Faculty Senates Speak out on Scholarly Communication
In recent months, a variety of resolutions relating to scholarly communication have emerged from faculty governance bodies on campuses across the U.S. These statements address a variety of issues, from open access to copyright concerns; all express concern about the health of the scholarly communication system. March was a banner month with statements coming from the University of California, Berkeley; the University of California, Irvine; the University of Kansas; the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In April, Case Western Reserve University and the Columbia University Senate adopted statements. In May, Cornell University endorsed a resolution on open access and scholarly communication. Additional statements on scholarly communication are reportedly in-process and may be ratified in the fall. ARL hosts a website where links to all of these faculty actions are available.
See: http://www.arl.org/scomm/open_access/2005facultyresolutions.html.
Report on Selected Activities of the Association of Research Libraries, June 2005
