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Scholarly Communication and institutional repositories. Dr. Tom Graham University Librarian University of Newcastle upon Tyne 4 March 2003. Is there a scholarly communication crisis?. There is a serials price problem for libraries
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Scholarly Communication and institutional repositories Dr. Tom Graham University Librarian University of Newcastle upon Tyne 4 March 2003
Is there a scholarly communication crisis? • There is a serials price problem for libraries • There may less of a problem with communication between authors and readers • Informal networks • Initial dissemination • Formal refereed publication
Responses • Co-operation • Competition Responses to what?
Institutional repositories – where do they fit? • Preservation of digital material • Alternative to publishing • Remedying the serials crisis • Online courseware • Maximising the impact of research effort (Harnad, 2003) Which?
What are the benefits/impacts? (1) • Authors • Wide dissemination • Increased citation – evidence • Possibility of easy searching, if OAI-compatible • Institution • Raise profile (possibly keep up with the Jones’s) • Manage intellectual assets (research output) • Might impact on periodical prices
What is involved? (1) • Setting-up – E-prints software • Content management • Document types • Formats • Preservation • Metadata creation
What is involved ? (2) • Institutional support • University research bodies • Academic support • Benefits • IPR issues • Quality issues • Relation to mainstream publishing
Examples • CDL, DSpace, Ohio Knowledge Bank • Utrecht • UK – SHERPA • Collaborative – 6 partners and ? associates • Investigate IPR, quality, technical and management issues
…and Scholarly Communication? • Competition or co-operation? • “You cannot change a complex organism, you can only disturb it” (Robert Jarvis)