Please join SPARC and ACRL for our 11th annual forum, which will take place on Saturday, June 29th at 3pm at the Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel – Grand A, during the ALA Annual Conference. Understanding the Implications of Open Education: MOOCs and More The open access movement has focused on making scholarship freely available, expanding [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Scholarly Communication'
Speakers Announced for Upcoming SPARC-ACRL Forum at ALA in Chicago
May 15th, 2013 · Comments Off · Conferences, Events, Scholarly Communication
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ACRL Supports Accelerating Science Award Program
May 2nd, 2013 · Comments Off · Scholarly Communication
ACRL has joined major sponsors Public Library of Science, Wellcome Trust, and Google to launch the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP), which recognizes individuals who have applied scholarly research – published through open access – to innovate in any field and benefit society. The award program seeks nominations of individuals who have used, applied, or [...]
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“Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy”
March 26th, 2013 · Comments Off · Information Literacy, Publications, Scholarly Communication
ACRL announces the publication of a new white paper, “Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment,” written by a working group of leaders from many areas of the association. This white paper explores and articulates three intersections between scholarly communication and information literacy: economics of the distribution [...]
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“Common Ground at the Nexus of Information Literacy and Scholarly Communication”
March 25th, 2013 · Comments Off · Information Literacy, Publications, Scholarly Communication
ACRL announces the publication of Common Ground at the Nexus of Information Literacy and Scholarly Communication. Edited by Stephanie Davis-Kahl and Merinda Kaye Hensley, this volume forges a new path that crosses boundaries between two vital areas of librarianship. Davis-Kahl and Hensley explore how librarians at a variety of institutions can engage students and faculty [...]
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ACRL Scholarly Communication Workshop Hosts Announced
March 12th, 2013 · Comments Off · Scholarly Communication
The ACRL Research and Scholarly Environment Committee has selected five sites from 8 applications to host the workshop “Scholarly Communication: From Understanding to Engagement” workshop as road show events this spring and summer. Recognizing that scholarly communication issues are central to the work of all academic librarians and all types of institutions, ACRL is underwriting [...]
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We Asked and the White House Responded!
February 25th, 2013 · Comments Off · Advocacy, Scholarly Communication
On Friday, February 22, the White House directed Federal agencies with more than $100 million in research and development spending to develop plans to make the published results of federally funded research freely available to the public within one year of publication. This is in addition to the recently introduced Fair Access to Science and Technology Research [...]
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ACRL Applauds Introduction of “The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act”
February 15th, 2013 · Comments Off · Advocacy, Scholarly Communication
On Thursday February 14, the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR) was introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. This bi-cameral and bipartisan legislation would require federal agencies with annual extramural research budgets of $100 million or more to provide the public with online access to research [...]
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Deadline 2/5 – Apply to host workshop “Scholarly Communication: From Understanding to Engagement”
January 29th, 2013 · Comments Off · Events, Scholarly Communication
Are you interested in having ACRL bring the day-long workshop, “Scholarly Communication: From Understanding to Engagement” to you? Apply now to host the workshop, once again offered at a subsidized rate to 5 locations across the country in 2013. Led by two expert presenters, this structured interactive program will focus on themes of access, emerging opportunities, intellectual property, [...]
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Deadline 1/31 – Register for workshop “Increasing the Effectiveness of Your Scholarly Communication Program”
January 23rd, 2013 · Comments Off · Events, Scholarly Communication
Offered by the Institute on Scholarly Communication (a coordinated effort by the Association of Research Libraries and ACRL) the workshop “Increasing the Effectiveness of Your Scholarly Communication Program: Strategic Skills for Success” helps librarians continue building and strengthening programs that resonate with their local institutions. The workshop is appropriate for librarians who have already established [...]
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Apply by Feb. 5 to Host ACRL 2013 Scholarly Communication Workshop as Road Show
January 8th, 2013 · Comments Off · Events, Scholarly Communication
Once again, ACRL will take its popular scholarly communications workshop on the road to five locations in 2013. The day-long workshop, “Scholarly Communication: From Understanding to Engagement,” is led by two expert presenters at locations across the country, and the content is updated annually to meet the evolving needs of the community. Apply now to [...]
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