The University of Kansas Libraries

Libraries in a Changing System

Not Your Mama's Serials Crisis: Transformations in Scholarly Communications

August 2, 2007 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
August 7, 2007 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Relays Room, Burge Union

Workshop Purpose:

To continue the development and implementation of a coordinated program of education and advocacy, in the Libraries and on campus, to help faculty and students regain control of both their intellectual property and of the scholarly communication system.

Materials developed for Not Your Mama’s Serials Crisis: Transformations in Scholarly Communications are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Workshop Presentations:

• Introduction
• Managing Copyright/ License Issues
• Public Policy/ Advocacy
  • KU Faculty Activism in Scholarly Communications Opportunity Assessment Instrument
    full and abridged versions available
• Repositories/ Publishing Models
• Scenario exercises and talking points for Table I, Table II and Table III
• What’s Next? Where do we go from here?
  • Resource List
  • What's Next? Exercise
  • Workshop Evaluation