We discuss in this article the 17th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing which took place Tromsø, Norway, end of 2022. The is an annual conference scholarly publishing and communication, primarily revolving around open access publishing, research data science. In special focus was copyright issues, including experiences rights retention strategy, discussing science infrastructures. also ref...

Encouraging resident scholarly activity is challenging. One Army family medicine program was struggling to get residents to fulfill their requirements. Projects were not being completed, and publication or presentation of results was rare. A novel "scholarly activity point" system was introduced that expanded the types of scholarly activity residents could participate in while still encouraging...

Introduction Academic libraries are invested in scholarly communication. For example, academic libraries host many open access scholarly journals, as well as events like Open Access Week. In addition, organizations like the Library Publishing Coalition demonstrate the dedication of academic libraries to advancing their role in academic publishing. Several American Library Association divisions ...

The Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) are working together, through a Task Force on Scholarly Communication, and in consultation with the Association of American University Presses, to ensure a robust system of scholarly communication in the humanities and qualitative social sciences. The Task Force seeks to address the economic challenge...

The editors of the Journal for International Counselor Education have taken the decisive step to make this publication an “Open Access” journal—freely available to all readers with internet access. This article will set the context for choosing open access publishing in the current scholarly communication environment. Numerous factors have changed the face of scholarly publishing, creating an u...

This article is a first-hand account of the author's work identifying and listing predatory publishers from 2012 to 2017. Predatory publishers use the gold (author pays) open access model and aim to generate as much revenue as possible, often foregoing a proper peer review. The paper details how predatory publishers came to exist and shows how they were largely enabled and condoned by the open-...

Despite predictions that emerging technologies will transform how research is conducted, disseminated, and rewarded, why do we see so little actual shift in how scholars in the most competitive and aspirant institutions actually disseminate their research? I describe research on faculty values and needs in scholarly communication that confirm a number of conservative tendencies in publishing. T...