CUNY Academic Commons | Katherine Killoran | Friends Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/kkilloran/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Katherine Killoran's friends. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 c1f0bdd19e8af7cc711b3a8fd012eecc Adam Scott Wandt wrote a new post on the site Adam's Antics https://adam.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=625 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:21:04 -0400 The Wandt AI Disclosure Label (WADL): A Two-Way FrameworkOver the last few semesters, like so many of my colleagues in higher education, I have struggled with how to address generative AI in the […]

]]> 76c20139d0508db05c726737ef3f7e02 Michael Waldman (he/him) joined the group Critical AI Literacy Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1133341/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:14:46 -0500 2bb317a28cec1f6c2f2bf0f195f8e7c0 Michael Waldman (he/him)'s profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1133339/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:14:07 -0500 0537ba68df5617d3bc6ae10f5e3d5c48 Ruru Rusmin joined the group Don’t AI Alone – Working Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1099627/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:30:23 -0400 ea16800cdba4868aca0888035d60b0ae Kathleen Collins wrote a new post on the site The Lloyd Sealy Library Blog https://jjlibrary.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=319 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:00:45 -0400 Library Author Series: Fall Lineup All members of the John Jay communityLibrary Author Series: Fall Lineup

]]> 246380681a36561af75969a015907c15 Kathleen Collins wrote a new post on the site The Lloyd Sealy Library Blog https://jjlibrary.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=281 Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:06:19 -0400 Welcome, new faculty! The Lloyd Sealy Library is central to the educational mission oWelcome, new faculty!

]]> 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

]]> 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/

]]> 8ae5aaee389194f4b94dcd3c806a64d7 Ruru Rusmin joined the group Critical AI Literacy Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1066039/ Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:55:29 -0400 04c5612203b72d48bd59572e86e36bf3 Beth Evans replied to the topic CDL Lending/Recent Internet Archive Court Decision in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=170335 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 21:34:47 -0400 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]

]]> aba8803011d3aedce89f86489b3efa6b Beth Evans started the topic Hijacked Journals - Another version of predatory journals in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/hijacked-journals-another-version-of-predatory-journals/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 12:50:31 -0500 In case you missed this in the Library Link of the Day

New to me.

https://doi.org/10.1111/isj.12481
The ‘hijacking’ of the Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems: Implications for the information systems community [Information Systems Journal]

Beth

]]> d2a9df937d5031df9767cf65ed748f26 Beth Evans replied to the topic 11/15 SCRT Meeting Notes in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=145738 Fri, 17 Nov 2023 18:20:42 -0500 Thanks for these notes Jill. Sorry I missed the meeting.

The book does look amazing!

I think all of the chapters in the section Intersections look compelling for future discussions.

Thanks for an excellent suggestion.

 

Beth

 

 

]]> 74697c7409259ec75ab5c0cc26776c6c Beth Evans started the topic ICYMI: Upcoming Webinar on Author Rights Sponsored by Max Planck Digital Library in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/icymi-upcoming-webinar-on-author-rights-sponsored-by-max-planck-digital-library/ Thu, 02 Nov 2023 13:46:06 -0400  

Nov 2, 2023 8:30 AM

Ana Valente

** with apologies for cross-posting **

One of the key points coming out of the 16th Berlin Open Access Conference was the crucial need to fully enable author choice and author rights when publishing their research open access:

We strongly support retention of copyright and all rights therein by authors. Open…[Read more]

]]> 150b6611a9df7cf5254f35283d308eb4 Beth Evans started the topic An invitation from IUB to OA Week Keynotes touching on AI and science publishing in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/an-invitation-from-iub-to-oa-week-keynotes-touching-on-ai-and-science-publishing/ Mon, 23 Oct 2023 19:23:41 -0400 ICYMI

Hi All,
Just a reminder that Indiana University Libraries invites you to remotely attend our Open Access Week keynotes on Friday, October 27th:

[Read more]

]]> c44a7a65845b8f980fc6af95830da03f Beth Evans replied to the topic 10/17 Meeting Notes in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=144521 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 23:03:30 -0400 Looks good, Jill!  Looking forward to the November meet-up.

Beth

]]> b65b09832abee59d67a66f99b577b0cc Beth Evans replied to the topic 10/17 Meeting Notes in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=144386 Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:00:09 -0400 Thanks, Jill. Sorry I had to miss the meeting.

