This presentation is part of library science course "Scholarly Communication".

1. UNIT – 1
SCHOLARLY
COMMUNICATION-BASICS
By
A.V.K. Sandhya Rani
"Scholarly communication-Basics" by V. K. Sandhya Rani Aakundi is licensed under CC BY 4.0

2. LEARING OUTCOME
 Define the concept of Scholarly Communication.
 Trace origin and development of Scholarly Communication
 Discuss the Characteristics and process of Scholarly Communication
 Examine the process of scholarly communication
 Different components of Scholarly communication.

3. INTRODUCTION
Scholarly communication is an essential component of all scholarly
fields. Without this structure, there would be no networks of scholars,
no platforms for disseminating ideas, and readers would not have
access to the riches of documented study. scholarly communication is
essential to the development of knowledge today. Although the long
history of traditional methods of communication, more research is
required now than ever on the various aspects of this system and how
scholars communicate. The research community is battling with
problems that span societal and technological difficulties as we enter an
exciting and turbulent period. These issues also have an impact on the
methods and end results of scholarly communication, which influences
academic work publishers and distributors like libraries.
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4. Over the years, formal procedures for scholarly communication have changed,
helped by technical advancements, and affected by ideological
developments. The advantages of information and communication technologies
(ICTs) in reducing the barriers of distance and time for researchers cannot be
understated. ICTs have finally made this communication virtually immediate,
removing distance as a barrier to the exchange of ideas or the development of
international collaborations among scholars.
Although the crucial role that technology plays in the storage and
dissemination of academic outcomes, human-centred activities always play a
crucial part in the scholarship system. Technologies only offer the means to
streamline cooperation, communication, distribution, and storage. The setting
in which scholarship takes place and the underlying cultural norms and
academic community ethics have an impact on the process of scholarship.
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5. THE PROCESS OF ACADEMICS, SCHOLARS AND RESEARCHERS SHARING AND
PUBLISHING THEIR RESEARCH FINDINGS SO THAT THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO THE
WIDER ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AND BEYOND
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University of Cambridge
http://osc.cam.ac.uk/about-scholarly-
communicaton
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6. THE SYSTEM THROUGH WHICH RESEARCH AND OTHER SCHOLARLY WRITINGS ARE
CREATED, EVALUATED FOR QUALITY, DISSEMINATED TO THE SCHOLARLY COMMUNITY,
AND PRESERVED FOR FUTURE USE. THE SYSTEM INCLUDES BOTH FORMAL MEANS OF
COMMUNICATION, SUCH AS PUBLICATION IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS, AND
INFORMAL CHANNELS, SUCH AS ELECTRONIC LIST SERVES
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Association of College and Research Libraries
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7. THE ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM FOR CREATING REGISTERING, EVALUATING, DISSEMINATING,
PRESERVING, AND RESHAPING RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, INCLUDING
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICIES AND THE GAMUT OF OLD AND NEW PUBLICATION
TYPES. SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION SUPPORT STUDENTS, TEACHERS, RESEARCHERS,
AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE
The Carnegie Mellon University
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8. SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION IS THE METHOD AND ROUTE BY WHICH ACADEMIC
INFORMATION IS PASSED FROM AUTHOR TO READER, VIA VARIOUS INTERMEDIARIES
SUCH AS LIBRARIES AND PUBLISHERS.
University College London
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9. HISTORY & ORIGIN
Historically, the learned societies and the communities that made up their
memberships around the world have been the ones driving scholarly communications
by publishing the results of their research studies and scientific discoveries. Scholarly
journals were primarily promoted and published by learned societies. Around the time
of the European Renaissance in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the first
groups of learned societies were founded in several European nations. Since they
were supported by the kingdoms and their individual governments, they were
frequently referred to as the Royal Societies. Each scholarly organisation started
publishing a periodical to disseminate the findings of the study done by its members
and other academics.
In order to include scholarly works or academic enquiries by their individual member
scholars, learned organizations issued scholarly magazines, frequently referred to as
"Transactions" or "Proceedings," at regular intervals. Many of these participants were
actively participating in scholarly conversations. Their encounters during academic
gatherings aided in the development and moulding of current subject areas. These
"Transactions" helped scholars from other fields to grasp the findings of each other's
scholarly study because of their multidisciplinary nature. Sometimes these
"Transactions" include the papers that were given at a society's academic meetings so
that they might be more widely distributed among its members.
Scholarly communication - UNESCO Digital Library
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10. Some of the oldest scholarly journals around the world are listed
below:
1. The first academic publication in Europe was the ‘Journal des Sçavans’. The first issue
was published on January 5th, 1665. Denis de Sallo, a French advisor to the Parisian
Parliament, formed it. ‘Journal des Savants’ (ISSN: 0021-8103) is the name under
which it is currently published.
2. The second-oldest academic publication in Europe was the Philosophical Transactions
of the Royal Society (Phil. Trans. ), which was put out by the Royal Society of
London. The first volume's first issue was published on March 6th, 1665. The
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society is currently split into two parts:
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical, and
Engineering Sciences (ISSN: 1364-503X).y B: Biological Sciences (ISSN: 0962-8436)
and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
3. The American Journal of Science (AJS) (ISSN: 0002-9599), founded in 1818, was the
earliest scientific journal published in the United States. It has been published
continuously since 1818.
4. The first academic publication in Asia was the Asiatic Society, India's Transactions of
the Society Established in Bengal for Inquiring into the History and Antiquities, the
Arts, Sciences, and Literature of Asia. In 1788, the first volume was published. It is
one of the first scholarly publications from the global South to be published. The
Journal of the Asiatic Society (ISSN: 0368-3303) is the name under which it is
currently published.
Source: Scholarly communication - UNESCO Digital Library
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11. CHARACTERISTICS OF SCHOLARLY
COMMUNICATION
 The primary objective is to present original research,
experimentation, methodology, and theory.
 College and university students, faculty members, and researchers
make up the audience.
 Depending on the journal's level, presume readers have a basic or
advanced understanding of the subject.
 Usually includes tables, graphs, and charts.
 Always provide a bibliography or footnote with your sources.
 Written by experts in the subject or researchers in that discipline.
 uses the discipline's technical jargon.
 Experts in the field assess articles before they are accepted for
publication; these publications are referred to be peer-reviewed or
refereed.

