LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable

Thank you for sharing those details, Julia — I didn’t realize there were any CUNY libraries pursuing CDL in Alma/Primo yet! For those of us who are members of the NYS Copyright First Responders group, the October meeting will be about the implications of this most recent Internet Archive ruling — I’m sure those of us who attend will have…[Read more]

Hi, I can share info about Kingsborough’s CDL program (now abruptly put on hold because of the law case, though according to Beth perhaps we can continue?). Our focus for this program was on textbooks which do NOT currently have an ebook available, which is what Beth mentions as well. We have funding for etextbooks and would prefer to purchase…[Read more]

Good points, Jill.

Pulling out the positives the AA sees in the ruling for a shorter read here:

1.The Court rejected the district court’s conclusion that IA was engaged in commercial use when looking at the first factor of fair use. The publishers argued IA’s lending of digitized books was commercial in nature because IA received a few thou…[Read more]

PS: I just read with interest this blog post from the Authors Alliance that mentions some bright spots in the Internet Archive ruling, as well as some issues not addressed by it.

I apologize for not replying until now, and I admit I still haven’t had a chance to read the most recent ruling in full. However, something I do remember is that the original lawsuit against the Internet Archive vigorously argued that the Internet Archive isn’t actually a library. (“Defendant bills its Website as ‘an accredited California State…[Read more]

Just sent to CULIBS but resending here for anyone who might not be on CULIBS:

Just a friendly reminder that all are welcome to attend the May 28 meeting of the LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable (1:00-2:30pm, on Zoom), which will feature lightning talks on various aspects of peer review. You’re welcome whether or not you’ve ever att…[Read more]

Hi all,

Just a friendly reminder about tomorrow’s LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable meeting:

Tuesday, April 16 at noon-1pm
Zoom link: https://gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/j/86922301089?pwd=YTVBSUpqQy9WS3BmMEg4Zk9aTTZZdz09

We’ll discuss these three chapters from the open access book Scholarly Communication Librarianship and Open Knowledge:

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Hi SCRT colleagues!

Just a friendly reminder to…

1. Please vote for a meeting time (60 minutes) for April, if you haven’t done so already.
2. Please vote for a meeting time (90 minutes) for May, if you haven’t done so already. At this meeting, we’ll have lightning talks about peer review, but there’s no need to be a presenter in order to…

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Reminder! We’re having a LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable meeting on Monday, February 26 @ 12-1pm.

Zoom link:
https://gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/j/86922301089?pwd=YTVBSUpqQy9WS3BmMEg4Zk9aTTZZdz09

We’ll be discussing these four extremely brief chapters from the book Scholarly Communication Librarianship and Open Knowledge — they all look at…[Read more]

Thanks to everyone who voted in the poll for the next LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable. There was no time that worked for everyone, but a time that worked for most is: Monday, February 26 @ 12-1pm.

Let’s meet then at this Zoom link:
https://gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/j/86922301089?pwd=YTVBSUpqQy9WS3BmMEg4Zk9aTTZZdz09

As a reminder, we’ll be…[Read more]

Thank you Jill, this is extremely helpful. This particular faculty member has paid fees in the past out of grant money. I believe it is becoming harder to do so as the costs add up. There are also students involved in the research and as authors of these papers, who are obviously not expected to contribute money towards fees. I’ll read the article…[Read more]

Hi Rosemary,

Great question. To the best of my knowledge, none of the CUNY campuses have funds for covering article processing charges (APCs) for open access articles. I have heard stray anecdotes about individual faculty around CUNY getting the fee paid by their department or dean or provost, but I believe those stories are very much the…[Read more]

A faculty member asked me the same thing. I’ve been told CUNY does not pay for OA processing fees.

Sincerely,
Michael Kahn, MLS, MSW
Instruction and Open Resources Librarian
Bronx Community College
North Hall and Library, Room 259
2155 University Avenue, Bronx, NY 10453
http://www.bcc.cuny.edu(http://www.bcc.cuny.edu/)
718 289 5100 ext.…[Read more]