Joseph R. Kraus

Associate Librarian

Reference & Digital Repository Librarian

Joseph Kraus 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

Vuletich, Seth, Danielle L. Ostendorf, Joseph R. Kraus, and Brianna Buljung, “Operating a budget-friendly open publishing buffet” in The Open Science Cookbook. Emily Bongiovanni, Melanie A. Gainey, Chasz Griego, and Lencia McKee, eds. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2025. pp 34-37.
Kraus, Joseph R, “Flexibility is Key When Participating in a Total Solar Eclipse Experience.” Bulletin of the AAAS 56(9), 2024.
Kraus, Joseph R., and Christine Baker, “What types of sources provide citations to dissertations and theses?” Presented at the 2024 United States Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association (USETDA) Conference held September 25-27, 2024, in Provo, Utah.
Kraus, Joseph R., “Supporting open science on a small budget: the role of the Mines Repository.” Presented at the 2023 Carnegie Mellon University Open Science Symposium, online conference, November 3, 2023.
Vuletich, Seth, Brianna B. Buljung, and Joseph R. Kraus, “Mapping graduate student workshops to career readiness frameworks.” Paper presented at the 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland, June 27, 2023.
Kraus, Joseph R., and Emily Bongiovanni, “The Bigger the better?: A comparison of institutional repository statistics.” Poster Paper presented at the 2023 Open Repositories Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa. June 13, 2023.
Kraus, Joseph R, “Global Registry of Fossil Fuels.” The Charleston Advisor 24(3):33-36, 2023.
Kraus, Joseph R., and Christine Baker, “The creation of an institutional repository migration checklist.” 2022 Northeast Institutional Repository Day, online conference, December 1, 2022. https://dx.doi.org/10.13028/rtxg-hz30
Kraus, Joseph R., “Collected Papers of Albert Einstein.” The Charleston Advisor 23(3):17-19, 2022.
Kraus, Joseph R., “Cooking Up Open Access LIS Journals” in The Scholarly Communications Cookbook, Brianna Buljung and Emily Bongiovanni, eds, Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2021, pp 186-189.
Dunn, Lisa, Brianna Buljung, Emily Bongiovanni, and Joseph R. Kraus, “Building the STEM Librarian Skill Set: An Exploratory Study to Identify Skills Needed by STEM Librarians.” Paper presented at the 2021 Virtual ACRL Conference.