Reasons to be Cheerful: Some Thoughts on the SHARE Summer 2015 Meeting | The Scholarly Kitchen
abernard102@gmail.com 2015-08-28
Summary:
"SHARE held its second meeting in June, attended by about 60 delegates mostly from university, corporate, not-for-profit, and government organizations. I really didn’t know very much about SHARE beforehand – other than the fact that it was launched by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) in response to the OSTP’s 2013 memorandum on public access – so it was a great opportunity to get up to speed with the organization. The relatively small number of attendees, lack of hierarchy, and mostly informal sessions made for a very interactive meeting in which we heard from pretty much every participant. I came away feeling quite cheerful about SHARE and where it’s heading – with thanks to the late, great Ian Dury for the inspiration, here’s why ..."