[Irtalk] Fwd: [SCHOLCOMM] Re: Communicating with faculty - your best practices

[Hilton Gibson]

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*Hilton Gibson*
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From: Vandegrift, Micah <mvandegrift at fsu.edu>
Date: 2 June 2015 at 22:35
Subject: [SCHOLCOMM] Re: Communicating with faculty - your best practices
To: Nora Allred <nsallred at mtu.edu>, "scholcomm at lists.ala.org" <
scholcomm at lists.ala.org>


 Hi Nora,

 We’ve tried everything back and forth. Haven’t yet found a particularly
“effective” way to connect with faculty. Probably the closest we’ve come is
that last year I was invited to speak (10 mins) at new faculty orientation.
So the 100 or so folks in the room start on the ground with knowledge that
our library is involved with and offers support for open access and data
management. Those 100 have been the best contacts I’ve made in 3 years.

 We also have worked very hard to establish a relationship with our Office
of Research. For better or worse, faculty tend to listen to them more then
us. That angle has worked when trying to push info out like the public
access mandates from funding agencies. We’ve gotten items in the Office of
Research newsletter, which I know is paid some attention.

 Keep trying new and different things!

 Others? How are you creatively reaching out?

 Micah V.

  From: Nora Allred <nsallred at mtu.edu>
Date: Friday, May 29, 2015 at 9:11 AM
To: "scholcomm at lists.ala.org" <scholcomm at lists.ala.org>
Subject: [SCHOLCOMM] Communicating with faculty - your best practices

  Dear Colleagues,

 I am investigating effective ways to communicate with our faculty about
timely scholarly communication issues such as the recent policy changes at
Elsevier. Our faculty here don't always read their emails and putting an
alert in our Libguides seems rather passive to me.

 What have you done that you have found effective in grabbing and keeping
the attention of the faculty on your campus?

 Thank you in advance for your ideas and suggestions.

 Nora

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 Nora Allred
Scholarly Communications & Copyright Librarian
Interlibrary Loan Coordinator (EZT, za007)
J. R. Van Pelt and Opie Library
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI 49931
906-487-3208
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