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Scholarly Communication
"Scholarly communication" describes both the dissemination of and access to scholarship and research in a variety of formats and states of completion, such as published books or journal articles, research results and data sets, and drafts of papers. In recent years the concept of scholarly communication has also begun to connote faculty collaborating with publishers, librarians, and others, in solving the grievous problem of the inability of libraries to keep up with the ever-increasing volume and cost of scholarly resources.
The UC Davis General Library joins many U.S. academic libraries which partner with faculty to address the scholarly communication challenges facing universities. The issues of copyright, intellectual property, journal costs, and library budgets all affect the ability of academic institutions to provide access to research results and instructional materials.
UC Davis General Library
- Faculty Action and Copyright
- Faculty play an influential role in addressing the issues and identifying potential solutions since they create, edit, and review research data and benefit significantly from publication of journals and mongraphs.
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The following white papers are the product of the Academic Council Special Committee on Scholarly Communication (SCSC) under the collective title Responding to the Challenges Facing Scholarly Communication.
- Evaluation of Publications in Academic Personnel Processes (draft 12/05)
- The Case of Journal Publishing (draft 12/05)
- The Case of Scholarly Book Publishing (draft 12/05)
- Scholarly Societies and Scholarly Communication (draft 12/05)
- The Case of Scholars' Management of Their Copyright (draft 12/05)
- Proposal for UC Faculty – Scholarly Work Copyright Rights Policy (draft 12/05)
- Copyright & Intellectual Property Information
- The Library's Copyright & Intellectual Property web site provides information and guides to UC Davis, University of California, United States, and international policies and law on the topics of copyright, patents, trademarks, and licensing. This web site also provides links to the related topics of scholarly electronic publishing initiatives and the scholarly communication challenges facing universities. The UC Davis General Library provides guidance on copyright for faculty posting articles to a website, and protecting copyright for published articles.
- Librarian Subject Specialists
- Librarian Subject Specialists are assigned to each discipline and provide a wide range of services, including collection assessment and development, specialized reference consultation, and introductions to library resources for classes with intensive library projects.
University of California
- Reshaping Scholarly Communication
- Through the California Digital Library's web site, the Office of Scholarly Communication, coordinates the UC libraries actions associated with scholarly publishing and presents options for campus librarians and faculty to consider. Campus librarians are available to discuss options for scholarly publishing, such as the evolving eScholarship program.
- eScholarship Repository
- The California Digital Library hosts the eScholarship repository, the institutional repository for the UC System. Here you'll find papers, postprints, journals and seminar series from across the UC system. The mission of eScholarship is to facilitate and support scholar-led innovations in scholarly communication by providing an alternative publishing mechanism. All papers are searchable through the site and organized by campus, department or research unit. Explore what's happening at UC Davis.
- A New World of Scholarly Communication
- In the November 7, 2003 Chronicle of Higher Education, retired UC President Richard C. Atkinson discussed the future of university libraries and the mushrooming costs of academic publications which faculty and higher education leaders must address to ensure the future viability of scholarly communications.
- Campus Library Scholarly Communication Programs
- Describes the challenges and strategic plans related to managing campus library collections. Contains information on collection management strategies from libraries at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Santa Barbara.
Other Academic Research Libraries
- ARL Scholarly Communication
- Nationally, the Association of Research Libraries maintains a web site, Issues in Scholarly Communication, which highlights trends and actions taken by academic libraries to address the scholarly communications concerns.
- Other Research Library Sites on Scholarly Communications
For more information regarding scholarly communication issues and strategies, consult your librarian subject specialist or Gail Yokote Associate University Librarian for the Sciences.