Contributed by Organizations or Campuses; Articles, Papers, and Reports; Libraries and Technology; and Electronic Publishing
Ithaka’s 2006 Studies of Key Stakeholders in the Digital Transformation in Higher Education
| Title: | Ithaka’s 2006 Studies of Key Stakeholders in the Digital Transformation in Higher Education (ID: CSD5490) | | Author(s): | Ross Housewright (Ithaka) and Roger C. Schonfeld (Ithaka) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (08/18/2008) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | Ithaka's 2006 survey of faculty members sought to determine their attitudes related to online resources, electronic archiving, teaching and learning and related subjects. This study affords the opportunity to develop trend analysis of many measurements collected in the 2003 and 2000 faculty surveys. As in the past, Ithaka developed a robust set of disciplinary and other demographic analyses that have allowed them to learn more about how best to serve the needs of different types of faculty members. Findings include;
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Attitudes towards the possibility of a transition away from print format, both for scholarly journals and monographs
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Perceptions of libraries and their value, including specific library functions, and how these perceptions are changing
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Preferences in research practices, including disciplinary differences and changes over time
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Attitudes towards archiving of both print and electronic resources
- Preferences that lead authors to choose among scholarly journals in which to publish their articles, as well as attitudes towards digital repositories
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Talk About Talking About New Models of Scholarly Communication
| Title: | Talk About Talking About New Models of Scholarly Communication (ID: CSD5403) | | Author(s): | Karla Hahn (Association of Research Libraries (ARL)) | | Source: | Journal of Electronic Publishing | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (02/15/2008) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | Although many new forms of scholarly exchange have reached an advanced state of adoption, scholars and researchers generally remain remarkably naïve and uninformed about many issues involved with change in scholarly publishing and scholarly communication broadly. It is increasingly important that dialogue at research institutions involve a much wider group of researchers and scholars. Only active engagement by those undertaking research and scholarship can ensure that the advancement of research and scholarship takes priority in the development and adoption of new models. Research libraries have led in educating stakeholders about new models and are expanding their outreach to campus communities. In considering the effects of recent change, and looking to emerging trends and concerns, six dangers of the current moment are considered along with six topics ripe for campus dialogue.
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Strategies and Frameworks for Institutional Repositories and the New Support Infrastructure for Scholarly Communications
| Title: | Strategies and Frameworks for Institutional Repositories and the New Support Infrastructure for Scholarly Communications (ID: CSD4745) | | Author(s): | Tyler Walters | | Source: | D-Lib Magazine | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2006) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | "Institutional repositories (IRs) are proliferating as they become an indispensable component for information and knowledge sharing in the scholarly world [1]. As their numbers increase worldwide, a new phase of IR development is emerging. Moving beyond their initial functions, IRs no longer serve solely as a place to store, organize, and access content. With rapidly changing technologies, users now desire and expect transportable content that can be utilized within various digital environments and reused in multiple formats, and they need forums for the rapid exchange of ideas with both on-campus and external communities. In response, universities and the libraries hosting IRs are looking for ways to weave their repositories into the "information fabric" of their campuses' academic and business processes and catalyze changes in scholarly communications more broadly." | | View this resource: | |
Scholarship and Academic Libraries (and their kin) in the World of Google
| Title: | Scholarship and Academic Libraries (and their kin) in the World of Google (ID: CSD4642) | | Author(s): | Paul N. Courant (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2006) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | The prospect of ubiquitous digitization will not change the fundamental relationships among scholarship, academic libraries, and publication. Collaboration across time and space, which is a principal mechanism of scholarship, ought to be enhanced. Reforms in copyright law will be required if the promise of digitization is to be realized; absent such reform, there is a serious risk that much academically valuable material will become invisible and unused. Ubiquitous digitization will change radically the economics that have supported university–based collections of published material. Scholars and scholarly institutions (including libraries and university presses) must assert vigorously claims of fair use and openness. | | View this resource: | |
The State of the Large Publisher Bundle: Findings from an ARL Member Survey
| Title: | The State of the Large Publisher Bundle: Findings from an ARL Member Survey (ID: CSD4540) | | Author(s): | Karla Hahn (Association of Research Libraries (ARL)) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2006) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | The bundling of scholarly journals and the marketing practices of the largest commercial publishers are a source of concern within the library community for a variety of reasons. These publishers receive substantial proportions of research libraries' overall spending on serials and they are often seen as trendsetters by smaller publishers. One of the earliest and most public expressions of concern about journal bundling was made in 2001 by Kenneth Frazier, the Director of Libraries at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. As Frazier noted, a key feature of journal bundling is strict limits on a library's ability to cancel titles. This restriction of cancellations creates challenges for budget management, for collection management, and for the marketplace of scholarly journals. As library budgets are locked into large bundles, cancellation pressure on unbundled titles increases and funds to acquire new journals outside of bundles are squeezed out. | | View this resource: | |
Scholarship, Instruction, and Libraries at the Turn of the Century
| Title: | Scholarship, Instruction, and Libraries at the Turn of the Century (ID: CLR1007) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (1999) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | To understand how technology is changing the nature of scholarship and teaching, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) joined forces to establish five task forces that examined these questions by looking at the special requirements posed by different types of information resources. The deliberations of these task forces are detailed in this report. From the discussions, CLIR extracted all of the recommendations that were proposed by individual task force members. While some clear priorities emerged, the groups did not always attempt to reach consensus on the various recommendations nor to place them in priority order | | View this resource: | |
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