
Scholarly Communication for Librarians
Heather Morrison(Author)
Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd
Published on 30. June 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-84334-488-9 (ISBN)
Description
Reviews the current landscape of scholarly communications and publishing and potential futures, outlining key aspects of transition to best possible futures for libraries and librarians.
Reviews / Votes
"The most satisfying aspect of Scholarly Communication for Librarians is Morrison's evaluation of the roles librarians can play as scholars writing, archivists managing repositories, acqusitions experts purchasing, authorities on publishing advising faculty, reference librarians answering research questions, and advocates of open access pushing for publishing models that support availability of information over profit for private investors." --Digital Library Archives"One of the book's strongest chapters examines the economics of scholarly journals using the concept of the cost per article of producing articles in various types of journals." --Digital Library Archives"The book is easy to read and most importantly provides practical coverage of a topic that is of interest to librarians and other information professionals." --Library ManagementMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Witney
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Woodhead Publishing Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84334-488-9 (9781843344889)
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Heather Morrison
Scholarly Communication for Librarians
E-Book
06/2009
Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd
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Person
Heather Morrison is a Project Coordinator with BC Electronic Library Network and Adjunct Faculty with the University of British Columbia's School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, where she has developed new courses on scholarly communications and open access. Heather is very well-known as an open access advocate; links to Heather's extensive publications and presentations in this area can be found from her scholarly blog, The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics, http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com
Content
Scholarship and scholarly communication; Scholarly journals; Publishing: The scholarly mission, and the multi-billion-dollar industry; Libraries and librarians; Authors' rights and intellectual property; Open access; The economics of scholarly communications in transition; Emerging trends and formats; Summary and conclusions.