Last updated 9/29/20

Below is an inventory of scholarly communication outreach, workshops, and initiatives that have taken place at Temple University over the past several years. The list started as part of an environmental scan the SCSST did when the group first started in fall 2017.

Education/Outreach

Name: Open Access Week

Category: Education/Outreach

Unit/Department/Persons Involved: SCSST, Open Education Subgroup, LRS, HSL

Time Period: Every October

Description: A yearly global celebration to raise awareness about open access, open data, and open education.

Name: Fair Use Week

Category: Education/Outreach

Unit/Department/Persons Involved: SCSST, LRS

Time Period: Every February

Description: A yearly celebration to raise awareness about the importance of fair use.

Name: Open Education Week

Category: Education/Outreach

Unit/Department/Persons Involved: SCSST, Open Education Subgroup, LRS

Time Period: Every March

Description: A yearly celebration to raise awareness about open education.

Name: Open Access Library Guide

Category: Education/Outreach

Unit/Department/Persons Involved: Science and Engineering Librarian, Assistant Director for Open Publishing Initiatives

Time Period: Ongoing

Description: A standard LibGuide.

Name: Open Access in Health Information Library Guide (HSL)

Category: Education/Outreach

Unit/Department/Persons Involved: Biomedical and Research Services Librarian

Time Period: Ongoing

Description: A standard LibGuide.

Category: Scholarly Communication @ Temple blog

Category: Education/Outreach

Unit/Department/Persons Involved: Assistant Director for Open Publishing Initiatives, SCSST

Time Period: Ongoing

Description: A blog that features posts about topics in scholarly communication. Often includes guest posts from TU Press staff, HSL staff, and others.

Name: Scholarly Communication Workshops and Events

Category: Education/Outreach

Unit/Department/Persons Involved: SCSST, HSL, LRS

Time Period: Ongoing

Description: See Appendix 1 for a listing of previous and upcoming workshops given by the Libraries. See Appendix 3 for a listing of previous and upcoming workshops given by other groups within the university.

Name: Scholarly Communication Instruction Sessions

Category: Education/Outreach

Unit/Department/Persons Involved: SCSST, LRS, DSC, HSL

Time Period: Ongoing

Description: See Appendix 2 for a list of topics related to scholarly communication that librarians and library staff have covered during instruction sessions for undergraduate and graduate students.

Services

Name: Open Access Publishing Fund

Category: Service

Unit/Department/Persons Involved: Executive Director of Press, Assistant Director for Open Publishing Initiatives, Collections, HSL

Time Period: Ongoing

Description: Provides funds to faculty and graduate students who want to publish their work in an OA journal but do not have the money to cover the article processing charge.

Name: Textbook Affordability Project

Category: Service

Unit/Department/Persons Involved: Open Education Subgroup

Time Period: Ongoing

Description: Provides funds to faculty who want to get rid of their commercial textbook and use open educational resources or library-licensed content instead.

Name: Library Publishing

Category: Service

Unit/Department/Persons Involved: Executive Director of Press, Assistant Director for Open Publishing Initiatives, Scholarly Communications Assistant

Time Period: Ongoing

Description: Assist faculty and students who want to start an open access journal using OJS.

Technology

Name: Open Journal Systems

Category: Technology

Unit/Department/Persons Involved: LTD, Assistant Director for Open Publishing Initiatives, Executive Director of Press

Time Period: Ongoing

Description: Support and maintenance for OJS software.

Name: Scalar

Category: Technology

Unit/Department/Persons Involved: LTD, DSC

Time Period: Ongoing

Description: Support and maintenance for Scalar platform.

Name: Omeka

Category: Technology

Unit/Department/Persons Involved: LTD, DSC, Special Collections

Time Period: Ongoing

Description: Support and maintenance for Omeka platform.

Name: CONTENTdm

Category: Technology

Unit/Department/Persons Involved: DLI, Special Collections

Time Period: Ongoing

Description: Support and maintenance for CONTENTdm, which includes ETDs, undergraduate scholarship, and Press ebooks.

Name: Symplectic Elements

Category: Technology

Unit/Department/Persons Involved: RIM Library Group

Time Period: Ongoing

Description: The Team is currently charged with developing in-depth expertise in the Symplectic Elements platform, a Research Information Management System. It will explore possible workflows to support Schools and Colleges as they implement Elements.

Name: TUScholarShare

Category: Service/Technology

Unit/Department/Persons Involved: SCSST, DSSST, LTD, Assistant Director for Open Publishing Initiatives, Scholarly Communications Assistant

Time Period: Ongoing

Description: An institutional repository for scholarly publications, data, and other content. Connected to Symplectic Elements project.

Appendix 1: Library Workshops for Faculty, Students, and Staff

Faculty and Students

Workshop Title	FY 2016-17	FY 2017-18	FY 2018-19	FY 2019-20
Amplifying Research Impact		(2x)
An Overview of Systematic Review Tools (HSL)
Best Practices & Tools for Creating Slide Decks (HSL
Best Practices for Creating Poster Presentations (HSL)				(2x)
Can I Use That Photo?
Citation Managers for Research Teams (HSL)
Copyright and the Dissertation (2018)
Copyright Basics for Grad Students
Developing Your Scholarly Profile		(2x)
Finding the right journal for your research (HSL) (2017)
How to Write and Publish a Case Report (HSL)
Integrating Library Resources into Canvas: A Faculty-focused Session (HSL)
Integrating Open Access Resources into your Canvas Course
Introduction to Humanities Commons
Introduction to Open Access (HSL) (2015)
Introduction to the Open Science Framework (OSF)			(2x)
Know Your Copyright: Sharing Your Research
Learn About Open Textbooks
Managing Your References with Endnote (HSL)
Managing Your References with Mendeley (HSL)
Managing Your Research - EndNote Basic (HSL)
Managing Your Research - Mendeley & Zotero (HSL)
Managing Your Research - RefWorks (HSL)
Managing Your Sources		(2x)
Measuring Research Impact (HSL) (2018)
Measuring Your Research Impact		(2x)
Open Access and the Future of Scholarly Publishing (faculty panel discussion)
Open In Order to Change the World: How TU Libraries Are Helping to Democratize Access to Information
Open Science Framework (OSF)
Overview of Systematic Review Tools (HSL)			(2x)
Pod Save the Academy: The Ins and Outs of Sharing Your Research via Podcasting
Predatory Publishing	(2x)
Predatory Publishing and Biomedicine (HSL)
Predatory Publishing in Podiatry (HSL)
Preregistration with Open Science Framework (HSL)			(2x)
Publication Reputation: Publishing in Legitimate Journals (HSL)
Publishing During a Pandemic: Avoiding Predatory Publishers (HSL)
Publishing Your Dissertation
Refworks: Citations and Bibliographies Made Easy! (HSL)
Removing Barriers, Increasing Access (HSL)
Saving Your Students Money: The Textbook Affordability Project
Scholarly Communication for Anesthesiology Residents (HSL)
Systematic Reviews (HSL)	(3x)
Systematic Reviews
Troubleshooting Citation Managers (HSL)
Understanding Fair Use (2017)
Using Open Textbooks in the Classroom		(2x)
Which Citation Manager is Right for You?
Which Review Is Right for You?
Write a Winning Conference Proposal (HSL)
Developing & Growing Your Online Scholarly Profile During Uncertain Times
How to Increase Your Research Impact with TUScholarShare
“Predatory” Publishing: Addressing Bias and Avoiding Pitfalls
Getting Started with Open Science in the COVID-19 Era
Make Your Courses Affordable with Open Textbooks and Open Educational Resources (OERs)
What's the Big Deal About Preprints?

Libraries Staff

Introduction to OER (2016)

An Introduction to Open Access & OER (2016) (HSL staff)

An Overview of Citation Managers (2016) (HSL staff)

Research Impact Workshops: Overview & Conversation (Summer 2016)

Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETDs) (Summer 2017)

Predatory Publishing: What Librarians Need to Know (Summer 2017)

Scholarly Book Publishing in a Digital Age (Summer 2017)

Demystifying Systematic Reviews for Librarians (Fall 2017)

Scholarly Profiles and Research Impact (Summer 2018)

Talking With Faculty About OER (Spring 2019)

TUScholarShare 101 (Summer 2020)

Appendix 2: Instruction Topics Currently Covered by Library Staff

Author rights

Citation managers

Digital publishing (e.g. Omeka, Scalar, etc.)

Funder mandates and/or policies

Identifying publishing venues

Locating and researching faculty member's own publications for the promotion and tenure process (e.g. evaluating journals, journal impact factors, citation analysis and/or cited reference searching)

Open access

Open educational resources

Predatory publishers

Self-archiving (e.g. depositing work in a disciplinary repository)

Systematic reviews

Scholarly profiles (e.g. ResearchGate, Academia.edu, etc.)

Appendix 3: University-Sponsored Workshops for Faculty and Students

The Academic Job Market: An Ecological Introduction (2016) (CHAT)

Digital Scholarship and Humanities Professions (2016) (CHAT)

Promoting Your Career Through Online Social Media Presence (2016) (CHAT)

Exploring Diverse Forms of the Dissertation (2017) (CHAT)

From Graduate Student to Public Professor (2017) (CHAT)

Navigating Your First Academic/Research Position (2017) (CHAT)

Communicating Beyond the Ivory Tower (2018) (College of Liberal Arts Graduate Student Professional Development Series)

Grant Writing Basics (2018) (College of Liberal Arts Graduate Student Professional Development Series)

Taking Research Public: Tips for Writing Effective Op-Eds (2020) (College of Liberal Arts Public Policy Lab Professional Development Series)

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