SPARC Scholarly Publishing Landscape Analysis

The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has released a "Landscape Analysis" by publishing industry analyst Claudio Aspesi, examining recent shifts in scholarly publishing, particularly away from content provision, towards data analytics.

This report was commissioned in response to the growing trend of commercial acquisition of critical infrastructure in our institutions. It is intended to provide a comprehensive look at the current players in this arena, their strategies and potential actions, and the implications of these on the operations of our libraries and home institutions. It also outlines suggestions for an initial set of strategic responses for the community to consider building out in order to ensure community control of both this infrastructure and the data generated by/resident on it.

Contact Director of the Shulenburger Office of Scholarly Communication & Copyright, Ada Emmett aemmett@ku.edu and/or Scholarly Communication Librarian, Josh Bolick jbolick@ku.edu for more information.