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Libraries and the future of scholarly communication [PDF]

Molecular Cancer, 2006
Changes in the structure of commercial scholarly publishing have led to spiraling subscription prices. This has resulted in a "serials crisis" that has eroded library budgets and threatened the system of scientific communication. Open access represents one possible solution, and librarians are working to help make it a reality.
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Review of Mapping Scholarly Communication Infrastructure: A Bibliographic Scan of Digital Scholarly Communication Infrastructure

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 2021
In The Bibliographic Scan of Digital Scholarly Communication Infrastructure, author David Lewis provides a useful and succinct overview of recent literature and trendsetters in digital infrastructure that supports the publishing cycle.
Heather Saunders
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Open Access Status of Nano ELSI Research: Determining Availability of a Core Collection of Research for a Disciplinary Repository

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 2015
INTRODUCTION The development and maintenance of a disciplinary repository is a high cost, long-term project; therefore, it is important to investigate the feasibility of the proposed resource.
Deborah Barreau, Rebecca Reznik-Zellen
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Open Textbooks at Oregon State University: A Case Study of New Opportunities for Academic Libraries and University Presses

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 2014
INTRODUCTION This article describes a joint open textbook publishing initiative begun in 2013 between Oregon State University (OSU) Libraries and Press and the Open Educational Resources and Emerging Technologies unit of Oregon State University’s ...
Deborah Barreau, Shan C Sutton
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The varieties of OA resistance: a response to Gareth J Johnson

Insights: The UKSG Journal, 2018
In a recent 'Insights 'article, Gareth J Johnson reports on research designed to determine the reasons that so many authors still fail to embrace open access (OA) publishing, despite many years of advocacy on the part of a dedicated community of OA ...
Rick Anderson
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The future of scholarly communications [PDF]

Insights: the UKSG journal, 2014
The Future of Scholarly Communication Deborah Shorley and Michael Jubb London, Facet, 2013, 224pp. ISBN: 978‐1‐85604‐817‐0, £49.95 (pbk)
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Scholarly communication: The quest for Pasteur's Quadrant [PDF]

, 2014
The scholarly communication system is sustained by its functions of a) registration, b) certification or legitimization, c) dissemination and awareness d) archiving or curation and e) reward.
Swanepoel, Marinus
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Fake news and alternative facts: five challenges for academic libraries

Insights: The UKSG Journal, 2017
In light of recent worldwide political developments, it seems clear that libraries are needed more than ever to combat a rising tide of fake news and public lies, and to help their patrons discriminate between truth, error and propaganda.
Rick Anderson
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Scholarly communication in an electronic environment: problems and challenges [PDF]

, 1999
Thanks to remarkable feats of international cooperation over the last 50 years librarians have produced and maintained a string of standards which collectively have made the identification of almost any published item a straightforward task (UBC), and ...
Law, D.
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Streaming Media in an Uncertain Legal Environment: A Model Policy and Best Practices for Academic Libraries

Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship, 2018
As VCRs and DVD players become obsolete, online course offerings increase, and flipped pedagogy becomes ubiquitous, academic librarians are frequently confronted with requests from instructors for streaming media.
Tina M Adams, Claudia C Holland
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