Scholarly Communications

Library Interns Spring 2026

About me:

• Maria Aghazarian
• she/her/hers
• Non-work fun fact:
  I've documented ~45 different species of fungi on Swarthmore's campus

About you?

• Name
• Pronouns
• Subject[s] of academic interest
• Subject[s] of non-academic interest

Important!

• If you have questions or need something clarified, please interrupt me!!
• Sometimes I forget to stop and ask for questions!!

Q: What is "scholarly
     communications"?

A: Communicating research
(and all this entails)

What I do

• Advise on journal and/or publisher selection

• Consult with faculty about copyright questions and publishing open access

• Maintain institutional repository of College-affiliated research

  • Remediating works for accessibility with my team

• Research open initiatives and present to the Libraries' Collections committee to see if we can/should support

Why I do it

• Further the missions of both the Libraries and the College

• Amplify the reach of Swarthmore-affiliated scholarship

• Elevate the Libraries' position on campus as a partner and collaborator throughout the scholarly communications lifecycle

• Promote open, sustainable, and future-oriented best practices, for both students and faculty

Swarthmore Tenure Memo

“The principal criteria in decisions about reappointment with continuous tenure are teaching and scholarship. ... Promise as a scholar is evaluated in terms of an individual’s potential contribution to the creation of new knowledge or to the reorganization in creative ways of existing information. Scholarship will be considered in the light of publications, effective research, or other activities (such as professional consulting and advising) that contribute to the advancement of knowledge.”

272+ works of scholarship

in 2024

Your Mission

Objectives

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