The challenges of public scholarship and publication
Now that you have understood what publicly engaged scholarship is, the values that underpin this work, and the role of the librarian in helping scholars and their community partners identify appropriate publishing objectives, we will explore more in-depth the scholarly communication challenges associated with publicly engaged scholarship and offer examples of how to overcome them. This information will be useful for MLIS students as they go on to discuss publishing opportunities with public scholars.
- 2-1: Deciding on the medium, format, or platform
- 2-2: Determining the publication venue and audience
- 2-3: Developing meaningful co-authorship
- 2-4: Funding challenges
- 2-5: Conducting meaningful peer review
- 2-6: Accessing and preserving publicly engaged publications
- 2-7: Marketing and distributing publicly engaged publications
- 2-8: Measuring the impact of publicly engaged projects and their publications
