Research Guides: Scholarly Communication & Related Issues: Disciplinary Support

Assessing Scholarly Communications

Assessing the Future Landscape of Scholarly Communication: An Exploration of Faculty Values and Needs in Seven Disciplines

Diane Harley, Sophia Krzys Acord, Sarah Earl-Novell, Shannon Lawrence, C. Judson King
January 2010
Contact: scproject@berkeley.edu
Copyright, Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley

Different Disciplines

Modern Language Association Task Force on Evaluating Scholarship for Tenure and Promotion. Report.
Last accessed June 26, 2009.
Open Doors and Open Minds (SPARC / Science Commons White Paper) (PDF)
Addressed to the faculty and administrators of academic institutions who support equitable access to scholarly research and knowledge, and who believe that the institution can play an important role as steward of the scholarly literature.
SCOAP3
Consortium that facilitates Open Access publishing in High Energy Physics by re-directing subscription money.
Should You Publish in Electronic Journals? Journal of Electronic Publishing vol. 6(2) December 2000.
Sweeney, Aldrine. Last accessed April 8, 2008.
The Impact of Electronic Publications on Promotion and Tenure Decisions
Neely, Teresa Y. Last accessed April 8, 2008.
American Society for Engineering Education
American History Association
American Chemical Society
ACRL
Different subject groups form different sections and have independent scholarly communications.
Advice for Authors, Reviewers, Publishers, and Editors of Literary Scholarship (MLA)
This information is intended for authors of literary scholarship, especially those new to publication, whether they seek to publish books or journal articles in print or digital formats. (Updated in 2016)

Determining Where to Deposit

There are different kinds of repositories - Institutional Repositories and Subject-based Repositories. There are different criteria for inclusion and methods of how to deposit. Some examples follow:

UC eScholarship
Affiliates of the University of California can deposit content in eScholarship.
UC Irvine Libraries Digital Scholarship Service
The UCI Libraries Digital Scholarship Service helps the UC Irvine community publish, share and preserve the digital products of research. Subject librarians will assess your needs, provide guidance on your rights, and make referrals to appropriate digital services. In some cases, the Libraries may collaborate with you to create customized solutions.
ArXiv
Created by and for the Applied & High Energy Physics and Astrophysics community and currently based at Cornell University.

Help

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Mitchell Brown
230 Science Library
Office: 949-824-9732
mcbrown@uci.edu