FIU Libraries: Scholarly Communication: Research

Scholarly Communication is Evolving

Scholarly communication – understood as the system through which research and other scholarly writings are created, evaluated for quality, disseminated to the scholarly community, and preserved for future use – promotes a shared system of research and scholarship.

New technology and innovative business models offer proven opportunities for enhancing the sharing of scholarly information – research papers, primary data and other evidence, creative activity, and other products of research and scholarship – across institutions and audiences. (ACRL)

These guides are designed to provide information and heighten awareness about important issues related to scholarly communication.

Fair Use
Use this guide to understand and determine fair use for your teaching and publishing. Includes a checklist for a four factors analysis, links to best practices codes and other tools.

Author's Rights and Copyright
Understand the rights one has as an author including negotiating copyright with your publisher

Where Should I Publish My Research?
Provides questions and criteria you can use to evaluate and identify appropriate and trusted journals in which to publish your research and scholarship.

Public Access Policies and Mandates for Funded Research
Research funding agencies, particularly federal agencies, are implementing public access mandates for publications and digital data that result from funded research. Included here is a list of the federal research funders who most frequently fund FIU grants including links to their public access implementation plans and requirements for publications and data.

Copyright
An easy guide to copyright including the TEACH Act; use of media in Blackboard or Public Performance; Creative Commons overview

Electronic Textbooks
Provides information on contributing your expertise to open educational resources as well as locating existing OERs.

FIU Digital Commons
Includes information on the benefits and "how to" of submitting your work to the Digital Commons

Graduate Studies
A guide to information, resources and services in support of graduate scholarship.

Contact Info

Questions? Need help? Please contact:

Stephanie Brenenson - brenenso@fiu.edu

Graduate Studies / Scholarly Communication Librarian

Green Library 230F

305-348-1843

Floor		Resources
One		Center for Academic Success: University Learning/Testing Center Electronic Classroom Broadcast Video Productions Resource for Education Technology UTS - Media Equipment Services Distance Learning Electronic Classroom Instructional Photography & Graphics
Two		Information & Research Services Curriculum & Juvenile Collection LACiC - Latin American and Caribbean Center Government Documents GIS-RS Center & Teaching Lab Maps & Imagery User Statistics
Three		Periodicals & Newspapers Laptop Lounge Honors College Student Resource Center College of Medicine Library Copiers Systems
Four		College of Medicine Special Collections & Archivese Academic Space Management School of Social Work Study Area
Five		Audiovisual Collection Diaz Ayala Collection Architecture and Fine Arts (General Collection and Periodical Section N) Music (General Collection and Periodical Section M) Music Listening Room Music CAI Center Spanish Resource Center Group Study Rooms
Six		Quiet Study Space Group Study Rooms General Collection HJ-L & P-Z Oversized Books
Seven		General Collection A-HG Quiet Study Floor Group Study Rooms
Eight		Library Administration Collection Management Digital Collections Center

Floor		Resources
One		Circulation Course Reserves Intercampus/Interlibrary Loan Information and Research Services Center for Excellence in Writing Communication Arts Studio Computer Labs/Copiers
Two		Microforms Periodicals Juvenile Collection Oversize Collection Video Collection Government Documents Reference Workroom Reference Collection Copiers
Three		General Collection, A-Z Library Administration

Scholarly Communication

Scholarly Communication is Evolving

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