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Scholarly Communication

OU Libraries guides scholars in matters relating to scholarly communication, which we define as the formal and informal ways research and scholarly works are created, evaluated, disseminated, preserved, used, and transformed.

Scholarly Communications Services

Our goal is to help you navigate the changes, tackle existing challenges, explore new forms of scholarly communication, and increase the impact of your research on the broader scholarly community and the public.

One-on-one consultations or workshops can be scheduled, view the workshop menu below.

Scholarly Communication workshop menu

Workshops can be scheduled for a school, department, or small group at any location on campus or virtually. 

Contact Julia Rodriguez, Scholarly Communications Librarian ~ juliar@oakland.edu

  1. CHOOSING WHERE TO PUBLISH 
    *Learn how to review journals, understand quality measures and impact factors, use journal locators, and manuscript matching.
  2. AUTHOR RIGHTS, LICENSES & READING PUBLISHER’S AGREEMENTS
    *Learn how to retain your rights and choose an appropriate use license.
  3. OPEN ACCESS (OA) PUBLISHING 
    *Learn why you should care about OA and how to determine legitimate publishers.
  4. INCREASING RESEARCH IMPACT - Getting your work noticed, cited, read
    *Learn about using social media and online profiles to increase your research impact.
  5. TRACKING YOUR IMPACT - Citation searching & alternative metrics
    *Learn simple ways to track who cited you and methods for measuring broader impact.
  6. BUILDING ONLINE SCHOLARSHIP COLLECTION
    *Learn how to utilize tools to build a collection of faculty or graduate student scholarship.
  7. COPYRIGHT BASICS FOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING
    *Learn what is copyright-protected and how to determine fair use.
  8. CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES – why, when & how to openly license your work
    *Learn how to apply CC licenses & how to appropriately use openly licensed content.