Scholarly Communication Strategic Steering Team FY18-19

Key Activities and Accomplishments FY18-19

Researched and wrote a report on the Libraries’ investments in open access, open education, open data, and open infrastructure
Organized and implemented a Public Domain Party that celebrated items newly in the public domain
Conducted ORCID outreach to various schools and colleges by attending and presenting at Temple conferences
Coordinated with Learning and Research Services (LRS) Unit Heads to systematically incorporate scholarly communication work into liaison librarian activities.
Worked with LRS Unit Heads to encourage librarians to add a goal related to scholarly communication in their PDP
Created a self-assessment document related to scholarly communication skills for liaison librarians
Created a resources document aimed at helping liaison librarians learn more about different topics in scholarly communication
Organized two workshops on different topics for librarians: “Scholarly Profiles and Research Impact” and “Talking to Faculty about OER”
Created opportunities for liaison librarians to assist or lead scholarly communication events and activities in 2018-2019
Conducted an assessment of the liaison librarian project
Created learning outcomes and a rubric for librarians to better incorporate scholarly communication topics and skills into their instruction and assess them
Organized a forum for librarians to discuss the rubric
OA Week: Created an exhibit of faculty who have published open access
OA Week: Organized four workshops: “Integrating Open Access Resources into Your Canvas Course” (in collaboration with CAT), “Introduction to the Open Science Framework*,” (taught at Paley and HSL), “Preregistration with Open Science Framework*,” (taught at Paley) and “Using Open Textbooks in the Classroom” *coordinated with the OSF team subgroup members
OA Week: Screened the new documentary Paywall: The Business of Scholarship for library staff
Fair Use Week: Organized tables in Paley to talk to students about fair use. Students took a fair use quiz and were entered to win a $20 gift card -Fair Use Week: Organized a workshop for students, “Can I Use That Photo?” -Open Education Week: Organized one workshop for faculty on “Using Open Textbooks in the Classroom”
Organized a series of stand alone workshops for faculty and students which were taught by SCSST members and other librarians (“Managing Your Sources,” “Developing Your Scholarly Profile,” “Know Your Copyright: Sharing Your Research,” “Amplifying Your Research,” “Measuring Your Research Impact,” and “Copyright Basics for Grad Students”)
Organized a Back to School Textbook Affordability Table to talk to students about textbook costs -As part of the IR Services subgroup, developed a policies and procedures document for the institutional repository, TUScholarShare
Attended OpenCon NYC 2018 as a team-building activity and to gain best practices in preparation for coordinating and hosting inaugural OpenCon Philly 2019.
Continued researching and tracking emerging trends in scholarly communication