HathiTrust Public Domain Papers: The Past is a Different Country
Please join Research & Instruction Librarian Andrew Wohrley for a
conversation about HathiTrust, a large-scale collaborative repository of public domain content. Drinks and snacks will be provided. Register here.
HathiTrust is a treasure chest of public domain online information which allows us to see the past through historical sources. The HathiTrust will be used to examine both historical events and pioneering scientific papers. By looking at illustrations from the turn of the 19th century to illustrate how different the past was, the audience will see many things in their infancy which has become the advanced technology we use today.
Mega-publishers and Open Access: A very special issue
Please join Research & Instruction Librarian Patricia Hartman for a conversation about open access mega-publishers. Drinks and snacks will be provided. Register here.
With the rise of mega-journals and mega-publishers, the line between open access reputable and predatory publishers has become increasingly blurred. As mega-journals have increased journal impact factors, so has scrutiny surrounding their practices. Informal conversations about hasty peer review and aggressive solicitation of manuscripts leaves them in a gray zone on internal journal ranking used by many departments in promotion and tenure decisions. This presentation will place this issue in context and discuss the implications it may have for researchers.
Join us in-person or online for a conversation about Auburn's publishing patterns in mega-publisher journals. Drinks and snacks provided.
