This document discusses scholarly communication and research workflows. It defines scholarly communication as the creation, transformation, dissemination, and preservation of knowledge related to teaching, research, and scholarly endeavors. It notes trends toward increased inter-institutional collaboration and the use of social media and tools to support collaboration. Libraries are focusing on supporting discoverability, availability, and research management. Comparison is made of citation management tools like EndNote, Mendeley, and Zotero. The conclusion emphasizes that scholarly communication now involves multiple authorship, inter-institutional collaboration, and collaboration through social networks.

1. Creation, Transformation, Dissemination
and Preservation: Advocating for
Scholarly Communication
June 2013
NASIG 2013 Conference, Buffalo. NY
Christine M. Stamison, MLIS
Senior Customer Relations Manager

2. Scholarly Communication Definition
Scholarly communications is the:
Creation
Transformation
Dissemination
Preservation of knowledge related to teaching, research and scholarly
endeavors

3. Scholarly Communication
Scholarly communications is the:
Creation
Transformation
Dissemination
Preservation of knowledge related to teaching, research and scholarly
endeavors

4. The Epitome of Scholarly Communication
2012
Noble
Prize
Winners
Physics - Serge Haroche,
David J. Wineland
• École Normale Supérieure,
Paris, France
• University of Colorado, Boulder,
CO, USA
Chemistry - Robert J.
Lefkowitz, Brian K. Kobilka
• Duke University Medical Center,
Durham, NC, USA
• Stanford University School of
Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
Physiology or Medicine -
Sir John B. Gurdon, Shinya
Yamanaka
• Gurdon
Institute, Cambridge, United
Kingdom
• Kyoto
University, Kyoto, Japan, Gladst
one Institutes, San
Francisco, CA, USA
Economic Sciences - Alvin
E. Roth, Lloyd S. Shapley
• Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA, USA
• University of California, Los
Angeles, CA, USA

5. Trend in Inter-Institutional Collaboration
Gazni, A., & Didegah, F. (2011). Investigating different types
of research collaboration and citation impact: A case study of
Harvard University’s publications. Scientometrics, 87(2),
251–265.
Between 2000-2005
Examined 22 different fields of science
At least 60 % of publications co-authored.
88% of articles co-authored
80.5% articles Inter-institutional collaboration

6. Annual growth in publications 1996-2008
Source: Knowledge, Networks and Nations: Global scientific
collaboration in the 21st century, The Royal Society, 2011
In 2011, less than 26% of papers
are the product of one institution
alone, and over a third have
multiple nationalities sharing
authorship

7. Research Workflow
“Today, already in the early phases of the ‘knowledge chain’, the
scientific community is being integrated into the discussion and
evaluation of first results. Communication software makes it
possible to integrate locally disperse researchers and
research groups. Ideas are being generated in chat rooms via
virtual discourse. Scientific preprints are being reviewed
publicly, thus narrowing the qualitative gap that formerly existed
between a preprint and the final publication”
Source: The Scholarly Communication of the Future: From Book Information to Problem Solving. Ball, Rafael 2011 - 27
- 1 – 1 Publishing Research Quarterly, pg. 9

8. Identify research
opportunities
Find
collaborators
Secure support
Review the
literature
Collect research
data
Analyze research
data
Disseminate
findings
Manage the
research process
Research Workflow
Many platforms & tools try to support researcher workflows
• Researchers use social media to
support the research lifecycle
• They may not use the same tools
• but social media most
definitely makes an impact
on scholarly workflow
CIBER, University College London
Emerald Group Publishing Ltd
14 December 2010
Social Media
Tools

9. Identify research
opportunities
Find
collaborators
Secure support
Review the
literature
Collect research
data
Analyze research
data
Disseminate
findings
Manage the
research process
Where is the library in the digital workflow of
research?
Main focus of libraries:
Discoverability of content
Availability of content
Reference manager
LIBRARY

10. Research Collaboration Tools
Endnote – http://endnote.com/
Mendeley – www.mendeley.com
Zotero – www.zotero.org

11. Research Collaboration Features
Basic Package
Storage
Private Groups
Open Groups
Social Network
Collaboration Newsfeed
Annotation/Highlight
Personalized Paper Recommendations
Mobile App
Institutional Edition

