The BC Research Libraries Group invites UBC faculty, staff and students to attend the following presentation:
Field Study Findings on Faculty & Researcher Use of New Models of Scholarly Publishing & Communication presented by Karla Hahn.
- Thursday, March 5, 2009, 2:00pm – 4:00pm (refreshments served 2:00 – 2:30pm)
- Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Dodson Room (Rm. 302) University of British Columbia
Please RSVP at http://toby.library.ubc.ca/booking/description.cfm?sessionid=6437
In the Spring of 2008, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) engaged Ithaka, a not-for-profit organization promoting innovation in academia, to conduct an investigation into the range of new models of scholarly publishing and communication valued by scholars, with a particular focus on those works that are pushing beyond the boundaries of traditional formats and are considered innovative by the faculty who use them. A field team of 301 librarians at 46 institutions interviewed professors about the digital resources they use. Among the key findings and works Karla Hahn, Director of the Office of Scholarly Communication at ARL, will describe include:
- Evidence that innovative digital resources can be found across the humanities, social sciences, and scientific/technical/medical subject areas.
- Almost every resource cited by faculty operates under some form of peer review or editorial oversight.
- Some the resources with greatest impact are those that have been around a long while.
- Many digital publications are capable of running on relatively small budgets and are tailored to small, niche audiences.
- Innovations relating to multimedia content and Web 2.0 functionality appear in some cases to blur the lines between resource types.
- Projects of all sizes, especially open access sites and publications, employ a range of support strategies in the search for financial sustainability.
The findings were published in November 2008 and are available at: http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/current-models-report.pdf
About the Speaker
Karla Hahn has been the Director of the Office of Scholarly Communication at ARL since May 2005. Key areas of activity for the office include the assessment and implementation of selected new scholarly communication models; the development of alliances to advance new systems of scholarly communication; and advancement of library outreach efforts to inform the educational and research communities on trends, findings, opportunities, and their impact on promotion and tenure, on teaching and research, and on university budgets. Karla holds a PhD from the University of Maryland College of Information Studies, an MLS from Syracuse University, an MS from the University of Chicago, and a BS from Wittenberg University. Her writings include Electronic Ecology: A Case Study of Electronic Journals in Context and numerous articles on issues relating to publishing and electronic communication.
For more information, contact Joy Kirchner (joy.kirchner@ubc.ca) or Kat McGrath (kat.mcgrath@ubc.ca).
