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Against the Grain Volume 30 Issue 1 Article 28 2018 And They Were There-Reports of Meetings Ramue K. Kubilius Northwestern University, [email protected] Sever Bordeianu University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/atg Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Recommended Citation Kubilius, Ramue K. and Bordeianu, Sever (2018) "And They Were There-Reports of Meetings," Against the Grain: Vol. 30: Iss. 1, Article 28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7771/2380-176X.8017 This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact [email protected] for additional information. tion around GeoHealth issues; global Public versity Professorships at the University of The Scholarly Publishing Scene Health; effects of climate change on exposure Maryland and at Johns Hopkins University from page 46 to pathogenic viruses, parasites and bacteria; Bloomberg School of Public Health. human health risks of exposure to potentially When you go on GeoHealth’s website entific disciplines. When it comes to chemistry harmful agents in the aquatic environment on Wiley’s Online Library, you see a list of press coverage, the focus is on topics such as and through the food chain; remote sensing, research articles. Listed below each article waste, environmental hazards, and weaponry. satellite based observation of infectious disease title, written in language approaching aca- Cell Press drive home their point with this and modeling; hydroepidemiology.” demic speak, is a list of three “key points,” additional assertion: even several recent Nobel GeoHealth’s content includes original which are written in pure layman’s terms. prizes in chemistry have been awarded to life peer-reviewed research papers, reviews, and This presentation, it seems to me, will science researchers. commentaries discussing recent research or facilitate public awareness of the studies Is this initiatve working? According to relevant policy, most of them invited by the and distribution of their contents though Cell Press, since Chem’s launch in July 2016, editors. The current editor in chief is Gabriel the popular press. Sure enough, GeoHealth around 30% of its research articles have been Filippelli, Professor of Earth Sciences and studies have been featured in such publica- picked up in both specialized and general news Director of the Center for Urban Health at Indi- tions as Business Insider and even the New outlets. I’ll presume that the coverage has ana University. He has an ambitious vision for York Post (“Anthropogenic carbondioxide been positive. the journal. He wants it to “be an interactive, emissions may increase the risk of global iron The other journal that caught my attention nimble, and perhaps even controversial vehicle deficiency”); the Washington Post (“Next during PROSE Awards is an Open Access for covering challenging issues.” Additionally, generation ice core technology reveals true interdisciplinary journal, GeoHealth, published he wants the journal to have an international fo- minimum natural levels on lead (Pb) in the by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) cus and will be soliciting research from regions atmosphere: insights from the Black Death”); in collaboration with Wiley. Started in 2017 such as Africa and parts of southeast Asia. and Scientific American (“Impacts of oak (so not yet eligible for PROSE Awards, but The journal has an enviable pedigree. The pollen on allergic asthma in the United States wait ’til next year) Geohealth, according founding editor is environmental microbiol- and potential influence of future climate to AGU’s website, “highlights issues at the ogist Rita Colwell, an internationally recog- change”). intersection of the Earth and environmental nized expert on cholera and other infectious I wonder whether Chem and GeoHealth sciences and health sciences. It focuses on the diseases. During her long and distinguished are signals about the future direction of the following topics: environmental and occupa- career, she has served as the 11th director journals business. Will we see more of these tional health; outdoor and indoor air quality of the National Science Foundation (from general-news-oriented journals instead of and pollution; food safety and security; water August 1998 to February 2004). In 2008, she narrowly focused twigs and branches extend- quality, water waste treatment and water avail- founded CosmosID, a company that uses ing from the limbs and trunks of discipline- ability; climate change in relation to human, systematic microbial identification that pro- and sub-discipline-based trees appealing agricultural, and environmental health and vides proven high-resolution bioinformatics only to specialists? I look forward eagerly diseases; soil health and services; ecosystem to facilitate personalized treatment in health to the answer to this question. health and services; environmentally-related care and monitoring of environmental bio epidemiology; geoethics; national and inter- threat agents. In addition to being chair of national laws and policy, as well as remedia- CosmosID, she holds Distinguished Uni- And They Were There Reports of Meetings — @Risk Forum, 13th APE, and the 37th Annual Charleston Conference Column Editor: Sever Bordeianu (Head, Print Resources Section, University Libraries, MSC05 3020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001; Phone: 505-277-2645; Fax: 505-277-9813) <[email protected]> @Risk North Open Forum — The State of Shared Print relatively new — we need to think about it in terms of new tools and Preservation in Canada — November 10, 2017 — Ottawa, Canada we need to think at scale. Redistributing curatorial responsibility across multiple institutions, Reported by Tony Horava (Associate University Librarian, building out the long tail, and sharing investment in stewardship are Collections, University of Ottawa, Canada) important. She argued that Canada is in a good place to be thinking <[email protected]> about shared stewardship. In terms of the distribution of holdings of print books, there are 46M volumes, of which 92% are concentrated in 12 mega regions. We need to think about movement of flows of books The @Risk North Open Forum (http://www.carl-abrc.ca/news/ at a system level. There are 5.8M books held outside of these mega save-the-date-at-risk-north-2017/) was held at Library and Archives regions (40%). There are 89% that are held in 5 or fewer libraries, Canada, in Ottawa. It was conceived as a Canadian-focused successor and 15% are held uniquely in Canada. Extra-regional print books to the @Risk Forum held in Chicago in spring 2016 that was held un- are at greater risk, where there is less commitment to preservation. A der the auspices of the Center for Research Libraries. The purpose supra-institutional understanding that transcends organizational and of this forum was to give attendees an opportunity to discuss the state geographic boundaries is necessary. She cited Rick Lugg in arguing of shared print preservation programs in Canada, in a setting that was that institutional scale collection management is not sustainable. There intended to push these conversations forward into action. Participants is either too much duplication, or too little! Collaborative scale agree- came from across the country, representing academic libraries, public ments are needed. Common cause is needed even among Ivy schools. libraries, government libraries, regional consortia, and national level Scarcity is common in research collections; scarcity decreases as the organizations. scale of collaboration grows. Consortia scale partnerships leverage trust The day began with a keynote from Constance Malpas, Research networks, and direct borrowing consortial networks reduces friction in Scientist at OCLC. In her talk, “Approaching the Long-Term Pres- collection management. ervation of Print Documentation,” she explained that this issue is still continued on page 48 Against the Grain / February 2018 <http://www.against-the-grain.com> 47 and long-term commitment. There was a recognition of how important is And They Were There coordinated preservation at the national level, to ensure that our scholarly from page 47 and cultural record is preserved for future generations. It was also clear that coordinated preservation is essential for citizens to be able to ask She noted that European countries have moved significantly to shared questions, to know their heritage, and develop a new understanding of print stewardship and collaboration. There are centralized models in identity and place. Special collections are unique, fugitive, and essential Norway and Finland where right-scaling of stewardship is important. materials. There was a definite sense of how critical it is to harness our She described four elements of conscious coordination- system wide collective expertise, resources, and capacity. Risk and opportunity are awareness (aligning local action with collective effort); explicit com- closely linked — I hope that there will soon be developments to build mitments (move commitments above the institutional level); division upon the groundwork that was laid at this very timely forum. of labour/specialization (focus on collecting more specialized material); and reciprocal access (curate locally, share globally). We need to think in terms of inter-consortial rather than intra-consortial scale of collaboration. Academic Publishing in Europe conference (APE)