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- From: Kara Malenfant <kmalenfant@xxxxxxx>
- To: scholcomm@xxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:28:43 -0400
NEWS
For Immediate Release
June 16, 2009
CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is
extending the reach of the "Scholarly Communication 101: Starting with
the Basics" workshop by adding related materials to its popular
Scholarly Communication Toolkit. The materials - including short videos,
presentations templates and handouts - were developed for the half-day
workshop offered at the ACRL 14th National Conference in Seattle and
traveling to five locations around the country this summer
(http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/april2009
/acrlscroadshowhosts.cfm). Now librarians can make use of these tools to
enhance their own knowledge or adapt them to offer related workshops on
their own campuses. The Scholarly Communication Toolkit is available
online at http://www.acrl.ala.org/scholcomm/.
Developing a basic understanding of scholarly communication issues
should be a high priority for every librarian. Enhancing understanding
of how scholars work along with the systems, tools and technology to
support the evolving work of the creation, personal organization,
aggregation, discovery, preservation, access and exchange of information
in all formats is one of six strategic priorities for 2009-13 developed
by the ACRL Board of Directors
(http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/about/whatisacrl/index.cfm). The
newly developed tools support this strategic priority, with a focus on
new methods of scholarly publishing and communication, copyright and
intellectual property and economics along with open access and openness
as a principle.
The ACRL Scholarly Communication Committee, as part of its efforts to
keep the toolkit current, encourages librarians to contribute tools and
case studies on their local scholarly communication campaigns. Simply
post a comment describing your tool and provide a link in the
appropriate tab.
Contact: Kara J. Malenfant
ACRL Scholarly Communications & Government Relations Specialist
(312) 280-2510
kmalenfant@xxxxxxx
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ACRL is a division of the American Library Association, representing
more than 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested
individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership organization in
North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the
unique needs of academic and research librarians. Its initiatives enable
the higher education community to understand the role that academic
libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments.
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