CUNY Academic Commons | John F Marra | Group Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/jfm2/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which John F Marra is a member. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 f2ea4e12380b6ca248868eca02db91af Jill Cirasella started the topic Scholarly Publishing Costs Under Scrutiny by Trump Administration in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/scholarly-publishing-costs-under-scrutiny-by-trump-administration/ Wed, 27 May 2026 21:29:35 -0400 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]

]]> e351ebed07a185e7c2c63e605501c5d3 obdenm (he/him) joined the group bikeCUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1169259/ Mon, 11 May 2026 15:13:28 -0400 fe197c69d5282c9066653ec5d7bf4804 Hia joined the group bikeCUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1166007/ Sat, 02 May 2026 01:48:57 -0400 a1109ab09333c6743e8a4bcfad45068a Juliana (She/Her) joined the group bikeCUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1154883/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:41:44 -0400 c788db9a45046bb5d2e11423a789920e Adina Mulliken replied to the topic EBSCO and vendor full text accessibility remediation in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=200449 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:00:06 -0400 This is a late thank you Tabitha!

]]> 4e6482b9eb785361d1748bc0f64b7624 Tabitha Ochtera replied to the topic EBSCO and vendor full text accessibility remediation in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=200301 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:28:30 -0400 That is exciting news.

Not for full text but I know that Academic Video Online/ProQuest will do Audio Description if it’s not available. It takes 2-3 weeks. https://proquest.libguides.com/academicvideoonline/features

 

Tabitha

Brooklyn College

]]> 43698db3453da73e25176fc3f3c61b45 Adina Mulliken started the topic EBSCO and vendor full text accessibility remediation in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/ebsco-and-vendor-full-text-accessibility-remediation-3/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:51:26 -0400 Hi all,   Exciting news I think– Yesterday I learned- from Justin Tricarico in Hunter’s Digital Learning- that EBSCO offers a button to request an accessible copy of not only e-books but also journal articles.  And, EBSCO returned the article Justin tried with pretty good quality tagging within a business day!!!  I think this will be an ama…[Read more]

]]> 7346d194424a144ed395150a945b9ef7 Eric Silberberg started the topic LACUNY Scholarly Communication Roundtable - Spring 2026 Discussion Event in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/lacuny-scholarly-communication-roundtable-spring-2026-discussion-event/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:44:20 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

LACUNY Scholarly Communication Roundtable is organizing a spring discussion event. This event will focus on one of two recent publications on open access publishing:

Publishing Beyond the Market Open Access, Care, and the Commons by Samuel A. Moore

or

Achieving Global Open Access The Need for Scientific, Epistemic and…

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]]> f08adf4648968331aa46f4c0f54d1e24 Jill Cirasella started the topic Upcoming Workshops: Copyright, Creative Commons, and AI + scholarly publishing in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/upcoming-workshops-copyright-creative-commons-and-ai-scholarly-publishing-5/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:33:07 -0500 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]

]]> 30e2db559e8cabcec23e7dcef1a2fabe annabelle heckler (she/ella) joined the group bikeCUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1136111/ Mon, 19 Jan 2026 02:07:01 -0500 ae3d01f99cdb9a939fe4a5a028702a6d Hyojin (She/Her) joined the group bikeCUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1130547/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:43:28 -0500 921101f86b1942866380245e7f41f224 Jacqueline Feuerborn (she/her) joined the group bikeCUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1124707/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 19:28:27 -0500 48a1fec5c5e324bb5d53c2b76f5e84b9 Jill Cirasella started the topic Scholarly Communication Horror Stories in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/scholarly-communication-horror-stories/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:49:44 -0400 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]

]]> 4505c000a0b4c57b0834d397c1a82d59 Adina Mulliken joined the group LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1106753/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 20:35:33 -0400 9e78f58f7db04104978c8d082fcb521c Chandni joined the group bikeCUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1105967/ Thu, 02 Oct 2025 17:11:42 -0400 ee778518ae7e627418a113d7b631807f Jill Cirasella started the topic Fall 2025 Webinar Series on AI & Copyright in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/fall-2025-webinar-series-on-ai-copyright/ Mon, 29 Sep 2025 21:30:10 -0400 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]

]]> 38bd6b9b185d729d73d8e6ec1bd85ae7 Jill Cirasella started the topic Scholarly Communications Roundtable Meeting: Mon, Sept 29 @ 2pm in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/scholarly-communications-roundtable-meeting-mon-sept-29-2pm/ Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:28:10 -0400 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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]]> d8c0809d5595041fbf2c880011732f51 John DeLooper replied to the topic Testing to see if messages to this group generate email notifications... in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=189765 Thu, 11 Sep 2025 13:53:16 -0400 Hi Jill,
The message went through fine on my email. Hope others can see it as well.

