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Scholarly Communication Committee: Past events

Information and Resources from the Scholarly Communication Committee of the Academic Libraries of Indiana (ALI)

Past webinars

Bridging the Gap: How Library Staff Roles Intersect with Scholarly Communication

  • Date & Time: Friday, November 14, 2025 at 2:00 pm Eastern Time/ 1:00 pm Central Time

Description:

Scholarly communication is often seen as the domain of a niche group of librarians—but in reality, its principles and practices permeate the daily work of library staff across all departments. This webinar brings together four professionals from institutions of varying sizes and structures to share how their roles in access services, technical services, instruction, and digital initiatives regularly support and enhance scholarly communication.

Whether processing faculty deposits, managing metadata, guiding students through citation practices, or supporting research visibility through repositories and ORCID, library staff are often unsung contributors to the scholarly ecosystem. Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of how their work connects to open access, digital scholarship, and research impact—and how small changes in workflows and collaborations can build a stronger campus culture of sharing knowledge.

Presenters: 

  • Victoria Peters, Coordinator of Scholarly Communications and Resource Services Librarian, DePauw University
  • Amanda Hurford, Scholarly Communications Director, Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI)
  • Matt Vaughn, Open Publishing Librarian, IU Bloomington
  • Peter Whiting, Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of Southern Indiana

Webinar Recording:

Best Practices for Institutional Repository (IR) Outreach Webinar

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

3:00 pm Eastern / 2:00 pm Central

 

Description:

Are you searching for strategies to liven up your institutional repository (IR) and scale up submissions? Join the the ALI Scholarly Communication Committee and a panel of three scholarly communication practitioners for a series of presentations for a series of presentations about institutional repository outreach best practices. Panelists will share ideas to encourage, faculty, staff, and students to share their work in your library's repository. Bring your questions for a question-and-answer session following presentations. 

Panelist: 

Nina Collins, Scholarly Publishing Librarian Purdue University

Jere Odell, Scholarly Communication Librarian, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis (IUPUI)

Peter Whiting, Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of Southern Indiana (USI)
 

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