Resources for Learning About Scholarly Communication
Access to Scholarship
RESOURCES:
- Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication
- Income Models For Open Access: An Overview of Current Practice
- OA Tools
- OA Repositories
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- NIH Public Access Policy FAQs
- Open Access Citation Advantage (SPARC Europe)
READINGS:
- Luther, Judy. “The Evolving Institutional Repository: A Choice White Paper,” February 2018.
WEBINARS:
- “Library as Publisher: New Models of Scholarly Communication for a New Era.” Sarah Lippincott, Scholarly Communications and Digital Scholarship Consultant, and Isaac Gilman, Dean of University Libraries at Pacific University (Oregon) and Director of the Pacific University Press. Charleston Conference series webinar. February 28, 2018. [60 minutes] (corresponding OA book available)
- "Mainstreaming Open Access Monographs" ACRL/Choice/EBSCO webinar.
February 1, 2017 [61 minutes]
- “Faculty Perspectives on Publishing Open Access.” ACRL/Choice/Sage webinar. October 20, 2015. [61 minutes]
Open Education
RESOURCES:
- Mason OER MetaFinder [Note: this is for finding OER, not learning about OER]
- Slides of various presentations from the 2017 NISO virtual conference, “Opening Up Education: Textbooks, Resources, Courseware and More.”
- “Overcoming Objections to OER from Faculty and Administrators,” Cheryl Cuillier [slides]
- OER FAQ from Open Oregon
- "Tips and Trends: Open Educational Resources" by Rashelle Nagar and Jill Hallam-Miller
READINGS:
- The Evolution of Affordable Content Efforts in the Higher Education Environment: Programs, Case Studies, and Examples, edited by Kristi Jensen and Shane Nackerud
- Librarians as Open Education Advocates
- SPEC Kit 351: Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources
WEBINARS:
- “Successful OER Adoption Models: Academic Libraries Leading the Way.” SPARC webinar for Open Education Week 2017. March 29, 2017. [60 minutes] Link to video is located near bottom of page. Select it and then enter a name to begin viewing the video.
- “Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources.” ARL SPEC Kit 351. August 17, 2016. [45 minutes]
- “Helping Faculty Find, Use, and Modify Open Educational Resources,” Mandi Goodsett, ACRL webinar, August 15, 2018 [Note: this costs $50 for ACRL members to view]
VIDEOS:
- An Introduction to Open Educational Resources by Abbey Elder
COURSES:
- Certificate in OER Librarianship, Open Textbook Library [Apply by October 20, costs $350]
RESEARCH GUIDES:
- “Discovering Open Educational Resources,” Temple LibGuide
Copyright and Fair Use
RESOURCES:
- Fair use comics from Harvard Library, Office of Scholarly Communication’s Fair Use Week annual programs, 2015-present.
WEBINARS:
- “Working with Publication Agreements,” Kevin Smith, Library Publishing Coalition, May 24, 2016
- “But What About Copyright?” Melissa Levine, Lead Copyright Officer, University of Michigan Library. OCLC Distinguished Seminar Series, May 22, 2018. [60 minutes]
- “Can’t You Just Say Yes: Answering Copyright Questions About Fair Use for Faculty Colleagues.” Carla Myers, Coordinator of Scholarly Communications, Miami University Libraries. ACRL Presents series, February 22, 2018. [75 minutes]
- “Using Fair Use to Preserve and Share Disappearing Government Information: A Guide for Rogue Librarians.” Lillian Rigling and Will Cross, NCSU Libraries. ACRL Presents series, February 21, 2017. [60 minutes]
- "The Fair Use Factors: Their History and Application.” Ana Enriquez, copyright lawyer. ACRL Presents series, February 25, 2016. [80 minutes]
- “Does Fair Use Really Work?” Kevin Smith, Duke University Libraries. ACRL Presents series, February 24, 2015. [60 minutes]
COURSES:
- CopyrightX, Harvard University [Note: This is a free MOOC but you have to apply and be accepted. Annie completed in 2018. Reach out to her with questions.]
- Creative Commons Certificate [Note: You can take this as a 10-week online course or 1 week intensive bootcamp for a cost of $300, or you can simply check out the course materials for free.]
- Copyright for Educators & Librarians (Coursera). 5 week course created by Duke University, Emory University, and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Fee-based (about $50); although, some content is provided freely. Self-paced sessions. New sessions begin frequently, about once a month for most courses. Next round of sessions begins July 30. [Note: Kristina completed this in 2014 and found it very useful. Reach out to her with questions.]
- Copyright for Multimedia (Coursera). 4 week course created by Duke University, Emory University, and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Fee-based (about $50); although, some content is provided freely. Self-paced sessions. New sessions begin frequently, about once a month for most courses. Next round of sessions begins July 30.
Scholarly Profiles and Research Impact
PRESENTATION:
- “Developing the Scholarly Communication Ecosystem: A CMU Perspective,” David Scherer, Ole Villadsen, and Keith Webster, CNI, December 8, 2017 [Note: worth watching if you are interested in learning about CMU’s implementation of Symplectic Elements]
PEOPLE:
- Set up meeting with Rachel Appel (rappel@temple.edu) to learn more about Elements at Temple
RESOURCES:
- Altmetrics: A Manifesto
- 10 Things You Need to Know About ORCID
- 2012 San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment - A formal critique of the impact factor, with a call for its abandonment and use of other metrics.
