Open Access, Open Data, and the Institutional Repository: Panel and Q&A

David Scherer is the Scholarly Communications and Research Curation Consultant with the University Libraries at Carnegie Mellon University. In his role he oversees the scholarly communications program at CMU, which includes ORCID registration, Three Minute Thesis Competition, Copyright, Fair Use, and the institutional repository, Research Showcase. In his previous role at Purdue University, David oversaw the institutional repository, Purdue e-Pubs. David is also a co-editor and author of the recent publication, Making Institutional Repositories Work, which intended to take the pulse of institutional repositories—to see how they have matured and what can be expected from them, as well as introduce what may be the future role of the institutional repository. David earned his MSLIS and MA in History from Simmons College.

During the process of obtaining her Ph.D. in Sociolinguistics, Lauren realized that there was a lot more to academic work than doing research and publishing it. She became an advocate for Open Scholarship as an early career researcher, and turned the focus of her career to helping her fellow scholars navigate the life cycle of scholarship. In her position as Director of the Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing at the University of Pittsburgh, Lauren oversees the work of the unit, including open access journal publishing, D-Scholarship@Pitt and subject archives, electronic theses and dissertations, copyright education, and advocacy for Open. She also chairs the Committee on Scholarly Communication in Linguistics for the Linguistic Society of America.