Scholarly Communication Librarianship

Ali Versluis

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Research and Scholarship / Open Educational Resources Librarian at the University of Guelph

Areas of expertise: open education, open access, scholarly communications, systematic and research synthesis reviews, Engineering and STEM liaison work, college librarianship, conference and event planning (grassroots and association based), union work, hiring committee perspectives, mentorship, advocacy and organizing
Can help with: academic library questions, job applications, CV review, informational interviews, mock interviews and interview prep, presentation preparation, pep talks/general morale boosting
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: versluis@uoguelph.ca , @aliversluis

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Affordable Content Instructional Consultant, The Ohio State University; formally the Open Education Librarian at Penn State University.

Areas of expertise: open education, open educational resources, open pedagogy, open access, copyright/fair use, creative commons licensing, information literacy instruction, project management, author rights, publishing, PressBooks, reference, knitting, mental health advocacy, impostor syndrome
Can help with: resume/CV/application review, mock interview, presentation preparation, job talks, structure, answering the question, design, info on academic librarianship, pep talks, early career professional questions, job materials organization, tenure track questions, fixing knitting errors, self-care, mental health, impostor syndrome tips and tricks.
Contact: alarson.oer@gmail.com, @maeverawr

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Scholarly Communication Librarian at Arizona State University

Areas of expertise: scholarly communication, open access, open education, copyright/fair use, licensing, collection development, acquisition, project management, productivity
Can help with: resume/CV/application review, academic library questions, professional involvement/service, tenure/continuing appointment, presentation preparation
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: anali.perry@gmail.com, @grumpator

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Scholarly Communications and Copyright Librarian, University of Winnipeg

Areas of expertise: Canadian Copyright, Open Access, Institutional Repositories, Scholarly Publishing Industry, Music and Copyright, Criminal Justice/ Abolitionist, Faculty Research Support, Author's Rights, Research & Scholarship
Can help with: general questions, CV review, practice interviews, presentation prep, research proposals, publication questions and publication agreement reviewing... happy to help however I can, really
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: b.selman@uwinnipeg.ca

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Scholarly Communication Librarian at California State University San Marcos

Areas of expertise: scholarly communication, open access, open education resources, fair use, author rights, author contract negotiation, conference and event planning, serving on search committees, project management
Can help with: cover letters and CV review, academic library questions, sorting out work-life balance, networking
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: cmitchell@csusm.edu @carmendarlene

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Community Manager at Ubiquity Press, Former Scholarly Communication Librarian at Florida Gulf Coast University

Areas of expertise: scholarly communication, open access, U.S. copyright law, event planning, passing an open access policy, advocacy
Can help with: academic library questions, job applications, CV review, pep talks galore
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: chealsye@gmail.com , @chealsye

Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communication Librarian at the University of Calgary

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Scholarly Communication Librarian for Research Infrastructure at University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Areas of expertise: Institutional repositories, Open Access, Research Impact, Reputation Management, Bibliometrics (metrics), Altmetrics, ORCID, Metadata, Data curation, Research Data Management, Citation tracking
Can help with: Academic library job interviews, interview presentations, CV review
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: christina.miskey@unlv.edu / @VulcanLibrarian

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Digital Scholarship Librarian, Utah State University

Areas of expertise: Scholarly Communication, Open Access, Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Digital Humanities, Library Publishing, Institutional Repositories.
Can help with: resume/CV, cover letters, professional development
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: dylan.burns@usu.edu, @forgetthemaine