Taking Action in a Critical Moment

Katherine Skinner, PhD24th Annual NC Serials Conference, March 6, 2015Chapel Hill, NC

from innovation to impact

faculty, researchers, administrators, university presses, libraries, research centers, societies, students, archives, nonprofits, consortia,commercial publishers, editors, technologists

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Beware changes in the modes of communication…

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Beware changes in the modes of communication…

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Innovations don’t typically come from the center, they

come from unexpected

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Innovations don’t typically come from the center, they

come from unexpected

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Cultural processes of production, distribution, and reception depend

upon…

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networks of people

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System-wide changes require system-wide

involvement.(or sometimes, a policy change)

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Source: Sarah Glassmeyer, http://sarahglassmeyer.com/?p=431, http://create.ly/g8adae79219

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It isn’t that they can’t see the

solution.

It’s that they can’t see the

problem.

-GK

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So let’s look at the ways we’ve tried to address the crisis so far.

•The Big Deal. (Success! Ahem.)

•Institutional Repositories

•Open Access policies

•Consortial pricing and raiding the materials budget.

•Research and publishing about the Big Deal (especially Bergstrom et al)

•Terminating Big Deal contracts publically and thoughtfully

•Engaging in publishing activities ourselves

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Interdependence of systems

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from innovation to collective impact

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Backbone Support

Continuous Communications

Mutually Reinforcing Activities

Shared Measurement

Common Agenda

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What next?

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katherine@educopia.orghttp://educopia.org

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