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SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION: Challenge and Response

downward arrow  The Challenge...

 Journals and Scholarship: 
  Why it matters where you publish
The Economics of Publishing Strategic Response/Actions


Did you know?

While the CPI increased 73% between 1986-2004, research library expenditures for serials increased 273%
Source: Association of Research Libraries

 downward arrow  The Challenge...
Innovating for Scholarly Communication
  • Maximize reach and impact.
  • Reduce or remove access barriers and toll-gates.
  • Retain quality control.
 Strategic Response/Actions
  • Harness technology to improve dissemination through a proposed Institutional Repository  program.
  • Support open access journals and self-archiving.
  • Retain copyrights
  • Know policies of journals you edit
 

Did you know?

The Libraries are committed to creating an institutional repository at MU (MO-Space)

downward arrow   The Challenge...
Sustaining Great Collections
  • Extend excellence in local collections.
  • Discover and seize opportunities to share resources.
  • Expense and constraints of physical space to house materials
 Strategic Response/Actions
  • Increase breadth and depth through University-wide material selection; co-invest.
  • Share digital and print collections.
  • Leverage regional storage facilities.

Did you know?

An MU Libraries study found a strong preference for the use of electronic journals over print.