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Learning through Research: Engaging students in publishing at
The University of Manchester
Simon Bains, Head of Research Services and Deputy LibrarianThe University of Manchester Library
@simonjbains
• The strategic imperatives• Scholarly communications developments• Library and Press collaboration• Student publishing projects• The shifting publishing landscape• Publishing as a research skill
“More targeted support and guidanceon publication strategies and ensuringall researchers meet the University’s
commitment to open access”
“We will prepare students for a rangeof career paths…engaging them in
employability and developingresearch skills”
“Students are provided with opportunitiesand support to develop their technical
and information skills so that theybecome highly digitally literate.”
http://blog.research-plus.library.manchester.ac.uk/
Learning through research
Ethical grand challenges
University College for
Interdisciplinary Learning
Volunteering
My Learning Essentials My Future My Wellbeing
The Manchester Advantage
Meet the Robin Hood of Sciencehttp://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/a-pirate-bay-for-science
Sci-Hub As Necessary, Effective Civil Disobediencehttp://bjoern.brembs.net/2016/02/sci-hub-as-necessary-effective-civil-disobedience/
I think what Sci-Hub is doing is terrible — bad for publishers, researchers, and librarians
http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2016/03/02/sci-hub-and-the-four-horsemen-of-the-internet/
By means that I don’t approve of, but can’t improve on, it has cut the Gordian Knot of scholarly communication
http://svpow.com/category/open-access/sci-hub/
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/vision/
Thank you.
Simon Bains, Head of Research Services and Deputy LibrarianThe University of Manchester Library
@simonjbains
(Possible) questions for you…1. Business models
How do you build sustainable publishing services for your institution?2. Purpose
What's more important in library publishing, product or process?3. What's in a name?
What should we call our library publishing entity? 4. Complement or competition
Local action or support for wider initiatives? 5. What is publishing?
It’s not all about PDF…