ALA DG - supporting changes in scholarly communication

["Macklin, Lisa Alsing" <lmackli@emory.edu>]

**Apologies for cross-posting**

Announcing discussion topic for the ACRL Scholarly Communications 
Discussion Group

ALA Annual New Orleans
Date: Sunday, June 26, 2011 - 4:00pm - 5:30pm
New Orleans Marriott (MAR)  555 Canal Street  Studio 7
Co-sponsored by the ACRL Information Literacy Coordinating 
Committee

"Global trends and local actions for liaison and teaching 
librarians to support changes in scholarly communication"

The ACRL Scholarly Communication Discussion Group will provide a 
forum for a discussion of the intersections of information 
literacy and scholarly communication programs, as a means to 
connect the global to the local.  Dr. Dieter Stein, Professor of 
English Language and Linguistics, Heinrich Heine University 
(Germany), and organizer of the Berlin 6 conference, Julia 
Gelfand of the University of California- Irvine and Stephanie 
Davis-Kahl of Illinois Wesleyan University will help set the 
stage with presentations from their experiences. Lorraine 
Haricombe, Dean of Libraries at the University of Kansas, who 
will speak at the SPARC-ACRL Forum will also participate in the 
discussion.

Librarians are being asked to develop expertise in new kinds of 
engagement across campus. Scholarly communication issues such as 
open access, copyright, and data management are becoming 
important for liaison and teaching librarians. How do we bring 
global trends, such as the Berlin OA Conference, to our own 
institutions through our education and outreach programs?

Examples of topics to explore are:

How do we engage faculty and students in discussions of open 
access? How can information literacy programs help students learn 
about the whole cycle of scholarly communications? Scholarly 
communications librarians are frequently teachers; what can they 
learn from the information literacy experts? What lessons can be 
learned and ideas exchanged by librarians incorporating 
information literacy and scholarly communication issues into 
their work?

This discussion group brings a local approach to the topic of the 
SPARC-ACRL Forum on Saturday, June 25, 2011 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM 
at the Morial Convention Center, Room 383, which will zero in on 
the motivation and drive behind the Berlin Declaration on Open 
Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities.  Speakers 
include Dr. Dieter Stein, Professor of English Language and 
Linguistics, Heinrich Heine University (Germany), Lorraine 
Haricombe, Dean of Libraries at the University of Kansas, and 
Jennifer McLennan, Director of Programs and Operations for SPARC 
and moderator of the Berlin 9 organizing coalition.

Lisa A. Macklin, MLS, JD
Director, Intellectual Property Rights Office of the Emory 
University Libraries
Woodruff Library
540 Asbury Circle
Atlanta, GA 30322