Post Tagged with: "UC Academic Senate"
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“Responding to the Challenges Facing Scholarly Communication”
On December 14, the University of California’s Academic Council approves five white papers and one policy proposal for Systemwide Academic Senate Review. The papers are the product of the Council’s Special Committee on Scholarly Communication (SCSC) and, under the collective title Responding to the Challenges Facing Scholarly Communication, include: An Overview Evaluation of Publications in Academic Personnel Processes (12/05) The Case of Journal Publishing (12/05) The Case of Scholarly Book Publishing (12/05) Scholarly Societies and Scholarly Communication (12/05) The Case of Scholars’ Management of Their Copyright (12/05)
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American Chemical Society Expresses Opposition to NIH’s PubChem
The press reports that the American Chemical Society is calling on Congress to shut down the NIH’s PubChem, a freely accessible database that connects chemical information with biomedical research and clinical information, organizing facts in numerous public databases into a unified whole. PubChem is a critical component of the NIH strategic “roadmap” to speed new medical treatments and improve healthcare.
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2003 Faculty Forums Report
December 18, 2003 See sections below: History Articulating Issues and Challenges Existing Strategic Planning and Action Institutional Actions Focused Investigation Into the Scholarly Communications Process Extending Existing Organizational Capacity Communicating Effectively With all Stakeholders Organizing for the Task at Hand Extending the UC Libraries’ Efforts to Change the Economics of Scholarly Publishing
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2003 Faculty Forums Background
Systemwide Library Planning April 21, 2003 See sections below: History Planning for a Decade of Change Background Issues Opportunities Barriers UC Strategies to Promote Change UC Strategies to Overcome Barriers
