Future of Scholarly Communication

The Future of Scholarly Communication

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With generous funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Center is continuing its research into the most pressing issues faced by universities as new forms of publication and scholarly communication emerge. The new project will extend and compliment our first phase of research, which focused on the importance of faculty values and the vital role of peer review in faculty attitudes and actual publishing behavior. (The materials emanating from the first phase are available online -- planning proposal (pdf) and final report.)

Our primary focus for the next two years will be on understanding the needs and desires of faculty for in-progress scholarly communication (i.e., forms of communication employed as research is being executed) as well as archival publication. We posit that a broader understanding of the full array of activities related to the scholarly communication lifecycle is needed if we are to assess with any accuracy the future communication and publication landscape in universities. 

Our central methodology will again be in-depth interviews with faculty and persons responsible for implementing innovative scholarly publishing initiatives, including librarians and IT professionals.

This project is under the direction of co-principal investigators Jud King and Diane Harley.
 
 A summary of the new project proposal is available (PDF document)

Seminar Series on the Future of Scholarly Communication