Ithaka S+R is Launching a New Study on Shared Infrastructure in Support of Scholarly Communication

From an Ithaka S+R Blog Post by Roger Schonfeld, Vice President, Organizational Strategy and Libraries, Scholarly Communication, and Museums:

Developing, maintaining, and sustaining fit-for-purpose community infrastructure is a challenge in the higher education and research sectors, particularly when the technology and policy environments are in flux. Ithaka S+R has conducted a variety of projects and studies touching on these issues over several years. Today, I’m pleased to share that we are launching a new study focusing on shared infrastructure in support of scholarly communication, with support from STM Solutions.

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In this project, my colleagues and I at Ithaka S+R will examine the strategic context that has driven and will continue to drive the development of shared infrastructure. We will conduct a needs analysis on what parts of the shared scholarly communication infrastructure are working well and where they can be improved, as well as a gap analysis indicating what else is needed. And, we will produce recommendations for where additional or revised collective action and community investment is indicated.

As part of this project, we will be conducting interviews this spring with individuals from major stakeholder groups, including infrastructure providers, researchers, open science community members, publishers, and librarians, among others. This spring, we will publish a landscape overview of shared infrastructure for scholarly communication. Over the summer, we will issue a draft report of our findings to allow for broad input. We expect to publish the final report in the fall.

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In this current project on shared infrastructure for scholarly communication, we will work independently, with full editorial independence including for interviewee selection and the final report. We are grateful to STM Solutions and its members for support of this latest work.

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