48 · SPEC Kit 299
TOPICS: N
Economics of scholarly publishing 23 19
(83%)
1
(4%)
1
(4%)
— 1
(4%)
— 2
(9%)
2
(9%)
Benefits and examples of open
access journals
23 17
(74%)
— 1
(4%)
— 1
(4%)
— 2
(9%)
3
(13%)
Author rights management 23 21
(91%)
— — — 1
(4%)
— 2
(9%)
—
Contributing to digital repositories 23 15
(65%)
1
(4%)
— — 1
(4%)
— 2
(9%)
6
(26%)
National/international public
access developments such as
Federal Research Public Access Act
of 2006, NIH policy, etc.
23 12
(52%)
2
(9%)
1
(4%)
— 3
(13%)
— 1
(4%)
5
(22%)
Author activism (e.g., refusing to
publish in expensive journals)
22 14
(64%)
1
(5%)
— — 1
(5%)
— 2
(9%)
7
(32%)
Implications for teaching of giving
away copyright
22 19
(86%)
1
(5%)
— — 1
(5%)
— 2
(9%)
1
(5%)
Future of scholarly society
publishing
21 13
(62%)
— 1
(5%)
— 1
(5%)
— 1
(5%)
6
(29%)
Impact of new models on peer
review, promotion and tenure, etc.
21 12
(57%)
— — — 1
(5%)
— 2
(10%)
7
(33%)
Future of the scholarly monograph 20 8
(40%)
— 1
(5%)
3
(15%)
1
(5%)
— 1
(5%)
7
(35%)
Disciplinary differences in
communication practices
20 10
(50%)
— 1
(5%)
— 1
(5%)
— 2
(10%)
7
(35%)
Editor activism (e.g., working
within scholarly societies to
improve open access to articles)
19 8
(42%)
— — — 1
(5%)
— 1
(5%)
9
(47%)
Other topic 2 — — — — — — — 2
(100%)
Please specify other discipline(s). N=2
Library and Information Science graduate students (2 responses)
All
graduate
students Science/Engineering
Social
Sciences Humanities
Health
Sciences
Law Other
discipline
Not
addressed