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From: Ayana Walker <ayana.walker@exlibrisgroup.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 1:28 PM
To: Carl R. Andrews <Carl.Andrews@bcc.cuny.edu>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] ▶️[WEBINAR] Putting the library in the center of scholarly communications

CAUTION: This email originated from outside the BCC Campus. Do not click links…[Read more]

Dear fellow roundtable members,

On Tuesday Oct 20th, 2020 from 5:00-7:00pm, the Knowledge Equity Lab will be cohosting a collaborative presentation and conversation on Technologies of Power and Control in Knowledge Infrastructures with members of Bioline International, KnowledgeGAP, and Reprising the Real World of Technology.

Run by Leslie C…[Read more]

Hi All!

For the late Fall semester meeting of SCRT, we wanted to hold a series of lightning talks on citation metrics. I’m excited about this event and hope you are too!

But first, we should choose a time. We’ve created a Doodle poll so that we can pick the time that’s most convenient for everyone:…[Read more]

Given the interest in open science expressed at our most recent meeting, I wanted to share  information about a free virtual public workshop offered as part of the public portion of the National Academies’ Roundtable on Realigning Incentives upcoming meeting. Details (including an agenda) in link below.

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Developing a Toolkit for Fo…[Read more]

Forwarding from the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication mailing list:

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Call for contributors: Brief Reviews of Books and Products

Would you be interested in helping your community learn about current, important books and products? We are seeking librarians and other scholarly communications professionals to write brief…[Read more]

Hi ScholComm Roundtablers,

Last week at the GC I gave an introductory workshop on the role of citations in the scholarly conversation, and this week I co-led one about citation-based metrics with the wonderful NYU librarian Margaret Smith. I wanted to share the slides with you in case they give you ideas for scholcomm instruction or outreach…[Read more]

Hello Scholarly Communications Roundtable folks, and GCDI folks as well,

Are any of you interested in learning more — a WHOLE LOT MORE — about copyright and fair use?

If so, you might be interested in applying to take the semester-long (and intense!) course CopyrightX, offered through Harvard Law School, HarvardX, and the Berkman Klein Cen…[Read more]

Hi All!

This is the official announcement for the first SCRT meeting of the Fall, which will take place on October 1, from 3:00-5:00 PM.

Sadly, since we’re meeting online, we can’t provide refreshments, but we CAN promise a lively discussion!   Please see the agenda below:

• Check in — What’s happening in your scholcomm life?
• Election of a n…

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Sorry, I’d like to issue a correction! I took another look at the Doodle and the winning date is actually Thursday, October 1, from 3:30-5:00. Apologies for the error! Please update your plans.

Nancy

From: Nancy M Foasberg
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 9:10 AM
To: ‘lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table@groups.commons.gc.cuny.edu’…[Read more]

Thanks, everyone! I’m closing the poll now. The winning time is: Tuesday, September 29 from 2:00 – 3:30.

Please mark your calendars! I’ll send out more information closer to the date.

Thanks,
Nancy

From: Nancy M Foasberg
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 4:48 PM
To: ‘lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table@groups.commons.gc.cuny.edu’…[Read more]

Hi All,

I haven’t had many responses to this poll yet, so please answer by tomorrow if you’d like to attend!

Thanks,
Nancy

From: Nancy M Foasberg
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 10:44 AM
To: ‘lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table@groups.commons.gc.cuny.edu’ <lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table@groups.commons.gc.cuny.edu>
Cc:…[Read more]

Dear SCRT,

Happy Fall semester! I’d like to schedule our first meeting of the semester.  It’s been a while, so we have a lot to discuss!  Please note your availability here: https://doodle.com/poll/dh2xp6w4eet2wz95

I’ll send out an agenda closer to the meeting date, but there is one important item I’ll announce now: We will be electing…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the OA Week Advisory Committee, I’m pleased to announce that the theme for Open Access Week 2020 is “Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion” (full announcement below). I’m energized by this year’s focus on dismantling and offering alternatives to the racist, discriminatory, and e…[Read more]

Sharing this announcement about the Miami University Libraries’ series of free webinars on copyright topics. The “Surprising Power” one is mine — it will be a variation on the presentation about fair use and transformativeness I’ve given a couple of times around CUNY. So if you’ve been to one of those earlier presentations, this one may not be…[Read more]

I’m very pleased to let you know about a project I’m releasing today, the Open Journal Matcher (https://ojm.ocert.at). It’s a resource for people looking to find a suitable journal for their work. Paste in a draft abstract and see the best matching open access journals!

Open Journal Matcher uses a natural language processing library called spaCy…[Read more]