From: Sarah Beaubien <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 19:38:00 +0000

Hi Colleagues,



This message serves as a reminder about the ALCTS Scholarly Communications
Interest Group program at ALA, and as announcement that there is now even
more OER in the discussion. We have been fortunate to add Michelle Reed,
Open Education Librarian from the University of Texas Arlington to our
already outstanding line-up of panelists.



This is an open program, and all are welcome to attend whether or not
you’re an ALCTS member.



*ALCTS Scholarly Communication Interest Group Panel Session*

Day: Saturday, June 22nd

Time: 1-2pm local time

Location: Marriott Marquis, Archives (located across the street from Walter
E. Washington Convention Center)



Title: Imagine a World Where All Content is Open: Implications for
E-Resource Management and Discovery



Abstract: As the open access movement progresses, and more content becomes
openly available, libraries grapple with questions of whether to curate
open content, which content to collect, and then how to integrate it into
their discovery layers, e-resource management tools, and workflows. From a
user and researcher perspective, open content is only useful if it can be
discovered, so there are serious implications that must be explored by
those managing the acquisition and ongoing maintenance of electronic
content. Most discovery and e-resource management systems are developed on
a framework of commercial content. Providers of open content are not
necessarily equipped or staffed to supply the metadata and e-resource
management tools that we all rely on paid content providers to generate. In
a customer-vendor relationship, there are clear expectations of services
provided beyond the actual content. This allows librarians to leverage
their subscription fees to expect accurate and properly formatted metadata.
The provision or lack of this has significant staffing implications. In the
case of some open content, these services may not be available, thus
potentially deterring libraries from collecting open access materials.
These are challenges that can be overcome, but bear some exploration in
order to move toward a more open world sustainably.



Panelists:

   - Sunshine Carter, Interim Collection Development Officer & Electronic
   Resources Librarian, University of Minnesota
   - Jeffrey Daniels, Associate Dean of Curation, Preservation, and
   Publishing Services, Grand Valley State University
   - Wendy Robertson, Institutional Repository Librarian, University of Iowa
   - Michelle Reed, Open Education Librarian, University of Texas Arlington



Questions for panelists:



   - What was your first memorable OA e-resource experience?
   - What is today's biggest challenge in OA content discovery?
   - What is today’s biggest opportunity in OA content discovery?
   - What would more OA content mean for users?
   - What would your job look like if all subscription content was openly
   accessible?
   - What would a university library look like if all subscription content
   was openly accessible?



Format:

Emma Molls, panel moderator, will walk through each question, giving
panelists the opportunity to respond. With the remaining time, panelists
will have the opportunity to engage in a more informal response to each
other’s answers and/or audience questions. Panelists are welcome to think
outside the box, present unheard of ideas, and approach the questions with
a mix of theory and practice.



Regards,

Sarah & Emma



Sarah Beaubien

*Pronouns: she/her*

Associate Dean of Curriculum, Research, & User Services

Grand Valley State University Libraries

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