The Crisis in Scholarly Communication

Laura L. Leavitt, LibrarianSLIR Faculty MeetingSeptember 11, 2009

What Crisis?

• Rising costs of journals = NOT sustainable

• More restrictions on interlibrary loan

• Restrictions on using electronic materials in class (coursepacks and e-reserves)

Implications include …

• Less and less access to published literature

• Fewer researchers at other institutions will be able to access your published work

• You may be restricted in using and promoting your own scholarship!!

Solutions Include:

• Retain copyright and control of your scholarship

• Reconsider role(s) with (restrictive) publishers of unreasonably expensive journals

• Participate in campus discussions

• Talk to your librarian!

Additional Information

• MSU Library webpage http://www2.lib.msu.edu/features/crisis