Reading List on Scholarly Communication Issues
(journal articles, working papers, studies, special issues, position papers, etc.)
The Issues
In Oldenburg’s Long Shadow: Librarians, Research Scientists, Publishers, and the Control of Scientific Publishing by J-C. Guédon.
Policy Perspectives: To Publish and Perish. From ARL.
"Reforming Scholarly Publication in the Sciences: A Librarian Perspective." Joseph Branin and Mary Case. Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Vol. 45, #4: 475-486 April 1998.
A Study Prepared for The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 1992 A seminal ARL publication.
The Faustian Grip of Academic Publishing. Parks, Robert P. Journal of Economic Methodology, 9, no. 3 (2002)
Open Access debates in Nature
Catalyzed by the Public Library of Science initiative, this journal ran a series of articles from various stakeholders. It has recently been followed up with more discussion.
The Fight for Knowledge: Canada's university libraries are battling for access to cutting-edge research. John Schofield, Macleans's, December 4, 2000.
The Crisis in Scholarly Publishing. From the Scholarly Societies Project, sponsored by the University of Waterloo.
Reclaiming What We Own: Expanding Competition in Scholarly Publishing. Plenary address to the Ninth Conference of the Association of College & Research Libraries; Detroit, Michigan, 11 April, 1999
Economics of Scholarly Communication: A Discussion Paper J. W. Houghton, 2000. 150 pages, in depth analysis, with somewhat of an Australian slant
Journal Publishing and Pricing
Ted Bergstrom's Journal Pricing Page Fulltext of numerous articles and data from the former Justice Department official and current economics professor at UC Santa Barbara
Publisher Mergers: A Consumer-Based Approach to Antitrust Analysis White Paper from The Information Access Alliance
The Academic Publishing Industry from Mary Munroe, a timeline of mergers and acquisitions
The Costs and Benefits of Library Site Licenses to Academic Journals PNAS January 20, 2004 (vol. 101, no.3, p.897-902)
"Scholarly Associations and the Economic Viability of Open Access Publishing" John Willinsky, University of British Columbia. Journal of Digital Information, vol.4, issue 2
"The Impact of Publisher Mergers on Journal Prices: An Update." Mark J. McCabe, Assistant Professor of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology. ARL BiMonthly Newsletter, 1999.
"Update on Scholarly Publisher Profits." Kaylyn Hipps, Assistant Editor of ARL. ARL BioMonthly Newsletter, 1999.
"Impact of Publisher Mergers on Journal Prices: A Preliminary Report." Mark J. McCabe, Assistant Professor of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology. ARL BiMonthly Newsletter, 1998.
Cost of Scientific Journals. Bibliography from CalTech.
"Journal Costs: Current Trends & Future Scenarios for 2020." Martha Kyrillidou, ARL Senior Program Officer for Statistics and Measurement. ARL BiMonthly Newsletter, 2000.
16th Annual Annual Study of Journal Prices for
Scientific and Medical Society Journals JP, THE NEWSLETTER FOR JOURNAL PUBLISHERS, 2003. Statistical data on society journals pricing.
Alternative Models
Free at Last: The Future of Peer-Reviewed Journals. Stevan Harnad, Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Southampton. D-Lib Magazine, December 1999, Volume 5 Number 12
Removing Barriers to Research: An Introduction to Open Access for Librarians Peter Suber, College & Research Libraries News, February 2003
The Promise and Peril of 'Open Access' Chronicle of Higher Education, January 30, 2004
Free Internet Access to Traditional Journals. Thomas J. Walker, American Scientist, September-October 1998, 86 (5)
Electronic Preprints Point the Way to 'Author Empowerment'. Gary Taubes, Science, 271 (5250): 767, 9 Feb 1996.
The ACM Electronic Publishing Plan. Peter Denning, 1995.
Timeline of the Open Access Movement from Peter Suber of SPARC.
Copyright
"Copyright as Cudgel"
New copyright world order, under the DMCA. Written by Siva Vaidhyanathan, an assistant professor of information
studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison
A Bimonthly Report on Research Library Issues and Actions from ARL, CNI, and SPARC. Index of BiMonthly Newsletter of the ARL, 1996-2000: Copyright.
Intellectual Property: Who Should Own Scientific Papers? S. Bachrach et. al., Science, 281,1459-1460 (1998.)
Odlyzko maintains a list of papers on electronic publishing in text, PDF, and Word format.
Copyright: Evolution, Not Revolution. J. Liedes, Science 276, 223 (1997).
Who will Own Your Next Good Idea? Charles C. Mann, Atlantic Monthly Sept, 1998 282 (3) :57 - 82.
Position Paper on Yale University Copyright Policy. Scott Bennett, March, 1998.
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Copyright? Copyright Roundtable, Atlantic Unbound. Charles C. Mann et. al., September, 1998.
Ownership of New Works at the University: Unbundling of Rights and the Pursuit of Higher Learning. Consortium for Educational Technologies, 1997.
Learned Inquiry and the Net: the Role of Peer Review, Peer Commentary and Copyright. Steven Harnad. Keynote address at the meeting, Scholarly Publishing and Communication in the Electronic Environment, held at the University of Toronto in September, 1997.
Ownership Issues in Online Use of Institutional Materials. Dan L. Burk From CAUSE/EFFECT 21 (2):19-27, 1998. A publication from EDUCAUSE.
Copyright and Fair Use in the Digital Age: Q&A with Peter Lyman. Educom Review, 30 (1), January/February 1995.
General Resources
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography. Charles W., Jr. University of Houston Libraries, 1996-2003.
A Bimonthly Report on Research Library Issues and Actions from ARL, CNI, and SPARC: Scholarly Communications. Index of BiMonthly Newsletter of the ARL, 1996-2000.
"Seeking a Radical Change in the Role of Publishing." Denise K. Magner The Chronicle for Higher Education, June 16, 2000.
BUBL Link: Internet Resources: Scholarly Communication.