New

• ARL and LYRASIS Sign Agreement for Licensing Initiative (Nov. 29, '11)

• ARL Endorses the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities (Nov. 1, '11)

• ARL Releases Report on Publishing Support for Small Print-Based Publishers (Mar. 9, '11)

• New Author Rights in Content Licenses Blog (Jan. 5, '11)

• Partnering to Publish Seminar Presentations Now Available (Dec. 9, '10)

News on scholarly communication issues appears regularly in the E-News for ARL Directors and ARL's Research Library Issues.

Highlights

• Strategies for Opening Up Content: Special Issue of RLI Released (May 2010)

• Brown-Bag Discussion Guide Series

• New Model Publications Study

• Research Library Publishing Services [PDF]

• SCOAP³: A New Model for Scholarly Communication

Overview

One of ARL’s strategic goals is the development of effective, extensible, sustainable, and economically viable models of scholarly communication that provide barrier-free access to quality information in support of the mission of research institutions.

The ARL Scholarly Communication program articulates the dynamic system of scholarly communication, encourages the creation and implementation of new models for scholarly exchange that build on the widespread adoption of digital technologies, advocates for improved terms and conditions under which content is made available, and establishes alliances and develops relationships that promote open collaboration among stakeholders in the scholarly communication system.

Tags: scholarly communication system, scholarly journals, scholarly publishing