Scholarly Communication for Librarians

• Author : Heather Morrison
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 30 June 2009

Reviews the current landscape of scholarly communications and publishing and potential futures, outlining key aspects of transition to best possible futures for libraries and librarians. Explains complex concepts in a clear, concise manner Designed to quickly bring the reader up to speed on scholarly communications Written by a well-known international expert on scholarly communications and open access

• Author : Heather Morrison
• Publisher : Chandos Publishing
• Release : 14 July 2009

Written by a well-known international expert on scholarly communications and open access, this authoritative resource covers the current landscape of scholarly communications and publishing in a clear, concise manner and outlines the key aspects of transitioning towards the best possible future for libraries and librarians.

• Author : Isaac Gilman
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 31 October 2013

Libraries must negotiate a range of legal issues, policies and ethical guidelines when developing scholarly communication initiatives. Library Scholarly Communication Programs is a practical primer, covering these issues for institutional repository managers, library administrators, and other staff involved in library-based repository and publishing services. The title is composed of four parts. Part one describes the evolution of scholarly communication programs within academic libraries, part two explores institutional repositories and part three covers library publishing services. Part four concludes with strategies

• Author : Rick Anderson
• Publisher : American Library Association
• Release : 08 June 2016

Ideal for browsing, the ideas in this collection will kickstart your brainstorming sessions and spur your organization to confront choices head on.

• Author : Bhaskar Mukherjee
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 27 July 2010

This book has been written with a view to understand the validity of the perceptions of Open Access (OA) e-journals in the Library and Information Science (LIS) field. Using relevant OA journals this book presents and evaluates journals qualitatively and quantitatively. Over the last three hundred years scholarly journals have been the prime mode of transport in communicating the scholarly research process. However in the last few decades, a changing scenario has been witnessed in their form and format. OA

• Author : Bhaskar Mukherjee
• Publisher : Chandos Publishing
• Release : 27 January 2021

This book has been written with a view to understand the validity of the perceptions of Open Access (OA) e-journals in the Library and Information Science (LIS) field. Using relevant OA journals this book presents and evaluates journals qualitatively and quantitatively. Scholarly Communication in LIS records, in detail, the impact by accessing the journals' web site qualitatively and quantitatively in measuring the important elements such as articles, authors, countries, subjects and cited references. Finally, the book calculates the impact factor

• Author : Association of College and Research Libraries (Acrl)
• Publisher : ALSC
• Release : 01 July 2019

Open and Equitable Scholarly Communications is an action-oriented research agenda designed to provide practical, actionable information for academic librarians; include the perspectives of historically underrepresented communities in order to expand the profession's understanding of research environments and scholarly communication systems; and point librarians and other scholars toward important research questions to investigate.

• Author : Rick Anderson
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release : 04 June 2018

The internet has transformed the ways in which scholars and scientists share their findings with each other and the world, creating a scholarly communication environment that is both more complex and more effective than it was just a few years earlier. "Scholarly communication" itself has become an umbrella term for the increasingly complex ecosystem of publications, platforms, and tools that scholars, scientists, and researchers use to share their work with each other and with other interested readers. Scholarly Communication: What

• Author : Deborah Shorley,Michael Jubb
• Publisher : Facet Publishing
• Release : 23 March 2013

Global thought-leaders define the future of research communication. Governments and societies globally agree that a vibrant and productive research community underpins a successful knowledge economy but the context, mechanisms and channels of research communication are in flux. As the pace of change quickens there needs to be analysis of new trends and drivers, their implications and a future framework. The editors draw together the informed commentary of internationally-renowned experts from all sectors and backgrounds to define the future of research

• Author : Heather Grace Morrison
• Publisher : Chandos Publishing
• Release : 01 January 2009

This title covers the landscape of scholarly communications and publishing and potential futures, outlining key aspects of transition to best possible futures for libraries and librarians.

• Author : Claire Sewell
• Publisher : Facet Publishing
• Release : 07 January 2020

This accessible and highly practical book provides an introductory guide to the world of research support in the academic library. Academic libraries have seen huge changes in recent years thanks to the increasing availability of information online but they are now undergoing another shift. As libraries move away from providing access to existing information and towards helping users create new knowledge there is an opportunity for them to develop new services for the research community. To do this successfully libraries

• Author : Martin Paul Eve,Jonathan Gray
• Publisher : MIT Press
• Release : 20 October 2020

A range of perspectives on the complex political, philosophical, and pragmatic implications of opening research and scholarship through digital technologies. The Open Access Movement proposes to remove price and permission barriers for accessing peer-reviewed research work--to use the power of the internet to duplicate material at an infinitesimal cost-per-copy. In this volume, contributors show that open access does not exist in a technological vacuum; there are complex political, philosophical, and pragmatic implications for opening research through digital technologies. The contributors

• Author : Jingfeng Xia
• Publisher : Chandos Publishing
• Release : 09 January 2017

Scholarly Communication at the Crossroads in China follows the dichotomy paradox to focus on both achievements and challenges at every step of the scholarly communication process, highlighting Insights and trends in academic infrastructure and scholarly behaviors within the context of local economic, political, and technological development. Since China adopted an open-door policy in the late 1970s, it has experienced a dramatic economic transformation. With a growth rate around 10% over the past three decades, China is now the second largest economy

• Author : Stephanie Davis-Kahl,Merinda Kaye Hensley
• Publisher : Assoc of College and Research
• Release : 27 January 2021

• Author : Jingfeng Xia
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 31 March 2008

This is one of the very few books that systematically explores the characteristics of scholarly communication outside the West. Over the last decade the advances in information technology have remodelled the foundation of scholarly communication. This book examines how countries/regions in East Asia (China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan) have reacted to the innovations in the conduct of research and in the exchange of ideas. It outlines the traditional systems of scholarly exchange in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, and