Librarians tend to see librarianship attributes in every researcher, in every scholar, and in every profession. When we received a notice from the UC San Diego Department of Visual Arts that an alumna, Lucy Mulroney, has taken up the standard at Yale’s Beinecke Library, we rejoiced. Another scholar has seen the light and we welcome her into the fold … a bit late as we’re just now hearing that her career path has led her through a few academic libraries, one of which we hope was our own #Geisel Library.
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The Week in Review 2018-07-13
Oppose an Amendment to Decrease Funding for NEH!
Late last night [July 17, 2018], the House began consideration of the Grothman amendment, which would cut the budget of the NEH by 15% or nearly $23 million.
This afternoon [July 18, 2018], the House of Representatives will consider an amendment to the FY 2019 Interior Appropriations bill that would cut the budget of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) by 15% or nearly $23 million.
If we can defeat this amendment, the House will then proceed with a vote on an Interior Appropriations bill that will increase the NEH’s budget by $2 million.
Call or write your Representative to oppose this amendment. Learn more about the amendment to reduce NEH funding here.
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LPForum2018 slides, videos, & reflections. Bonus: LPForum2019 news
Shared by Matt Ruen, Grand Valley State University and Chair of LPF Program Committee
This year’s Library Publishing Forum (May 21-23, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities) was a huge success, with:
- Record attendance of more than 200
- A thought-provoking and inspiring keynote from Catherine Kudlick: Disabilité! Accessibilité! Diversité!: Expanding the Cultural Framework for Library Publishing (see the slides and the livestreamed video)
- 49 presentations, workshops, working sessions, and interactive discussions led by community members
- Fantastic affiliated events, including Owned by the Academy: A Preconference on Open Source Publishing Software, a KairosCamp Editors Workshop, and a pair of pilot workshops for the new Library Publishing Curriculum
- Fun social outings, including dinearounds led by UMN staff, a trip to the historic Guthrie Theatre, and a really cool reception at the Weisman Art Museum
Enormous thanks are due to our hosts, our sponsors, the Library Publishing Coalition Program Committee (listed below), and the library publishing community for making this our best Library Publishing Forum ever!
Slides and Recordings Available
Presenter slides and recordings from our video livestream are now available on the Forum program page and on the preconference page.
Reflections
We invited a number of community members to write reflections on the Forum and/or the preconference, and had a great response! Check out the following posts on the LPC Blog:
- What do we value in academic ownership? (Ian Harmon, West Virginia University)
- From services to access: Reflections of a first-time Forum attendee(Talea Anderson, Washington State University, Library Publishing Forum First-Time Attendee Scholarship recipient)
- Challenges and opportunities (but mostly opportunities) for open source infrastructure in library publishing (Alison McGonagle-O’Connell, Editoria Community Manager, Collaborative Knowledge Foundation)
- What’s it like to be the local host of the Library Publishing Forum?(Kate McCready and Laureen Boutang, University of Minnesota Libraries)
- Digital publishing your way: Moving toward multimodal, flexible platforms (Sarah Wipperman, University of Pennsylvania)
Still to come: reflections from the 2017-19 LPC Fellows and the LPC-AUPresses Cross-Pollination Award recipients. Keep an eye on the LPC Blog and our Twitter account!
2019 Library Publishing Forum
Join us May 8-10, 2019, in Vancouver, British Columbia for the 2019 Library Publishing Forum! Our first Forum in Canada, it will be hosted by LPC member institution Simon Fraser University at their Harbour Centre campus in downtown Vancouver.
2020 Library Publishing Forum
Interested in hosting the Forum on your campus? Check out our call for proposals, open through August 31, 2018.
About the Library Publishing Forum
The Library Publishing Forum is an annual conference bringing together representatives from libraries engaged in (or considering) publishing initiatives to define and address major questions and challenges; to identify and document collaborative opportunities; and to strengthen and promote this community of practice. The Forum includes representatives from a broad, international spectrum of academic library backgrounds, as well as groups that collaborate with libraries to publish scholarly works, including publishing vendors, university presses, and scholars. The Forum is sponsored by the Library Publishing Coalition, but you do not need to be a member of the LPC to attend.
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International Journal of Open Educational Resources (IJOER) will be freely accessible via our upcoming website, with article submissions available through an online portal. We are very excited to contribute to the OER movement with our new journal.
Call for Proposals and to recruit Editorial Board Members
Initial goals are to:
-build an Editorial Board made up of international leaders in OER
-solicit article submissions for our upcoming fall 2018 issue.
