Services
Scholarly Communication (Publishing, Intellectual Property, Copyright)
Resources
Copyright & Other Intellectual Property Issues
Alternative Publishing/Copyright Agreements
Look in Serials Directory to see the cost of your journal (U of A only)
The Academic Publishing Industry: A Story of Merger and Acquisition
Principles
Principles for Emerging Systems of Scholarly Publishing (Tempe Principles)
AAUP-ARL Statement on Scholarly Communication
Budapest Open Access Initiative
Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing
Washington, D.C. Principles for Free Access to Science
Principles and Strategies for the Reform of Scholarly Communication (Association of College and Research Libraries)
Open Access Publishing
Directory of Open Access Journals
A directory of peer reviewed journals organized by Lund University Libraries.
Registry of Open Access Repositories
A listing of both disciplinary and institutional repositories
Budapest Open Access Initiative
The SPARC Open Access Newsletter
Publisher copyright policies & self archiving
The optimum open access strategy today
A diagram suggesting a combined strategy from Steven Harnad
Washington D.C. Principles for Free Access to Science
University of Arizona Library Initiatives
Proposals for Action
Create Change A resource for faculty and librarian action to reclaim scholarly communication.
Challenges for Chemists, Chemistry, and the ACS
Message from ACS President Charles P. Casey January 5, 2004 (Scroll to "Combined challenges of soaring library costs and 'open access' to literature".)
Organizations
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coaltion (SPARC )
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Issues in Scholarly Communication
Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Scholarly Communication Page
ACRL Scholarly Communication Toolkit
Other University Scholarly Communication Initiatives
Local Presentations
Copyright and the Public Domain (An internal presentation)
TEACH Act (An internal presentation)
(2003-11) The TEACH Act and Distance Learning: Doing the Digital (An ARL/EDUCAUSE Web Cast)
(2004-04-23) Shaping the Future of Scholarly Communication at the University of California
(2004-06-10) Institutional Repositories: Revealing Our Strengths (An ARL/EDUCAUSE Web Cast)
Further Reading
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography