Instructor: Julia Gelfand
Acting Head, Science Library R& I Division
Science Library 225
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92623-9556
voice: 949-824-4971 (office) 949-786-4842 (home)
fax: 949-559-5424

Since the instructor will not be available for in-person contact; students will be urged to use e-mail and a course listserv will be created.

This class will meet at the following times: (room to be announced later)

Friday, July 17 from 1-4pm (one short break)
Saturday, July 18 from 8am-12pm (one break); 1-4pm (1 short break)
Friday, July 24 from 1-4pm
Saturday, July 25 from 8am-12pm; 1-4pm
Friday, July 31 from 1-4pm
Saturday, August 1 from 8am-12pm; 1-4pm
Thursday, August 7 from 1-7pm (two breaks)
Friday, August 8 from 1-4pm
Saturday, August 9 from 8am-12pm; 1-4pm

This course, will be taught as an intensive seminar over the summer session. It will examine the past traditions of scholarly communications, the current patterns, and speculate future directions of chronicling and communicating scholarly research via different methods of information transfer. It will highlight trends affecting the process of creating, disseminating, retrieving and using information for instruction and research in different academic environments. Issues related to the overview of the history of publishing, to different models of electronic publishing and digital libraries will be covered, as well as a disciplinary approach to scholarly communication. The course will require a variety of reading so that students engage in significant discussion of issues related to the course. There will be guest lecturers. Assignments and expectations will include active classroom participation, evidence of reading, composing some short essays, creating an annotated bibliography of print and electronic sources on a topic and participation in a group project and seminar presentation. All students interested in the social transformation of knowledge and the new roles for scholarship and emerging disciplines, and the influences of technology in reshaping institutions such as libraries and publishing will find this course of interest.

Reading List - students are encouraged to acquire or borrow each of the following titles. Additional readings will be recommended but not necessary to acquire. They are numbered and will be referred to in the calendar section of this syllabus.

[1] Books, Bricks & Bytes. Single issue of Fall 1996 issue of Daedalus, Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 125, #4. ISSN 0011-5266. Available from Daedalus, c/o American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 136 Irvine Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Cost is $7.95.

[2] Chartier, Roger, The Order of Books. Stanford University Press, 1994. English translation by Polity press. ISBN 0-8047-2267-6, paper.

[3] Cummings, Anthony M., ed, University Libraries and Scholarly Communication: A Study prepared for the Andrew W.Mellon Foundation. Published by the Association of Research Libraries for the Mellon Foundation, 1992. ISBN 9-918006-22-8, paper, $10.00. Also available at >http://www.lib.virginia.edu/mellon/mellon.html

[4] Grycz, Czeslaw J., Professional and Scholarly Publishing in the Digital Age. Association of American Publishers, 1997. available from AAP, Inc, 71 Fifth Avenue, NY 10003. 212-255-0200. paper. $30.00.

[5] Nunberg, Geoffrey, ed., The Future of the Book. University of California Press, 1996. ISBN 0-52-20451. paper. $14.95.

[6] Okerson, Ann S. and James J. O'Donnell, eds, Scholarly Journals at the Crossroads: A Subversive Proposal for Electronic Publishing. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, 1995. ISBN 0-918006-26-0, paper. Available from arlhq@cni.org or ARL, 21 Dupont circle, #800, Washington, DC 20036 or by phone at 202-296-2296.

[7] Peek, Robin P. and Gregory B. Newby, eds, Scholarly Publishing: The Electronic Frontier. Washington, DC: ASIS 1996. ISBN 0-262-16157-5. $35.00.

Course Calendar: The following calendar will be the map of the course:
July 17 - course overview & review of assignments; snapshot history of the book and publishing; key definitions and review of course glossary; students will begin reading #2,1,3

July 18 - continue course outline. Background of higher education; lots of examples of information from various sites and sources, ie) serialst@uvmvm.uvm.edu; etextctr-l; liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu; cni-copyright@cni.org; diglib@infoserv.nlc-bnc.ca; arl-ejournal@arl.org,

July 24 - Guest Lecturer: Carla Stoffle, Dean of Libraries, Univ of Arizona - students should have reviewed "To Publish or Perish" the March 1998 issue of Policy Perspective, the publication of the Pew Higher Education Roundtable available at and finished the Cummings work. Session will be devoted to Scholarly Communication applications and concerns in academic libraries - with focus on library/publisher/vendor relationships; fiscal worries; serials pricing and book vs serial acquisitions; migration to multiplatform technologies; etc.

July 25 - Review of #1-3 in more detail and more specific issues. Role of ARL, CNI, EDUCOM

July 31 - Review of Reading List items #4-6.

August 1 - Guest Lecturer: Chet Grycz, Consultant in Publishing Industry and to Libraries, Authors; will present overview of issues in global context. Additional readings which may be of interest include Grycz's earlier work, Promises & Pitfalls: A Briefing Paper on Internet Publishing (AAP:1994).

August 6 - Guest Lecturer - Christine Szuter, Editor, University of Arizona Press. Issues from the Publishers viewpoint. Students should have completed the reading of #7.

