SPEC Kit 332: Organization of Scholarly Communication Services · 141
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Scholcom Survey for Liaison Librarians
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Scholcom Survey for Liaison Librarians
1. Please rate your current knowledge, skills, and abilities in
the following areas:
Know very
little
Know
enough to
get by
Feel pretty
confident
N/A
Can explain what open access is, and why it is
important
n n n n
Can explain that OA is compatible with copyright,
peer review, revenue, print, preservation, prestige,
quality, career-advancement, indexing, and other
features and supportive services associated with
conventional scholarly literature
n n n n
Can explain why authors should try to retain the
rights to share their work
n n n n
Can explain what an author’s options are for
making their work open access: the green
(repository) and gold (OA journal) routes
n n n n
Have an understanding of open access/public
access policies
n n n n
Can explain how the Libraries can help make their
(Faculty and grad students') work open access
n n n n
Can explain how the Libraries can help subsidize
author fees
n n n n
Have a working knowledge of how to deposit items
into YorkSpace
n n n n
Can explain what makes repositories different from
regular websites
n n n n
Possess a basic understanding of copyright law
related to scholarly communication issues.
n n n n
Possess a basic understanding of a variety of
publishing models
n n n n
Aware of scholarly communications practices and
issues in your discipline(s)
n n n n
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