Research in Academe Open Access and Digital Repository Forum 25 May 2011 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library
Objective 1. Type of public university research foci The role of the public university in disseminating, archiving and providing access to the research and scholarship of faculty and students. 1. Type of public university research foci 2. Dissemination 3. Archiving 4. Providing access
SJSU – Comprehensive University Metropolitan University
Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity 1. Basic Research 2. Applied Research 3. Community-based Research 4. Community-Service Learning
Presenter Pamela C. Stacks, Ph.D. Associate Vice President Graduate Studies and Research and Professor of Chemistry San José State University
Engineering students/innovation
Allied Health Professionals Community Partners
References 1. The University’s Role in the Dissemination of Research and Scholarship – A Call to Action. http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/disseminating-research-feb09.pdf 2. Current Models of Digital Scholarly Communication. http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/current-models-report.pdf
Dissemination Audience Type of material Purpose
Dissemination (2) E-only journals Reviews Preprints and working papers Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and annotated content Data Blogs Discussion forums Professional and scholarly hubs
E-Journal example http://www.jove.com/main.php Journal of Visualized Experiments
Discussion Forum example Emerging Scholars Interdisciplinary Network http://emergingscholars.net/public/home
Archiving material Collections that are digitized Available for scholars Provides a focal point
Providing Access Audience Other scholars Other colleagues and students The community
Open Access Task Force at SJSU How to tackle change Senate as communication vehicle Task Force Use of a Wiki Sense of the Senate Resolution Recommended policy changes Retention, Tenure, Promotion Master’s Theses and Embargos
A plug! Multi-media journals … Capture the mind … Make the transition that multi-media can be scholarship too. THANK YOU and now Q&A.