Democratic Potential of New Models of Scholarship and the Crisis of Control
This paper frames the serials crisis as a loss of control over libraries’ collections and development budgets. While libraries have always had to contend with budget constraints, for many the rising cost of serials has become prohibitive, impeding on scholarship itself as librarians are forced to cu...
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| description | This paper frames the serials crisis as a loss of control over libraries’ collections and development budgets. While libraries have always had to contend with budget constraints, for many the rising cost of serials has become prohibitive, impeding on scholarship itself as librarians are forced to cut journal subscriptions. Open Access (OA) journals hold the potential to partially alleviate the crisis, but a lasting solution might lie in altering expectations of scholars. Our critique of the dissemination of scholarly research looks to both Marxian economic theory and later critical theory, but finds both inadequate for a pragmatic solution to the crisis; instead, we adopt Deweyan democratic theory to argue in favour of public scholarship aided by librarians and vetted by scholarly societies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-282e9498751049ea8460c43868e721ae2022-12-21T19:56:25ZengUniversity of Toronto LibrariesMediaTropes1913-60051913-60052016-02-0152325723505Democratic Potential of New Models of Scholarship and the Crisis of ControlJenny Bossaller0Michael Sweeney1University of MissouriState Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Kansas CityThis paper frames the serials crisis as a loss of control over libraries’ collections and development budgets. While libraries have always had to contend with budget constraints, for many the rising cost of serials has become prohibitive, impeding on scholarship itself as librarians are forced to cut journal subscriptions. Open Access (OA) journals hold the potential to partially alleviate the crisis, but a lasting solution might lie in altering expectations of scholars. Our critique of the dissemination of scholarly research looks to both Marxian economic theory and later critical theory, but finds both inadequate for a pragmatic solution to the crisis; instead, we adopt Deweyan democratic theory to argue in favour of public scholarship aided by librarians and vetted by scholarly societies.http://www.mediatropes.com/index.php/Mediatropes/article/view/26418scholarly communicationopen accesspublicationlibrarianscollectionslibrary budgetJohn Dewey |
| spellingShingle | Jenny Bossaller Michael Sweeney Democratic Potential of New Models of Scholarship and the Crisis of Control MediaTropes scholarly communication open access publication librarians collections library budget John Dewey |
| title | Democratic Potential of New Models of Scholarship and the Crisis of Control |
| title_full | Democratic Potential of New Models of Scholarship and the Crisis of Control |
| title_fullStr | Democratic Potential of New Models of Scholarship and the Crisis of Control |
| title_full_unstemmed | Democratic Potential of New Models of Scholarship and the Crisis of Control |
| title_short | Democratic Potential of New Models of Scholarship and the Crisis of Control |
| title_sort | democratic potential of new models of scholarship and the crisis of control |
| topic | scholarly communication open access publication librarians collections library budget John Dewey |
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