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About FAU Libraries Scholarly Communication Services

FAU Libraries Scholarly Communication Services (SCS) provides support to all FAU campuses by addressing the wide range of issues related to creating, evaluating, disseminating, and preserving the outputs of research and scholarship.

Services: We provide online consultations, presentations, and events for staff, students, faculty, and campus groups; **Please note that due to the pandemic, all requests will be delivered online via Zoom, WebEx, or Microsoft Teams.** Make your request.

Topics: Our services focus on the following areas of scholarly communication. See each link to view LibGuides with additional information; use these for your professional development or in your course as an assignment or supplemental reading*.

Open Access

Journal / Research Impact

In coordination with library liaisons, SCS also promotes the use of Open Education Resources (OER):

Open Education Resources

SCS provides information on the following topics, with the goal of gradually doing more in these areas:

Scholarly Publishing

Researcher Profile Management

*Like these LibGuides, or would you like something tailored for your course or assignment? If so, get in touch or make a request for scholarly communication services!

Open Access Week is an annual event advocating for free and immediate online access to research articles worldwide. The FAU Libraries will host two webinars to promote the benefits of Open Access and how to get started. Everyone on campus is invited to attend. Please register for each event separately. Both presentations will occur on Zoom.

Making Scholarly & Creative Work More Available: Introduction to Open Access
Monday, October 19, 2020 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Imagine a world where anyone can read scholarly or creative works without a subscription or paywall! This actually happens thanks to Open Access (OA) publishing! This presentation introduces OA, how to find OA publications to publish your work, and ways you can support and promote OA.

Open Access Funding: How to Pay (or Not) to Publish
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Open Access (OA) funding shifts the costs of publishing, but it doesn’t mean authors always have to pay! This presentation introduces Open Access funding models and ways authors can bypass the cost of publishing in OA.

For more information about Open Access please visit our library guide or contact Kristy Padron, Scholarly Communication Services Librarian, at kpadron@fau.edu.

Recent FAU Faculty Publications

Scholarly Communication Workshops and Presentations: Recordings and Handouts

Copyright (COCE Copyright Module, slides)
Presented January 2020 by Tom O'Brien and Larry Mello for FAU Center for Online and Community Education (COCE).
Public Domain (COCE Copyright Module, slides)
Presented February 2020 by Kristy Padron for FAU Center for Online and Community Education (COCE).
Copyright Demystified (FAU Center for eLearning, recording)
Presented November 2016 by Jane Strudwick
In collaboration with for the FAU Center for Online and Continuing Education (COCE, formerly known as FAU Center for eLearning).

Kenneth D. Crews Copyright Presentations

Making Copyright Work for You: Ownership and Fair Use (Recording)
Presented by Kenneth D. Crews, J.D.
In collaboration with FAU Center for Online and Community Education (COCE, formerly FAU Center for eLearning)
February 24, 2017
Making Copyright Work for You: Ownership and Fair Use (Handouts)
Presented by Kenneth D. Crews, J.D.
In collaboration with FAU Center for Online and Community Education (COCE, formerly FAU Center for eLearning)
February 24, 2017

Special Topics in Copyright: Course Reserves, Images, Etc.

Images and Copyright (Webinar)
Presented by L. Rebar and J. Somers for FAU Center for Online and Community Education Professional Development Community, February 2018
Course Reserves and Copyright (COCE Copyright Module)
Presented January 2020 by Jerrel Horn and Nikki Worrel for FAU Center for Online and Community Education (COCE).
Special Topics in Copyright: Online Learning & E-Reserves - Update and Authors' Rights and Publication Agreements (Recording)
Presented by Kenneth D. Crews, J.D.
In collaboration with FAU Center for Online and Community Education (COCE, formerly FAU Center for eLearning)
February 24, 2017

Padron, K. (2020). Making scholarly and creative work more available: Introduction to Open Access. [Video]. https://youtu.be/xgWRNxj0dAg

Introduction to Open Access (Slides)
By Kristy Padron, July 2020.

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These slides introduce Open Access (OA) by providing a synopsis of its formation. OA is then defined as a way of making scholarly, creative, or academic work more openly available, and its attributes are described. This presentation then identifies how OA publications can be found, and ways OA can be supported and promoted.
Open Access (OA): Models for Publishing and Funding (Slides)
By Kristy Padron, July 2020.

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This presentation describes the green, gold, and hybrid models of open access (OA), and also other frequently mentioned models. It also provides ways to negotiate or fund author processing or publishing charges (APC). Recommended for students or scholars interested in submitting their work in or for more information on open access publishers.
Can I post my article on ResearchGate? Possibilities for Sharing Your Work (Slides)
By Kristy Padron, July 2020.

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When authors publish their work through commercial publishers, they typically sign a copyright transfer agreement (CTA) which gives the copyright to the publisher, meaning the author is limited in how they can share their work. The internet has made sharing information very easy, but despite the ease, sharing isn't as straightforward as thought. Many academics share their copyrighted work on scholarly collaboration networks such as Academia.Edu and others which may not follow the terms of their CTA, and the authors may receive takedown notices from their publisher as a result. This presentation provides suggested practices to share information while complying with copyright, and recommends Open Access publishing as a way to share work freely; OA licenses typically allow authors to maintain copyright and permissions to share their work.
Funder public & open access mandates: Essentials (Slides)
by Kristy Padron, August 2020.

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Does your grant have a requirement for you to make your work public? What are some of the finer points of these mandates? This presentation will define funder public and open access mandates, what they often ask of primary investigators, and ways to comply with them.

Finding impact factors and other journal-level metrics (Video)
Presented by Kristy Padron, June 2020.

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This 18-minute recording provides an overview of journal-level bibliometrics such as Journal Impact Factor, CiteScore, Eigenfactor Score, and others. Find out how they are calculated and where they can be found! Recommended for faculty, graduate students, post-doctorates, or anyone interested in scholarly publications.
Finding impact factors and other journal-level metrics (Slides)
Altmetrics: What they are and how they can be used (Slides)

Uncover the Mysteries of Publishing with the FAU Libraries (Part 3, Slides)
Hints for Publishing Success (presented 3:00 to 4:00 PM), by Peggy Chinn, RN, PhD, FAAN
Informed Publishing: Identifying Predatory Publishers (Slides)
Updated in 2020 by Kristy Padron.
Uncover the Mysteries of Publishing with the FAU Libraries (Part 1, Recordings)
Presented March 23, 2018, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
FAU login required.
Presentations:
**Guide to Getting Published and Developing a Publishing Plan (presented 9 -10:30 am), Patti Davis, Emerald Publishing Group.

**How to Become a Successful Author: Scientific Literature, Tips on How to Publish, and the Role of IEEE (presented 10:30 - 11:30), Ruth Wolfish, IEEE Client Services Manager

**Alternative Forms of Publication for the Social Sciences: Research Methods Cases, Business Cases, and Video (presented 11:30 - 12:30 p.m.), Lou Palmer, SAGE Publishing
Uncover the Mysteries of Publishing with the FAU Libraries (Part 2, Slides)
Presented by David Mellor, Center for Open Science, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM.