With technology changing the way so many forms of communication are changing, the Association of College and Research Libraries held a meeting last July to to "collectively brainstorm the evidence needed to inform strategic planning for scholarly communication programs". They have now published an online paper that discusses the results of that meeting and details a range of research questions related to new forms of scholarly communication.
The participants in the meeting identified eight major themes that characterize the transformations occurring in scholarly research and publishing:
The Impact and Implications of Cyberinfrastructure
Changing Organizational Models
How Scholars Work
Authorship and Scholarly Publishing
Value and Value Metrics of Scholarly Communications
Adoption of Successful Innovations
Preservation of Critical Materials
Public Policy and Legal Matters
The paper suggests and encourages further research into these eight themes and closes with an invitation to everyone in the academic community to join the conversation by posting to the ACRL wiki created for the topic: Establishing a Research Agenda for Scholarly Communication: A Call for Community Engagement.
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