CUNY Academic Commons

You are invited to an important fall planning meeting of the Scholarly Communications Roundtable:

When: Friday, Sept. 28, 2:30-4 pm
Where: Graduate Center Library, Room C196.05

Agenda:

1. Election of co-chairs — Nominations still open!
Nora Almeida and Madeline Cohen are stepping down as co-chairs. We welcome nominations for new…[Read more]

Hello Everyone!

We are looking for new leaders of this Roundtable. If you are interested in Open Access, Scholarly Publishing, OER, and related topics, please consider volunteering to be a co-Chair. Current co-Chairs –Nora Almeida and Madeline Cohen–will step down this fall.

There are many colleagues who attend our events and meetings who…[Read more]

You are invited to an important fall planning meeting of the Scholarly Communications Roundtable:

When: Friday, Sept. 28, 2:30-4 pm
Where: Graduate Center Library, Room C196.05

Agenda:

1. Election of co-chairs
Nora Almeida and Madeline Cohen are stepping down as co-chairs. We welcome nominations for new co-chairs. A separate call is…[Read more]

Looking for ideas for Open Access Week? (please excuse duplicate posting)

Join on Tuesday, August 14th at 12 EDT / 9 PDT, for the monthly OpenCon Librarian call.

This year’s Open Access Week (Oct 22-28) theme is “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge”. Do you have a plan? Are you looking for ideas? Join us for an Open Access…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

Great idea from Monica Berger (City Tech) about this film that will be available for free screening during Open Access Week: https://paywallthemovie.com Check out the details.

Also, please mark your calendars for the next LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable planning meeting on Sept. 28th, 2:30-4 pm, at the Graduate…[Read more]

Please excuse the cross-posting:[ from SCHOLCOMM listserv ]

Greetings!

We’re writing to invite you to share your experience with scholarly communication in your professional life. Our research study is part of a project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, “OER of Scholarly Communication,” (LG-72-17-0132-17 https://www.imls…[Read more]

Hi All,   Just writing with a final reminder about this upcoming event.

Description and RSVP details here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-labor-of-open-the-impact-of-oer-and-scholarly-communications-initiatives-on-cuny-libraries-tickets-44887392399 

If you have already registered, please do take a moment to fill out this brief, anonymous <…[Read more]

Hello Everyone!

Please come to the next SCRT planning meeting. We’ll pool ideas for our spring event, and discuss our Blog (Open@CUNY) and other issues.

When: Tues. Feb 20: 3 pm – 4:30 pm

Where: Graduate Center Library, Room C196.05

Here is a working agenda to which you can add suggested top…[Read more]

Hello Everyone!

Please come to the next SCRT planning meeting. We’ll pool ideas for our spring event, and discuss our Blog (Open@CUNY) and other issues.

When: Tues. Feb 20: 3 pm – 4:30 pm

Where: Graduate Center Library, Room C196.05

Here is a working agenda to which you can add suggested…[Read more]

There are lots of opportunities to participate in Open Education Week:

https://www.openeducationweek.org/page/call-for-participation

Sharing resources on OER would be a good way to publicize what your library is doing:

RESOURCES

The Open Education Week website will direct visitors to resources that provide tools and supporting…[Read more]

This might be of interest—Please excuse the re-posting:

Subject: [collib-l] 2018 IS Midwinter Virtual Discussion Forum

2018 IS Midwinter Virtual Discussion Forum

Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 from 1:00pm-2:00pm Central Standard Time (2:00-3:00 pm EST)

How can we best integrate scholarly communication into today’s academic library i…[Read more]