And thanks, Monica, for the article.

On peer review, here are a couple of recent articles that caught my…[Read more]

]]> ee09c0fcd82c0619e80fccaf54a2e082 Beth Evans started the topic Who’s Afraid of Open Science? in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/whos-afraid-of-open-science/ Wed, 04 Oct 2023 20:55:28 -0400 https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/10/04/call-open-debate-open-science-opinion

“… in July, the Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives released language in a spending bill that, if passed into law, would effectively freeze the Nelson memo for a year by banning the use of funds to implement the…[Read more]

]]> ad3a4678292478b0bf9063a45ef9e764 Beth Evans started the topic American Chemical Society Offers a New Twist on the Article Processing Charge in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/american-chemical-society-offers-a-new-twist-on-the-article-processing-charge/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:33:07 -0400

The American Chemical Society Offers a New Twist on the Article Processing Charge: An Interview with Sarah Tegen

ACS is proposing what they call Author Development Charges (ADC’s).  These are fees promised to the publisher, prior to peer review, that will allow the author to buy-out the embargo from…[Read more]

]]> 316dd970abd6e28de9bebeee96c3ee87 Beth Evans commented on the post, The complaint committee, on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian https://rollingc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2023/07/29/the-complaint-committee/#comment-303534 Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:47:49 -0400 Good luck to you, Robin.

]]> fba67852c14576653d93d056c0e44dea Beth Evans commented on the post, Stage 2, on the site The Rolling Chronicles: Further Adventures of the Three Wheeled Librarian https://rollingc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2023/07/03/stage-2/#comment-299422 Mon, 03 Jul 2023 23:16:31 -0400 Glad you are improving. Bit by bit.

]]> 6b054c81e257550610027247bc71b3d0 Beth Evans started the topic Can the E.U. Make a ‘Parallel Publishing System’ Work? in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/can-the-e-u-make-a-parallel-publishing-system-work/ Fri, 19 May 2023 19:59:07 -0400 https://www.insidehighered.com/news/global/2023/05/19/can-eu-make-parallel-publishing-system-work

 

]]> bd14763bb4f8b9f7e27b3f88d43cdf70 Beth Evans started the topic Scholarly Communication in Crisis: Research Integrity and Open Scholar in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/scholarly-communication-in-crisis-research-integrity-and-open-scholar/ Wed, 26 Apr 2023 01:11:13 -0400  

I highly recommend this webinar if you missed the event. It includes some fascinating suggestions for peer review.

Webinar – Scholarly Communication in Crisis: Research Integrity and Open Scholarship

 

Beth

]]> 99b2aadf38529d00a2a2a62198b9df7a Beth Evans started the topic Forum: How do we make accessible research papers a reality? in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/forum-how-do-we-make-accessible-research-papers-a-reality/ Wed, 05 Apr 2023 19:39:44 -0400 ICYMI on CULIBS, shared thanks to Adina Mulliken, accessibility librarian at Hunter.

Forum: How do we make accessible research papers a reality?

https://info.arxiv.org/about/accessibility_forum.html

Beth

]]> a65c1adeaeaf16c0a7e00157b1fd2b46 Adam Scott Wandt wrote a new post on the site Adam's Antics https://adam.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=619 Sun, 18 Dec 2022 14:08:57 -0500 As you may know, I am co-chair of the New York City Bar Association’s committee on Technology, Cyber and Privacy Law. At our December meeting we discussed a new free technology on the Internet by OpenAI called C […]

]]> 45f7d5a2b16555274dcfa103676a7f72 Beth Evans replied to the topic New SCRT Co-Chair -- Michael Kirby in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=131837 Wed, 28 Sep 2022 21:44:41 -0400 Thanks for the good news, Nancy.

Hi Michael. So glad your will be our new co-chair. Welcome to a really important and interesting committee.

Looking forward to all the planning and programming ahead of us this year.

Beth

Beth Evans
Brooklyn College Library

]]> bcf8894ad519f19edc5b2db9d0c4d39c Beth Evans replied to the topic New (and improved!) federal public access policy announced in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=130992 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 17:48:55 -0400 Fantastic news, Jill. Thanks for sharing.

