From Stumbling Blocks to Building Blocks: Scholarly Communication Essentials – Electronic Resources and Libraries

This workshop will provide attendees, no matter their role in their own institution, with the knowledge, vocabulary, and basic skills needed to communicate intelligently with other stakeholders in the fast-changing scholarly communication landscape. Using foundational readings from Peter Suber and other sample materials, we will explore several key scholarly communication topics, including: the economics of commercial and open access publishing; open access publishing models; common misconceptions about open access and how to address them; predatory publishing; copyright, author rights and legislation; article-level- and alt- metrics, and open educational resources.