FW: [SCHOLCOMM] Virtual summer ACRL/SPARC Forum

[Glenn Hampson]

FYI in case you didn’t see this notice from Mel

 

From: scholcom...@lists.ala.org <scholcom...@lists.ala.org> On Behalf Of Mel DeSart (via scholcomm Mailing List)
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 2:22 PM
To: scho...@lists.ala.org
Subject: RE: [SCHOLCOMM] Virtual summer ACRL/SPARC Forum

 

Just a reminder that the summer 2020 virtual ACRL/SPARC Forum is just over a week away.  Please register if you haven’t already done so.  Info and link below.

 

mel

 

From: scholcom...@lists.ala.org <scholcom...@lists.ala.org> On Behalf Of Mel DeSart
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2020 11:47 AM
To: scho...@lists.ala.org
Subject: [SCHOLCOMM] Virtual summer ACRL/SPARC Forum

 

You didn’t think we’d forgotten, did you?  Please mark your calendars and be sure to register for this summer’s ACRL/SPARC Forum.  Details follow.

 

 

Navigating the Current Budget Crisis While Creating a More Sustainable, Values-Aligned Future for Research

 

Libraries are facing a period of serious financial hardship while simultaneously navigating the shift to a system for sharing scholarship that is open by default. The decisions libraries make in the coming months in response to the budgetary impact of COVID-19 will have important consequences for the future of research infrastructure.

 

Now taking place virtually as a webcast on August 5th at 3pm EDT / 12pm PDT, the next ACRL/SPARC Forum will focus on this challenge—exploring how different institutions are re-evaluating their relationships with vendors, seeking to align their spend with their values, and keeping an eye on the long-term consequences of urgent decisions that need to be made in the short term.

 

The 90-minute session will follow a moderated discussion format featuring the following panelists:

• Chris Bourg: Director, MIT Libraries
• Jon Cawthorne: Dean, Wayne State University Library System
• Scarlet Galvan: Collection Strategist Librarian, Grand Valley State University
• Kaitlin Thaney: Executive Director, Invest in Open Infrastructure
• Moderator: Brandon Butler: Director, Information Policy, University of Virginia Library

 

The ACRL/SPARC Forum is free for anyone to join, but registration is required. Please click here to register.

 

 

Mel

 

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Mel DeSart     (he/him/his)

Head, Engineering Library and Head, Mathematics Research Library

University of Washington                  

Box 352170                                        des...@uw.edu

Seattle, WA   98195-2170                  office: 206-685-8369

 

“It is not written in the stars that I will always understand what is going

on -- a truism that I often find damnably annoying."

 

                              Robert A. Heinlein, from his novel "Friday"

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