Beware of Sharks: Predatory Publishing and Practices: Be Prepared!*
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
- Hands-on activities using tools below
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