A brief description of the International Journal of Open Education Resources (IJOER)
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The following notice was sent by Carmen MItchell, Scholarly Communication Librarian at California State University San Marcos
Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication (JLSC) seeks a Reviews Co-Editor to continue and expand a program of reviewing scholarship, platforms and tools, and programs and courses whose subject matter is directly connected to the publication scope of JLSC. The Reviews Co-Editor will serve a four-year term (2018-2022), staggered with the other Co-Editor, Carmen Mitchell, Scholarly Communication Librarian at California State University, San Marcos (2017-2021).
Call for applications by August 17, 2018 for JLSC Reviews Co-Editor
JLSC is currently accepting applications for a Reviews Co-Editor to continue and expand a program of reviewing scholarship, platforms and tools, and programs and courses whose subject matter is directly connected to the publication scope of JLSC. See “More Announcements” for the full call.
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Open Access Week is shaping up at the UC San Diego Library
Theme: Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge
October 23, 2018 at noon in the Geisel Library Seuss Room – Getting Published Workshop
October 24, 2018 at noon in the Geisel Library Seuss Room – UC San Diego Choosing Pathways to Open Access
October 25, 2018 at 3:00pm, location TBD – screening of Paywall: The Business of Scholarship
OA2020 update
Update 2018-07-06 on #OA2020
Sweden 2018-05-16: “…the publisher will not give access to new subscription-based content that is published after June 30th on the publisher’s platform. Information about alternative ways to access articles can be found here.” Information about APC cost to the institution is included in this post.
*Germany: Elsevier has announced they will shut down access for those German institutions that are not willing to revert back to a license agreement though 200 research institutions that did not renew their contracts beyond 2017 (list of institutions can be found here), about 60 of them already in their second year still have access. Elsevier has come out with this public statement in this regard.
The German Rectors Conference, on behalf of DEAL, made the following statement, Elsevier negotiations and demands unacceptable for the academic community.
*UPDATE 2019-01-15 GERMANY
“Germany’s Projekt DEAL and the publisher John Wiley & Sons have entered a ground-breaking transformative agreement, in line with the objectives of the Open Access 2020 initiative … authors retain copyright and accepted articles will be published OA in Wiley journals. The national-level agreement is based on a “Publish&Read” model in which fees are paid by institutions—not for subscriptions but for open access publishing services.”
Update 2018-07-09 on #OA2020
The latest news from Wilma van Wezenbeek, Director of the TU Delft Library for the Vereniging van Universiteiten (VSNU) in The Netherlands:
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Earlier this year the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) reached an agreement on the main issues with Springer Nature and Taylor & Francis. In the past months details have been fleshed out in the contract. Both publishers have now agreed to publish their contract.
Agreements about subscription fees for academic journals are made with academic publishers on behalf of all of the Dutch universities. The VSNU is currently negotiating with these publishers on the universities’ behalf. The universities are only willing to renew the subscription agreements on the condition that the publishers will make their articles available in open access. This has been achieved with many publishers, as can be read in the e-zine published earlier this year.
Tim van der Hagen, negotiator for Taylor & Francis on behalf of the VSNU and rector/chair of the executive board of Delft University of Technology: ‘As laid down in the recently signed sector agreement on higher education, our aim is to have the details of these type of contracts to be made public. This is a matter close to our hearts, as it concerns the use of public funds. We are glad that these publishers have contributed to this.’
- Taylor & Francis’ journal titles in which Dutch corresponding authors can publish open access without additional charges
- Further information about contract with Taylor & Francis
- Springer Nature’s journal titles in which Dutch corresponding authors can publish open access without additional charges
- Further information about contract with Springer Nature
CP2OA18
Plans are in full swing for the Choosing Pathways to Open Access or CP2OA18 happening on the UC Berkeley campus on October 16-17, 2018. #cp2oa18 @UCB_ScholComm
Sponsored by the UC Libraries, librarians from several of the UC campuses and several California Digital Library (CDL) staff are knee-deep in planning efforts to engage library decision-makers across the United States.
CP2OA18 is a “free two-day working forum for North American library or consortium leaders and key academic stakeholders centered on action-focused deliberations about redirecting subscription and other funds toward sustainable open access publishing.”
We’ve created a CP2OA18 reading list at the UC San Diego Library, starting with the Choosing Pathways Toolkit in addition to incorporating suggested resources and citations gathered from the various reports.The CP2OA working group will distribute preparation materials in coming months.
