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iscaInternational Scholarly Communications Alliance
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International ScholarlyCommunicationsAlliance (ISCA)
Dr Paul AyrisDirector of Library Services, UCL (University College London)and Secretary of ISCAe-mail: [email protected]
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Why?
• CURL (Consortium of University Research Libraries, UK and Ireland) has a Task Force on Scholarly Communications
• Periodicals inflation was the trigger for CURL libraries to say this is not sustainable
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Inflation
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Formation
• Two meetings in Washington in 2001, facilitated by ARL, brought agreement on principles
• Co-ordinated Press Release issued on 6 February 2002
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Founder members
curlthe consortium of university research libraries
ANUL
CONZULThe Council of New Zealand University Librarians
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Or…
• The Association of Research Libraries (North America)
• The Canadian Association of Research Libraries
• The Consortium of University Research Libraries (UK and Ireland)
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And…
• The Council of Australian University Librarians
• The Council of New Zealand University Librarians
• LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche)
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And…
• Association of National University Libraries (Japan)
• Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (Hong Kong SAR, China)
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Guiding Principles
• An action-oriented grouping• Based on the work of
research libraries directly, usually via Scholarly Communications Task Forces
• A global network • Collaborate with scholars,
publishers and other bodies
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Aim
•To establish equitable access to scholarly and research publications for users of information services
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Our strengths
• 600 research libraries in ISCA• Serving 11 million students
and academic staff• Combined budget of
US$5 billion • Website at:
http://www.caul.edu.au/cisc/isca
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Project Plan
•Alliance formed in February 2002
•CURL was asked to fill role as Secretary to ISCA
•Establish Work Plan by the end of summer 2002
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Membership criteria
•Membership criteria– Should the Alliance grow?
•Governance Issues– Assigning responsibilities
for discrete areas of the workplan to national member organisations
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Public Relations
• Develop website• Deliver papers on ISCA at
key national and international conferences in 2002
• Provide quarterly updates to the website on the work of ISCA members
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IPR
• IPR: Review principles using CARL’s Statement of Principles for the Management of Copyright in a Digital Environment as a starting point
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OAI
•Open Archives Initiative: Much work ongoing in member countries at institutional level, led by libraries. Can this work be joined up?
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SPARC
•ARL and SPARC: Work is ongoing to create a SPARC Europe. Is this a model for globalising the SPARC brand in other continents?
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Advocacy
• Advocacy to academics. CURL has just mounted a 3-month national advocacy campaign in the UK with SPARC.
• Programme now being evaluated
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Advocacy
• Can we share advocacy materials internationally?
• The most important members of the information chain are– academics as producers– Academics, researchers, students
and learners as consumers
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Endorsements
•Can ISCA add endorsements to – Budapest Open Access
Initiative– TEMPE principles
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Creating Change
• How best can ISCA endorse alternative publication programmes such as:
• Public Library of Science• BioMed Central• Electronic Society for
Social Scientists (ELSSS)
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Digital Preservation
•The UK-based Digital Preservation Coalition is becoming a global forum for activity in this important area. How can ISCA contribute?
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R & D
• ISCA is considering commissioning R & D:– To support national developments,
e.g. the hearing for the Copyright Term extension in the US Supreme Court
– To support national work such as a possible review of STM publishing in the UK by the Office of Fair Trading
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R & D
•Studies to help ISCA make contributions in the global arena where commercial publishers are engaged in aggressive mergers
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Conclusions
• ISCA is an attempt by research libraries to find global solutions to global problems
• We believe that in partnership we can make a difference
• Workplan to be finalised by the end of summer 2002
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Conclusions
•We will evaluate our progress after ISCA has been in existence for two years