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 : Sarah Kalikman Lippincott
• Publisher : Against the Grain, LLC
• Release : 28 September 2017

Charleston Briefings: Trending Topics for Information Professionals is a thought-provoking series of brief books concerning innovation in the sphere of libraries, publishing, and technology in scholarly communication. The briefings, growing out of the vital conversations characteristic of the Charleston Conference and Against the Grain, will offer valuable insights into the trends shaping our professional lives and the institutions in which we work. The Charleston Briefings are written by authorities who provide an effective, readable overview of their topics--not an academic

• 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 : 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 : Anthony M. Cummings,William G. Bowen,Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,Marcia L. Witte,Association of Research Libraries,Laura O. Lazarus,Richard H. Ekman
• Publisher : Association of Research Libr
• Release : 02 July 1992

- HEGIS/IPEDS data categories and definitions -- ARL statistics questionnaire, 1990-91.

• 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 : Todd Gilman
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• Release : 02 February 2017

Intended for use by both librarians and students in LIS programs, Academic Librarianship Today is the most current, comprehensive overview of the field available today. Key features include: Each chapter was commissioned specifically for this new book, and the authors are highly regarded academic librarians or library school faculty— or both Cutting-edge topics such as open access, copyright, digital curation and preservation, emerging technologies, new roles for academic librarians, cooperative collection development and resource sharing, and patron-driven acquisitions are explored

• Author : Emily Ford
• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• Release : 02 July 2021

Peer review processes in scholarly publishing are often hidden behind layers of opacity, leaving authors--and even reviewers--with many questions about the process. Open peer review is one way to improve the practice. It can shorten the time between manuscript submission and publication, hold reviewers accountable for their work, make more apparent the hidden labor of reviewing and editing, allow for collaborative discourse between authors and reviewers, and more. Even with these benefits, open peer review is not widely accepted or

• 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 : 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 : Boyd Collins,Linda Langschied,Myoung Chung Wilson,Emily Fabiano,Ryoko Toyama
• Publisher : American Library Association
• Release : 01 November 1999

Building a Scholarly Communication Center is a unique guide based on the successful model for planning the scholarly communication center at Rutgers University. The planning process at Rutgers is used as the springboard to identify issues, potential problems, and solutions in planning and development.

• Author : Stephanie Davis-Kahl,Merinda Kaye Hensley
• Publisher : Assoc of College and Research
• Release : 02 July 2022

• Author : George J. Fowler,Samantha Schmehl Hines
• Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
• Release : 17 September 2018

This volume will explore the current purpose of librarianship and libraries, how we become “Masters of our Domains”, develop expertise in various elements of the profession, and how we extend outward into our communities.

• Author : Sofia Y. Leung,Jorge R. Lopez-McKnight
• Publisher : MIT Press
• Release : 13 April 2021

Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color--reimagine library and information science through the lens of critical race theory. In Knowledge Justice, Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color scholars use critical race theory (CRT) to challenge the foundational principles, values, and assumptions of Library and Information Science and Studies (LIS) in the United States. They propel CRT to center stage in LIS, to push the profession to understand and reckon with how white supremacy affects practices, services, curriculum, spaces, and policies.