John

John DeLooper

Web Services – Online Learning Librarian

Leonard Lief Library

[cid:d7cc21f8-edf3-4699-a7b9-32bfc7ab8ea5](https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/2de24015478f48d1a1b45f2181681700@lehman.cuny.edu?anonymous&ep=bwmEmailSignature)
Book time…[Read more]

]]> 9385faeb1942be185146adc0a4cf1567 Jill Cirasella started the topic Testing to see if messages to this group generate email notifications... in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/testing-to-see-if-messages-to-this-group-generate-email-notifications/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:31:31 -0400 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

]]> 64a8b45141e9560f76037e02c1ef2b50 Jill Cirasella started the topic Fall 2025 Scholarly Publishing Workshops in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/fall-2025-scholarly-publishing-workshops-3/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 21:55:38 -0400 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]

]]> b59c3a76a66c466b8434b4056fca146a Raffi Khatchadourian joined the group bikeCUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1095467/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:20:21 -0400 5fc7af97456babc4dfab93390b4a3028 Peter Milo (he/him/his) joined the group bikeCUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1089921/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 19:54:46 -0400 3b54e1e0cde855fe28c2e533fccb7021 Beth Evans started the topic The Trump Administration On Open Access to Research (from Harvard) in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/the-trump-administration-on-open-access-to-research-from-harvard/ Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:50:00 -0400 I just came across this site. It may already be familiar to you.

The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University runs the Harvard Open Access Project (HOAP). HOAP includes the entry “The Trump administrations on open access to research.” The site includes references to news on a nearly daily basis. Well worth a look.

Beth

]]> dd4a0b852d3ce9c24c8a9dee300b570d Jake Weinberger joined the group CUNY Sustainability https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1081627/ Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:58:09 -0400 c5d54436f6b9ea3ad5f74d6e9e1924d1 Beth Evans started the topic RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/rfk-jr-says-he-may-bar-scientists-from-publishing-in-top-medical-journals/ Wed, 28 May 2025 19:43:52 -0400 Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at reputed journals such as the Lancet and said his agency will create “in-house” publications instead.
GIft link (should get you behind paywall)

https://wapo.st/43sc0Bz

Link if you subscribe

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/05/28/rfk-jr-ban-journals-lancet-jama/

]]> 988a3db7ea2a7599dfc2615ec66c46e7 Jill Cirasella replied to the topic ScholComm Roundtable lightning talks, June 2 in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=185559 Tue, 27 May 2025 13:38:21 -0400 This is the final call for lightning talk volunteers for the LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable meeting on Monday, June 2 at 10am! (We have four volunteers so far and would love another one or two!) Sign up to give a lightning talk here.
Also, regardless of whether you’re interested in presenting, you’re welcome to register to att…[Read more]

]]> 3ef61723dfa101a7ab39769107938125 Jill Cirasella started the topic ScholComm Roundtable lightning talks, June 2 in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/scholcomm-roundtable-lightning-talks-june-2-2/ Tue, 06 May 2025 16:52:38 -0400 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]

]]> 872b6b72d612f7c8e593a3ffb92dc307 Jill Cirasella started the topic ScholComm Roundtable lightning talks, June 2 in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/scholcomm-roundtable-lightning-talks-june-2/ Tue, 06 May 2025 16:52:28 -0400 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]

]]> 69a130d7cf2c6ea3b0a7ecb2626292cf Jill Cirasella started the topic Open Access 101, Round 2 in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/open-access-101-round-2/ Thu, 03 Apr 2025 22:42:04 -0400 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]

]]> 4226f51eb25845298c288d6efa454b3a Jishnu Ghose (he/him) joined the group bikeCUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1057145/ Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:26:17 -0400 4226f51eb25845298c288d6efa454b3a Jishnu Ghose (he/him) joined the group bikeCUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1057143/ Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:26:17 -0400 4226f51eb25845298c288d6efa454b3a Jishnu Ghose (he/him) joined the group bikeCUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1057141/ Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:26:17 -0400 ed3129d2ebd03f6953324e854868d0a6 Jill Cirasella started the topic Open Divide Lecture Series in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/open-divide-lecture-series/ Thu, 20 Mar 2025 22:41:53 -0400 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]

