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Fake news and alternative facts: five challenges for academic libraries

Insights: The UKSG Journal, 2017
In light of recent worldwide political developments, it seems clear that libraries are needed more than ever to combat a rising tide of fake news and public lies, and to help their patrons discriminate between truth, error and propaganda.
Rick Anderson
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Streaming Media in an Uncertain Legal Environment: A Model Policy and Best Practices for Academic Libraries

Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship, 2018
As VCRs and DVD players become obsolete, online course offerings increase, and flipped pedagogy becomes ubiquitous, academic librarians are frequently confronted with requests from instructors for streaming media.
Tina M Adams, Claudia C Holland
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A Proposed Solution to the Scholarly Communication Crisis [PDF]

, 2007
After reviewing the history and parameters of the scholarly communications crisis, particularly in regard to skyrocketing prices for journals in the natural sciences, the author reviews and rejects previously attempted solutions.
Schatzle, Chad J.
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Establishing, Developing, and Sustaining a Community of Data Champions

Data Science Journal, 2019
Supporting good practice in Research Data Management (RDM) is challenging for higher education institutions, in part because of the diversity of research practices and data types across disciplines. While centralised research data support units now exist
James L. Savage, Lauren Cadwallader
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The paper mill crisis is a five-alarm fire for science: what can librarians do about it?

Insights: The UKSG Journal
The paper mill crisis, which is polluting the scholarly literature with fake papers, has led to record-breaking article retractions and continues to erode trust in science.
Curtis Brundy, Joel B. Thornton
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Hip-Hop Librarianship for Scholarly Communication: An Approach to Introducing Topic [PDF]

, 2018
Hip-Hop music, business, distribution, and culture exhibit highly comparable trends in the scholarly communication and publication industry. This presentation discusses Hip-Hop artists and research authors as content creators, each operating within ...
Boston, Arthur J.
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Barriers and benefits of transitioning to an equitable open access model: interviews with LIS journal editors

Insights: The UKSG Journal
Not all library and information science (LIS) journals operate under an equitable open access (OA) model, despite librarianship’s emphasis on OA as a value.
Teresa Schultz, Rachel Borchardt, DeDe Dawson   +2 more
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Reclaiming (Parts of) Scholarly Communication

Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society, 2023
Community-driven open-access journals foster the idea of a biblio-diverse publishing ecosystem and challenge the prevalent commercialization of academic publishing. However, despite their importance, their existence is at risk. With little to no budget,
Marcel Wrzesinski
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New iniciatives in biomedical scholarly communication: removing barriers, enhancing progress [PDF]

, 2005
Objective: To review scholarly communication and publication as they have developed in the biomedical academic and research communities; identify changes and new models being explored and implemented; and explore current challenges and new opportunities.
Liesegang, Thomas J., Sieving, Pamela C.
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Starting Scholarly Conversations: A Scholarly Communication Outreach Program

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 2013
As the scholarly communication system continues to evolve, academic librarians should take an active role in both developing their own knowledge and educating their campus communities about emergent topics.
Andrea Wright
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