Beth

]]> bb63107cfb3528dd78a49bdeaeb206e3 Beth Evans started the topic Pearson plans to sell its textbooks as NFTs in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/pearson-plans-to-sell-its-textbooks-as-nfts/ Wed, 03 Aug 2022 21:30:45 -0400 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/02/pearson-plans-to-sell-its-textbooks-as-nfts

This has me thinking more and more about OERs.

Here is an earlier article on NFTs for books in general, puts a mostly positive spin on the trend:

NFTs for Books: How This Emerging Tech Can Reward Authors & Readers

Not a positive for libraries, though. More on that here:…[Read more]

]]> 2c899eb6fd3ebe8fa836e1a64f405474 Beth Evans started the topic Academia, at it again, with bizarre connections in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/academia-at-it-again-with-bizarre-connections/ Wed, 15 Jun 2022 15:14:23 -0400 I clicked on an email link from Academia.edu to claim authorship of a poster Nanette Johnson and I created for a scholarly communication conference in 2018.

I then visited the Academia site and saw that the title for our poster in the Academia metadata showed the pdf for a paper “Establishment and verification of nonlinear bolthead connection…[Read more]

]]> 678c610194d526b94f42e3beb93b7ba4 Robert Farrell (he/him/his)'s profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/847089/ Thu, 09 Jun 2022 14:03:59 -0400 25ec943259faf414bb9d8d9a25263b58 Robert Farrell (he/him/his) changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/847086/ Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:55:38 -0400 20ac27bdc93fc54c5ac25eeee28105b6 Beth Evans started the topic Job Dedicated to the Institutional Repository in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/job-dedicated-to-the-institutional-repository/ Tue, 03 May 2022 00:27:10 -0400 I was fascinated to see this job and its single focus on the institutional repository (IR) come across the schol comm listserv, at a time when most library jobs ask for librarians to wear so many hats. That’s real commitment to building the IR.

https://uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/11415

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Libraries…[Read more]

]]> edbcf133803dffddd8c227859b506764 Beth Evans replied to the topic Sneaky Plagiarism in Academic Journals in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=126657 Thu, 24 Mar 2022 23:08:27 -0400 What fun!

My favs are:

fluffy C  for fuzzy C

mean outright mistake for absolute error

Thanks for sharing, Nancy.

 

Beth

 

]]> 2c92bbcbb0daa3f527cf4ba489c4283f Beth Evans and Vicente Revilla are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/826331/ Tue, 22 Feb 2022 14:38:40 -0500 defc9d3b124b288b20f00f0d01b6f362 Beth Evans started the topic Academia.edu and Libguides in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/academia-edu-and-libguides/ Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:25:23 -0500 Dear colleagues,

Maybe you, too, have had this experience or saw an email I sent to the CUNY Academic Works coordinators?

I went into academia.edu to claim myself as author of an article, following an invitation letter email from the platform.

Listed in other possible papers I authored were a large number of libguides I manage for the BC…[Read more]

]]> 175c856e14aeaa59598fe9f65907568d Ellen Sexton created the site Faculty Technology Committee, John Jay College of Criminal Justice https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/793660/ Thu, 14 Oct 2021 19:53:21 -0400 13b2baaec51fa118e096c72743c6e82f Beth Evans started the topic Peer Review Week Activities to Publicize on Your Campuses in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/peer-review-week-activities-to-publicize-on-your-campuses/ Thu, 09 Sep 2021 21:58:09 -0400 Peer Review Week is an annual global event celebrating the essential role that peer review plays in maintaining quality in scholarly communication. Free online workshops and presentations take place September 20-24, 2021 and address the theme “Identity in Peer Review.” Presenters look at the role of personal and social identity in peer review…[Read more]

]]> 2723c410a8fc92b1677298a7eb7c29af Beth Evans started the topic An article of interest: Moving Scientific Publishing Toward Social Justice in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/lacuny-scholarly-communications-round-table/forum/topic/an-article-of-interest-moving-scientific-publishing-toward-social-justice/ Thu, 09 Sep 2021 20:25:42 -0400 Representatives of 500 Women Scientists, GeoLatinas and LatinXinBME issue a call to action, highlighting 10 key practices.

https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2021/09/09/call-action-more-socially-just-publishing-opinion

