Pr esented by Bernard Becker Medical Library\, Center for Health & Science Communication at Becker Libr ary and WashU Libraries\, in recognition of Intern ational Open Access Week.
\n \nMaking resea rch publicly available\, once seen as an end goal\ , is now more like the starting point. As scientif ic information moves through an increasingly compl ex ecosystem of journals\, repositories\, AI tools \, media\, and social platforms\, we need to rethi nk what it means for research to be truly accessib le. This talk will explore the next chapter of sch olarly communication: how we can build channels th at add meaning and context to research\, embed str onger signals of trustworthiness in the scholarly record\, and empower researchers to help shape how their work is understood and used beyond the trad itional paper. Drawing on efforts underway at Scie nce to rethink how research is communicated and co ntextualized\, the talk will consider how publishe rs and researchers can work together to make scien tific findings more discoverable\, understandable\ , and trustworthy in a rapidly changing informatio n environment.
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Meagan Phelan
\n Communications Director\, Science
Journals & Publishing at American Associatio
n for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Meagan is the Communications Director for Science Journals & Publishing\, where she oversees efforts to suppo rt accurate communication of Science family journa l content. In this role\, she’s been able to help innovate how science communication is done in resp onse to key issues\, including science integrity a nd public access. Prior to joining AAAS in 2013\, she served as a senior writer at a catastrophe ris k modeling company in Boston\, where she worked wi th more than 65 Ph.D.-level scientists and enginee rs. Previously\, she was a senior writer and edito r at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. M eagan holds a Bachelor's degree in Biology and Spa nish from Gettysburg College\, and a Master's degr ee in Science Writing from The Johns Hopkins Unive rsity. In 2008\, Meagan received a Fulbright Schol arship to work with researchers at the University of Valencia in Spain as they studied the cause of morbillivirus resurgence among dolphins in the Med iterranean.
DESCRIPTION:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Keynote speaker\n \n \n \n Beyond open access: Rethinking how we make science meaningful and trustworthy\n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Presented by Bernard Becke r Medical Library\, Center for Health & Science Co mmunication at Becker Library and WashU Libraries\ , in recognition of International Open Access Week .\n \n \n \n Making research publicly available\, once seen as an end goal\, is now more like the st arting point. As scientific information moves thro ugh an increasingly complex ecosystem of journals\ , repositories\, AI tools\, media\, and social pla tforms\, we need to rethink what it means for rese arch to be truly accessible. This talk will explor e the next chapter of scholarly communication: how we can build channels that add meaning and contex t to research\, embed stronger signals of trustwor thiness in the scholarly record\, and empower rese archers to help shape how their work is understood and used beyond the traditional paper. Drawing on efforts underway at Science to rethink how resear ch is communicated and contextualized\, the talk w ill consider how publishers and researchers can wo rk together to make scientific findings more disco verable\, understandable\, and trustworthy in a ra pidly changing information environment.\n \n \n \n Meagan Phelan\n \n Communications Director\, Scie nce Journals & Publishing at American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meagan is the Communications Director for Science Journals & Publishing\, where she oversee s efforts to support accurate communication of Sci ence family journal content. In this role\, she’s been able to help innovate how science communicati on is done in response to key issues\, including s cience integrity and public access. Prior to joini ng AAAS in 2013\, she served as a senior writer at a catastrophe risk modeling company in Boston\, w here she worked with more than 65 Ph.D.-level scie ntists and engineers. Previously\, she was a senio r writer and editor at the Memorial Sloan-Ketterin g Cancer Center. Meagan holds a Bachelor's degree in Biology and Spanish from Gettysburg College\, a nd a Master's degree in Science Writing from The J ohns Hopkins University. In 2008\, Meagan received a Fulbright Scholarship to work with researchers at the University of Valencia in Spain as they stu died the cause of morbillivirus resurgence among d olphins in the Mediterranean.\n \n CATEGORIES:Presentation/Lecture CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T150000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T160000 LOCATION:Moore Auditorium\n WashU Medical Campus\n URL:https://becker.wustl.edu/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=953 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR