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2010

Hillary Corbett

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The Crisis In Scholarly Communication, Part Ii: Internal Impacts On The Library, With A Focus On Technical Services, Hillary Corbett May 2010

The Crisis In Scholarly Communication, Part Ii: Internal Impacts On The Library, With A Focus On Technical Services, Hillary Corbett

Hillary Corbett

This article, the second in a two-part series, focuses on the roles that various library departments can and should play in the development of a robust scholarly communication program. It discusses how the crisis in scholarly communication affects different work areas and groups of staff. A whole-library approach to addressing the crisis can reveal how each department's responsibilities require management of different scholarly communication issues. The article also addresses the ways in which technical services is particularly impacted by the crisis in scholarly communication in order to provide a more in-depth analysis of how a discrete work area within the …


The Crisis In Scholarly Communication, Part I: Understanding The Issues And Engaging Your Faculty, Hillary Corbett May 2010

The Crisis In Scholarly Communication, Part I: Understanding The Issues And Engaging Your Faculty, Hillary Corbett

Hillary Corbett

Given the rising costs of journal subscriptions and the difficulty that authors have in retaining rights to their own works, reform in the scholarly publishing industry is needed. This article, the first in a two-part series, presents an overview of the crisis in scholarly communication and discusses the groundwork that must be laid in order to develop successful programs to address the crisis on college and university campuses. As the de facto centers of scholarship and research on campus, libraries must educate faculty and advocate for more sustainable publishing models. Programs developed by the Boston Library Consortium and its member …