Are you interested in learning about the central issues in scholarly communication?
Do you want to learn more about your rights as an author, about new publishing models, and other issues relevant to scholarly communication?
The documents below detail the key issues in scholarly communication (SC); they are intended to support the work and needs of faculty, researchers, students, and librarians.
| Definition/Problem Statement Defines SC and articulates the focus of current SC discussions. |
Legislation Identifies and summarizes recent legislation with impact on SC. |
| Serial Prices Presents historical and current fluctuations in serial prices and their impact on information access. |
Authors' Rights Describes the current state of authors' rights to their work upon publication, and provides suggestions for increasing those rights. |
| Organizations Describes and provides contact information for professional organizations that focus on SC issues. |
Open Access Details the history and current state of the open access movement and its impacts on research and publication. |
| Institutional Repositories Describes institutional repositories and their current and potential uses. |