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Scholarly Communications-- Background and Foundational Information

Background:

• Happening @ KU;
• Get involved - how YOU can help change scholarly communication;
• Learn more (in depth).

Happening @ KU

• Resolutions (KU and others) to promote better use of technology to disseminate and alternative publishing means for wider distribution:
  • KU University Council Passes Resolution on Access to Scholarly Information in March 2005.
  • GWLA Provost Letter on Open Access Legislation, signed by Richard Lariviere, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, University of Kansas.

Get involved - how YOU can help change scholarly communication

• How to become an activist in expanding the legal use of fair use-- and learn more.
• How to become an activist pushing for greater access to the products of scholarship or expansion of fair use for digital objects-- see Create Change website.

Learn more (in depth)

• A very brief introduction to Open Access (OA) by Peter Suber.
• Association of College and Research Libraries Scholarly communication toolkit:
• SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
• Open Access initiatives: Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), the Berlin Declaration on Open Access, EU Petition for Public Access, etc.)
• University Open Access mandates (Harvard University, Stanford University's School of Education, University of South Hampton etc.)
• Who's who in scholarly publishing: Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), BioOne, Alliance for Taxpayer Alliance and Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA).
• Read Ithaka's University Publishing in the Digital Age, a report that "argues that a renewed commitment to publishing in its broadest sense can enable universities to more fully realize the potential global impact of their academic programs, enhance the reputations of their institutions, maintain a strong voice in determining what constitutes important scholarship, and in some cases reduce costs."

Brought to you by the Scholarly Communications Working Group of the University of Kansas Libraries. Please contact Ada Emmett, aemmett@ku.edu, for questions or comments, additions or corrections to the above information.

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