- Fortney, K. and Gonder, J. (2015). A social networking site is not an open access repository Office of Scholarly Communication. Retrieved April 11, 2017, from http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2015/12/a-social-networking-site-is-not-an-open-access-repository/
- University of Pittsburgh Guide to Symplectic Elements (this configuration may differ from the Temple implementation)
- University of Cambridge Guide
READINGS:
- Tran, C., & Lyon, J. (2017). Faculty Use of Author Identifiers and Researcher Networking Tools. College & Research Libraries, 78(2). doi:https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.78.2.16580
- Ortega, J. L. (2015). Disciplinary differences in the use of academic social networking sites. Online Information Review, 39(4), 520–536. http://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-03-2015-0093
- McKenna, L. (2015, December). The convoluted profits of academic publishing: One company is changing the way research papers are being shared, but some professors worry about trusting the for-profit website. The Atlantic. Retrieved from http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/12/the-convoluted-profits-of-academic-publishing/421047/
- Roemer, R., & Borchardt, R. (2012). From bibliometrics to altmetrics: A changing scholarly landscape. College & Research Libraries News, 73(10), 596-600. doi:https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.73.10.8846
RESEARCH GUIDES:
- “Research Impact and Scholarly Profiles,” UC Berkeley LibGuide
- “Establishing Your Author Name,” Bernard Becker Medical Library LibGuide
- “Research Impact & Scholarly Credentials,” Temple LibGuide
Role of Undergraduates
RESOURCES:
- Association of College and Research Libraries. Working Group on Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy. Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2013. Published online.
- Wikipedia Education Program Resources for Educators -- including assignments, syllabi, materials, and more.
READINGS:
- Davis-Kahl, S., T.A. Fishel, and M.K. Hensley. (2014). “Weaving the Threads: Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy.” College & Research Libraries News 75 (8): 441-444. http://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/9179/10146.
- Keener, M. (2015). “Contextualizing Copyright: Fostering Students’ Understanding of Their Rights and Responsibilities as Content Creators.” Virginia Libraries 61 (1): 37-42. https://ejournals.lib.vt.edu/valib/article/view/1328/1801.
- Davis-Kahl, S. s. (2012). Engaging undergraduates in scholarly communication. College & Research Libraries News, 73(4), 212-222.
- Riehle, C., & Hensley, M. (2017). What do undergraduate students know about scholarly communication?: A mixed methods study. Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 17(1), 145-178.
- Foasberg, N.M. (2017). "Teaching citation rhetorically: Reading, not just writing." College Composition and Communication Conference. CUNY Academic Works.
- Davis-Kahl, S., and M.K. Hensley. (2013). Common Ground at the Nexus of Information Literacy and Scholarly Communication. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries. (open access PDF, lacks chapter 2 of the print/ebook version).
Research Support
SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
PEOPLE:
- Contact Stephanie Roth (stephanie.roth@temple.edu)
RESEARCH GUIDE:
- “Systematic Reviews & Other Review Types,” Temple LibGuide
- https://www.cdc.gov/library/researchguides/sytemsaticreviews.html CDC LibGuide
- https://guides.lib.monash.edu/systematic-review Monash University
WEBINARS:
- MLA Systematic Review Webinar Series [Note: these webinars are available for a fee of [$195-$255]
- The Pieces of Systematic Review with Margaret Foster Webinar Series-NNLM/Archived [Free] https://nnlm.gov/scr/training/systematic-review-series
COURSES:
- Stanford Online course “Introduction to Systematic Reviews”: [FREE] https://lagunita.stanford.edu/courses/course-v1:Medicine+LaneMedLib+Ongoing/about
- NIH 2015 Systematic Review Course Materials-Provided here [FREE]
- Systematic Reviews: Opportunities for Librarians-University of Michigan https://www.lib.umich.edu/systematic-reviews-workshop [Early lottery application, $100 plus travel]
INTERNAL VIDEOS: (For Temple only, not the general public)
- Overview of Systematic Review Tools (Stephanie Roth) -recorded Ginsburg workshop (edited by: Chris Denison)
EXTERNAL VIDEOS:
- Henry Stewart Talk: Introduction to Systematic Reviews for Librarians
READINGS:
- What Makes a Good Systematic Review?
- Foster, M., Jewell, S. (2017). Assembling the pieces of a systematic review: Guide for librarians
- Meeting the review family: exploring review types and associated information retrieval requirements. (Sutton A, Clowes M, Preston L, Booth A; Sept 2019) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31541534
- Gough, D., S., & Thomas, J. (2017). An introduction to systematic reviews.
LIBRARY WORKSHOPS AT HSL:
- Systematic Reviews Overview
- Systematic Review Tools
- Thursday Thirty: Which Review Type is Right for You?
CITATION MANAGEMENT
RESOURCES:
- Citation Manager Comparison Chart
- Temple Libraries’ research guide on Citation Managers
RESEARCH REPRODUCIBILITY
WEBINAR:
- “Librarians Improve Science: Impacting Research Quality through Transparency and Reproducibility,” July 18, 2018, ACRL Choice
PRESENTATION:
- Victoria Stodden, “Building Research Integrity Through Reproducibility,” 2018 Research Reproducibility Conference