A Conversation with Clifford Lynch
Channel: Carnegie Mellon University Libraries
Date: 2016-03-21

Over the last few years we have witnessed several changes within scholarly communication. The way in which research is prepared, conducted, and disseminated has evolved to meet the needs of today, but what role may libraries and institutions have within this changing environment of the scholarly record?

On Tuesday, February 9, 2016 Dean of University Libraries, Dean Keith Webster discussed the evolution and future of the scholarly record and its curation with special guest Clifford Lynch. 

Dean Webster and Lynch discussion were on the Topics of:

• Research Preparation: the policy framework, funding trends for research infrastructure, data management policies, and data management planning.
• The Conduct of Research: the socialization of science – including open science, blogging and other social media, citizen science, the networking of services like electronic lab notebooks, and cyberinfrastructure.
• The Outcomes of Research: open access, repositories, preservation and curation – especially of non-textual objects including software.

Since 1997, Clifford Lynch has led the Coalition for Networked Information as Executive Director. Lynch, who holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, is an adjunct professor at Berkeley's School of Information. For more information about Clifford Lynch, please visit https://www.cni.org/about-cni/staff/clifford-a-lynch.