Review of 'Getting the Word Out: Academic Libraries as Scholarly Publishers'

摘要

Libraries large and small are developing services to support the creation of scholarship as part of a broader trend in redefning librarianship in the 21st century. Getting the Word Out: Academic Libraries as Scholarly Publishers documents the current state of academic library publishing; including its justifcations, methods, and products, providing an essential and timely snapshot of the state of library publishing. In a growing number of cases university presses are reporting to their institutional libraries, or working with libraries to build meaningful collaborations that beneft both parties, and more importantly, authors and consumers. Many libraries are building services to meet a broad range of publishing needs within their institutional communities, with outputs ranging from traditional products such as peer-reviewed journals and monographs to undergraduate research and grey literature.