Yasmeen Shorish
Director of Scholarly Communications Strategies & Special Advisor to the Dean for Equity Initiatives, Associate Professor
0000-0002-4155-8241
Building: Rose Library
Office: 2309
MSC: 4601
Departments: DATech Leadership, Dean's Office, Discovery, Access, and Technology, Libraries Administration, Scholarly Communications Strategies
Pronouns: She / Her / HersAbout me
In my role as Head of Scholarly Communications Strategies, I am here to help support a vision of more inclusive and equitable knowledge sharing. I can help answer questions related to open access, author rights, and the scholarly publishing landscape.
In my role as Special Advisor to the Dean on Equity Initiatives, I advise on ways that the JMU Libraries may best leverage existing structures and groups focused on creating more equitable and anti-oppressive policies, frameworks, and opportunities.
My research interests are in changing models in scholarly communication, data privacy and ethics, and issues related to representation within the profession.
Personal Home Page: https://sites.lib.jmu.edu/yasmeen/
About DATech Leadership
We are the leadership team for Discovery, Access, and Technology (DATech).
About Dean's Office
The office of the Dean of Libraries includes associate deans for the four major divisions of the JMU Libraries (AE, DATech, LID, and Admin) as well as senior professional faculty leading strategic intiatives.
About Discovery, Access, and Technology
We are responsible for collections, metadata, and technology. Departments include Access and Delivery, Interlibrary Loan and Course Reserves, Metadata Strategies, Resource Management, Scholarly Communications Strategies, and Technology.
About Libraries Administration
We support and challenge JMU Libraries’ staff and faculty to live up to our guiding statements — as we work together to provide excellent library and educational technology resources, spaces, services, and expertise to our campus community. Libraries’ Administration includes Communications and Outreach, Data Analytics, Facilities Operations, Finance and Human Resources, and the office of the Dean.
About Scholarly Communications Strategies
Together with the Digital Assets team, we provide holistic support for scholarly communications across JMU, including the development of inclusive and equitable practices related to publishing model support. We provide expertise in copyright, author rights, open educational resources, open publishing, and open infrastructure initiatives.