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     Scholarly Communication Issues


In recent years, there has been an unprecedented increase in the price of journal subscriptions, particularly in the science, technology, and medical (STM) publishing arena. As a result, libraries spend more and more of their budgets on journals and yet have fewer subscriptions to show for it. Another corollary is that a smaller percentage of total library expeditures goes toward acquiring books. This crisis affects everyone who needs access to accurate and up-to-date information. Follow the links below to learn more about this topic. If we better understand the situation, faculty and librarians can work together to devise effective solutions.

 

Create Change

  • Supporting faculty and librarian action in scholarly communication
  • From the Association for Research Libraries

 

Directory of Open Access Journals

  • To increase the visibility of open access scientific and scholarly journals
  • From Lund University, supported by several organizations, including SPARC

 

Open Archives Initiative

  • Use of technology to increase the availability of scholarly communication

 

Open Society Institute

  • Current focus on initiatives that monitor Internet censorship, surveillance, and filtering

 

Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)

  • Working to correct market dysfunctions in scholarly publishing

 

 

 

Questions:

Betty Rozum, Associate Dean, Technical Services
(435) 797-2632
betty.rozum@usu.edu

 

 
 
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    Date last updated: 08/15/08