Scholarly Communication Librarianship

Ali Versluis

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Open Education Librarian at the University of Guelph

Areas of expertise: scholarly communication, open access, open education, systematic and research synthesis reviews, Engineering and STEM liaison work, college librarianship, conference and event planning (grassroots and association based), union work, serving on hiring committees
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 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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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

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Director of Open Initiatives & Scholarly Communication, University of Oklahoma

Areas of expertise: scholarly communication, open access, open education, copyright/fair use, licensing, institutional repositories, author rights, library publishing, collection development, liaison librarianship, instruction, project management, cooking (ex-chef)
Can help with: resume/CV/application review, cover letters, academic library questions, professional involvement/service, tenure/continuing appointment, presentation preparation, networking, changing careers, cooking questions
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: jenwaller@ou.edu, @jenniferwaller

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Open Access Librarian at UNC Chapel Hill

Areas of expertise: Open Access, Schol Comm, Knowledge Management, Project Management, E-resources Management, Non-profits, Vendors, Nontraditional Librarian Jobs
Can help with: academic library questions, schol comm, librarian/information science jobs outside of academic libraries, non-profits, project management
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: jsolomon@unc.edu