Open Scholarship Early and Often: Register to Join This Community Conversation on March 22 at ACRL 2017 | Association of Research Libraries® | ARL®

"Register before February 22, 2017, for the latest Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Institute on Scholarly Communication event, “Open Scholarship Early and Often,” to be held March 22, 2017, in conjunction with the 2017 ACRL Conference. Registration for the conference is separate and not required to attend this event.

Don’t miss this opportunity to help drive a lively discussion with your colleagues about ways in which open infrastructure and open workflow tools can support the creation, preservation, and dissemination of open content.

Facilitators

• Amy Buckland, Head, Research & Scholarship, McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
• Rachel Frick, Executive Director, OCLC Research Library Partnership
• Jeffrey Spies, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Center for Open Science; Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering and Society, University of Virginia
• Ana Van Gulick, Librarian, Carnegie Mellon University

Format

A little more structured than an unconference but a little less formal than a workshop, participants will engage in dialogues around a series of pre-defined topics and our expert facilitators will ensure that the conversation remains on track and productive.

Takeaways

As a result of participating in this conversation, attendees will:

• Understand the value and potential of a thoughtful approach to workflow in order to provide more effective access and integrate with other scholarship
• Understand the strategic importance of investing time and energy into local institutional policies and be better prepared to convey this value to others
• Be aware of key elements needed to plan and coordinate resources for sustainable implementation of open infrastructure
• Be better prepared to negotiate the political and cultural atmosphere around open scholarship
• Be inspired to ensure there is a diversity of voices and the entire community is included in conversations about open scholarship, which supports a sustainable open infrastructure
• Identify opportunities for collaboration, partnerships, and coordinated effort
• Develop recommendations for local use at home campuses (on tools to use, conversations to have, how to build trust)"