Scholarly Communication, Open Access, and Publishing: Quick Resource Links

Two page "quick facts" document on issues in scholarly communication

Provides examples of license agreements which authors can use when publishing their works.

Provides information on establishing a scholarly communication program in libraries.

"An international alliance of academic and research libraries working to correct imbalances in the scholarly publishing system."

Provides authors recommendations on copyright, intellectual property, and publishing agreements.

Provides examples of license agreements which authors can use when publishing their works.

A directory of "full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals covering all subjects and many languages."

An advocacy website on ownership of intellectual property and purchased content.

Peter Suber's Open Access monograph concisely explains open access issues, publishing, and related topics. The monograph is published under the MIT Press Essential Knowlede series and authored by Peter Suber, a noted open access expert.

"Nonprofit publisher, membership, and advocacy organization with a mission to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication."

"Searchable database of publisher's policies regarding the self- archiving of journal articles on the web and in Open Access repositories."