August 7 - Group Presentations continue

August 8 - Group Presentations continue; Course Evaluation Assignments: Each student is expected to meet all deadlines. Reading is an ongoing assignment through this course and is relatively intensive. All written assignments are expected to be typed, double-spaced except for an indentation, legible and proofread. In the spirit of good and effective communication, the grade will be compromised if work is not grammatical, spellchecked, and otherwise acceptable. In addition there are three assignments:

1. REVIEW OF ARTICLES/CHAPTERS - 20 points - Find three articles or book chapters in different publications written since 1993 via traditional and non-traditional searching means, not included on the course reading list that allow for development of the central themes and which sustain your interest. Incorporate in a brief (3pp) annotated bibliography or essay in which you compare approach, strategy, findings, explanation, interests. Also note how you were lead to reference. DUE: August 1.

2. PATHFINDER - 20 points - Create a pathfinder of 5 electronic sources, websites, archived listservs, related electronic materials on one of the following topics:

copyright or intellectual property
fair use/confu
site licensing
authentication
sgml vs html
privacy
archiving
role of aggregators
security
censorship
changes in book reviewing
digital object identifier
dissertations in electronic formats
preprints as a form of publishing
citation methodology
or topic of choice if cleared with instructor

Write a brief introduction and then annotate entries for each item you select to include. Note authority, value, potential user, when it was originally released and frequency of updates, and how you found it for each selection. Be critical as well as descriptive. Due August 6.

3. GROUP PRESENTATIONS - two parts to grade - group presentation is worth 15 points, paper is worth 35 points. Depending on size of class we will divide into groups of no more than 5 on the following themes. Each group will develop a presentation of 12-15 per person on the topic and 'teach' the class about the issue, its history, importance, relevance to topic, ideas coming down the path, significance to scholarly communication, etc. Each student will take a part of the formulated outline and write that up as part of the course requirements in a term paper (10-15pp). Paper expected to contain full list of references and bibliography. If the term papers are good, instructor will gladly work with students to encourage submission for publication.

Student can choose format and style manual, (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc but use Li and Crane for e-resources) to be followed, as long as consistency is practiced. Annotations should include variety of sources. Paper should reflect personal commentary and commitments. The last three sessions will be devoted to the presentations and term papers are DUE: August 8. The groups will determine how they will present information. Assignment of Presentations will be done by a representative of group drawing random times on August 1. Students can prepare handouts, use overhead projectors, and deliver information however they determine is best. Groups once they are configured will determine substance of presentation and divide up work load. There will be time devoted each week for groups to meet with instructor for direction, questions, feedback. Each of these topics is full of possibilities; it is realized that only a few themes can be addressed. Due August 9.

1. Advertising in Electronic Versions of Scholarly Journals
2. Economics of Scholarly Publishing: Concerns of Publishers and Libraries
3. Issues for Libraries regarding scholarly communication I - Distance Education, Electronic Reserves, etc.
4. Issues for Libraries regarding scholarly communication II - cooperative Collection Development - (ARL/AAU initiatives); Emergence of Consortia, Digital Libraries, new relationships with library suppliers
5. Review of the Active Listservs and Professional Organizations on point - group will investigate state of information sharing on some of the primary and central listservs - examples include: ARL, CNI, licensing, etc.
6. Role of the Author & Editor & Publisher in Scholarly Communication
7. What does Full-text really mean - the cultural ecology of information
8. Knowledge vs Information: Implications for Scholarship and Readers
9. Digital Literacy
10. Forecasting Technology for Developments in Scholarly Communication

Grading: Every student has the possibility to earn the highest grade. There is a possibility to earn a total of 100 points:
Class Participation - 10 points
Assignment I - 20 points
Assignment II - 20 points
Assignment III - individual write-up - 35 points
- team presentation - 15 points
Total = 100 points

Grades will correspond to
>92 = A
83-92 = B
73-82 = C
<73 = E

With only medical excuses or for other crises or emergencies will late work be acceptable.

FINDING AIDS & SOURCES STUDENTS MAY FIND HELPFUL:
1. The following journals and trade publications usually contain articles on related topics:
Scholarly Publishing (SSP)
LOGOS
College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
Journal of Library Administration
Journal of Academic Librarianship
EDUCOM Review
Change
Chronicle of Higher Education
Against the Grain
Communications of the ACM (ACM)
Science
Scientific American
Library HiTech
Wired
Learned Publishing
Publishing Research Quarterly
Serials Pricing Newsletter (e-pub only)
DIGLIB (e-pub)
Issues in Science & Technology Libraries ()

1B. Indexes known to be helpful for information on related topics:

ERIC
ISI's Current Contents
Library Literature
Library & Information Science Abstracts
Annual Reviews in Library & Information Science
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography (Version 16 is most current) - found at different search engines

2. The following organizations are among those best known to support and document changes in scholarly communication and have published either conference proceedings, annual reviews, white papers, journal articles, special publications of interest:
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
American Society of Information Science (ASIS)
American Medical Informatics Association
Society of Scholarly Publishing (SSP)
Coalition of Networked Information (CNI)
American Association of Universities (AAU)
Benton Foundation
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Association of American Publishers (AAP)
Pew Foundation
American Association of University Presses (AAUP)
Electronic Frontier Foundation

3. There are many examples of excellent homepages on issues of Scholarly Communication. Among the longest running is: New Horizons in Scholarly Communication created by the Librarians Association of the University of California. and work done at the North Carolina State University, University of Virginia, Yale, University of Pennsylvania Libraries may be of interest to trace.