SPEC Kit 299: Scholarly Communication Education Initiatives (August 2007)

This SPEC Kit explores what kind of initiatives ARL member libraries have used or plan to use to educate faculty, researchers, administrators, students, and library staff at their institutions about scholarly communication issues.

The survey was distributed to the 123 ARL member libraries in May 2007. Respondents were asked to provide information about the nature of library-initiated education activities about scholarly communication (SC) issues that had taken place in their institutions in the past three years or that were expected to take place soon. Seventy-three libraries (59%) responded to the survey. Of those, 55 (75%) indicated that the library has engaged in educational activities on scholarly communication (SC) issues; 13 (18%) have not but indicated that planning is underway. Only three libraries indicated that they had not engaged in this activity; another two responded that this is the responsibility of another, non-library unit of the institution.

This SPEC Kit includes documentation from respondents in the form of proposals for education initiatives, scholarly communication and copyright Web pages, job descriptions, and education materials.

Newman, Kathleen A., Deborah D. Blecic, and Kimberly L. Armstrong. Scholarly Communication Education Initiatives. SPEC Kit 299. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, August 2007.

https://doi.org/10.29242/spec.299

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SPEC Kit 299: Scholarly Communication Education Initiatives (August 2007)

Author(s): Newman, Kathleen A.; Blecic, Deborah D.; Armstrong, Kimberly L.
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This SPEC Kit explores what kind of initiatives ARL member libraries have used or plan to use to educate faculty, researchers, administrators, students, and library staff at their institutions about scholarly communication issues.

The survey was distributed to the 123 ARL member libraries in May 2007. Respondents were asked to provide information about the nature of library-initiated education activities about scholarly communication (SC) issues that had taken place in their institutions in the past three years or that were expected to take place soon. Seventy-three libraries (59%) responded to the survey. Of those, 55 (75%) indicated that the library has engaged in educational activities on scholarly communication (SC) issues; 13 (18%) have not but indicated that planning is underway. Only three libraries indicated that they had not engaged in this activity; another two responded that this is the responsibility of another, non-library unit of the institution.

This SPEC Kit includes documentation from respondents in the form of proposals for education initiatives, scholarly communication and copyright Web pages, job descriptions, and education materials.

Newman, Kathleen A., Deborah D. Blecic, and Kimberly L. Armstrong. Scholarly Communication Education Initiatives. SPEC Kit 299. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, August 2007.