- Pathways to OA: Executive Summary [PDF]
- Pathways to OA: Full Report [PDF]
- Pathways to OA: Chart Summarizing Approaches, Strategies, & Next Steps [PDF]
For updates, please watch this space.
For more information, contact or scholcomm [at] ucsd [dot] edu or scholcomm [at] berkeley [dot] edu
Public Policy News Alerts That Affect Scholarly Communication – June 2018
I’l like to thank Leslie Abrams, the Collection Development & Management Program Director for the UC San Diego Library for sharing this update with her colleagues in the library. I am sharing here and recording this resource because many of the alerts cross over into scholarly communications issues. Thanks to Caley Cannon, Serenity Ibsen, Karly Wildenhaus, Lynora Williams, and Michael Wirtz for compiling this issue.
I’d like to point out some especially salient news:
- Dreyfuss, Emily. “’ICE is Everywhere’: Using Library Science to Map the Separation Crisis.” Wired, June 25, 2018.
- Kwon, Diana. “North American Universities Increasingly Cancel Publisher Packages.” The Scientist Magazine, June 11, 2018.
- Tennant, Jon. “Elsevier Are Corrupting Open Science in Europe.” The Guardian, June 29, 2018.
- Humber, Larry. “Once bitten, twice shy: Canadian artist caught using comedians’ photos without permission promises no more funny business.” The Art Newspaper, June 12, 2018.
- Everything under the copyright, open access, funding, rights, and privacy headings 😉
Public Policy Committee News Alerts v.4 n.6, June 2018
Public Policy Committee News Alerts support the committee’s mission to monitor public policy issues and keep the ARLIS/NA membership informed. The monthly alerts are intended to be conversation starters, help members keep up on public policy issues and alert members to new developments. Previous issues can be found on the ARLIS/NA Public Policy News Alerts page.
Art, Activism, & Social Justice
- Angeleti, Gabriella. “The Art World Reacts to US Supreme Court’s Travel Ban Decision.” The Art Newspaper, June 27, 2018.
- Chow, Andrew R. “A Public Art Campaign Will Commission Political Billboards Across the Country.” The New York Times, June 18, 2018.
- Givhan, Robin. “‘Race Does Define Me,’ Says André Leon Talley — and Now the Fashion Icon Is Ready to Talk about It.” Washington Post, June 8, 2018.
- Hitti, Natashah. “Daniel Quasar Redesigns LGBT Rainbow Flag to Be More Inclusive.” Dezeen, June 12, 2018.
- Lyons, Kim. “Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Cartoonist Fired as Paper Shifts Right.” The New York Times, June 16, 2018.
- Moynihan, Colin. “Large-Scale Art Protest Outside OxyContin Maker Ends in Arrest.” The New York Times, June 25, 2018. .
- Shaw, Anny, and Harris. “Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn Pledges to Return Parthenon Sculptures to Greece.” The Art Newspaper, June 4, 2018.
- Stoilas, Helen. “Art for Justice Fund Gives out $10m in New Grants—including to Art Projects.”The Art Newspaper, June 29, 2018.
Copyright, Fair Dealing, & Fair Use
- Doctorow, Cory. “Meet the people who went to the US Copyright Office to demand your right to repair, remix and preserve!” Electronic Frontier Foundation, June 25, 2018.
- McSherry, Corynne. “After More Than a Decade of Litigation, the Dancing Baby Has Done His Part to Strengthen Fair Use for Everyone.” Electronic Frontier Foundation, June 27, 2018.
- Sarmiento, Sergio Muñoz. “Sir Anish Kapoor’s Clenched Fist of Copyright, the Battle Over Fair Use, and the NRA” Hyperallergic, June 26, 2018.
Funding:
- American Library Association. “ALA Disaster Relief Fund Provides Grants 20 Libraries in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.” ALA News, June 19, 2018.
- American Library Association. “ALA Announces Diversity Research Grants.” ALA News, June 18, 2018.
- Besner, Linda. “Risotto, Robotics and Virtual Reality: How Canada Created the World’s Best Libraries.” The Guardian, June 15, 2018.
- Díaz, Carmen Graciela. “A Study Unveils the Concern of Nonprofits and Foundations Over the Tax Law.” Grantmakers in the Arts, June 15, 2018.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services. “Applications Open for National Leadership and Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant Program.” Institute of Museum and Library Services, June 18, 2018.
- Maher, Kevin. “Federal Library Funding Remains Stable as FY2019 Appropriations Process Moves Forward.” District Dispatch, June 15, 2018.
