COAR and SPARC Release “Good Practice Principles for Scholarly Communication Services”
UPDATED POST (July 30, 2019) Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Endorses COAR/SPARC Good Practice Principles for Scholarly Communication Services
From a COAR (Confederation of Open Access Repositories) Blog Post:
Science and scholarship are critical to improving our lives and solving the world’s most intractable problems. The communication of research, a vital step in the research process, should be efficient, effective and fulfill the core values of scholarship. There is growing concern about the increasing concentration of control of research communication functions in the hands of a small number of players, whose objectives do not reflect the interests of scholarship.
In September 2017, COAR and SPARC published a joint statement related to this issue and pledged to collaborate with others on actions that will ensure research communication services are better aligned with the aims of research. Accordingly, COAR and SPARC have developed seven good practice principles for scholarly communication services. The aim is to ensure that services are transparent, open, and support the aims of scholarship.
Direct to Good Practice Principles
1 page; PDF.
See Also: Building a Sustainable Knowledge Commons (via COAR)
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.