ACRL - ACRL Scholarly Communications 101 Road Show

ACRL - ACRL Scholarly Communications 101 Road Show 

ACRL offers scholarly communication 101 road show at no cost to you

Bring the workshop “Scholarly Communication 101: Starting with the Basics” to your campus, compliments of ACRL. Recognizing that scholarly communication issues are central to the work of all academic librarians and all types of institutions, ACRL is pleased to underwrite the costs for delivering proven content to you. Two expert presenters emphasize experiential learning in this 3-hour workshop. You need to collaborate with at least one other local academic library and arrange the logistics.

Program Description

This structured interactive overview of the scholarly communication system underpins individual or institutional strategic planning and action. Four modules focus on:

• new methods of scholarly publishing and communication
• copyright and intellectual property
• economics
• open access and openness as a principle

The workshop is appropriate for those with new leadership assignments in scholarly communication as well as liaisons and others who are interested in the issues and need foundational understanding.

Learning Objectives

Participants will:

• Understand scholarly communication as a system to manage the results of research and scholarly inquiry and be able to describe system characteristics, including academic libraries and other major stakeholders and stakeholder interests, major types and sources of current stress and evolution, and key indicators of size, complexity, and rates of change
• Enumerate new modes and models of scholarly communication; business models; research & social interaction models (from blogs, curated websites, etc), and peer review models and examples of the ways in which academic libraries have or can initiate or support those models
• Be able to select and cite key principles, facts, and messages relevant to current or nascent scholarly communication plans and programs in their institutions, e.g. as preparation for library staff or faculty outreach, to contextualize collection development decisions

Successful Applicants Must

• Include participants from more than one institution.
• Minimum participation is 35, maximum of 100 individuals, to allow for maximum interactivity.
• Provide a statement of support from hosting authority, i.e. library director/dean, consortia/association administrator, or ACRL chapter leader.
• Provide a brief essay (1 page maximum) explaining what your institutions will do after the workshop to maintain momentum, engagement, and awareness.
• Apply by April 13, 2009.
• Host this event by August 31, 2009.

Preference to

• Hosts who are organizational members of ACRL (Not sure? Ask ACRL staff member kmalenfant@ala.org to check for you.)
• Hosts who identify an experienced local presenter to partner and deliver workshop content.
• Diversity of institution types represented among participants (i.e. 2 year, liberal arts, masters comprehensive, doctoral)
• Diversity of types of library staff participating (i.e. liaison librarians, catalogers, access services staff, senior management)

Host Responsibilities

1) Registration

a) Marketing and publicity of the workshop (print, Web, e-mail)
b) May consider this as an opportunity to invite staff outside the library (i.e. research office, graduate college).
c) Management of selection process, if any
d) Management of registration process (i.e. issuing registration receipts, rosters, etc.)
e) Limit participation to 100 individuals (minimum participation is 35), to allow for maximum interactivity
f) Participant and presenter name badges

2) Event coordination and logistics to include:

a) Reservation of meeting space per room requirements provided by presenters
b) On-site A-V technology and support
c) Planning and associated costs of food and beverage for break (if any)
d) Printing and copying of handouts in advance
e) Volunteer staff as needed

Complete an application form at:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=WMvXmmVOnEiUCm6oWl_2b12A_3d_3d by Monday, April 13, 2009. The ACRL Scholarly Communication Committee will review applications, selecting several locations, based on number of requests and capacity, The committee will aim for geographic diversity and notify applicants of their status by Friday, April 24, 2009.

Expert presenters may include:
• Lee VanOrsdel, Dean of University Libraries, Grand Valley State University
• Joy  Kirchner, Project Manager, Scholarly Communications & Sciences Collections Librarian, University of British Columbia Library
• Molly Keener, Reference Librarian, Wake Forest University Health Sciences
• Sarah Shreeves, Coordinator, IDEALS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Questions about the program or how to apply? Please contact Kara J. Malenfant, Scholarly Communications and Government Relations Specialist, ACRL, at kmalenfant@ala.org or 800/545-2433 ext. 2510.

ACRL - ACRL Scholarly Communications 101 Road Show