Workshop on Sustainable Models for University-based Scholarly Publishing

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Workshop onSustainable Modelsfor
University-basedScholarly Publishing

• 523 Butler
• June 1, 2004

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Purpose

• to explore financially sustainable and effective
  approaches to scholarly communications for and by
  higher education
• to identify shared interests
• to facilitate multi-campus collaborations

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A Penetrating Observation
Atkinson, Ross. Library Functions, Scholarly
Communication, and the Foundation of the Digital
Library Laying Claim to the Control Zone,
Library Quarterly 66 (July 1996), 239-65
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Who is the Decision Maker?
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Criteria

• Whose objectives are not being met?
• What are the actual and potential resources?
• What is the environment (political, technical,
  legal, etc. in which the solution must operate?

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Define the Problem
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Higher education has a compelling need to
reassert its control over scholarly publishing
and also has the technical means for doing so.
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We need to work on the financial, cultural and
political issues.
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Thats our task today!
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Weve assembled some of the best and brightest
for this Workshop to tackle these issues!