Changes in Scholarly Communication
Scholarly publishing is undergoing sweeping changes, spurred by the opportunities
provided by new technologies, by developments in the publishing industry,
and by the desire of the community of scholars to take back control of
their communication system. This site links to authoritative resources
selected to help members of the George Washington University community
learn about the changes transforming the system of scholarly publishing.
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- Scholarly Publishing Costs: University Challenges and Strategies
- Location: http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/ppt/ScholarlyComm/
- A PowerPoint presentation developed for the GW community by the Associate University Librarian for Collections Services.
- Association of Research Libraries Office of Scholarly Communication
- Location: http://www.arl.org/scomm/index.html
- Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
- Location: http://www.arl.org/sparc/
- North Carolina State University Libraries Scholarly Communication Center
- Location: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/scc/
- University of Washington Libraries Scholarly Communications
- Location: http://www.lib.washington.edu/ScholComm/
- University of Maryland Libraries FAQ on Scholarly Communication
- Location: http://www.lib.umd.edu/UMCP/ETC/scholar_comm.html
- University of California, Davis Scholarly Electronic Publishing Initiatives
- Location: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/healthsci/webpub.html
- Create Change: A Resource for Faculty and Librarian Action to Reclaim Scholarly Communication
- Location: http://www.createchange.org/home.html
- A description of the scholarly publishing system, an explanation of why it's no longer working, and a
call for action by faculty.
- Declaring Independence
- Location: http://www.arl.org/sparc/DI
- A handbook for faculty serving on journal editorial boards; shows how to examine a journal's business
model and practices.
- Gaining Independence
- Location: http://www.arl.org/sparc/gi/
- A complement to Declaring Independence, this handbook leads readers through the creation of a business plan for start-up and early-stage electronic publishing ventures, including digital repositories and journals.
- Open Archives Initiative
- Location: http://www.openarchives.org
- The Open Archives Initiative develops and promotes interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the
efficient dissemination of content. The Open Archives Initiative has its roots in an effort to enhance access
to e-print archives as a means of increasing the availability of scholarly communication.
Peter Suber’s monthly newsletter provides “…news and analysis of the open-access movement -- the world
wide movement to disseminate scientific and scholarly research literature online, free of charge and free of
unnecessary licensing restrictions.” http://www.arl.org/sparc/soa/index.html
He also writes a blog for daily updates: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html
- Tempe Principles
- http://www.arl.org/scomm/tempe.html
- A meeting was held in Tempe, Arizona, on March 2-4, 2000 to facilitate discussion among the various academic stakeholders in the scholarly publishing process and to build consensus on a set of principles that could guide the transformation of the scholarly publishing system.
- "The High Cost of Scholarly Journals (And What to Do About It)"
- Change, Nov/Dec2003, Vol. 35 Issue 6, pp. 10-19.
- Location: Available to GW clientele through the Academic Search Elite database.
- Richard Edwards (Vice Chancellor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln) and David Shulenburger (Vice Chancellor, University of Kansas) explain the market for scholarly journals and current problems with it, and propose some solutions.
- "A New World of Scholarly Communication"
- Location: http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v50/i11/11b01601.htm
- Accessible only to those with subscriptions to the Chronicle of Higher Education online; you will be asked to enter your login and password. Richard C. Atkinson, retired president of the University of California, calls for new communication models.
- "To Publish and Perish," March 1998 issue of Policy Perspectives
- Location: http://www.arl.org/scomm/pew/pewrept.html
- The challenge of maintaining access to significant research and scholarship at a time when both the
volume and price of information have increased nearly three-fold in the last decade alone confronts all of higher education. Nowhere is the dilemma more acute than in the nation's research universities and their libraries.
- "Publish Free or Perish," Scientific American, April 23, 2001
- Location: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?articleID=000A524D-9708-1C75-9B81809EC588EF21&catID=4
- Life scientists urge publishers to grant free access to archived research articles.
- The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
- Location: http://www.alpsp.org/htopics.htm
- The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers’ website provides information on many new publishing initiatives and the thorny issues raised by them.
- Free Access to Published Scientific Research
- Location: http://www.npr.org/archives/
- National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation" gathered Harold Varmus, Karen Hunter, and Ann Okerson in June 2001 to discuss wheter scientists or publishers should control publication of research results.
To find the transcript of this program, enter scientific research in the "I'm looking for an NPR story about" text box. Select the date June 22, 2001 and click on the Find button.
- What Can Scholars at GW Do To Help in the Scholarly Communication Crisis?
- Location: http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/guides/general/scholarlycando.html
- Learn more. Discuss. Take Action!
- Free Labor for Costly Journals? (Formatted for Onscreen Viewing)
- Free Labor for Costly Journals? (Formatted for Printing)
- Location: http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/~tedb/Journals/jeppdf.pdf (formatted for onscreen viewing); http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/~tedb/Journals/jeprevised.pdf (formatted for printing)
- In this Journal of Economic Perspectives paper Ted Bergstrom, economist at the University of California--Santa Barbara, discussess overpriced journals and actions scholars can take in addressing the crisis. Additional information is available at Professor Bergstrom's webpage http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/~tedb.
- Monograph and Serial Costs in ARL Libraries
- Location: http://www.arl.org/stats/arlstat/graphs/2002/2002t2.html
- The Association of Research Libraries' library materials cost data, 1986-2002.
- High-Priced Journals
- Location: http://db.arl.org/journals
- List of 100+ journals with the highest subscription costs for libraries, 1997-2000. Search by editor or publisher, browse alphabetical list, or view list by year in ascending or descending price order.
- "The Impact of Publisher Mergers on Journal Prices: An Update"
- Location: http://www.arl.org/newsltr/207/jrnlprices.html
- Mark J. McCabe, Assistant Professor of Economics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, examines
journal prices in the context of mergers in the publishing industry, and assesses the economic behavior of academic publishers and libraries.
- The Cornell Journal Price Study
- Location: http://www.arl.org/newsltr/205/cornell.html
- Cornell University's 1998 report on journal pricing in agriculture and biology.
- Measuring the Cost-Effectiveness of Journals: Ten Years After Barshall
- Location: http://www.library.wisc.edu/projects/glsdo/cost.html
- The University of Wisconsin - Madison Libraries' study of journal costs in economics, neuroscience, and physics.
- Assocation of Research Libraries
- Location: http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/copytoc.html
- The Association of Research Libraries tracks legislation and court cases affecting copyright and intellectual property. The site also offers links to many other resources about copyright, such as the Association's statements of concerns about guidelines from the Conference on Fair Use (CONFU).
- North Carolina State University Libraries Scholarly Communication Center
- Location: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/scc/language.html
- North Carolina State University Libraries Scholarly Communication Center's sample publishing agreement information
- Scholarly Electronic Publishing Efforts on the Internet and Other Networks
- Location: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html
- A frequently updated selective bibliography of over 1250 articles, books, electronic documents, and other sources about scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet and other networks. See especially the sections on "Legal Issues," "New Publishing Models," and "Publisher Issues."
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