Reports on New Publishing Models

In July, 2007, the Ithaka organization released a report on scholarly publishing called University Publishing in a Digital Age. In it, they argue the importance of exploring new forms of publishing in the academic arena in order to achieve a greater global impact of programs, enhance reputations, and reduce costs. Many scholarly societies are taking notice and are considering changes in publishing. Below is a sampling of commentaries and reports on new publishing models from scholarly societies and other relevant organizations.

• American Philological Association/Archaeological Institute of America APA/AIA Joint Electronic Publishing Task Force Report
  
  
• Art History and Its Publications in the Electronic Age
  
  
• Cyberinfrastructure Vision for 21st Century Discover - NSF, March 2007
  
  
• MLA Task Force on Evaluating Scholarship for Tenure and Promotion
  
  
• Our Cultural Commonwealth, the Report of the American Council of Learned Societies Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences
  
  
• Nature's Web page provides links to position papers from various publishers and societies.