Kevin Smith James Madison University June 2012 Introduction to the Scholarly Communication System ACRL Scholarly Communications Roadshow: From Understanding to Engagement

Learning Outcomes Understand that the scholarly communications system is made up of many interlocking systems Understand the basic, traditional iterations in the lifecycle of scholarship Identify how disruptions are changing the traditional system of scholarly communication

Looking through the lens of libraries: TeachingLearningResearch

systemssystems IP/legal system publishing industry scholarly societies faculty rewards system (p&t) Internet culture disciplinary practice higher education research industry

Major participants in the life cycle of scholarly publishing researchers authors foundations scholarly societies federal agencies colleges and universities publishers libraries taxpaying public students

Iterations in the life cycle of scholarship FormulationRegistrationCertificationSelectionDisseminatio FormulationRegistrationCertificationSelectionDissemination Access Access

disruption: Traditional economic model is unsustainable

Academic Library Publisher Editor Peer ReviewersFormulation Manuscript & IP DisseminationAccess RegistrationCertificationSelection Cycle starts again

cost Academic Library budget Publisher Editor Peer Reviewers © Pressure points ?

disruption:Web & Rise of Social Media

+ Internet Social media Blogs formulation registration certification selection dissemination archiving access publishers editors libraries peers citizen scientists researchers societies Scholars are exploiting the power of the web funders

+ internet formulation registration certification selection dissemination archiving access PUBL ED P-R LIB What role, then, for publishers and libraries ? How can we/they add value in a new system? ?

disruption: Open Movement a shift in expectations a shift in expectations an assertion of values an assertion of values

Open is better Open is better Social momentum toward sharing and remixing Social momentum toward sharing and remixing Public access to taxpayer funded research Public access to taxpayer funded research Change in funder expectations Change in funder expectations ?

Transform

Goal: Build capacity to integrate scholarly communications awareness and to transform our work as academic librarians ?

This work was created by Lee Van Orsdel and modified by Sarah L Shreeves for the ACRL National Conference, Scholarly Communications 101 Workshop, updated by Sarah Shreeves on April 26, 2012 and last updated by Kevin Smith on May 31, It is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.