Long-term collaborations between research communities and information professionals are relatively rare: yet, the expertise data librarians and other information professionals bring to the table can accelerate FAIR data sharing efforts. Drawing on findings from our recent NSF-funded workshop on promoting data sharing in STEM fields, Ithaka S+R and the Data Curation Network will host "Collaboration Between Researchers and Information Professionals to Promote Data Sharing" on August 31, 2022, from 2:00 - 3:30 pm Eastern. The webinar will bring together information…
Past Events
Catharine Bond Hill, John B. King, Jr. and David Brooks at the ATI Presidential Summit
A*CENSUS II Forum
2022 Society for American Archivists Annual Meeting
On Saturday, August 27, at 11:00 am, Makala Skinner will discuss the A*CENSUS II All Archivists Survey Report at the Society for American Archivists Annual Meeting. Joining Makala at the A*CENSUS II Forum are Beth Myers, Director of Special Collections at Smith College, Jacqualine Price Osafo, Executive Director of the Society of American Archivists, and Erin Passehl Stoddart, Michigan State University.
The Chronicle’s Strategic Leadership Program for Department Chairs
Big-Picture Thinking
From August 2 – 19, Ithaka S+R is once again teaming up with the Chronicle of Higher Education and Dever Justice to provide a comprehensive virtual leadership series for department chairs. The series will kick off with strategy workshops to identify shared challenges, followed by six seminars focusing on national trends in higher education; the higher education business model; faculty diversity; enrollment and retention; innovations in teaching and learning. The series will round out with implementation workshops to take the…
Benefit Pros Weigh In: Unpacking the Limited PSLF Waiver
On Wednesday, July 27 at 1:00 pm ET, Ithaka S+R's Managing Director Catherine Bond Hill will discuss the Limited Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Waiver and what it means for nonprofits and public sector employers, as well as benefit advisors and employees, as part of a virtual panel. Other panelists will include Dr. Grace Ingram, Paul Joo, and moderator Bridget Haile. Learn more about the webinar, hosted by Summer, here.
Ithaka S+R at ALA
Meet up with Nicole Betancourt, Melissa Blankstein, and Kurtis Tanaka
If you are headed to the ALA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, we encourage you to meet up with the Ithaka S+R staff who will be in attendance: Nicole Betancourt, Survey and Research Operations Analyst, runs our local surveys program. Connect with her on Twitter or via email if you would like to reach out about running a survey of your faculty or students in the 2022/23 academic year.
Creativity, Learning and Free Expression in Carceral Contexts
Jean E. Coleman Lecture at ALA Annual 2022
Sponsored by the Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services, this year’s Jean E. Coleman Lecture will feature a panel discussion on creativity and free expression in prisons. Kurtis Tanaka, Program Manager for Justice Initiatives at Ithaka S+R will speak alongside Jeanie Austin of the San Francisco Public Library, Caits Meissner and Nicole Shawan Junior of PEN Americas Prison and Justice Writing Program, and Erin Boyington of the Colorado State Library. A link to the event may be found here:…
Library Services to the Justice Involved (LSJI) Roundtable
ITHAKA is proud to be sponsoring the Library Services to the Justice Involved Roundtable at the ALA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. When: Friday, June 24, 2022 at 10:30am – 11:30am Where: Washington Convention Center, 152B Kurtis Tanaka (Ithaka S+R), Stacy Burnett (JSTOR Labs), and Anne Ray (Reveal Digital) will be in attendance. About the roundtable:…
Dylan Ruediger at RBMS 2022
On June 23, Dylan Ruediger will join panelists to discuss the findings from the Teaching with Primary Sources Project and its impact “post”-pandemic. For more information see abstract below. For more information on the conference, please visit this link. Session Title: Does it still fit? Engaging with the Ithaka S+R Teaching with Primary Sources Project “Post”-Pandemic Date: June 23, 2022 Time: 3:00 PM EST Remember that report from Ithaka S+R last spring about supporting the needs of instructors…
Humanities without Walls
Pre-Doctoral Career Diversity Summer Workshop
Kurtis Tanaka, Program Manager for Justice Initiatives, will be speaking on a panel about careers in social justice for humanities scholars. He will be speaking alongside Nora Kritinsky, Director, Prison Creative Arts Project, and Cassie Miller of the Southern Poverty Law Center. More information about the Humanities without walls initiative can be found here.
