Re-Creating a Vision for CULS:

Adventures in Open AccessCynthia Akers

Kansas Library Association ConferenceApril 8, 2011Topeka, KS

So, What Is the Re-Created Vision?

Spring 2011: • 1st open access published

proceedings of papers from the 2010 CULS Fall Conference

• To be made available as PDFs via New Prairie Press, Kansas State University:

http://newprairiepress.org/journals/ • Annual compilation

(A virtual "piece of cake" to put together?  Read on...)

Where Did the Idea Originate?July 2010 -- two "sparks" for the idea: • ACRL "Scholarly Communication 101:  Starting with the

Basics" road show -- CULS Summer Institute 2010 at Kansas State University

       http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/issues/scholcomm/roadshow.cfm•  CULS Executive Board meeting -- idea proposed by Gloria

Creed-Dikeogu to sponsor a collection of proceedings from the CULS Fall Conference

  Also:  several CULS Board members and members at large have presented at Brick and Click and contributed to the annual collection of papers from that conference:http://eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED513812.pdf    (2010 Proceedings)

What Are Other State ACRL Chapters Doing?42 State ACRL Chapters -- the only other chapter doing a similar approach is:  • CARL (California Association of Research Libraries) -- offers

Conference Proceedings (also 1st publication in 2010)http://carl-acrl.org/Archives/ConferencesArchive/Conference10/proceedings.html  ("All presenters, regardless of session type, will be asked to submit a paper and/or summary of their session to the proceedings.")  

Process for the Proceedings:  "Originate, Create, Renovate, and Innovate: Leading Revolution in the Academic Library"1st rule:  Everything WILL take longer than you think!

 • Call for proposals for CULS Fall Conference, October 15, 2010  --

asked to indicate whether or not presenter wished to submit a paper• Deadlines were set as:

o September 15, 2010:  Notification of acceptance for proposals, and guidelines for publication sent to those who wished to submit papers

o November 15, 2010:  Due date for first drafts of paper submissions

o Mid-late November:  Review of papers by CULS Proceedings Committee; reviews sent back to authors

o November 29, 2010:  Due date for final drafts of papers

 

2nd rule:  Delegate whenever possible! •  CULS Proceedings Committee reviewed the rough drafts of papers:

o Micaela Ayerso Carol Campbello Heather Smith-Collinso Kristin Whitehair

• Cynthia Akers -- general editor and "go-between" for Proceedings Committee, authors, and New Prairie Press

• Feedback on rough drafts was sent to authors (no names attached from reviewers)

 

Process for the Proceedings:  "Originate, Create, Renovate, and Innovate: Leading Revolution in the Academic Library"

Process for the Proceedings:  "Originate, Create, Renovate, and Innovate: Leading Revolution in the Academic Library"3rd Rule:  Don't Hesitate to Ask Questions!• Open access will be provided by New Prairie Press

 http://newprairiepress.org/journals/ • Working with Beth Turtle and Jenny Oleen

 • Format of journal will be similar to open access Journal of Library

Innovation http://www.libraryinnovation.org/ 

Future of CULS Proceedings

  Annual commitment  Call for proposals and papers for CULS Fall 2011 Conference, Manhattan, KS Need to revisit "refereed" vs. "peer review" process; what, for example, is accepted by various Tenure and Promotion Committees? Provision of indexing/additional access to proceedings?