Rethinking Scholarly Publishing New Models of Publishing

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Rethinking Scholarly
Publishing New Models of Publishing

• BioMed Central
• http//www.biomedcentral.com
• an independent online publishing house
• provides free access to peer-reviewed biological
  and medical research it publishes
• promotes rapid and efficient communication of
  science
• latest new journals include Annals of Clinical
  Microbiology and Antimicrobials, Comparative
  Hepatology, International Journal for Equity in
  Health, Journal of Negative Results in
  Biomedicine, Journal of Immune Based Therapies
  and Vaccines
• Faculty of 1000
• http//www.facultyof1000.com
• over 1400 of the worlds leading scientists
  select and evaluate the best papers in biology
• highlights papers on the basis of their
  scientific merit
• unique organization and personalization features,
  including personalized email alerts
• offers an immediate rating of individual papers
  by the authors' peers
• participating University of Utah authors Brenda
  Bass, Kendal Broadie, Bradley Cairns, Mario
  Capecchi, Gerald Gleich, Kent Golic, Janet
  Lindsley, Susan Mango, Alejandro
  Sanchez-Alvarado, Gerald Spangrude
• SPARC
• is an alliance of 200 member institutions
  world-wide
• supports development of vibrant and economically
  viable new models of scholarly communication

New technologies solving old problems of
scholarly publishing
Old Model
Author Scholar Researcher
Library Reader Author/Scholar/Researcher
Journal Editor Editorial Board Peer Review
Commercial Publisher
New Model
Author Scholar Researcher
Library Reader Author/Scholar/Researcher
Journal Editor Editorial Board Peer Review

Jeanne Le Ber, Librarian Spencer S. Eccles
Health Sciences Library