NIU Crisis in Scholarly Communication Conference: Challenges and Responses


	Challenges and Responses
Declarations and Initiatives Frequently Asked Questions Publishing Models Symposia What Are Other Universities Doing? Home	Economics of Publishing	Strategic Response/Action	Did You Know?
	Annual double-digit increases for journals	Seek reasonable pricing models	From 1986 to 2000 the CPI rose 57%. In the same period, journal prices rose 277%.
	Book production is up and library buying power is down.	Move journals to university press and society publishers.
	Publisher mergers yield higher prices.	Develop alternative forms of disseminating scholarship.

	Innovating for Scholarly Communication	Strategic Response/Action	Did You Know?
	Maximize reach and impact.	Consider an institutional respository.	The Directory of Open Access lists 1250 open access titles.
	Reduce or remove access barriers and toll gates	Support open access journals and self-archiving
	Retain quality control	Retain copyright

	Sustaining Great Collections	Strategic Response/Action	Did You Know?
	Extend excellence in local collections	Use every possible avenue to provide the most access at the lowest price.	The University Libraries receives resources worth over $500,000 each year through consortial purchasing and state-wide provisions of electronic resources.
	Discover and seize opportunities to share resources	Share digital and print collections

	ACRL Scholarly Communications Toolkit