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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

 

 

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Questions:

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