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Beware of Sharks: Predatory Publishing and Practices: Be Prepared!*

 

For more information or to schedule this course, please contact Emme Lopez <lopeze13@uthscsa.edu>

The overall goal of this course is to acquaint librarians with the development and history of predatory publishing tactics, look at predatory publishing in the scope of scholarly publishing, and provide tools and practice in identifying low-quality emails, journal websites, conferences, and book publication offers.

The behavioral objectives of this course include:

  • Recognizing how pervasive predatory practices have become
  • Educating others about the differences between Open Access and predatory publishers
  • Identifying markers of low-quality journals, websites, emails, and book offers
  • Confidently answering patrons' questions regarding scholarly publishing

The content for this course includes:

  • Brief overview of scholarly publishing
  • History and development of predatory practices
  • Impact on science and publishing
  • Why scholars choose predatory outlets
  • How scholars are targeted
    • Hands-on activities using tools below
      • Email checklist
      • Website checklist
      • Conference checklist
      • Thesis-converter checklist
    • Whitelists, blacklists, and other lists
    • Q & A/Discussion

This is a face-to-face course that includes didactic and hands-on work.  Participants are required to provide their own laptops and connect to the Internet.

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Agenda

Introduction and housekeeping – 10 minutes

Didactics – 50 minutes

  • Brief overview of scholarly publishing
  • History and development of predatory practices
  • Impact on science and publishing
  • Why scholars choose predatory outlets

Break – 10 minutes

Didactics and activities – 60 minutes

  • How scholars are targeted
  • Hands-on activities using tools below
    • Email checklist
    • Website checklist

 Break – 10 minutes

 Didactics and activities – 60 minutes

  • Hands-on activities using tools below
    • Conference checklist
    • Thesis-converter checklist

Break – 10 minutes

Whitelists, blacklists, and other lists – 15 minutes

Q & A/Discussion – 15 minutes

MLA CE Credits:4