Scholarly Communication: Background

Scholarly Communication:
Background and Overview

This selected list of sources provides introductory information on issues related to Scholarly Communication.

Global Changes in Scholarly Communication (pdf) by Suzanne E. Thorin, 2003
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Presented at e-Workshops on Scholarly Communication in the Digital Era, August 11-24, 2003. Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan.

The Case for Institutional Repositories: A SPARC Position Paper (html) by Raym Crow, SPARC Senior Consultant, Last updated: August 27, 2002.
Considered by some to be the seminal paper on the subject of institutional repositories.

AAUP-ARL Joint Statement on Scholarly Communication (pdf) October 2003
The Statement sets forth the complementary roles of press and library within higher education, and indicates a strengthened commitment to cooperation and joint action. Issued by the Association of American University Presses and the Association of Research Libraries.

Should Historical Scholarship Be Free? (html) by Roy Rozenzwieg, April 2005
A view of Open Access and the issues that surround it from outside of the STM world. Roy Rosenzwieg, the author, is director of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University and is very well regarded among historians in the area of scholarly communication and technological change.

ARL Tempe Principles for Emerging Systems of Scholarly Publishing
2000 statement of principles sponsored by the Association of American Universities, the Association of Research Libraries, and the Merrill Advanced Studies Center of the University of Kansas.

Scholarly Communications in a Digital World: A Convocation January 27-28, 2005
Papers presented at a two day convocation at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Includes a number of provocative papers by faculty with a valuable disciplinary perspective on the evolution of scholarly communication.

University Libraries and Scholarly Communication: A Study Prepared for The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
by Anthony M. Cummings, Marcia L. Witte, William G. Bowen, Laura O. Lazarus, and Richard H. Ekman
Important 1992 assessment of the American university library system in crisis and transition.

To Publish and Perish
Policy Perspectives, March 1998, Volume 7, Number 4, Special Issue
Essay that outlines significant aspects of the scholarly communication crisis.

The Crisis in Scholarly Communication: an Economic Analysis (pdf) by John Houghton
Takes Australia as a model to analyze the current economics of scholarly communication.

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See also: Scholary Communication: Resolutions
Scholarly Communication: Resources
Scholarly Communication: Tools

For further information on these issues, please contact Kay Vyhnanek, Scholarly Communication Librarian, kayv@wsu.edu or 509-335-9514