• Meet faculty where they are (i.e. tenure)
• Recruit a co-sponsor who can help get the word out (i.e. Provost's Office, CETL, Office of Research)
• Follow-up with attendees after the event.
• New Faculty Orientation
• Junior Faculty Workshop
• Departmental Meetings
• Faculty Research Day
etc.
• Brownbag Lunch / Roundtable
• Finding and Evaluating Publishers
• Prevent Predatory Publishers
• Curating your Scholarly Profile
• Maximizing Research Impact
• Upload Party
• Public Access Mandates
• Authors' Rights
• Copyright & Creative Commons Licensing
A faculty member's research is central to their career and the advancement of knowledge in their field. So whether it's framed as a discussion of predatory publishers, maximizing research impact, or knowing their rights as authors, these workshops ask faculty to look critically at the systems in which their work operates. Provide faculty with effective means of finding and evaluating potential publishers. As part of this discussion, let faculty know what to look for when signing a copyright transfer agreement and empower them to negotiate their contract or work with a publisher that allows them to keep their copyright. Encourage faculty to exercise their rights and increase the impact of their work by self-depositing their research in CUNY Academic Works
As [former] John Jay librarian Robin Camille Davis once put it, "the internet is your business card" and it's important that faculty control and curate their online presence. In this workshop, attendees learn how to make their work more visible in search engines by adding it to CUNY Academic Works, and then use the durable urls to build an online profile in Google Scholar, Academic Commons, or their campus faculty page. Common questions about different social media platforms—including the benefits of submitting to Academic Works over Academia.edu—are also addressed.
Sometimes the best way to let people know about CUNY Academic Works is through one-on-one conversation. Set-up a table in a high traffic area of your campus and start talking to members of your community about open access and CUNY's repository. Have handouts and talking points ready, and don't be frustrated if there are myths to bust.
Want to keep the conversation going? Ask people to sign a sheet for more information or a pledge in support of open access at your institution.This can be done on paper or online, but be sure to capture their department and email. Check out BMCC's TeamOpen initiative for a great example.