Isca International Scholarly Communications Alliance slide 1 International Scholarly Communications Alliance (ISCA) Dr Paul Ayris Director of Library Services,

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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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

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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


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And now…

•Thank you for listening•Questions and

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