Event Title
Roundtable Discussion: Scholarly Communication Topics
Document Type
Discussion
Location
Standish Room, Science Library
Start Date
25-10-2018 2:15 PM
Description
Leading up to their tenure and promotion, junior faculty are often primarily concerned with following domain-specific practices around publishing to ensure a successful review. Impact factor and citation counts are considered the coin of the realm. As forward-thinking as a faculty member may be, innovation in tenure and promotion is slow moving and legitimate concern around continued appointment can often drive early publication decisions. In this interactive session, audience members will be challenged to step into a junior faculty member's shoes and tasked with exploring issues around copyright, author rights, publication agreements, and open access policies. They will consider how a publishing decision can effect discoverability, research impact, downstream use cases, and a tenure dossier. Through this exercise, audience members should gain an appreciation for the importance of thoughtfully engaging with the decision-making processes around the publication process rather than simply considering it a means to an end.
Roundtable Discussion: Scholarly Communication Topics
Standish Room, Science Library
Leading up to their tenure and promotion, junior faculty are often primarily concerned with following domain-specific practices around publishing to ensure a successful review. Impact factor and citation counts are considered the coin of the realm. As forward-thinking as a faculty member may be, innovation in tenure and promotion is slow moving and legitimate concern around continued appointment can often drive early publication decisions. In this interactive session, audience members will be challenged to step into a junior faculty member's shoes and tasked with exploring issues around copyright, author rights, publication agreements, and open access policies. They will consider how a publishing decision can effect discoverability, research impact, downstream use cases, and a tenure dossier. Through this exercise, audience members should gain an appreciation for the importance of thoughtfully engaging with the decision-making processes around the publication process rather than simply considering it a means to an end.
Comments
Elaine Lasda is the primary point person on scholarly impact metrics and an active open access advocate. She maintains UAlbany’s Social Welfare and Dewey Library Reference collections. She recently obtained certification in Data Science from Syracuse University. She is the 2015 recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Librarianship.
Lindsay Van Berkom is the Scholars Archive Administrator. Her responsibilities include managing content within the repository, creating work flows, conducting trainings, developing marketing strategies and initiatives, and performing outreach for Scholars Archive. Naturally, through her work with the repository she has developed interests in the advancement of open access initiatives and scholarly publishing. She is the 2015 recipient of the President’s and Chancellor’s Excellence Awards in Professional Service. She has over 14 years of experience working in libraries and holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University.
Emily Kilcer is the Scholarly Communication Library at Dewey Library, University at Albany. After gaining a decade of experience in scholarly publishing, Emily worked at Harvard's Office for Scholarly Communication, developing programming and services and supporting outreach and education around copyright, licensing, and open access issues. Emily holds an MLIS from Simmons College and BA from Holy Cross.