]]> 1d5bac4b29a9adcea92ee545ff0be3fb Jill Cirasella started the topic GC Library ScholComm Workshops in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/gc-library-scholcomm-workshops/ Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:43:02 -0500 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]

]]> cf29d9c8be48552fce0f71cc602575f5 Anna Aschauer (she/her/) joined the group bikeCUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1036359/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:56:46 -0500 eee68aa08c7e299d7f40d92902814fad Elliot Galvis (he/him) joined the group LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1033827/ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 17:16:01 -0500 95baa2049f4a61f558d41b6d7441436d Jill Cirasella started the topic February lightning talks about AI + scholcomm in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/february-lightning-talks-about-ai-scholcomm/ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 17:06:36 -0500 Thanks to everyone who voted in the scheduling poll for the February meeting of the Scholarly Communications Roundtable, which will feature lightning talks on topics related to the intersection of AI and scholarly communication. The winning time is Thursday, February 27 at 3:00-4:30pm.

If you’d like to attend the lightning talks, p…[Read more]

]]> f4857621afac8774cfea191616dd4fac Jill Cirasella started the topic Scheduling SCRT's Feb Lightning Talks in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/scheduling-scrts-feb-lightning-talks/ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:14:09 -0500 Hi all,

At the LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable meeting this month, we agreed to have a February lightning talk event focused on the intersection of scholarly communication and AI. The event will be open to all, not just those who present lightning talks. (That said, please start thinking about whether you’d be interested in doing a p…[Read more]

]]> 36c9e0cf6c982162666e2c369039f4ab Jill Cirasella started the topic Spring 2025 scholcomm peer mentoring program in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/spring-2025-scholcomm-peer-mentoring-program/ Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:59:11 -0500 For anyone who may have missed the announcement on CULIBS (and please let us know if the deadline doesn’t work for you — we can likely adjust it):

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The Office of Library Services is launching a new peer mentoring program to support full-time library faculty at CUNY who are interested in building knowledge and skills in newer areas of…[Read more]

]]> b65cbcc4a4e26276ad26a23f2e817e89 Jill Cirasella started the topic Possibly of interest: ACRL/NY OA Discussion Group, Dec 4 in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/possibly-of-interest-acrl-ny-oa-discussion-group-dec-4/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:20:18 -0500 For those who haven’t seen the announcement, this event may be of interest:

ACRL/NY Open Access Discussion Group – Fall 2024 Virtual “Meet and Greet”

The Open Access Discussion Group invites you to join us for a community meet & greet and presentation by María Mejía about her work as the Open Scholarship Librarian at NYU Libra…[Read more]

]]> d8fcfae538f9b5718954ebe196c873ca Brian Angamarca (he/him) joined the group bikeCUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1022487/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 23:01:02 -0500 366a49e51888f1e3558933fcc2501332 Tahasan Ahmed (He/him) joined the group bikeCUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1022486/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 23:00:58 -0500 4d439306bcb12b27bcd7ae0fff402d3c Jill Cirasella replied to the topic Vote for December meeting date/time in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=172407 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 17:34:48 -0400 I apologize – I sent the wrong Zoom link! Here is the correct link for registering for the Dec 9 LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable meeting.

Sorry for the confusion!
Jill

]]> e43c60c120b6f62d22631fa183e65261 Jill Cirasella replied to the topic Vote for December meeting date/time in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=172406 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 17:04:35 -0400 Thanks to everyone who voted in the poll for the December meeting. There was a clear winner: Monday, December 9 at noon-1pm. Please register to receive the Zoom link.

As previously mentioned, the December meeting will be a structured discussion about the recent appeals court ruling in the Hachette v. Internet Archive case (i.e., the Internet…[Read more]

]]> f7050cec2a9d34bc0e6d622df37e1dac Bela August Walker (he/they) joined the group bikeCUNY https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1018221/ Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:05:08 -0400 6243d9a37d33a7032cb646ebed446572 Jill Cirasella started the topic Vote for December meeting date/time in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/vote-for-december-meeting-date-time/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 22:57:51 -0400 At the LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable meeting this week, attendees agreed to meet every other month this academic year:

  • December: structured discussion about controlled digital lending and the Internet Archive court ruling
  • February: lightning talks (theme TBD)
  • April: structured discussion (topic TBD)
  • June: lightning talks…

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