CUNY Academic Commons | Mark Lewental | Friends Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/mal714/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Mark Lewental's friends. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 9bf69a0f78ab45b455de79149376e3b8 Stephen Francoeur (he/him)'s profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1165363/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:27:35 -0400 c97f9d1dd6b66a01a0387661e338bb69 Stephen Francoeur (he/him) changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1109181/ Wed, 15 Oct 2025 17:19:43 -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

]]> 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/

]]> 5841d67938f0e1667ae45425973f0ae9 Barbara R. Walters, PhD - AKA Barbara Walters Doehrman changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1035031/ Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:48:55 -0500 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]

]]> aa4c1cfc97037027009f98f0298c9fad Steven Ovadia (he/him)'s profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/985389/ Thu, 21 Mar 2024 18:17:13 -0400 39250db94051c56784324b13285352bd Barbara R. Walters, PhD - AKA Barbara Walters Doehrman changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/970405/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 20:21:39 -0500 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

]]> fb6f1a07a002e43b1aec1f7c8b2182a7 Steven Ovadia (he/him) joined the group CUNY Mindfulness & Contemplative Studies (CMCS) https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/959840/ Thu, 30 Nov 2023 18:46:44 -0500 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]

]]> 902000530bb2ccb0fcd4fe2a3139a621 Barbara R. Walters, PhD - AKA Barbara Walters Doehrman changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/953350/ Wed, 01 Nov 2023 21:54:14 -0400 30ac38f1e1d8b3902ae07741015211af Barbara R. Walters, PhD - AKA Barbara Walters Doehrman's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/952551/ Sun, 29 Oct 2023 13:50:15 -0400 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]

]]> 3a571ba6c1434dfcfc1fb1dc0502b634 Ewa Dzurak and Wilma L. Jones are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/945473/ Fri, 29 Sep 2023 09:54:20 -0400 7d3a455ba8849b94a5e0542f279f3dad Barbara R. Walters, PhD - AKA Barbara Walters Doehrman's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/934111/ Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:36:21 -0400 3c396454e18806a630c9c0d94341ad8d Barbara R. Walters, PhD - AKA Barbara Walters Doehrman's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/933992/ Wed, 16 Aug 2023 14:40:11 -0400 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.

]]> fd230017679ccf7f3fbea03232a13624 Barbara R. Walters, PhD - AKA Barbara Walters Doehrman's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/930106/ Sun, 02 Jul 2023 01:49:13 -0400 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

]]> 203ac731b1dc3404255347ea36313293 Barbara R. Walters, PhD - AKA Barbara Walters Doehrman's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/906413/ Sat, 04 Mar 2023 14:06:49 -0500 c5811f15f73ddd4436eb15bfd8c994af Barbara R. Walters, PhD - AKA Barbara Walters Doehrman's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/900269/ Thu, 09 Feb 2023 17:02:59 -0500 c4e84780a972d7c505f95381036b7328 Barbara R. Walters, PhD - AKA Barbara Walters Doehrman's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/900182/ Thu, 09 Feb 2023 13:28:49 -0500 eaf515050d633a7a2e6c4acc0fe421fe Barbara R. Walters, PhD - AKA Barbara Walters Doehrman's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/899598/ Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:42:10 -0500 1d78e50e5c042f4f09cffecc18955494 Jonathan Cope created the group College of Staten Island, PSC-CUNY Chapter https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/890419/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 14:14:06 -0500 bcb87e191156b7280ba6ef04f8388f70 Jonathan Cope created the site College of Staten Island, PSC-CUNY Chapter https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/890418/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 14:14:03 -0500 6a3ebd5c5f59e206b42765dc27955a1b Steven Ovadia (he/him)'s profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/877291/ Wed, 23 Nov 2022 20:58:53 -0500 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

]]> ceebab4e9269dcc6c3a8d4ea4ee50f6d Francisco Salgado-Robles and Francisco Salgado-Robles are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/859336/ Sat, 03 Sep 2022 23:44:17 -0400 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

]]> b21585a46a4533eea06a6b60b60dcac1 Barbara R. Walters, PhD - AKA Barbara Walters Doehrman's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/853987/ Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:02:03 -0400 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]

]]> d021635093d1a6d1dc0d7028f0e6fc04 Barbara R. Walters, PhD - AKA Barbara Walters Doehrman's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/852228/ Fri, 22 Jul 2022 20:26:42 -0400 4d8189455a88759fcd2d2d438929b715 Barbara R. Walters, PhD - AKA Barbara Walters Doehrman joined the group Friends of the Saints: The Hagiography Seminar https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/850643/ Mon, 11 Jul 2022 17:05:02 -0400 964b51b56020b98bfd1acb575f1e85af Barbara R. Walters, PhD - AKA Barbara Walters Doehrman's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/850642/ Mon, 11 Jul 2022 16:59:06 -0400 ed57c1acab4b577dc8b063376886252a Barbara R. Walters, PhD - AKA Barbara Walters Doehrman's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/849843/ Mon, 04 Jul 2022 16:53:18 -0400 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]

]]> 137316773344ec9df4334b3803bad68e Barbara R. Walters, PhD - AKA Barbara Walters Doehrman and Cynthia S Wiseman (she/her/hers) are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/847138/ Thu, 09 Jun 2022 17:09:56 -0400 d91519e51ac4f8f4d6d615a10062311a Barbara R. Walters, PhD - AKA Barbara Walters Doehrman's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/842510/ Sun, 15 May 2022 19:56:35 -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]

]]> ad35e4aba905985c53c7737855acc718 Stephen Francoeur (he/him)'s profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/836052/ Wed, 06 Apr 2022 19:42:13 -0400 81b88c803ad8ea58bf92bcef11da6c2c Barbara R. Walters, PhD - AKA Barbara Walters Doehrman's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/835692/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 23:30:35 -0400