Image Rights & Reuse
- WENN Digital and Oak View Group. “WENN Digital and OVG Partner to Bring the Rights Registration and Protection Experience of the KODAKOne Image Rights Management Platform and KODAKCoin Cryptocurrency to Six Major NBA and NHL Arenas in the U.S.” Athletic Business, June 07, 2018.
- Evans, Alex. “Elon Musk under attack over use of potter’s farting unicorn image.” The Art Newspaper, June 28, 2018.
- Humber, Larry. “Once bitten, twice shy: Canadian artist caught using comedians’ photos without permission promises no more funny business.” The Art Newspaper, June 12, 2018.
Intellectual Freedom/Access to Information
- American Library Association. “Freedom to Read Foundation Announces 2018 Roll of Honor Awards.” American Library Association, June 19, 2018.
- Bodkin, Jon. “Bill to Save Net Neutrality is 46 Votes Short in U.S. House.” Ars Technica, June 27, 2018.
- Conley, Julia. “Open Internet Defenders Gear Up for Day of Advocacy with Demand for House Vote.” Truthout, June 26, 2018.
- Marimow, Ann E. “In a Reversal, Md. Officials Lift Limits on Access to Books for Inmates.” Washington Post, June 11, 2018.
- Salerno, Lauren. “5 Banned Books that Will Help You Learn about the Holocaust.” Intellectual Freedom Blog, June 13, 2018.
Open Access
- Kwon, Diana. “North American Universities Increasingly Cancel Publisher Packages.” The Scientist Magazine, June 11, 2018.
- “OpenCon 2018 to Be Held in Toronto, Canada on November 2-4; Applications Open June 12.”SPARC – Latest News, May 30, 2018.
- Tennant, Jon. “Elsevier Are Corrupting Open Science in Europe.” The Guardian, June 29, 2018.
Privacy
- Bedoya, Alvaro M. “A License to Discriminate.” New York Times, June 6, 2018.
- Cox, Krista L. “The General Data Protection Regulation: What Does It Mean for Libraries Worldwide?” Association of Research Libraries, May 2018.
- Library Users Association. “SF Library Plans to Install Privacy-Threatening RFID Tags into Books and Materials despite EFF, ACLU-NC, Library Users Assoc. Opposition.” San Francisco Bay View, May 30, 2018.
- Menand, Louis. “Why Do We Care So Much About Privacy?” The New Yorker, June 18, 2018.
- Wakabayashi, Daisuke. “California Passes Sweeping Law to Protect Online Privacy.” New York Times, June 28, 2018.
- Wilson, Jess. “Library Freedom Project Introduces Inaugural Cohort.” Intellectual Freedom Blog, June 14, 2018.
Technology
- Chung, Stephy. “’Ultra-Technologists’ to Open Digital-Only Museum in Tokyo.” CNN.com, June 19, 2018.
- Dreyfuss, Emily. “’ICE is Everywhere’: Using Library Science to Map the Separation Crisis.” Wired, June 25, 2018.
- Wakabayashi, Daisuke. “California Passes Sweeping Law to Protect Online Privacy.” The New York Times, June 28, 2018.
Workplace
- Dyszlewski, Nicole P., Jessica Panella, and Brittany Strojny. “Legal Ease: Self-Care for Library Staff.” Digital White Paper. AALL, 2018.
- Farkas, Meredith. “‘Devaluing’ the MLS vs. Respect for All Library Workers.” Information Wants to Be Free, June 28, 2018.
- Horsley, Scott, and Nina Totenburg. “Supreme Court Deals Blow To Government Unions.”National Public Radio, June 27, 2018.
- Peet, Lisa. “Bench Building | Leadership.” Library Journal, June 11, 2018.
- Rovira Hazlett, Denice. “Librarians Everywhere | Careers.” Library Journal, June 28, 2018.
The UCs are “Championing Change in Journal Negotiations”
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Major journal negotiations are slated for 2019 and the UC system is entering these negotiations guided by the principles and goals outlined in the “Call to Action.”
The goal of The Call is to responsibly transition funding for journal subscriptions toward funding for open dissemination. In coming months, it is important to have productive conversations and gather input from UC faculty, students, and researchers.
The Call to Action is now live on the University of California’s Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee (SLASIAC) site. Ivy Anderson, the Director of Collection Development and Management Program at the California Digital Library (CDL), puts The Call into context in her enlightening blog post “Championing Change in Journal Negotiations.”
It has become increasingly clear that the problem of rising journal costs in the context of a widespread movement toward open access can only be addressed by tackling the subscription system itself.
Many peer institutions and consortia in Europe and elsewhere are actively pursuing this goal by committing to a transition to immediate open access publication as an alternative to subscriptions. From the global OA2020 initiative with more than 100 signatories in 35 countries, to Projekt DEAL in Germany, and “No Deal No Review” in Finland, a global movement is gathering to address the unsustainability and restrictive nature of subscription-based journal publication by withdrawing library support for subscriptions and redirecting financial investments toward sustainable open access.
In support of the UCs’ distinctive mission to serve society and translate research into knowledge and innovations that positively impact California, the nation, and the world, stakeholders in new knowledge production are invited to weigh in on this initiative to change the course of the scholarly communication system to better serve the users and creators of scholarship and research.
SLASIAC, UCOLASC, and the UC Council of University Librarians seek to engage the entire UC academic community, and indeed all stakeholders in the scholarly communication enterprise, in this journey of transformation.
We look forward to continuing to discuss these ideas with UC faculty, students, and researchers in the months ahead. We also hope that this call will promote further dialogue within the broader academic and scholarly publishing communities about how we can work together in partnership to achieve a more sustainable, inclusive, and open scholarly communication system that increases the positive impact of valuable research information throughout the world.
Supporting Documents:
- The Faculty Senate and Presidential Open Access Polices
- California Digital Library’s eScholarship platform
- The OA2020 initiative,
- The Declaration of Rights and Principles to Transform Scholarly Communication for negotiating journal licenses with publishers.
- The Pathways to OA : a unified conceptual and strategic framework to guide future actions.
Calling all next gen leaders – OpenCon applications open June 12
@SPARC_NA and the Right to Research Coalition @R2RC, in partnership with York University, Ryerson University, and the University of Toronto, are excited to announce that OpenCon 2018—the flagship global meeting of the OpenCon community—will take place on November 2-4 in Toronto, Canada.
#OpenCon 2018 will take place Nov 2-4 in Toronto. @Open_Con works to develop, activate, & connect a global community of next generation leaders who are driving the culture shift toward open in research & education. Get updates and share!
CFP by July 17, 2018 – VALUES AND ETHICS IN OPEN ACCESS
CALL FOR PANELISTS/ LIGHTNING TALKS/ PRESENTED POSTER by July 17, 2018
VALUES AND ETHICS IN OPEN ACCESS on OCTOBER 26, 2018 at Stony Brook University
Values & Ethics in Open Access will feature visionary ideas from inspirational speakers. The symposium will explore influential scholarly communication initiatives that concern values and ethics in open access environments, systems, and practices. The symposium brings open access front and center, with presentations and discussions on its value and meaning for academics, researchers, and librarians.
Interested in giving a panel presentation, lightning talk, or presenting a poster? APPLY HERE
- Panel Presentations: 45 minutes (with 15 min Q&A)
- Lightning Talks: 7 minutes
Registration fees are waived for participants. Deadline to apply is July 17, 2018.
#sbuoa2018 @SBULibrary
CFP for O3S: Open Scholarship for the Social Sciences symposium
Consider submitting for the SocArXiv O3S Conference Interesting topical topics and positively reviewed!
October 18-19, 2018 at University of Maryland, College Park. O3S (a) highlights research that uses the tools and methods of open scholarship; (b) brings together researchers who work on problems of open access, publishing, and open scholarship; and (c) facilitates exchange of ideas on the development of SocArXiv, the open access preprint repository for the social sciences.
Paper submissions are due June 30, 2018. submit here
The symposium will feature two keynote speakers: Elizabeth Popp Berman, associate professor of Sociology at University at Albany, SUNY; and April Hathcock, Scholarly Communications Librarian at New York University.
The O3S symposium will take place during Open Access Week, a global event raising awareness about the benefits of open access and inspiring wider participation in making open access a new norm in scholarship and research.
Cancelled! – May 16, 2018 – Research IT Showcase 2018 Poster Session
Research IT Showcase 2018 Poster Session
Date; May 16, 2018 from 2:30-5:00 pm
- Venue: Atkinson Hall Auditorium for faculty talks; exterior (lobby area) for poster session.
- The full event runs 2:30-5:00, with lightning talks in the Auditorium, beginning at 3:00.
UC San Diego Library’s Scholarly Communications will be located next to the folks from RDCP and Data Services.
This event features lightning talks by 4-5 representative faculty members highlighting research activities that have been supported by Research IT Services in FY2017-18.
We will share specific examples of Scholarly Communication engagements that will resonate with faculty attendees who may find opportunities take advantage of our services. Faculty can engage in conversation or browse informative displays and independently discover services that may benefit their research.