Why Libraries and University Presses Shoyld Support One Another

摘要

The past few years there has been a small but bullish turf war going on among scholarly communication units. Libraries, the acknowledged centers of academic holdings and research, began using language that sounded like they were the true owners of scholarly publications. University presses, the acknowledged creators and purveyors of some of the most renowned scholarship created, felt dismissed and side-lined in a conversation they have owned for years. Recently the tide has turned for smoother sailing. Both entities realize there is much to learn from one another, and that scholarly dissemination takes many forms and outlets, and these are increasingly not "yours" or "mine" but "ours." Embedded in this discussion is the growing context of more and more library-press collaborations and partnerships.