Kevin Smith

James Madison UniversityJune 2012

Introduction to the Scholarly Communication System

ACRL Scholarly Communications Roadshow:

From Understanding to Engagement

Learning Outcomes

• Understand that the scholarly communications system is made up of many interlocking systems

• Understand the basic, traditional iterations in the lifecycle of scholarship

• Identify how disruptions are changing the traditional system of scholarly communication

Looking through the lens of libraries:

TeachingLearningResearch

systems

IP/legal system

publishing industry

scholarly societies

faculty rewards system (p&t)

Internet culture

disciplinary practice

higher education

research industry

Major participants in the life cycle of scholarly publishing

researchersauthors

foundations

scholarly societies

federal agenciescolleges and universities

publisherslibraries

taxpaying publicstudents

Iterations in the life cycle of scholarship

Formulation

Registration

Certification

Selection

Disseminatio

Formulation

Registration

Certification

Selection

Dissemination

AccessAccess

disruption:

Traditional economic model is unsustainable

AcademicLibraryPublisher

Editor

Peer Reviewers

Formulation

Manuscript & IP

DisseminationAccess

RegistrationCertification

Selection

Cycle starts again

cost

AcademicLibrary

budget

Publisher

Editor

Peer Reviewers

©

Pressure points

?

disruption:

Web & Rise of Social Media

+InternetSocial media

Blogs

formulationregistrationcertification

selectiondissemination

archivingaccess

publishers

editors libraries

peers

citizenscientists

researchers

societies

Scholars are exploiting the power of the web

funders

+internet

formulationregistrationcertification

selectiondissemination

archivingaccess

PUBL

ED

P-R

LIB

What role, then, for publishers and libraries?

How can we/they add value in a new system??

disruption:

Open Movement a shift in expectations an assertion of values

• Open is better

• Social momentum toward sharing and remixing

• Public access to taxpayer funded research

• Change in funder expectations

?

Publishing Industry

UniversityPublic Policy

Tran

sfor

m

Academic Libraries

Goal: Build capacity to integrate scholarly

communications awareness and to transform our work

as academic librarians

?

This work was created by Lee Van Orsdel and modified by Sarah L Shreeves for the ACRL National Conference, Scholarly Communications 101 Workshop, updated by Sarah Shreeves on April 26, 2012 and last updated by

Kevin Smith on May 31, 2012.

It is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/