Introduction to the Scholarly Communications System
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Introduction to the Scholarly Communications System Presenter Name Presenter Institution ACRL Scholarly Communication 101: Starting with the Basics 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 learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” Eric Hoffer Reflections on the Human Condition (1973) Iterations in the life cycle of scholarship Idea research data manuscript copyrights assignment peer review copy editing publication dissemination preservation expansion/reformulation Iterations in the life cycle of scholarship Formulation Registration Certification Dissemination Preservation major participants in that life cycle researchers authors foundations federal agencies universities scholarly societies publishers libraries taxpaying public Publication (Registration Creation and Certification) Dissemination Editor Manuscript & IP Academic Library Publisher Peer Reviewers Reformulation disruption: economic model proved unsustainable pressure points Publication (Registration Creation and Certification) Editor IP Dissemination Academic Library cost Publisher Peer Reviewers budget Reformulation disruption: Web most scholarly publications still mimic print: linear, formal, publisher-coordinated Editor Academic Library Publisher Reviewers internet creation Publication dissemination reformulation scholars are beginning to exploit the power of the Web Iterations in the life cycle of scholarship Idea research data manuscript copyrights assignment peer review copy editing publication dissemination preservation expansion/reformulation internet creation publication dissemination reformulation ED LIB PUB P-R What role, then, for publishers and libraries? How can we/they add value in a new system? internet editor Peer-reviewers creation publication dissemination reformulation Publishers Libraries Disaggregation of traditional system is in process… new models are popping up repositories working papers e-journals preprints data banks “Scientific publishers should be terrified that some of the world’s best scientists, people at or near their research peak, …are spending hundreds of hours each year creating original research content for their blogs, content that in many cases would be difficult or impossible to publish in a conventional journal. 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 ο and… graduate students and colleagues With colleagues all over the web Registration Journal submission Book publication Conference presentation Working paper / Technical Report ο and… Blogs Disciplinary repositories Open notebooks Certification Publishers through peer review Universities indirectly through promotion and tenure ? Dissemination Libraries Publishers – journals and monographs Scholarly societies thru publications & conferences Abstract and Indexing Services οand… Blogs Repositories Google and other web search engines Funding agency mandates Archiving ο and Collaborations like Portico & Hathi Trust Disciplinary and institutional repositories Publishers Libraries disruption: Open Movement disruption: Open Movement power of ‘open’ disruption: Open Movement access grows impact disruption: Open Movement taxpayers should have access to the research they fund disruption: Open Movement universities create new knowledge for the good of society disruption: Open Movement there’s more than one way to fund a scholarly distribution system Reform Goal: Build capacity to integrate scholarly communications awareness and reform into our work as academic librarians Questions? 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. It is licensed under the Creative Commons AttributionNoncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
