This document discusses scholarly communication and the library's role in addressing challenges in this area. It notes issues like rising publication costs, ensuring discoverability and accessibility of research, and needing to meet discipline-specific needs. The library's program aims to guide the scholarly communication landscape toward greater sharing of research outputs through publishing, teaching support, and other services. Initial priorities include open access publishing, managing intellectual property rights, affordable course materials, and improving the program website. The library seeks to help the scholarly community understand options like publishing and open access to increase research impact and dissemination of information.