Resources on how to Promote Scholarly Communication

According to Turtle and Courtois (2007), remaining cognizant of issues related to scholarly communication among faculty is extremely important for a number of reasons including:

journals remain critical to the research and teaching of science faculty;
science journals are the most costly; science faculty continue to publish
extensively in subscription-based commercial and society journals; science
faculty pursue grant funds from federal agencies that use peer-reviewed
publications to disseminate research; and, tenure/promotion of science
faculty usually depends on to a larger extent on journal publishing
(p. 2).


Initially, I wasn't completely aware of the full spectrum of issues concerning scientific scholarly communication and publication, such as problems dealing with copyright and intellectual property concerns (Turtle & Courtois, 2007). Provided are resources that I can employ in order to become an effective scholarly communication advocate at Alabama State University for science faculty.



Association of Research Libraries (ARL). (2011). Reshaping scholarly communication: Brown-bag discussion guide series: Issues in scholarly communication. Retrieved from http://www.arl.org/sc/brownbag/

Provides guides,links, or informational tools in order for librarians to hold discussions related to how to talk to faculty concerning publishing, digital repositories, public access policies, licensing, institutional policies, and FAIR (Freely Accessible Institute Resources) (ARL, 2011). PDF research files are also listed which state author's rights, peer review, and new model publications (ARL,2011).


Association of College & Research Libraries. (2011). Scholarly communication toolkit: Promoting a shared system of research and scholarship. Retrieved from http://scholcomm.acrl.ala.org/


This is a toolkit that supports advocacy efforts and provides information on scholarly communication for librarians, faculty, or university administrators (as cited in Turtle & Courtois, 2007).



Create Change. (2011). Shouldn't the way we share research be as advanced as the Internet? Retrieved from http://www.createchange.org/


Provides resources and tools for libraries to use in order to facilitate discussions with faculty on how to adapt to newer trends of publishing and sharing online research (as cited in Turtle & Courtois, 2007).


DOAJ. (2011). Directory of Open Access Journals. Retrieved from http://www.doaj.org/

Directory that allows access to approximately 900 repositories worldwide; librarians and faculty are able to browse and search by geographic area, subject, content type,or by software platform (as cited in Turtle & Courtois, 2007). Accessed journals are free, full-text, scientific, and scholarly-controlled, comprising all subject areas and several languages (DOAJ, 2011).


Gelfand, J. (2011, July 12). Scholarly communications & related issues. [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://libguides.lib.uci.edu/content.php?pid=133212&sid=1256246

Subject guide that lists issues pertinent or relevant to copyright for publishing and open access (Gelfand, 2011).


OpenDOAR.(2011).Open Directory of Open Access Repositories. Retrieved from http://www.opendoar.org/

An open authoritative directory that allows librarians, faculty, and administrators to access or search at least 2,000 repositories; also, tools are provided, which promote best practices and quality for repository infrastructure(OpenDOAR, 2011).



University of California Libraries. (2011). Libraries and scholarly communication. Retrieved from http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/scholarly/

Provides links and resources for faculty and researchers in order to promote effective scholarly communication (University of California Libraries, 2011).


SHERPA-RoMEO Project. (2011). Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving. Retrieved from http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/


An open access directory that provides brief summaries of self-archiving policies, covering 300 journal publishers. (as cited in Turtle & Courtois, 2007).


SPARC e-News. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/enews/index.shtml


Provides the most current information on SPARC key publisher stakeholder companies or partners, which have had a profound impact on scholarly communication (as cited in Turtle & Courtois, 2007).