Guest Post — Equitable Scholarly Communication: Realistic or Idealistic?
Daniel Dollar offers an update on the work being done by Research4Life and a call for action.
Daniel Dollar is Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources, a role that involves leading teams of colleagues in Access Services, Assessment & User Experience Research, Preservation & Conservation Services, Resource Sharing, and Scholarly Communication & Collection Strategy. He started at Yale Library in August 2001 at the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. Daniel championed the concept of “collections as service” and the importance of collaborative networks in support of research and learning. He has written and presented widely on topics in collection development, digital scholarship, and scholarly communication. Daniel represents Yale Library as a founding partner of Research4Life – a public/private partnership with the United Nations to increase participation of researchers from lower income countries in the global research community to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Daniel has a master’s degree in library science from the University of Maryland and a bachelor’s degree from Appalachian State University. He was a 2022 UCLA Library Senior Fellow.
Daniel Dollar offers an update on the work being done by Research4Life and a call for action.