Council of Library Deans : COLD Scholarly Communications Committee

Current Members (2023 - )

Name	Campus	Position	Term
Cyril Oberlander	Cal Poly Humboldt	Chair	2024-2025
Rebecca Lubas	CSU San Bernardino	Vice-Chair	2024-2025
David Walker	Systemwide Library Initiatives	Ex Officio	ongoing
Ann Roll	Systemwide Library Initiatives	Ex Officio	ongoing
Jennifer Beamer	CSU San Bernardino	Member	2024-2026
Mary Kate Finnegan	Sacramento State University	Member	2024-2026
Bill Jacobs	San Francisco State University	Member	2024-2026
Kirstin Lattimore	CSU Bakersfield	Member	2024-2026
Mark Stover	CSU Northridge	Member	2024-2026
Wendy Vermeer	CSU Fullerton	Member	2024-2026

Vision

In support of faculty and students’ unfettered access to research and course materials, and the economic and social justice inherent in that access, the CSU Libraries work collaboratively to 1) educate our communities about current issues and challenges in scholarly communications, and 2) create shared infrastructure for hosting and promoting open information resources.

Strategic Goals to be Addressed

Support publishing models that prioritize flexibility and open access;
Educate faculty on their rights as authors and open access publishing options;
Collaborate to develop a unified platform (ScholarWorks) to preserve the scholarly, creative, and unique collections produced by the CSU community;
Develop training for CSU librarians around ScholarWorks and materials to promote ScholarWorks to campus constituents;
Promote the use of open scholarly communication systems and applications, when feasible
Provide guidance and support for research data management and open data standards;
Ensure development of a library workforce with the skills to effectively and authoritatively engage in current and emerging scholarly communication conversations; and
Advocate for shared systems and platforms that offer efficiencies and improved research infrastructure (examples may include VIVO/Esploro, ORCID, and other tools in support of Scholarly Communication).

Committee Scope

The Scholarly Communication committee develops education and advocacy materials for the CSU Libraries (including developing and maintaining a CSU Libraries repository for the historical and working documents of COLD and its subcommittees)
Keeps abreast of developments on scholarly communication topics (e.g. libraries as publisher, etc.) and policy
Works with STIM and SRDC to establish guidelines for scholarly communication systems and services (e.g. ScholarWorks, ORCID, VIVO, etc.)
Recommend programs and policies to engage disciplinary faculty with scholarly communication issues
Develop and deliver training to CSU Library faculty and staff on scholarly communication issues (e.g., faculty author rights, copyright, scholarly communication processes, etc.)
Work with the Digital Repositories Committee to disseminate materials and information to campuses
Develop and design CSU-branded messaging and educational materials

Members

Two library deans/directors appointed by COLD who serve as chair and vice chair/chair-elect.
Systemwide Library Initiatives, ex officio (David Walker)
One member of the STIM Committee (liaison; nominated by STIM Chair)
One member of the SRDC Committee (liaison; nominated by ScholComm Chair)
8 members from library personnel across the CSU (alternating terms)

Members other than the Systemwide Library Initiatives liaison will serve a term of two years. Terms shall be staggered terms of two years so that subsequent committees will have four incoming members each year. Members may be reappointed to not more than three (3) consecutive terms, and may serve again after a hiatus in service.