Year: 1987
Type: article
Abstract: Two reports have appeared within the past year assessing scholarly communication and prompting academic librarians to reconsider their role in this rapidly changing activity.In November 1985, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) surveyed 5,385 mem bers of eight humanities and social science societies that are part of their association.The ACLS pre liminary report-The AC LS Survey of Scholars: Views on Publications, Computers, Librarieswas authored by Herbert C. Morton and Anne Ja mieson Price, and published in the Summer 1986 issue of Scholarly Communication.Prior to appearance in this house organ of the ACLS, the Chronicle of Higher Education (August 8, 1986) published a lengthy survey summation un der the disturbing front-page headline: "Scholars Fault Journals and College Libraries in Survey by Council of Learned Societies."In this essay we take issue with some aspects of the ACLS preliminary report and the survey inter pretation given by its authors.We hope to show what elements of scholarly communication rele vant to academic librarianship were not addressed by the survey.Moreover, we intend to refer at times to a seven-page assessment of The Changing System of Scholarly Communication published in March 1986 by the Association of Research Li braries.This report presented "the perceptions held within the research library community" about changes in scholarly communication.Its aim was
DOI: 10.5860/crln.48.2.63
Authors: Ronald H. Epp, JoAn S. Segal
Institution: Association of College and Research Libraries
Language: English
Subfield: Library and Information Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2497090875