12. Side By Side Comparison
Feature EndNote Mendeley Zotero
Basic Package $250 Free Free
Storage 1 GB 2 GB 300 MB
Private Groups   
Open Groups X  
Social Network X  
Collaboration
Newsfeed
X  
Annotation/Highlight   X
Personalized Paper
Recommendations
X  
Mobile App   
Institutional Edition
X  X

13. You Be the Judge
http://guides.library.pdx.edu/managecitations - Portland State
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/endnote.html - Berkeley
http://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/content.php?pid=294548&si
d=2418329 – Oxford
http://www.library.wisc.edu/citation-
managers/comparison.html - U Wisconsin - Madison

14. Conclusion
The New Norm for Scholarly Communication:
Multiple authorship
Inter-institutional collaboration
Collaboration through social networks
The Evolving Norm for the Library:
Support Research Management
Aide Discovery of Collaborators
Analyze Research Data

16. Anne E. McKee, MLS
Program Officer for Resource Sharing

17.  33 academic research libraries
◦ 17 states ranging from Illinois to Hawaii,
Texas to Washington State
◦ All either RU/VH OR RU/H
◦ Combined FTE of 850,000+
 25 members of the Association of
Public and Land Grant Colleges
 25 members of the Association of
Research Libraries (ARL)
 12 members of the Association of
American Universities (AAU)
 12 Partners-Hathi Trust
 501(c)3

18.  GWLA and the Great Plains Network (GPN)
◦ www.greatplains.net
 SCOAP3-Worldwide effort among countries and
consortia
◦ http://scoap3.org/
 Science Europe
◦ http://www.scienceeurope.org/

19.  Visiting Scholars-EduRoam
◦ https://www.eduroam.org/
 EDUCAUSE and Internet2 E-content Pilot Series
◦ http://www.informationweek.com/education/instructional-
it/e-textbook-pilot-puts-college-books-in-c/240150097
 FORCE11:
◦ http://www.force11.org/

20.  HATHI Trust (to date 72 libraries or consortia
are members)
 WEST (Western Regional Storage Trust) 23
GWLA members are involved with WEST
 Government Documents-GWLA and 5 other
consortia/partners

21.  BioOne.1 & .2 - Founded by Allen Press,
American Institute of Biological Sciences, GWLA,
SPARC and University of Kansas
 TRAIL (Technical Reports Archive & Image
Library): digitize, archive and make accessible
federal reports issued prior to 1975:
http://WWW.crl.edu/grn/trail
 Western Waters Digital Library (WWDL):
http://www.westernwater.org
 OCCAMS Reader
http://www.occamsreader.org

22.  Colorado State: Open Access and Research
Fund Scholarships:
http://libguides.colostate.edu/oars
 Oregon State: Web of Science Faculty Articles
Project: OrStU:
https://wiki.library.oregonstate.edu/confluen
ce/x/hYYKAQ
 Univs of Colorado and Washington:
Elementa: (Collaboration between BioOne and
5 universities)
http://elementascience.org/

23.  K-State: Open Textbook Initiative:
http://www.lib.k-state.edu/open-textbook
 UIC: Hosting & publishing open access
journals:
http://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/
 KU: Co-founded: Coalition of Open Access
Policy Institutions (COAPI)
http://www.sparc.arl.org/about/COAPI/

24.  Half of ARL members responded to the
survey
 Of respondents, 93% stated they were
involved in scholarly communication
services
 All but 3 had either a position or
department devoted to SC

25.  However, when asked if their
Position/department was the main SC office on
campus, there was “a hesitation in staking a
definitive leadership claim.”
 Some said that other offices/departments on
campus also contributed
 Some said the library was the only one working
on SC but were not recognized as THE leaders on
campus

26.  ALL respondents offered services to “advise
and educate authors about copyright,
retaining rights, etc.”
NONETHELESS
 Altho the majority of copyright educators
on academic campuses are librarians, only
25% actually have law degrees or have
attended copyright training.

27. Rather than waiting for it to come to us!
We need to ensure we are controlling
the SC “ball”
THANKS!
(Shameless excuse to show my daughter’s AZ Sky Club team!)

28. CONTACT INFORMATION
Anne E. McKee, MLS Christine M. Stamison, MLIS
GWLA SWETS
Anne@GWLA.org CStamison@US.Swets.Com
NASIG member since 1990 NASIG member since 1992