapter.pdf
- Joseph R. Kraus, 2021, SAGE Campus, The Charleston Advisor 23(1): 49-52. https://doi.org/10.5260/chara.23.1.49
- Lisa Dunn, Brianna Buljung, Emily Bongiovanni, and Joseph R. Kraus, Building the STEM Librarian Skill Set: An Exploratory Study to Identify Skills Needed by STEM Librarians, ACRL Conference online presentation, 2021. https://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/conferences/confsandpreconfs/2021/BuildingSTEMLibrarian.pdf
- Joseph R. Kraus, 2021, Applied Science and Technology Source Ultimate, The Charleston Advisor 22(3): 10-13. https://doi.org/10.5260/chara.22.3.10
- Joseph R. Kraus, 2020, Book Review: Open Divide: Critical Studies on Open Access, Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication 8(1): p.eP2352. http://doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.2352
- Open Science Initiative Working Group, 2015, Mapping the Future of Scholarly Publishing, 1st edition, Seattle: National Science Communication Institute, https://web.archive.org/web/20160506204229/http://nationalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/OSI-report-Feb-20152.pdf (Contributor)
- Joseph R. Kraus, 2014, Cash, Carrots, and Sticks: Open Access Incentives for Researchers (version 1). F1000Research 3:26. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.5242.1
- Joseph R. Kraus, 2014, Altmetrics at Altitude: Attaining Higher Ground, 2014 RMSLA Membership Meeting. Wednesday, October 29, 2014. https://www.slideshare.net/jokrausdu/altmetrics-at-altitude
- Joseph R. Kraus and Marie Kennedy, 2014, Walking the Walk: Starting Up and Cultivating Two Different Open Access Journals in LIS, Electronic Resources and Libraries (ER&L) Conference, https://www.slideshare.net/jokrausdu/walking-the-walk-for-erl-2014
- Mandy Taha and Joseph R. Kraus, 2013, The Citation of Open Access Resources by African Researchers in Corrosion Chemistry, Library Philosophy and Practice, Article 889, https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/889/