Every summer I pick up a bunch of the books that have been sitting in my office that I’ve been intending to read and make some efforts to read them. A lot of the books in my office right now concern the […]
I’m very pleased to announce this upcoming event and professional development opportunity co-organized by the LACUNY Scholarly Communications round table and the OLS Copyright and Scholarly Communications Committee. Find details and RSVP information below.
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As CUNY rolls out new library-led open education and open s…[Read more]
We’re looking for volunteers to help out with the Open@CUNY blog so be in touch if you’re willing to write / solicit content for a month (or split a month with someone).
Also, we had a couple of proposals for changing our name from Scholarly Communications Round Table. Please submit…[Read more]
The Spring 2018 semester is in full swing. Every morning I spend about an hour trying to cull my email inbox back down to a manageable level and every time I leave my desk I return to find my unread messages, like […]
In the flurry of the news cycle this week, I’ve tried to carve out some time to really understand the impending FCC Net Neutrality rollback and what it means for librarians and social justice advocates. A lot […]
At a recent book talk and discussion of public scholarship, the subject of fear came up in relation to the risks of forgoing traditional publishing venues in favor of open access alternatives. Jessie Daniels, a […]
Great to see many of you on Friday. Really enjoyed the conversation!
I’m sharing 2 documents here that Kenneth mentioned during the event: Open Access Policy and Scholarship Statements from Lehman. If anyone would like to share statements from their campuses, think it would be great to see some models that campuses can adapt.
I was fortunate to be able to attend the OpenEd17 conference in Anaheim, California this month with a group of CUNY faculty from various campuses and the Office of Library Services. The theme of the conference on […]
This post originally appeared on the College of Staten Island Library Newsletter and was written by Asst Professor & Instruction Librarian / OER Liaison Anne Hays