Presenter NamePresenter NamePresenter InstitutionPresenter Institution

ACRL Scholarly Communication 101: Starting with the Basics

Introduction to the Scholarly Introduction to the Scholarly Communications SystemCommunications System

Eventually, Steve looked up. His mother was nowhere in sight and this was certainly no longer the toy department.

Gary Larson

““In times of change In times of change learners learners inherit inherit the earth; while the earth; while the learned the learned find find themselves beautifully equipped to themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer deal with a world that no longer exists.”exists.”

Eric HofferEric HofferReflections on the Human Reflections on the Human Condition Condition (1973(1973))

Iterations in the life cycle of scholarshipIdea

research

peer review

data

publicationdissemination

manuscript

preservationexpansion/reformulation

copy editing

copyrights assignment

Formulation

Registration

Certification

Dissemination

Preservation

Iterations in the life cycle of scholarship

major participants in that life cycleresearchers

authorsfoundations

scholarly societies

federal agenciesuniversities

publisherslibraries

taxpaying public

AcademicLibraryPublisher

Editor

Peer Reviewers

CreationCreationManuscript & IP

DisseminationDisseminationPublication Publication (Registration (Registration and Certification)and Certification)

ReformulationReformulation

disruption:

economic model economic model proved unsustainable proved unsustainable

cost

AcademicLibrary

budget

Publisher

Editor

Peer Reviewers

CreationCreationIP

DisseminationDisseminationPublication Publication (Registration (Registration and Certification)and Certification)

pressure pointspressure points

IP

ReformulationReformulation

disruption: WebWeb

AcademicLibraryPublisher

Editor

Reviewers

most scholarly publications still mimic print:most scholarly publications still mimic print: linear, formal, publisher-coordinatedlinear, formal, publisher-coordinated

internetinternet

creationPublicationdisseminationreformulation

scholars are scholars are beginning to exploit beginning to exploit

the power of the Webthe power of the Web

Iterations in the life cycle of scholarshipIdea

research

peer review

data

publicationdissemination

manuscript

preservationexpansion/reformulation

copy editing

copyrights assignment

internetinternet

creationpublicationdisseminationreformulation

PUB

ED

P-R

LIB

What role, then, for What role, then, for publishers and libraries?publishers and libraries?

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

internetinternet

creationpublicationdisseminationreformulation

Publishers

editor

Peer-reviewers

Libraries

Disaggregation of traditional system is in process…Disaggregation of traditional system is in process…

new models are popping upnew models are popping up

repositories e-journals

working papers data banks

preprints

““Scientific publishers should be terrified Scientific publishers should be terrified that some of the world’s best scientists, that some of the world’s best scientists, people at or near their research peak, …people at or near their research peak, …

are spending hundreds of hours each are spending hundreds of hours each year creating original research content year creating original research content

for their blogs, content that in many for their blogs, content that in many cases would be difficult or impossible to cases would be difficult or impossible to

publish in a conventional journal.publish in a conventional journal.

By comparison, journals are standing still.”By comparison, journals are standing still.”

Michael Nielsen, “Is scientific publishing about to be disrupted?”, blog post on The future of science, June 29, 2009

Function Old System New System

Formulation Alone or in laboratory with graduate students and colleagues

and…With colleagues all over the web

Registration Journal submissionBook publicationConference presentationWorking paper / Technical Report

and…BlogsDisciplinary repositoriesOpen notebooks

Certification Publishers through peer reviewUniversities indirectly through promotion and tenure

?

Dissemination LibrariesPublishers – journals and

monographsScholarly societies thru

publications & conferencesAbstract and Indexing Services

and…BlogsRepositoriesGoogle and other web search enginesFunding agency mandates

Archiving Libraries andCollaborations like Portico & Hathi TrustDisciplinary and institutional repositoriesPublishers

disruption:

Open Movement Open Movement

disruption:

Open Movement Open Movement

power of ‘open’

disruption:

Open Movement Open Movement

access grows impact

disruption:

Open Movement Open Movement

taxpayers should have access to the research they fund

disruption:

Open Movement Open Movement

universities create new knowledge for the good of society

disruption:

Open Movement Open Movement

there’s more than one way to fund a scholarly distribution system

Ref

orm

Goal: Goal: Build capacity to Build capacity to integrate scholarly integrate scholarly

communications awareness communications awareness and reform into our work as and reform into our work as

academic librariansacademic librarians

Questions?Questions?Comments?Comments?

This work was created by Lee Van Orsdel and modified by Sarah L Shreeves for the ACRL National Conference, Scholarly

Communications 101 Workshop and last updated April 8,2010.

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