Impact & Assessment

In this session, we will discuss the increasing important role of impact and assessment, and how it affects everything from funding decisions, to the kind of services we offer, to what displays and exhibits we put on. We will discuss benefits and challenges of assessment, and offer ideas for next steps to implement or refine services related to impact and assessment

Understanding Scholarly Communication: Framing the Issues

This session will discuss the four pillars and the various actors in the scholarly communication system, identify current and historical disruptions in the research cycle, and help you to begin to visualize your role(s) in the scholarly communication cycle

Outreach & Programming

In this interactive session, we will talk about enriching opportunities for outreach and programming by understanding who your audience is, looking at aligning with other programming on campus, and designing a sample “pitch” for your services and programs

On the mark? Responses to a sting

A series of responses to John Bohannon's "sting" operation on OA journals

Heard on the Net: “Academic” and “Freedom” Are Two Words for Nothing Left to Lose

Opinion piece on the use of Academic Freedom as an argument against open access publishing

Finding the principles of the commons: a report of the Force11 Scholarly Communications Working Group

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