CUNY Academic Commons

This article in Inside Higher Ed is worth a look.

Is Retraction the New…[Read more]

You are invited to the next SCRT meeting

When: Fri. Sept. 15th, 2-4 pm
Where: Graduate Center Library, Room GC 196.05
(includes snacks!)

We welcome everyone interested in Open Access and OER to attend.

Agenda:
1) Blog– moving it forward. Open@CUNY

2) Plan fall (November) event— Suggested at last meeting: moderated panel of discipline f…[Read more]

I am sending a link to my article that was just published because it is so relevant to our group. I hope you enjoy reading it and that the references are helpful. Your comments will be appreciated. Best, Madeline Cohen

Learning the basics of scholarly communication:
A guide for new subject liaison librarians.
by Madeline Cohen, Lehman…[Read more]

SUNY Maritime is seeking a new Library Director:
http://metro.org/jobs/LIBRARY-DIRECTOR-SUNY-MARITIME-COLLEGE

I’m posting this here because a friend there made a point of mentioning that their previous director (Kristin Hart, moving on to Queens College) “really set the library going in a great direction” with open access, OERs, DH, etc., and…[Read more]

Hi all,

John Jay College of Criminal Justice is looking for someone to fill a Research Communications Manager position. Please see an excerpt of the email below with a link to the job ad.

Best wishes,
Lisa

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Apologies for not reaching out to you some time ago on this, but John Jay is looking to build a culture of digital…[Read more]

Mark your calendars for the next SCRT working meeting!

When: Fri. Sept. 15th, 2-4 pm
Where: Graduate Center Library, Room GC 196.05

We welcome everyone interested in Open Access and OER to attend. Our main agenda will be to:

1) Form group to work on the Blog; curate content using PressForward; select Blog Editor(s). Note:Our Blog, OA@CUNY…[Read more]

Fordham University is planning a Bronx-themed Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon for Open Access Week (Oct. 25th- 1 pm) at Lincoln Center Campus.

They are looking for volunteers to help plan this event.

If you are interested, please contact:Kristen Treglia, Senior Instructional Technologist and meeting organizer at treglia@fordham.edu.

The next planning…[Read more]

Please excuse the cross-posting:

North Carolina Library Association
College and University Section Webinar Wednesday 8/2/17: Understanding the Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Part 1
August 2, 2017

Understanding the Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Part 1…[Read more]

For information about OpenCon:https://apply.opencon2017.org/apply-2017/

OpenCon is the conference and community for students and early career academic professionals interested in advancing Open Access, Open Education and Open Data. OpenCon 2017 will be held on November 11-13 in Berlin, Germany.

Applications close on August 1st.

Also, there…[Read more]

Interested in scholarly publishing and open access in Africa?

“Tragedy of the perishing scholar” is an editorial in a Kenya newspaper written by a Kenyan academic. Omanga explains how African academic publishing once was more robust and how low(er) quality and predatory publishing became prevalent. Best takeway: “To address this problem, it is…[Read more]

Hi SCRTers,

Those of you who attended the wonderful Global Open Access webinar (and those who didn’t!) may be interested in attending a light lunch & conversation with Gwenda Thomas, Executive Director of Library Services at the University of Cape Town, South Africa on Thursday, July 13. The event will be at 12:30 at the Graduate Center (room…[Read more]

You’re invited! to the SCRT planning meeting. Join us for a lively discussion (and chocolate!). We’ll be looking back at the past year and ahead to the fall. Bring your ideas, the wilder the better!

Thursday, June 22, 2-4pm
Graduate Center Library, rm 196.05

Our agenda is:
• review of 2016-17 events and activities
• brainstorming ideas for 201…[Read more]

Hi, Everyone!

Predatory publishing has been an important and ongoing conversation for this group. This morning, the Chronicle pointed me to an article that investigates the rewards of publishing in predatory journals. The sample size is small, and I haven’t interrogated the methodology further because — that’s right — the research article is…[Read more]

Thanks to everyone who filled out the scheduling poll for the summer planning meeting. We’re on for:

Thursday, June 22, 2-4pm 

Graduate Center Library, rm 196.05

Our tentative agenda is:

reviewing 2016-17 events and activities
brainstorming ideas for 2017-18 events and activities
electing new co-chair

Jean will be stepping down, so…[Read more]

Following our last meeting with editors of OA journals, this article might be an interesting read:

Ojennus, P. (2017). Open access and the humanities: The case of classics journals. Library Resources & Technical Services 61(2), 81-92.

http://digitalcommons.whitworth.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=libraryfaculty

Best, Madeline Cohen

SAVE THE DATE:

The LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable invites you to our second annual webinar on Global Open Access:

Date: June 7, 2017

Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (EST)

Instructions on signing in to webinar will follow soon.

OPEN ACCESS in AFRICA

Learn about open access and issues that affect scholarly communications in Africa from…[Read more]

The LACUNY Scholarly Communications and Serials Roundtables invite you to:

Envisioning New Open Access Journal Models:

Editors and Librarians in Conversation

Friday, April 28, 3-5pm

CUNY Graduate Center, Room 8400

Please RSVP to: Jean Amaral jamaral@bmcc.cuny.edu

Join OA journal editors Chris Eliot, Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Bi…[Read more]

This free and open seminar looks particularly interesting:

Innovating Communication in Scholarship, a UC Davis IFHA project invites you to:

AN OPEN DIGITAL SOUTH: RISKS AND REWARDS

Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 9:00 AM PDT (12:00 PM EDT)

– to –

Friday, May 26, 2017 at 3:00 PM PDT (6:00 PM EDT)

UC Davis School of Law

400 Mrak Hall Drive

Davis,…[Read more]