K. Matthew Dames Appointed New University Librarian | Boston University | BU Today

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"Access to scholarship, strengthening ties to Boston among the priorities

K. Matthew Dames, a nationally recognized scholar in copyright law and innovator in library sciences, has been appointed the next Boston University Librarian. Currently Georgetown University Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources and Services, he succeeds Robert Hudson, who is retiring after more than 40 years at BU. Dames will assume his new position July 1. ...

Prior to taking the Georgetown post in 2016, Dames was the founding director of the Syracuse University Copyright and Information Policy Office, then associate dean for research and scholarship, and later interim dean of libraries and University Librarian. While at Syracuse, he launched new digital preservation efforts as well as a fund to develop new library spaces and services.

Dames says he sees a particular opportunity in Boston University’s “commitment to open access and the work that Bob Hudson and others in the library have done to make that a priority,” including adoption of a policy in 2015 that requires faculty to opt out if they don’t want to allow open access to their scholarly work online. “We’re in an environment where even though open access seems to have a little more traction outside the United States, we are clear within the United States that the current ecosystem of scholarly publishing is unsustainable and we need to find alternatives,” he says. “I don’t necessarily think that open access is the sole alternative, but I certainly think it should be part of the equation. And since BU has already made inroads there, that gives us a good starting place to work from.”..."

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http://www.bu.edu/today/2018/k-matthew-dames-appointed-new-university-librarian/

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Date tagged:

05/18/2018, 13:44

Date published:

05/18/2018, 09:45