Strategic Actions, Goals and Accomplishments

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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
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