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Faculty & Scholarly Communication Or how to get them on board by any means necessary… Learning outcomes •  Explore why some academic units resist Scholarly Communica;on/Open Access. •  Outline an educa;on program for Scholarly Communica;on/Open Access. •  Relate how to approach graduate students concerning OA. Who’s afraid of SC/OA? • Impact factor and almetrics. • Peer review s;ll rules. • Copyright nightmares. Contributors @ UT Arlington Humani;es 12% Social Sciences 29% Science 59% So how did we get anyone on board at all? HR frowns on calf roping employees… • Develop an educa;on program. • Liaison librarians are the key. • Find a “professor of note” to champion your purpose. • Suck up to your new President. Graduate students you are our only hope! Bibliography •  Schonfeld , Roger C. & Housewright, Ross. (April 7, 2010 ). Faculty Survey 2009: Key Strategic Insights for Libraries, Publishers, and Socie;es. cyber.law.harvard.edu. Retrieved June 7, 2013 from hZp://cyber.law.harvard.edu/communia2010/sites/
communia2010/images/Faculty_Study_2009.pdf. •  Ramirez , Marisa L., Dalton, Joan L., McMillan, Gail, Read, Max & Seamans, Nancy R. (March 31, 2012). Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Disserta;ons Diminish Publishing Opportuni;es in the Social Sciences and Humani;es? College & Research Libraries. Retrieved June 12, 2013 from hZp://crl.acrl.org/content/early/2012/04/05/crl-­‐356.