Selected Background Readings

Some Pertinent Background Reading

“The University as Publisher” University of California, Berkeley, November 1, 2007

http://cshe.berkeley.edu/publications/docs/university_publisher.pdf

“University Publishing in a Digital Age,” Ithaka Report, June 2007

http://www.ithaka.org/strategic-services/Ithaka%20University%20Publishing%20Report.pdf

“An Interview with Michael Keller,” Against the Grain, November 1997

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/staff/pubs/atg.html

Cathy N. Davidson, “Understanding the Economic Burden of Scholarly Publishing,” Chronicle of Higher Education, October 3, 2003

http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v50/i06/06b00701.htm

Peter Suber, “Open Access Overview”

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm

Robert Darnton, “The Case for Open Access,” The Harvard Crimson, February 12, 2008

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=521835

Joseph J. Esposito, “The Wisdom of Oz: The Role of the University Press in Scholarly Communications,” Journal of Electronic Publishing

http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3336451.0010.103

Michael Jensen, “Open Access re Journals vs Books,” Publishing Frontier

http://pubfrontier.com/2008/02/29/open-access-re-journals-vs-books/

“Stuart Shieber and the Future of Open Access Publishing”

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/idblog/2008/11/20/stuart-shieber-and-the-future-of-open-access-publishing/

Phil Pochoda, “Scholarly Publication at the Digital Tipping Point,” Journal of Electronic Publishing

http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3336451.0011.202

Donald J. Waters, “Open Access Publishing and the Emerging Infrastructure for 21st-Century Scholarship,” Journal of Electronic Publishing

http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3336451.0011.106

Raym Crow, "Campus-based Publishing Partnerships: A Critical Guide and Campus-based Publishing Resource Center," SPARC [72-page document]

http://www.arl.org/sparc/partnering

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