Workshops

Monday, February 13, 2006
Room N101,
Beeson School of Divinity,
Samford University, Birmingham, AL
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The workshop will focus on scholarly communications and will be presented by Dr. Ray English, currently the library director at Oberlin College and current chair of the ACRL Scholarly Communications Committee.

WORKSHOP MATERIALS

Powerpoint Presentation

ACRL Principles and Strategies for the Reform of Scholarly Communication Handout

Actions Librarians Can Take Handout

Actions Faculty (with Tenure?!) Can Take Handout

Actions for Librarians and Faculty (ideas generated during the workshop)

Making a Campus plan (ideas generated during the workshop)

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

8:00-8:30 a.m.	Check-in
8:30 a.m.	Welcome and Introduction of our Speaker
8:35-10:15 a.m.	Part I Issues and dysfunctions in the scholarly communications system The first part will focus on issues such as the high cost of scholarly journals, the effect of costs on library budgets, issues related to electronic journal licenses, and the economic problems of university presses.
10:15-10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30-12:00 a.m.	Part II Strategies for fostering reform in the scholarly communications system The second part will focus on strategies including creating competitive journals, editorial board control, collective buying, open access journals, author control of copyright, and author self-archiving.
12:00-1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00-2:15 p.m.	Part III Actions for librarians and faculty The third part of the workshop will address specific actions that librarians and faculty can take to foster change in the system of scholarly communication.
2:15-2:30 a.m.	Break
2:30-3:30 p.m.	Part IV Developing a campus plan for scholarly communications In this last part of the workshop participants will work on a campus plan for scholarly communications issues. Participants will also share the ideas they've developed for their plans.

DIRECTIONS: The workshop will be held in Room N101, in the Beeson School of Divinity at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. For directions, see their website at http://www.samford.edu/maps.html. This page also includes links to campus maps. We recommend this PDF Map. The Beeson School of Divinity is Building #8 on this map and is referred to as Divinity Hall. All available parking is either colored in or shaded. Additional parking is available in a gravel lot across Lakeshore Drive from the southwest gate (not the main gate). A campus shuttle bus picks up from this lot approx. every 15-20 minutes and will drop you off on campus at the Beeson University Center (Building #8 on the PDF Map).

Previous Workshops:

Millennials in the Library: Today's Student Library Worker
AACRL WORKSHOP
Friday, October 7, 2005, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Main Conference Room, Alabama Public Library Service, Montgomery, AL

RED , WHITE , & YOU : The Patriot Librarian in Today's Information Environment
AACRL/CUS WORKSHOP
Friday, October 24, 2003, 10:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.
Library Conference Room, Samford University, Birmingham,AL