There’s a nonstop firehose of articles about scholarly publishing, and we can’t read/share them all, but this seems like a very important heads-up that the Trump administration may repeal the Nelson OSTP memo (which instructed all federal agencies to develop policies ensuring immediate public access to publications and data resulting from funded…[Read more]

This spring, the Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library is offering three online workshops related to scholarly publishing. (Each workshop will occur twice: once on a Wednesday evening and once on a Friday afternoon.) All members of the CUNY community are welcome, regardless of campus. The workshops are especially well suited to faculty, graduate s…[Read more]

I know there have been a ton of great webinars to choose from lately thanks to Open Access Week, but this one next Tuesday (3pm ET) seems especially fun:

Scholarly Communication Horror Stories

Join us for a virtual Halloween event where authors share real-life tales of academic publishing nightmares, data management mishaps, and copyright…[Read more]

Hiding in my email was this announcement of an upcoming series of webinars about AI and copyright. I think the line-up looks quite exciting!

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This fall semester, OCEAN and Authors Alliance are co-hosting a full Discussion Series on AI and its implications for professionals working in libraries, archives and museums and for authors, artists,…[Read more]

Thanks to everyone who voted in the scheduling poll for the first LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable. The winning time is Monday, September 29 at 2-3pm. (Sincere apologies to those for whom this time doesn’t work.)

The meeting will be on Zoom — please register for the meeting link.

Tentative meeting agenda:

• Elect roundtable co-…

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Apologies for this test message, but I want to see if messages to this forum are still going out as email notifications. I sent a message yesterday, and it didn’t seem to be delivered via email…

If you get this, here’s the message from yesterday, about the GC library’s Fall 2025 scholarly publishing workshops.

Thanks,
Jill

The Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library invites you to its upcoming online workshops about scholarly publishing and research evaluation. All members of the CUNY community are welcome, regardless of campus. The workshops are especially well suited to faculty, graduate students, administrators, and others engaged in the discovery, production, or e…[Read more]

Thanks to everyone who voted in the scheduling poll for the final 2024-25 meeting of the LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable. The winning time is Monday, June 2 at 10:00-11:30am.

This session will feature lightning talks on a variety of scholarly communication topics. If you’d like to attend, please register here.

Also, please consider g…[Read more]

Thanks to everyone who voted in the scheduling poll for the final 2024-25 meeting of the LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable. The winning time is Monday, June 2 at 10:00-11:30am.
This session will feature lightning talks on a variety of scholarly communication topics. If you’d like to attend, please register here.
Also, please consider g…[Read more]

The three workshops announced below may be of interest to members of this group!

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SPARC is excited to announce a second round of our Open Access 101 series, building on the significant response from the community to the first series hosted last year. These upcoming OA 101 sessions will deepen the conversation around key topics related to o…[Read more]

Hi all – Sharing this announcement for the Open Divide Lecture Series, “a year-long exploration of the challenges, contradictions, and evolving landscape of Open Access and scholarly publishing.” One event per month for a whole year!

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Dear colleagues,

We are excited to announce the Open Divide Lecture Series (2025–2026, online), a y…[Read more]

Hello! I’m sharing the announcement below because the workshops about copyright/fair use and Creative Commons licenses may interest the GCDI community. (Of course, you’re welcome at the workshops about publication contracts too!)

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This spring, the Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library is offering four online workshops about publication c…[Read more]

Hello! I’m sharing the announcement below for anyone who may not have seen the posting on CULIBS:

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This spring, the Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library is offering four online workshops about publication contracts, copyright, and related topics. (Each workshop will occur twice: once on a Wednesday evening and once on a Friday morning.) All m…[Read more]

Hello! I’m sharing the announcement below because the workshops about copyright/fair use and Creative Commons licenses may interest Manifold users. (Of course, you’re welcome at the workshops about publication contracts too!)

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This spring, the Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library is offering four online workshops about publication contracts, c…[Read more]