SPARC

4:00 - 6:00PM
Philadelphia, PA

Appreciating, if not understanding, student perspectives on information sharing and access to research will advance library outreach programs. Librarians and students have the power to build valuable bridges of collaboration and guide the larger academic community to reshape scholarly communication.

Tech-savvy students, who live and breathe information sharing, are critical to changing the way scholarly communication is conducted. Not bound by traditional modes of research exchange, students are using all the technologies at their disposal to engage in scholarly discourse - including blogs, wikis and tagging tools. What will they do next? How do they view the future of scholarly exchange?

At this SPARC-ACRL Forum, graduate students from an array of disciplines, institutions and engaged perspectives share their approaches to scholarly communication issues. Joined by librarians whose scholarly communication programs have explicit student-focused components, they explore the importance of outreach and the potential impact of students as current and future key stakeholders. The forum also showcases the winners of the first Sparky Award for the best short videos on the value of information sharing.(See our announcement for more details).

Also available, a video of the event and outtakes by Hungry Filmmaker, Matt Agnello.

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 Introductory Remarks:

Nelson Pavlosky, Law student at George Mason University and co-founder of Students for Freeculture
Podcast | 11.2MB
Slides | 6.7MB 

Stephanie Wang, graduate student in Economics at Princeton University and former National Coordinating Committee member, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines
Podcast | 16.5MB
Slides [PDF] | 248KB

Andre Brown, PhD student in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania and co-blogger for Biocurious
Podcast | 12.2MB
Slides [PDF] | 2.6MB

Kimberly Douglas, University Librarian, California Institute of Technology
Podcast | 15.5MB
No slides