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From Crisis to Reform: Scholarly Communication and the Tempe Principles

The Provost's Seminar, November 8, 2000
The University of Kansas, Lawrence

The high costs and restrictive licenses imposed by many publishers of scholarly information must be addressed through deeper reforms in scholarly practice than annual rituals of journal cancellations. On Nov. 8, the Provost and the Libraries jointly sponsored a day-long seminar for faculty, graduate students, and other members of the University of Kansas community, on the Tempe Principles for Emerging Systems of Scholarly Communication. These Principles, which have been endorsed by the American Association of Universities, the Association of Research Libraries, and other organizations, recommend changes in scholarly and university practice that are intended to help control costs and broaden access to scholarly literature.

This seminar was an opportunity for the University of Kansas community to reflect on the meaning and implications of the Tempe Principles, and to identify next steps in the ongoing reform of the scholarly communications system.

Welcome, Purpose, and Introductions

• Keith Russell, Dean of Libraries, University of Kansas

The Tempe Principles: Genesis and Goals

• "KU's Role in the Scholarly Communications Movement," David Shulenburger, Provost, University of Kansas: Presentation Slides

• "Partnering for Change: Scholars, Societies, & Libraries," Mary Case, Director of the Office of Scholarly Communication, Association of Research Libraries: Presentation Slides

Reactions to the Tempe Principles

• Mabel Rice (University Distinguished Professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing, University of Kansas; Editor, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; Director, Merrill Advanced Studies Center, University of Kansas): Overhead Slides

• Victor Bailey (Professor of History and Director, Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas)

• James R. Coffman (Provost and Professor of Clinical Sciences, Kansas State University)

• Jim Williams (Dean of Libraries, University of Colorado/Boulder; current Chair, Big 12 Plus Libraries Consortium): Text of Address

• Richard Fyffe (Assistant Dean of Libraries for Scholarly Communication, University of Kansas)

Discipline-based Solutions

• "BioOne: Building a Unique Online Publishing Collaboration," Heather Joseph, President and Chief Operating Officer, BioOne; formerly Director of Publishing for the American Society for Cell Biology: Presentation Slides

Developing Campus-based Responses to the Crisis in Scholarly Communication

• Reports from Four Break-out Sessions: Jim Williams, moderator.

Concluding Reflections: David Shulenburger

Further Information on Scholarly Communications Issues

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