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The Scholarly Communication website is maintained by the Rod Library Scholarly Communication Committee.

Contact Information

Questions can be directed to members of the Rod Library Scholarly Communication Committee by using the email: libscholcomm@uni.edu

Scholarly Communication Committee Members:

Thomas Kessler (thomas.kessler@uni.edu; 319/273-2810)
Stanley Lyle (stanley.lyle@uni.edu; 319/273-2843)
Katherine Martin (katherine.martin@uni.edu; 319/273-7255)
Linda McLaury (linda.mclaury@uni.edu; 319/273-3610)
Ellen Neuhaus (ellen.neuhaus@uni.edu; 319/273-3739)

Committee's Charge

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Chronicle of Higher Education

UNI has access to the electronic version of the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Click "News" tab and then click "Current Issue" or "Archives" headings.

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What is scholarly communication, and why should I care about it?

Iowa Board of Regents:

"The Board strongly encourages faculty, students, and employees of Regent institutions to seek to retain intellectual property rights to the articles and reports that they publish in scholarly journals and equivalent types of publications...Doing so on a systematic basis will ensure the widest possible dissemination at the lowest cost. Each institution shall be responsible for providing information, advice, and assistance to faculty, students, and employees to achieve this aim." -- Approved at the May 15-16, 2002 meeting, located under "Copyright Procedures" section.

Definition:

Scholarly communication is a multi-faceted term that encompasses various aspects of research and scholarship. It can be defined succinctly as "the system of people, procedures, and tools through which the results of research and scholarship are registered, evaluated, disseminated, and preserved" (Ober, 2008). Scholarly Communication includes both the dissemination of and access to scholarship and research in a variety of formats and states of completion, such as published books or journal articles, research results and data sets, and drafts of papers - University of California, Davis, University Library.

Issues that may be considered under the umbrella of scholarly communication include authors’ rights, open access and other publishing models, control of intellectual property, copyright, cost of commercial publications, role of scholarly associations, preservation of intellectual property, and institutional repositories. These issues impact collaborative research; an author's use and dissemination of his or her work; the accessibility of unpublished and published books, articles, and other products; and the archiving of scholarly output. Decisions made in these areas may have a broad impact in the classroom, in the conduct of research, and the ways in which research and scholarship are shared. The position that an academic institution takes on these matters can affect not only its students, faculty, and staff, but also its standing and reputation.

10 Things You Should Know about...Scholarly Communication

- Association of College & Research Libraries publication

Learn More (click on the tabs at the top of the guide):

Ober, John. (February 2008) "A View toward the Public Side of Scholarly Communication." Against the Grain, vol. 20, no.1.

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Scholarly Communication News - Rod Library

News entries by the Rod Library Scholarly Communication Committee at the University of Northern Iowa.

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Scholarly Communication @ Rod Library, UNI

Events and publications sponsored by the Scholarly Communication Committee.

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Video - Scholarly Communication

James Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia, discusses the recent history of conversations about the scholarly communication system (2010).