2019 Goals/Objectives

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Last updated: Aug 27, 2019 by Annie Johnson (Unlicensed)
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Based on our charge, the team will work toward the following objectives in 2019-2020: 


Facilitation

  • Maintain an inventory for existing scholarly communication-related services and activities across the Libraries and the university
  • Work with the Communications Strategic Steering Team and other groups on campus to increase the visibility of scholarly communication resources and services offered by the Libraries


Coordination

  • Work with the Research Data Strategic Steering Team (RDSST), Library Technology Development, and other groups to ensure the successful soft launch of the institutional repository, TUScholarShare
  • Explore opportunities to collaborate with the Scholars Studio, such as: 
    • Supporting the Scholars Studio’s public programming
    • Working with the Scholars Studio and other departments to educate faculty and students about open source software and its principles
    • Discussing and outlining options for future collaborations (ex. new modes of publishing and promotion/tenure) 
  • Continue providing support and guidance to liaison librarians as they further cultivate their scholarly communication competencies
    • Plan and coordinate a fall workshop for liaisons about open pedagogy (October 31)
    • Plan and coordinate a spring workshop for liaisons about how to talk to deans of research and other constituents within their disciplinary areas about scholarly communication services offered by the Libraries
  • Explore opportunities to collaborate with the Diversity & Inclusion Committee around topics such as:
    • Digital safety and allyship for open researchers
    • Accessibility for digital publishing


Education

  • Successfully launch the new SCSST open education subgroup
  • Share any/all scholarly communication related materials we create with liaisons for them to use and to encourage ongoing discussion
  • Plan and implement OpenCon Philly 2019 (November 1, 2019)
  • Plan and coordinate workshops and/or other outreach focused around relevant local, regional, and/or national scholarly communication events, including, but not limited to, Open Access Week, Open Education Week, and Fair Use Week; assess the impact of these events


Strategic planning

  • Work with the Collections Strategic Steering Team (CSST) and other stakeholders to investigate the following long-term, strategic questions:
    • What are our larger goals around open access as a library?
    • What are our institutional values related to open access?
    • Should we develop a multi-year plan for the organization?
    • What other actions can we take to further open access?
  • Work with CSST to assess current and new open access collections
  • Research emerging trends in scholarly communication for academic libraries, documenting our findings and identifying current gaps at Temple University
  • Assess what we’ve accomplished and develop appropriate objectives for fall 2020-spring 2021


Review our 2018 Goals and Objectives here.