12. MODERNIZATION OF SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION:
The development in information and communication technologies
(ICTs), particularly the internet, has changed how academics
communicate. The development of internet communication has
transformed the methods through which academics and researchers
share their discoveries. On the one hand, refereed publications and
other scholarly documents are accessible to anyone with a network
connection in any location in the world thanks to the internet, which
opens up previously unimaginable possibilities for dissemination. On
the other hand, it has impacted scholarly publication by making new
publishing models possible.

13. As stated by Hahn (2008)
"These new models are typically "new" because they offer a new
genre (or form of presentation), a new mode of interaction (between
authors, between readers, or between authors and readers), a new
business model, a new approach to peer review, or some combination
of these".
The internet facilitates academic communication in three significant
new ways aside from traditional scholarly communication:
Openly accessible publishing, open access archives, and web 2.0 are
the three main types of scholarly communication. There are three
types of scholarly communication: web 2.0, open access archives,
and open access publication.

14. PROCESS OF SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION:
Scholarly communication was described by ACRL as "the
system by which research and other scholarly writings are
created, evaluated for quality, disseminated to the scholarly
community, and preserved for future use" in 2003. The
system comprises both formal channels, like publication in
peer-reviewed journals, and informal ones, like internet
listservs. The process of creating, publishing, disseminating,
and discovering a body of scholarly research is sometimes
described or illustrated as a lifecycle in the context of
scholarly communication.
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15. PROCESS OF SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION:
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Researchers, funders, peer
reviewers, publishers, and
libraries are just a few of the
actors or stakeholders that
are present at different
points in this lifecycle.

16. Libraries' role in the academic communication lifecycle used
to be limited to that of information consumers; they acquired
and organized scholarly materials so that others may use
them. However, technological advancements in scholarship
production and dissemination, challenges to traditional
publishing practices regarding business models and
intellectual property management, and initiatives to improve
access to scholarship have presented opportunities for
libraries to use their services and expertise to advocate for
and bring about positive change. Libraries have reimagined
their services and programmes and tapped into their collective
expertise in many ways in order to transition from being only
consumers of academic content to becoming a vital player
and information generator in the scholarly communication
lifecycle. several ways.
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17. SUMMARY
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In This Unit we discussed about the various aspects of scholarly
communication including the concept, definition, objectives, history
and the components of scholarly communication. And the role and
nature of record of scholarship, scholars, publishers, consumers
and libraries are discussed in detail. The next topic is channels of
Scholarly Communication. We will learn in Unit -2 in detail.

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