1. Libraries and the Communication of Scholarship: Changing Times, Changing Roles David Ruddy

2. Scholarly communication “The creation, transformation, dissemination and preservation of knowledge related to teaching, research and scholarly endeavors” --Wikipedia

3. Functions of scholarly communication* Registration –Establishes claims of priority for scholarly research Certification –Validates the registered scholarly research claim Awareness –Promotes the communication of new scholarly research Archive –Preserves the record of scholarly research * Roosendaal & Geurts. Forces and functions in scientific communication: an analysis of their interplay (1997).

4. Traditional scholarly comm. chain Registration –Publishers Certification –Researchers (through a process managed by publishers) Awareness –Publishers, libraries, and readers (researchers) Archive –Publishers and libraries

5. Recent disruptions in scholarly comm. Increasing cost of scholarship –Diminished access to scholarship –Increased financial stress on libraries Development and growth of a worldwide networked communication system (the Web) –Opens new ways in which the functions of the scholarly communication system can be met –Allows for new distribution and business models –Complicates archiving/preservation

6. Libraries and publishing Increasing library interest in offering publishing services Library strengths –Technology –Knowledge organization and management –Service orientation –Willingness to experiment –Preservation focus Challenges –Narrowly focused –Content evaluation –Marketing experience

7. Library Publishing Coalition Mission: The Library Publishing Coalition promotes the development of innovative, sustainable publishing services in academic and research libraries to support scholars as they create, advance, and disseminate knowledge. The Coalition’s current focus is on building and sharing knowledge –http://www.librarypublishing.orghttp://www.librarypublishing.org Library Publishing Toolkit –http://www.publishingtoolkit.org/

8. Libraries and university presses Many productive collaborations, based on combining distinct expertise toward a common goal Many university presses: –Struggle with technology –Have limited resources –Are risk adverse And yet have skills in: –Selecting content –Building respectable credentialing status –Marketing

9. Case study: Project Euclid Aggregator of content, with disciplinary focus (mathematics & statistics) Joint library / press operation –Cornell University Library & Duke University Press Cost recovery operation Over 65 journals, 1.7 million pages, and maintaining approximately 70% of its content open Primary innovations: –Collaborative operation –Business model

10. Institutional repositories Important activities and issues for academic libraries –Capture, preserve, and deliver theses and dissertations –Supporting mandatory faculty deposits of scholarship –Data curation –IR policy development

11. Additional new roles for librarians Managing alternative scholarly communication systems –For example: arXiv.org Participating in the adjudication of publication quality –For example: Jeffrey Beall's list of predatory publishers Copyright advice for faculty Educating faculty about publishing options

12. In conclusion The scholarly communication system is undergoing change The four functions of scholarly communication must still be met (at least in the long-term) Librarians will play an increasingly active role in the new ways in which these functions are carried out