Scholarly Communications Working Group

The Scholarly Communications Working Group (SCWG) fosters a community of practice for librarians and library staff engaged in scholarly communications roles at COPPUL member libraries. The group’s mandate includes providing forums for sharing information about scholarly communications issues and practices among COPPUL members, normally through the annual SkillShare event and other events or platforms throughout the year. The SCWG also develops and helps coordinate opportunities for collaboration with other COPPUL groups and members.

Terms of Reference

Terms of Reference for the SCWG were approved in September 2012 by the COPPUL Board of Directors and last revised in June 2021. 

Current members

• Amanda Wakaruk, University of Alberta
• Andrea Szwajcer, University of Manitoba
• Francine May, Mount Royal University (co-chair)
• Jared Wiercinski, Douglas College
• Karen Meijer, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (co-chair)
• Kelley Wadson, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology