These selected resources include links to comprehensive sites on key scholarly communications issues, as well as examplary sites developed by various libraries for their local programs. Please contact Julia Blixrud to suggest other examples or sites of interest.
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Comprehensive Toolkits and Resources
The ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication Freely Accessible Institute Resources (FAIR). The FAIR site provides a space for institute faculty and alumni to share outreach resources with the broader community. Many resources are developed exclusively for the Institute but others may be developed by academic libraries and selected as FAIR resources.
SPARC provides extensive resources on key topics including author's rights, institutional repositories, and economic factors.
Conferences and workshops on Open Access: http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Events
SPARC meetings & events page: http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/index.shtml
Charles Bailey's Digital Koans: http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/
Open Access Librarian: http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com/
Open Access News (through April 2010): http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html
Scholarly Kitchen, Society for Scholarly Publishing Blog: http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/
SPARC enews: http://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/enews/index.shtml
SPARC Open Access Newsletter (SOAN) authored by Peter Suber: http://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/soan/
SPARC maintains several email forums on specific topics: http://www.arl.org/sparc/about/emailsignup.shtml
Open Access Directory is a compendium of simple factual lists about open access (OA) to science and scholarship: http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Main_Page
University of California Managing Copyright Toolkit: http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/sco/toolkit_copyright.html
Author's Addendum - Institutional Addendum (placeholder) | Scholar's Copyright Addendum Engine from Science Commons (tool to let authors create their own addendum via templates and fill-in-the-blanks): http://sciencecommons.org/projects/publishing/scae/
Example presentation: UM self-playing slideshow on author's rights
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries
University of Minnesota Copyright Information and Education: https://www.lib.umn.edu/copyright/welcome
Columbia University Fair Use Checklist: http://www.copyright.columbia.edu/fair-use-checklist
Creative Commons - documentation page provides instructional materials about copyright and Creative Commons principles
University of California Economic Issues Toolkit
Example of library sites illustrating high cost of online resources:
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Example of IR promotional video:
T-Space: Increase the Impact of Your Research (U Toronto 5 minute self-player on its IR): https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/image/tspace.swf
New Modes from CreateChange: http://www.createchange.org/modes/index.shtml
Example of library investment in new models:
UC Libraries Investment in Transformative Scholarly Communication Models: http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/sco/UC_Libraries_investments_in_Transformative_Models4-14-05.pdf
PubMed Central Training Materials: http://publicaccess.nih.gov/communications.htm
Example library website: Becker Medical Library, Washington University - very comprehensive site; flowcharts and other materials useful for training
Policy Initiatives from funders and research organizations
JULIET - Research funders archiving mandates and guidelines
Example: University of California open access policy development
University of California The Role of Scholarly Societies Toolkit: http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/sco/toolkit_societies.html
DC Principles Web Site http://www.dcprinciples.org/index.htm - perspective of society publishers
Create Change: Rewards of scholarship: http://www.createchange.org/cases/rewards.shtml
Report of the MLA Task Force on Evaluating Scholarship for Tenure and Promotion: http://www.mla.org/tenure_promotion
For more information, go to: Main Page, Establish Structure, Build Knowledge, Scan Environment, Go Public, Evaluate Program
