The Scholarly Communications Needs of Faculty: An Evidence-Based Foundation for the Development of Library Services

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Faculty Attitudes toward Open Access and Scholarly Communications: Disciplinary Differences on an Urban and Health Science Campus

“…These results clarify the findings of other studies that have found knowledge gaps and uncertainty in the health sciences regarding open access and scholarly communication, including those by: Spezi (2013), Charbonneau and McGlone (2013), Cullen andChawner (2011), Creaser et al (2010), Dawson (2014) , andFry et al (2009). The results reported here reveal significant disciplinary differences with regard to specific aspects and elements of the scholarly communication environment.…”

Research Impact Metrics: A Faculty Perspective

“…Open Access publishing, including Dawson, 2014 andMcDonald, Gibson, Yates, &Stephenson, 2016), academic librarians continue to grapple with how best to support faculty with the interpretation, location, and appropriate use of types of metrics. Research has described approaches that academic librarians can and do use to address the bibliometric needs of faculty (Corrall, Kennan, & Afzal, 2013;Hendrix, 2010;Suiter & Moulaison, 2015).…”

An Exploration of Faculty Experiences With Open Access Journal Publishing at Two Canadian Comprehensive Universities

“…Moore (2011) and Dawson (2014) furthermore noted a high degree of support for the principle of OA among their respective respondents. However, the studies reviewed also demonstrated a wide range of faculty participation in OA journal publishing, from a low of 33% to a high of 71% (Fowler, 2011, Table 7;Wiley, 2012;Dallmeier-Tiessen et al, 2011).…”

“…Canadian studies at the University of Toronto, University of Saskatchewan, and York University found that faculty had considerable awareness of OA (Moore, 2011;Dawson, 2014;Nariani & Fernandez, 2012). Moore (2011) and Dawson (2014) furthermore noted a high degree of support for the principle of OA among their respective respondents.…”

“…A survey instrument (Appendix A), partly based on a questionnaire created by Dawson (2014), was developed to explore three questions: 1. Do faculty participate in OA journal publishing?…”