isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 1 International Scholarly Communications Alliance (ISCA) Dr Paul Ayris Director of Library Services, UCL (University College London) and Secretary of ISCA

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 2 Why? CURL (Consortium of University Research Libraries, UK and Ireland) has a Task Force on Scholarly Communications Periodicals inflation was the trigger for CURL libraries to say this is not sustainable

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 3 Inflation

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isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 5 Formation Two meetings in Washington in 2001, facilitated by ARL, brought agreement on principles Co-ordinated Press Release issued on 6 February 2002

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 6 Founder members curl the consortium of university research libraries ANUL CONZUL The Council of New Zealand University Librarians

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 7 Or… The Association of Research Libraries (North America) The Canadian Association of Research Libraries The Consortium of University Research Libraries (UK and Ireland)

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 8 And… The Council of Australian University Librarians The Council of New Zealand University Librarians LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche)

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 9 And… Association of National University Libraries (Japan) Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (Hong Kong SAR, China)

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 10 Guiding Principles An action-oriented grouping Based on the work of research libraries directly, usually via Scholarly Communications Task Forces A global network Collaborate with scholars, publishers and other bodies

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 11 Aim To establish equitable access to scholarly and research publications for users of information services

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 12 Our strengths 600 research libraries in ISCA Serving 11 million students and academic staff Combined budget of US$5 billion Website at:

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 13 Project Plan Alliance formed in February 2002 CURL was asked to fill role as Secretary to ISCA Establish Work Plan by the end of summer 2002

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 14 Membership criteria –Should the Alliance grow? Governance Issues –Assigning responsibilities for discrete areas of the workplan to national member organisations

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 15 Public Relations Develop website Deliver papers on ISCA at key national and international conferences in 2002 Provide quarterly updates to the website on the work of ISCA members

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 16 IPR IPR: Review principles using CARL’s Statement of Principles for the Management of Copyright in a Digital Environment as a starting point

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 17 OAI Open Archives Initiative: Much work ongoing in member countries at institutional level, led by libraries. Can this work be joined up?

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 18 SPARC ARL and SPARC: Work is ongoing to create a SPARC Europe. Is this a model for globalising the SPARC brand in other continents?

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 19 Advocacy Advocacy to academics. CURL has just mounted a 3-month national advocacy campaign in the UK with SPARC. Programme now being evaluated

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 20 Advocacy Can we share advocacy materials internationally? The most important members of the information chain are –academics as producers –Academics, researchers, students and learners as consumers

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 21 Endorsements Can ISCA add endorsements to –Budapest Open Access Initiative –TEMPE principles

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 22 Creating Change How best can ISCA endorse alternative publication programmes such as: Public Library of Science BioMed Central Electronic Society for Social Scientists (ELSSS)

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 23 Digital Preservation The UK-based Digital Preservation Coalition is becoming a global forum for activity in this important area. How can ISCA contribute?

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 24 R & D ISCA is considering commissioning R & D: –To support national developments, e.g. the hearing for the Copyright Term extension in the US Supreme Court –To support national work such as a possible review of STM publishing in the UK by the Office of Fair Trading

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 25 R & D Studies to help ISCA make contributions in the global arena where commercial publishers are engaged in aggressive mergers

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 26 Conclusions ISCA is an attempt by research libraries to find global solutions to global problems We believe that in partnership we can make a difference Workplan to be finalised by the end of summer 2002

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 27 Conclusions We will evaluate our progress after ISCA has been in existence for two years

isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 28 And now… Thank you for listening Questions and comment