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