Scholarly Communication for Librarians

Heather Morrison (Author)

9781843344889, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 30 June 2009

264 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.4 kg

"The most satisfying aspect of Scholarly Communication for Librarians is Morrison's evaluation of the roles librarians can play as scholars writing, archivists managing repositories, acqusitions experts purchasing, authorities on publishing advising faculty, reference librarians answering research questions, and advocates of open access pushing for publishing models that support availability of information over profit for private investors." --Digital Library Archives"One of the book's strongest chapters examines the economics of scholarly journals using the concept of the cost per article of producing articles in various types of journals." --Digital Library Archives"The book is easy to read and most importantly provides practical coverage of a topic that is of interest to librarians and other information professionals." --Library Management

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.

Scholarship and scholarly communication
Scholarly journals
Publishing: The scholarly mission, and the multi-billion-dollar industry
Libraries and librarians
Authors’ rights and intellectual property
Open access
The economics of scholarly communications in transition
Emerging trends and formats
Summary and conclusions.

Subject Areas: Publishing industry & book trade [KNTP], Library & information sciences [GL]