National Scholarly Communications Forum | Australian Academy of the Humanities

Use the link to access presentations from the event described as follows: “The National Scholarly Communications Forum (NSCF) is a body sponsored by Australia's four Learned Academies, with a membership from a wide range of organisations representing academics, independent researchers, writers, librarians, publishers, and specialists in copyright and in digital technologies. The Forum exchanges information about scholarly communication and research practices in Australia. The aim of the Forum is to disseminate information changes to the context and structures of scholarly communication in Australia, and to make recommendations on what a broad spectrum of participants see as the best developmental policies. To this end, it organises a series of events and conferences where relevant issues are debated, future strategies are proposed and outcomes are recorded through a variety of forms of publications. The NSCF, founded in 1994, had its origins as a forum held in 1993 - Changes in Scholarly Communication Patters. Australia and the Electronic Library - edited by John Mulvaney and Colin Steele, and published by the Academy as an occasional paper in 1993. The latest Forum was held at the University of Melbourne on 19 September 2011. ‘Book to What Future? The Scholarly Monograph in the Digital Era’ Sixty-nine leading publishers, booksellers, academics and librarians discussed the future for the academic book in Australia in an invitation-only forum organised by the National Scholarly Communication Forum under the auspices of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Organisations represented included Universities Australia, the Australian Research Council, the Australian Publishers Association, the Copyright Agency Limited, the Council of Australian University Librarians and members the Book Industry Strategy Group. Links to available presentations are included in the programme below. A report with recommendations for further action is forthcoming. Please direct queries regarding the NSCF and/or the Forum via email to Colin Steele, Emeritus Fellow, Australian National University...”