Scholarly Communication in General
Scholarly Publishing and Citation Metrics
Scholarly Society and Researcher Identifier

Scholarly Communication in General

The Challenge of Scholarly Communication in the 21st Century
From Simon Fraser University
A lecture by Charles Eckman (Simon Fraser University) about scholarly publishing and models of open access.

The Future of Scholarly Communications‬

• Changing Scholarly Communications Landscape and Future Model
• Dynamics of Transition to Open Access
• Problems and Challenges of Gold Open Access
• The Hybrid Journal Path to Gold OA?
• The Mixed Economy Approach: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? Or Is It Here to Stay?
• The Advantages of Electronic-only Journals and Data in an Open Access World
• Identifying Roles and Ownership in Respect to Digital Preservation
• Electronic Technologies in the Arts and Humanities and Others Disciplines

From JISC
This series of videos are recordings of the JISC scholarly communications roundtable in which delegates discuss scholarly communication issues from different perspectives.  The delegates are Lorraine Estelle (JISC), Richard Gedye (International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers), Neil Jacobs (JISC), James Milne (Royal Society of Chemistry), Mark Patterson (Public Library of Science), Philip Schofield (University College London), and Debby Shorley (Imperial College London). 

How Web 2.0 Is Changing Scholarly Communication
From Drexel University Libraries
A panel discussion on how educators and librarians take advantage of Web 2.0 technologies to enhance teaching, learning, research, and scholarship. The moderator is Karl Okamoto (Drexel College of Law), and the panelists are Jean-Claude Bradley (Drexel University), Andre Brown (University of Pennsylvania), Nicole Engard (LibLime), James Mitchell (Drexel University), Banu Onaral (Drexel University), Beth Ritter-Guth (Lehigh Carbon Community College), and Scott Warnock (Drexel University).

Rough Waters: Navigating Hard Times in the Scholarly Communication Marketplace
From SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and Association of College and Research Libraries
A forum in which speakers discuss tactics for weathering the tough times in the scholarly communication marketplace. The moderator is Kimberly Douglas (California Institute of Technology). The speakers are Charles Lowry (Association of Research Libraries), Ivy Anderson (California Digital Library), Emma Hill (Rockefeller University Press), and James Neal (Columbia University). The presentation slides are available on the video page.

Scholarship in the Digital Age: Information, Infrastructure, and the Internet
From Columbia University Libraries
Christine Borgman (UCLA) delivers a presentation on new developments in scholarly information infrastructure. She discusses policy issues such as open access and intellectual property, and addresses the implications of e-science. The slides of the presentation are also available online.

Scholarly Publishing and Citation Metrics

Future of the Book: Can the Endangered Monograph Survive?
From Columbia University Libraries
A panel discussion on the economics and process of scholarly publishing. The panelists are Helen Tartar (Fordham University Press), Sanford Thatcher (Penn State University Press), and Ree DeDonato (Columbia University).

‪The Future of University Presses and Other Institutional Publishers
From Texas A&M University
A presentation on the future of non-commercial scholarly publishing by Michael Keller (Stanford University).

Library-Press Partnerships in Action: The New University of California Publishing Services
From SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
A Webcast on the collaboration between the press and the library at the University of California for their new electronic publishing services. The presenters are Laura Cerutti (University of California Press) and Catherine Mitchell (California Digital Library).

Models for Campus-Based Publishing
From Columbia University Libraries
A panel discussion about how the presses and the libraries at three institutions collaborate for campus-based publishing. The speakers are Maria Bonn (University of Michigan), Monica McCormick (New York University), and Charles Watkinson (Purdue University).

The Promise of Peer Review
From Columbia University Libraries
Vivian Siegel (Vanderbilt University) gives a presentation on the current state of peer review.

Final Impact: What Factors Really Matter?
From Columbia University Libraries
A panel discussion on how to gauge the impact of scholarly publications. The panelists are Marian Hollingsworth (Thomson Reuters), Jevin West (Eigenfactor), and Johan Bollen (MESUR project). Their presentation slides are available on the video page.

Life Beyond the Impact Factor: The Promise and Perils of Article Level Metrics
From Association of College & Research Libraries and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
A panel of experts explore what emerging alternative metrics look like, how they work, and how they are being used. They also discuss both the promise and potential pitfalls of applying these measures in the research evaluation, tenure, and promotion processes. The panelists are Heather Piwowar (ImpactStory), Donna Okubo (Public Library of Science), and Scott Lapinski (Harvard Medical School). (Note: Click the link above and then click "ACRL / SPARC Forum" to access the recording.)

Peter Binfield on Article Level Metrics
From SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
Peter Binfield (PLoS ONE) presents an in-depth look at Article Level Metrics and provides a glimpse into what is on the horizon for their further development and wider adoption.

Toward a Second Revolution: Altmetrics, Total-impact, and the Decoupled Journal
From Purdue University
Jason Priem (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) discusses alternative metrics for scholarly communication.  His presentation slides are also available online. 

Scholarly Society and Researcher Identifier

The Future of Learned Societies
From Columbia University Libraries
A presentation by James O'Donnell (Georgetown University) on the future of scholarly publishing and learned societies. Erick Weinberg (Columbia University) is the respondent.

Reaching out to Leaders of Scholarly Societies at Research Institutions
From Association of Research Libraries
A Webcast on reaching out to and developing partnerships with leaders of scholarly societies on campus. The presenters are Jason Jackson (Indiana University), Jennifer Laherty (Indiana University), Sayeed Choudhury (Johns Hopkins University), and Robert Hanisch (Johns Hopkins University).

BibApp: Campus Research Gateway and Expert Finder
From OCLC Research
This Webinar describes the BibApp initiative.  The presenter is Sarah Shreeves (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).  The presentation slides are also available online.

ORCID: Unique Identifiers for Authors and Contributors
From the Conference on the Value of Unique Scholarly Identifiers to Academics, Institutions and Countries
Martin Fenner (Hannover Medical) gives an overview of how ORCID works.

VIVO: Enabling National Networking of Scientists‬
From Coalition for Networked Information
This presentation provides an overview of the VIVO initiative.  The presenters are Dean B. Krafft (Cornell University) and Valerie Davis (University of Florida).