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SCONUL Study Tour

SCONUL Study Tour. Blake Library University Of Technology, Sydney Thursday 8th September 2005. Program. 9.00am – 9.30am Welcome, overview, IFLA’s interest in scholarly communication (Alex Byrne)

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SCONUL Study Tour

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  1. SCONUL Study Tour Blake Library University Of Technology, Sydney Thursday 8th September 2005

  2. Program 9.00am – 9.30am Welcome, overview, IFLA’s interest in scholarly communication (Alex Byrne) 9.30am – 10.00am Increasing return on investment in information resources (Ann Flynn & Carol Scott) 10.00am – 10.30am Changing the dynamics of scholarly communication - UTSePress & Systrum (Fides Lawton) 10.30am – 10.45am Introduction to UTS Structure & Library Managers 10.45am – 11.15am Morning tea with Library Managers Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  3. Program 11.15am – 12.00pm New models of information services(Sally Scholfield & Pamela Leuzinger) 12.00pm – 12.30pm Exposing Australian and New Zealand Postgraduate Research: ADT (Tony Cargnelutti & Andrew Wells) 12.30pm – 1.00pm Challenges at UNSW (Andrew Wells) 1.00pm – 1.45pm Lunch with UTS & UNSW Library Managers 1.45pm – 2.30pm Staffing for the future(Fides Lawton, Alex Byrne & Andrew Wells) Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  4. Dinner • 7.00pm Dinner with Unison members (University Librarians in NSW & ACT) at • Waterfront Restaurant, 19 Hickson Road, The Rocks • Suggest walk to Darling Harbour, take a ferry to Circular Quay, then visit the Rocks before dinner Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  5. High impact scholarly literature • Historically has mostly been published in northern Europe and the United States • Others benefit because of affinities of language or history (Australia, Canada) or efforts to participate (Japan) • Many virtually excluded Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  6. Exacerbated through commodification • Control of high impact journals by major commercial publishing houses • Surrender of control and intellectual property by scholars • High costs and continuing price increases for libraries Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  7. Consequences • Frustration • “Brain drain” • Revenue flows to ‘North’ • Research funding immeasurably better in ‘North’ • Research from ‘South’ only validated if published in ‘North’ and usually peer reviewed in ‘North’ • Capture of knowledge from ‘South’ by ‘North’ Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  8. Scholarly publishing system • Self reinforcing system: • Research • Peer review • Journals • Databases (especially ISI) • Research money • Scholarship • Research Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  9. The criterion • If scholarly publishing is to work it must work for scholars and researchers – and peoples – across the world Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  10. Current scholarly publication system - advantages • Significant levels of expertise and investment • High levels of quality assurance despite some concerns about peer review system • Advanced services such as Web of Knowledge, SciFinder • Secure systems Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  11. Scholarly publication - broader issues • Surrender of intellectual property by researchers and scholars • Weakening of public domain under current trends in IP law • Exacerbated in the digital environment thorough licensing Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  12. Scholarly publication – broader issues • Archiving & preservation have not been solved • Cannot rely on publishers – preservation is our responsibility • Many integration issues not resolved – interfaces, standards, etc • Standards (eg Z39.50, HTML, XML, OpenURL) not fully observed • Difficulty in using portals • Instability in both content and presentation Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  13. What is to be done? • How can we ensure that our faculty and students will have the access they need to the world’s scientific, technological and other literature? • How can we work together to create the conditions for successful implementation of digital libraries and the preservation of scholarly literature and research documentation? Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  14. The open access movement • Enabling the academy to reclaim its scholarly literature and challenge the commercialised publishing paradigms that have arisen over the last thirty years. • Gained force due to advocates esp. Stevan Harnad http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/intpub.html • Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities 2003,http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlindeclaration.html Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  15. IFLA • IFLA Statement on Open Access to Scholarly Literature and Research Documentation, The Hague, IFLA,2003 • http://www.ifla.org/V/cdoc/open-access04.html Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  16. IFLA Statement • Supports open access publishing • But in a broader context … Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  17. IFLA Statement • Acknowledgement and defence of moral rights of authors • Adoption of effective peer review processes to ensure quality Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  18. IFLA Statement • Protection of to the public domain – IFLA/CLM • Opposition to governmental, commercial or institutional censorship – IFLA/FAIFE Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  19. IFLA Statement • Implementation of measures to overcome information inequality – IFLA/ALP • Implementation of mechanisms to ensure preservation and perpetual availability – IFLA/PAC Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  20. UTS initiatives • UTSePress and Systrum (http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au) Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  21. UTS initiatives • Australian Digital Theses Program • Institutional repository • Portal: a multidisciplinary journal of international studies (http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/portal) • New titles in the humanities and IT Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  22. Systrum • An inclusive, collaborative e-publishing initiative • Scaleable and open to large and small institutions • Federated searching • Builds on expertise and infrastructure of UTSePress • Advice and assistance during the establishment phase • Consultancy on major projects • Joint applications for funding Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  23. Other Australian Initiatives • ARROW – http://arrow.edu.au • APSR (Australian Partnerships for Sustainable Repositories) – http://apsr.edu.au • Australian Scholarly Publishers' Roundtable Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

  24. Thank you Alex Byrne alex.byrne@uts.edu.au Alex Byrne -SCONUL TOUR - 8 August 2005

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