What is “scholarly communication”? In short, it’s all the different ways researchers share their work, in formal publications and otherwise, and all the complexities and issues surrounding that sharing.
This fall, the Mina Rees Library is offering workshops on an assortment of important scholarly communication topics, clustered into two series: Scholarly Communication Essentials (in the first half of the semester) and Contracts & Copyright (in the second half). The Scholarly Communication Essentials workshops are listed below, along with a few related workshops.
Each workshop stands on its own—there is no need to attend one in order to attend another. Sign up for whichever one(s) capture your interest! And if there’s one you can’t make, contact Jill Cirasella, Associate Librarian for Scholarly Communication, at jcirasella@gc.cuny.edu to request that the session be recorded.
1) Open Resources: OA, OER, and Open Pedagogy (Thu 9/23 @ 2pm): This workshop will offer an in-depth look at how to find and use open resources, in a variety of online contexts (DOAJ, BASE, CORE, OER Commons) and what the differences are between formats, possible uses, and content types. Read more and register…
2) Who Cited Whom: Tracking the Scholarly Conversation (Tue 9/28 @ 3pm): How do researchers put their publications and other works in scholarly context? Citations! And what tools can help you follow a scholarly conversation backward and forward in time? Read more and register…
3) “Predatory” Journals and Conferences: What to Know about the Faux (Tue 10/12 @ 1pm): As a researcher, you are eager to publish your work in journals and present at conferences. But don’t let your eagerness allow you to be fooled by fake (often called “predatory”) journals or conferences. Read more and register…
Can’t make this time? A similar workshop is being offered Mon 12/6 @ 11am. This workshop is part of the library’s Science Research Workshop Series but is open to all.
4) Research Metrics: What They Mean and What They Don’t (Wed 10/20 @ 1pm): How important is a certain article? How influential is a certain scholar? How good is a certain journal? These are complex questions that require nuanced answers. Nevertheless, there is widespread interest in, and reliance on, research metrics that attempt to answer these qualitative questions with simple numbers. Read more and register…
5) Open Access Explained: Best Practices for Finding Others’ Research and Publicly Sharing Yours (Thu 10/26 @ 1pm): This workshop will share tips for finding open access versions of articles and cover a range of options for making your own scholarly work open access. Read more and register…
Can’t make this time? A similar workshop is being offered Mon 11/8 @ 2pm. This workshop is part of the library’s Science Research Workshop series but is open to all.
Stay tuned for details about the Contracts & Copyright series. It will include workshops on publication contracts, copyright, fair use, and Creative Commons licenses.
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