#ScholComm and You!Micah Vandegrift

Scholarly Communications Librarian mvandegrift@fsu.edu

tl;dr

Scholarly publishing is adapting.

The library is invested in the system.

Librarians need a strong voice in the transition.

ScholComm wha?

Scholarly publishing cycle “the system through which research and other scholarly writings are created, evaluated for quality, disseminated to the scholarly community and preserved for future use.”

idea

research/writing

manuscript

rights assignment

peer review

editing

publication

d i s s e m i n a ti o n

preservation

reformulation

ScholComm wha?

idea

research/writing

manuscript

rights assignment

peer review

editing

publication

d i s s e m i n a ti o n

preservation

reformulation

Scholarly publishing cycle “the system through which research and other scholarly writings are created, evaluated for quality, disseminated to the scholarly community and preserved for future use.”

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Faculty utilizing new tools and methods

Libraries building support structures and services

Universities developing policies and rewards

Adaptation

The Library (my work)

The Principle of Open Access

Institutional Repository

© Author’s Rights

Advocacy

Open access is the principle that information and knowledge should be shared, free and open to anyone, utilizing digital technology for dissemination.

“We significantly influence or control the selection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information. In a political system grounded in an informed citizenry, we are members of a profession explicitly committed to intellectual freedom and the freedom of access to information. We have a special obligation to ensure the free flow of information and ideas to present and future generations.”

- ALA Code of Ethics

The most important aspect of scholarly communication outreach is spreading

good, factual information.

guides.lib.fsu.edu/scholarlycommunications

Institutional Repository

For archiving, preserving and making accessible the scholarly output of the university.

Benefits – Persistent URL, indexed with major search engines, organizational system, stats and analytics, managed portfolio.

diginole.lib.fsu.edu

©Author’s Rights

In order for an institutional repository to be effective, faculty and grad students need to be aware of their rights as authors and creators of intellectual property.

• copyrights/fair use• workshops, materials, consultations• policies and procedures

You own what you create. ©

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“the work”

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Advocacy (aka acronym party)

COAPI (Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions)Formed summer 2011, met Nov. 2011, elected to coordinating group March

OSTP (White House Office of Science and Technology Policy)Request for information on public access to scientific publications (Nov 7th)

Cost Of Knowledge (Elsevier Boycott)Began because of one scientists dissatisfaction with the scholarly publishing system.

Research Works Act/FRPAAA/Free Access PetitionVarious legislations relating to the accessibility of scholarly literature.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/library/publicaccess

http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/library/publicaccess

Etc.

ETDs – Migrating from old database to new institutional repository

Research and creative work – reading/writing

Outreach – work with library liaisons to contact departments about these topics“The Scholarly Communications Librarian offers assistance with new and emerging models of disseminating scholarship, including especially digital publication. Available for consultations on open access self-archiving, digital scholarship, copyright retention and negotiations, and managing a scholarly digital presence.”

Committee work – Copyright, Faculty Senate, Council on Research and Creativity

Campus initiatives – open textbooks, digital humanities

Questions

?mvandegrift@fsu.edu

Search:“SPARC”“UVa SCI”“Kathleen Fitzpatrick”“Kevin Smith Duke”“cost of knowledge”