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Seek And Find: Tips On Exploring Stem Journal Evaluation & Metrics, Sandy Avila, Sarah A. Norris
Seek And Find: Tips On Exploring Stem Journal Evaluation & Metrics, Sandy Avila, Sarah A. Norris
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Presentation & Discussion on journal evaluation and metrics for the UCF Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning Cohort: Writing Your STEM Journal Article in 12 Weeks.
Know Your Rights: A Copyright Discussion For Faculty, Sarah A. Norris
Know Your Rights: A Copyright Discussion For Faculty, Sarah A. Norris
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Join the College of Graduate Studies and UCF Libraries for a faculty discussion about copyright. Learn how to better protect your works as an author, determine copyright status, advise students on copyright issues, and increase the impact of your work by utilizing institutional repositories and/or online faculty profiles.
Finding And Evaluating Journals, Terri Gotschall, Sarah A. Norris
Finding And Evaluating Journals, Terri Gotschall, Sarah A. Norris
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Presentation for the UCF Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning (FCTL) Teaching and Learning Days in Spring 2020.
How do you decide which journals are the best fit for your research? This workshop will discuss a variety of topics to help you navigate the publishing process including publishing goals and criteria to consider when planning where to submit your work for publication. It will explore how to evaluate a journal to ensure that the journal you are considering is one of quality and rigor within your discipline. We will also discuss open access publishing and how to avoid predatory publishers.
Open Access, Sarah A. Norris
Copyright, Sarah A. Norris
Creating Mail Art & Other Transformative Works: Understanding Copyright & Author Rights, Sarah A. Norris
Creating Mail Art & Other Transformative Works: Understanding Copyright & Author Rights, Sarah A. Norris
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
A brief presentation on copyright and author rights considerations when creating mail art and other transformative works that was given during a Mail Art event held at UCF Libraries.
Online Faculty Profiles, Sarah A. Norris
Stars And Selectedworks, Lee Dotson
Predatory & Deceptive Publishing Pitfalls And Practical Tips: Helping Faculty & Students To Identify & Avoid Questionable Publishing Practices, Sarah A. Norris
Predatory & Deceptive Publishing Pitfalls And Practical Tips: Helping Faculty & Students To Identify & Avoid Questionable Publishing Practices, Sarah A. Norris
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
In today’s academic publishing environment, open access journals have become an increasingly common venue for faculty and students, to publish scholarly research. However, this publishing model often prompts many issues and concerns -- one of which is predatory (or, deceptive) publishing practices. These publishers rely on a variety of strategies and deceptive tactics to give the illusion that they are credible and high quality. With this in mind, it is often difficult for faculty and students to distinguish between a credible open access journal and a predatory one. This presentation will provide practical tips on how to facilitate information about …
Hijacked Journals And Conferences: Predatory Practices In Academia, Sarah A. Norris, Andrew Todd
Hijacked Journals And Conferences: Predatory Practices In Academia, Sarah A. Norris, Andrew Todd
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Presentation given to UCF College of Nursing Faculty on November 6, 2018 by Sarah Norris, Scholarly Communication Librarian. The presentation discusses predatory practices in open access journals and conferences. This presentation was created in collaboration with Andrew Todd, Nursing Librarian.
Get In The Game: Tips And Strategies For Navigating Open Access Publishing, Sarah A. Norris
Get In The Game: Tips And Strategies For Navigating Open Access Publishing, Sarah A. Norris
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
This presentation was given during Open Access Week 2018.
Open Access journals are becoming increasingly popular venues for publishing scholarly research. Yet, there are many challenges and misconceptions often associated with this publishing model. Scholarly Communication Librarian, Sarah Norris, discusses publishing in Open Access journals. This session examines publishing basics and explore challenging topics like journal quality, predatory publishing, and funding.
Hijacked Journals: How Open Access Journals Fall Into The Predatory Publishing Trap, Sarah A. Norris, Buenaventura "Ven" Basco, Sandy Avila
Hijacked Journals: How Open Access Journals Fall Into The Predatory Publishing Trap, Sarah A. Norris, Buenaventura "Ven" Basco, Sandy Avila
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
In today’s academic publishing environment, open access journals have become an increasingly common and used venue for publication by faculty, researchers, and students. However, open access publishing also prompts issues and concerns related to the publishing model and predatory publishing practices. In this session, Sandy Avila, Science Librarian, Ven Basco, Engineering Librarian, and Sarah Norris, Scholarly Communication Librarian will share information about open access, predatory publishing, and how to differentiate between credible and predatory journals, with an emphasis on STEM-focused publications. Areas to be explored will include how to identify spam email, fake metrics, predatory conferences, and other issues associated …
Extending And Measuring Scholarly Reach And Impact, Lee Dotson, Sarah Norris, Barry Mauer
Extending And Measuring Scholarly Reach And Impact, Lee Dotson, Sarah Norris, Barry Mauer
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
In this session, Scholarly Communication Librarian Sarah Norris and Digital Initiatives Librarian Lee Dotson will explain how faculty can further publicize, disseminate, and measure the reach of their scholarship through UCF’s Showcase of Text, Archives, Research & Scholarship (STARS). Benefits of using this digital repository of scholarship include enhanced searchability and tracking of impact using alternative metrics. The session will also feature faculty member Barry Mauer, who has created a successful author profile and collection in STARS.
Where To Publish & Author Rights At A Glance, Sarah A. Norris
Where To Publish & Author Rights At A Glance, Sarah A. Norris
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Presented at the Fall 2017 Thesis & Dissertation Forum held at the John C. Hitt Library on Tuesday, December 12, 2017.
Abstract:
Learn to be a savvy author! This session will give you a general overview of criteria to use when considering submitting your work for publication and basic information about copyright as it pertains to publishing.
Open Humanities: Strategies For Creating Open Access Course Materials, John Venecek, Christian Beck, John Raible, Sarah A. Norris, Lily Flick
Open Humanities: Strategies For Creating Open Access Course Materials, John Venecek, Christian Beck, John Raible, Sarah A. Norris, Lily Flick
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
As textbook affordability and access to information become important topics on university campuses and within the population more generally, finding ways to decrease book costs in a humanities classroom while providing the best possible resources for students emerges as a multi-disciplinary strategy that requires cooperation across campus. Open Access texts are a way to offer content for free, but humanities assembling this type of text in the humanities is often restricted by copyright and intellectual property. Utilizing materials found in public domain or with a Creative Commons license, however, provides an opportunity to create Open Access texts. In spring 2016, …
You've Finished Your Research...Now What?, Sarah A. Norris, Christina C. Wray
You've Finished Your Research...Now What?, Sarah A. Norris, Christina C. Wray
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
The research is complete and you’ve written your findings, now you’re ready to join the scholarly conversation, but you want to make sure you publish it in the right place to fit your future plans. This workshop, held during Open Access Week, explores the publishing options available and the pros and cons of each model. Learn more about traditional scholarly publishing, open access options and utilizing institutional repositories to make your research widely available.
Creative Commons 101, Christina C. Wray, Sarah A. Norris
Creative Commons 101, Christina C. Wray, Sarah A. Norris
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Calling all artists, musicians and writers! You’ve put your heart and a whole lot of energy into creating a new work and the next step is to share it with the world, but what’s the best way to do that, and keep it safe? This workshop, held during Open Access Week, explores the variety of licenses available for creative works, how to license your work, where to share it and retain your rights.
Rebellions Are Built On Hope: Joining Forces To Support Oer In A Restrictive Institutional Environment, Aimee Denoyelles, John Raible, Sarah A. Norris, Rich Gause, Penny Beile
Rebellions Are Built On Hope: Joining Forces To Support Oer In A Restrictive Institutional Environment, Aimee Denoyelles, John Raible, Sarah A. Norris, Rich Gause, Penny Beile
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Librarians and instructional designers (IDs) from a university in the U.S. will describe the partnership formed to promote no-cost textbook solutions (OER, library-sourced) in the face of a restrictive environment. The institution is divided in two tiers: the President's Office, which oversees non-academic functions such as Business Services, and the Provost's Office, which is responsible for teaching and learning. This creates an inherent tension concerning course materials and revenue, troubling the conception of education as a fundamentally shared practice. Our group aimed to promote change at the university level, while also collaborating to facilitate the efforts of faculty.
Typically, the …
Where To Publish & Author Rights At A Glance, Sarah A. Norris
Where To Publish & Author Rights At A Glance, Sarah A. Norris
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Presentation given to graduate students participating in the Dissertation Forum on Thursday, April 27, 2017.
The workshop provides information about where to publish as a graduate student, as well as covers basic information about copyright and author rights.
Author Rights: Undergraduate Workshop, Sarah A. Norris
Author Rights: Undergraduate Workshop, Sarah A. Norris
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Workshop given to undergraduate students on November 16, 2016. The workshop provides information about general copyright and author rights for undergraduate students interested in publishing in academic journals and monographs.
The Sky’S The Limit: Scholarly Communication, Digital Initiatives, Institutional Repositories, And Subject Librarians, Lee Dotson, Richard Harrison, Sarah A. Norris, Barbara Tierney
The Sky’S The Limit: Scholarly Communication, Digital Initiatives, Institutional Repositories, And Subject Librarians, Lee Dotson, Richard Harrison, Sarah A. Norris, Barbara Tierney
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
A panel presentation presented at the 2016 Charleston Conference in Charleston, South Carolina.
The University of Central Florida's institutional repository, STARS (Showcase of Text, Archives, Research & Scholarship), has presented new opportunities for collaboration amongst the Libraries' Office of Scholarly Communication, Digital Initiatives, Research Services, and Subject Librarians. Building on efforts to proactively promote scholarly communication initiatives to the university community, these four units have used the institutional repository as a foundation for collaboration, outreach, marketing and educational efforts. This presentation will give an overview of STARS and highlight the role the IR has in increasing the collaborative efforts of …
Where To Publish: Undergraduate Workshop, Sarah A. Norris
Where To Publish: Undergraduate Workshop, Sarah A. Norris
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Workshop given to undergraduate students on October 11, 2016. The workshop provides information about where to publish as an undergraduate student and includes both academic and non-academic publishing.