Yasmeen Shorish
Director of Scholarly Communications Strategies & Special Advisor to the Dean for Equity Initiatives, Professor
- email: shorisyl@jmu.edu
- phone: (540) 568-4288
- orcid: 0000-0002-4155-8241
Building: Rose LibraryOffice: 2309MSC: 4601
Departments: DATech Leadership, Dean's Office, Discovery, Access, and Technology, Libraries Administration, Scholarly Communications Strategies
Pronouns: She / Her / Hers
About me
In my role as Director 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.
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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.
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 Discovery, Access, and Technology
We are responsible for collections, metadata, and technology. Departments include Access and Delivery, Interlibrary Loan and Course Reserves, Metadata Strategies, Collection Administration, Scholarly Communications Strategies, and Technology.
DATech’s Mission: To steward the entire lifecycle of collections and academic resources through a commitment to research support, equitable access, sustainability, reliable infrastructure, and care for the many communities we support.
DATech’s Vision: To develop and sustain innovative and integrative services that maximize equitable, enduring access to collections and academic resources while cultivating staff expertise and supporting capacity in a highly collaborative and adaptive unit.
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 an executive assistant and senior professional faculty leading strategic initiatives.
About DATech Leadership
We are the leadership team for Discovery, Access, and Technology (DATech).