]]> 0afa535a051ad2c2b1e6ac6db1b42008 Ellen Sexton wrote a new post on the site PSC @ John Jay College https://jjpsc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=658 Wed, 01 Sep 2021 22:48:04 -0400 Colleagues —    Provost Li has acknowledged the CDC guidelines at last by giving faculty the chance to request a larger room in the event of crowding, AND to go on line if a larger classroom is not available. T […]

]]> 090de44fcbc3227f1039dfce73f0df7e Ellen Sexton wrote a new post on the site PSC @ John Jay College https://jjpsc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=649 Wed, 01 Sep 2021 15:17:39 -0400 7a41f0fad6f3865c15c7d2a7e1c02936 Ellen Sexton wrote a new post on the site PSC @ John Jay College https://jjpsc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=639 Mon, 23 Aug 2021 14:36:30 -0400 Dear Colleagues,
    Please be reminded that we have a short Chapter meeting scheduled for tomorrow/Monday at 11 AM on zoom.  Here is the link, full zoom details at the end. We have top experts from John Jay’ […]

]]> 9ec5a868d716c8a3d0b866a30766ba30 Ellen Sexton wrote a new post on the site PSC @ John Jay College https://jjpsc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=632 Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:06:19 -0400 8e65d22f5d01c264a09af9471350159a Ellen Sexton wrote a new post on the site PSC @ John Jay College https://jjpsc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=629 Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:00:19 -0400 Colleagues —

In light of the concerning news about the current high COVID transmission rates in the communities John Jay serves, we reiterated to the administration the importance of clear communication abou […]

]]> 1e5a97f77ee2d617cf5035de99228500 Ellen Sexton wrote a new post on the site PSC @ John Jay College https://jjpsc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=600 Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:38:56 -0400 Colleagues —    Despite the fact that summer is, and should be, annual leave for many of us, events affecting the college and our collective well-being don’t have the summer off.  We supply some details on matt […]

]]> bf34bb2b6b4a70a6c5949aeeeb7f442a Ellen Sexton wrote a new post on the site PSC @ John Jay College https://jjpsc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=594 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 16:13:16 -0400 The abrupt and ill-advised decision of the Chancellor that all CUNY colleges adopt a 60/40% in-person section model for the Fall ’21 semester has, suddenly yet predictably, overthrown months’ worth of planning […]

]]> 7376e8f3bdb20f8d3117a490fdf0311d Beth Evans and Susan Lago are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/763771/ Tue, 11 May 2021 19:55:10 -0400 b31f2becdfb5d3ebb3b85dc5e9c35095 Ellen Sexton wrote a new post on the site PSC @ John Jay College https://jjpsc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=562 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:47:54 -0400 It is with great sadness that we have to tell you that Barry Spunt died from complications related to pancreatitis on Feb. 5th, 2021 after being in the ICU at Bellevue Hospital since August.  All of the c […]

]]> 5039bebfb42c0e9ec187ae6449cfa41e Beth Evans replied to the topic Open Research Forum Event & Call for Proposals in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=109693 Wed, 24 Feb 2021 23:21:25 -0500 This sounds like a great initiative.   I have registered.  Thanks for sharing, Nancy.

 

Beth

]]> 56f686e61cb73fe60bec89f553aed01b Beth Evans replied to the topic Spring 2021 LACUNY SCRT Meeting: Thursday, February 25th, 3:00-5:00pm in the forum LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=106088 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:04:31 -0500 This is something new to me and it looks fascinating.  I have passed the HuMetricsHSS link on to our Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and our Associate Provost of Faculty and Administration at Brooklyn College.

I see from the website that they offer workshop guidelines and resources.  Will the LACUNY meeting be making use of any of that m…[Read more]

]]> c8ec8cf3ed1532eff22fd7b4a042f2b7 Ellen Sexton wrote a new post on the site PSC @ John Jay College https://jjpsc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=484 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:16:31 -0500 Colleagues —    Below find a copy of a letter we sent earlier this afternoon to President Karol Mason and Provost Yi Li concerning the pandemic, its effects on our community, and the urgency of assuring course ava […]

]]> 75952fdaf558b46a15737caef37d8ff5 Ellen Sexton wrote a new post on the site PSC @ John Jay College https://jjpsc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=482 Sun, 24 Jan 2021 18:05:48 -0500