Webinar: Solving Stranded Credits and Institutional Debt
The Washington Student Achievement Council
On Tuesday, June 14, from 1:00 – 2:00 PDT, Martin Kurzweil will present on “Solving Standard Credits and Institutional Debt” during a webinar for the Washington Student Achievement Council. To register, visit the Council’s website. About the webinar Recent research by Ithaka S+R and others has revealed that more than 6.6 million students nationally owe debt on an unpaid balance to a previously attended college or university, with an average balance of $2,400. The vast majority of institutions withhold…
Building a More Connected Scholarly Community
Danielle Cooper and Dylan Ruediger at SSP Annual Meeting
On June 2, 2022 at 10:30 AM ET, Danielle Cooper and Dylan Ruediger will attend the SSP Annual Meeting titled, “Building a More Connected Scholarly Community”. Below is the abstract for their session. For more information, please visit this site. From Conference Presentation to Content Stream: Speculations about the Future of Academic Meetings and Scholarly Communication Conference presentations are essential to the research process of scholars in the humanities and social sciences. Researchers use them to test provisional…
No Holding Back: Administrative Holds Policies and Practices
James Ward presents during Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) webinar
On May 18th at 12:00 PM (Mountain Time), James Ward will join a panel during a Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) webinar to discuss research on administrative holds policies and practices at the state, system, and institution-level. For abstract, please see below. The webinar registration information is available here. It can be difficult to get the attention of a college student. Professors can always connect with students in class. However, advisors and administrators have few means…
Roger Schonfeld at Charleston In Between Conference
On May 11-12, Roger Schonfeld will participate as a panel moderator at the Charleston In Between Conference. For more information on the conference and registration, please visit this website.
Recombinant Scholarly Publishing: Challenges, Trends, and Emerging Strategies
Roger Schonfeld at CSE 2022 Annual Meeting
In May, Roger Schonfeld will attend the CSE 2022 Annual Meeting. Below is the abstract to his session: Funder mandates and governmental policies as well as fraud and piracy – to name just a few of the forces — are changing the nature of the scholarly publishing business. Mergers and acquisitions are the headlines; however, there are significant changes happening internally to many companies. And, there are industry-wide efforts to foster greater collaboration and improved researcher experience. In this keynote,…
Stranded Credits: A Matter of Equity at AERA Annual Meeting
On April 22, 2022 11am ET, Sosanya M. Jones will be presenting the equity in stranded credits work at AERA. This presentation would highlight the findings from a descriptive qualitative student on the stranded credit phenomenon and how it affects students of color and those from low socio-economic backgrounds. Our findings will highlight the student perspective to give more insight into how institutional debt perpetuates and exacerbates inequity in higher education. We spoke to both students and a few…
Assessing the Evolution of the Community College Library Mission
Conversations on Community College Library Strategy and Collaboration
Join us on Tuesday, April 19 , from 2-3:00 PM, for the third webinar in our Conversations on Community College Library Strategy and Collaboration series. Assessing the evolution of the community college library mission Thursday, April 19, 2022, 2:00-3:00 PM (ET) REGISTER The past two decades have seen dramatic changes within the academic library community. Many libraries have expanded partnerships, both within their community college and with the wider community. More recently, upheaval…
Roger Schonfield and Deanna Marcum at RLUK DSF
On April 13, Roger Schonfield and Deanna Marcum will discuss their new book, “Along Came Google: A History of Library Digitization” at RLUK’s Digital Shift Forum. Please the abstract below. The registration information is available here. Abstract The history of library digitization can provide many important lessons for library leaders today. In this session, Deanna Marcum and Roger Schonfeld, authors of the recently published Along Came Google (Princeton University Press), will have a conversation about some of the key…
The Future of Research as a Global Enterprise
Roger Schonfeld presents during Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) webinar
On April 13 at 11:00 am ET, Roger Schonfeld will join a panel on global research infrastructures during a 2022 Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) webinar with the Scholarly Kitchen. For more information, please visit this website. The abstract is below: In the post-Cold War era, many observers have conceptualized science as a global activity, with substantial international collaboration, more readily facilitated cross-border scholarly communication, and even UN-level efforts to steer science towards Sustainable Development Goals. But regional differences,…
Catharine Bond Hill at the National Conference on Trusteeship
Govern for Student Success: Leadership Beyond Disruption
On Tuesday, April 12, Catharine Bond Hill is speaking on the opening plenary panel at the National Conference on Trusteeship. The panel will be moderated by Carlton Brown, former president of Clark Atlanta University and Savannah State University, and the other speakers include Bridget Burns, executive director of the University Innovation Alliance; David Huntley, trustee of Southern Methodist University; and Miriam “Mim” Pride, trustee of Berea College and president emeritus of Blackburn College. The conference is being held virtually and…
James Ward at 2022 AEFP conference
On April 12 at 12 PM ET, James Ward will join other panelists during a session titled, “State Authorization in Higher Ed: Processes and Policies to Promote Opportunity and Ensure Educational Quality”. Below is the abstract: The final paper discusses findings from research on state authorization and online enrollments. The growth of online education has resulted in a cooperative approach among states to grant reciprocal authorization in an effort to lower regulatory burdens. In their study, they assess the impact…