Commentary
Scholarly communications program: force for change
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* Corresponding author: Nancy K Roderer nroderer@jhmi.edu
- † Equal contributors
William H. Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, 1900 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Biomedical Digital Libraries 2006, 3:6 doi:10.1186/1742-5581-3-6
Published: 21 June 2006Abstract
The changing landscape of scholarly publication and increasing journal costs have resulted in a need for proactive behavior in libraries. At Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, a group of librarians joined forces to bring these issues to the attention of faculty and to begin a dialog leading to change. This commentary describes a comprehensive program undertaken to raise faculty awareness of scholarly communications issues. In addition to raising faculty interest in the issues at hand, the endeavor also highlights an area where library liaisons can increase their communication with the units they serve.