The Academic Council Special Committee on Scholarly Communications (SCSC) completed its charge at the end of the 2005-06 academic year.  The charge of this committee has been transferred to the University Committee on Library (UCOL).

The charge of the Academic Council Special Committee on Scholarly Communication (SCSC) is wide-ranging and includes: investigating methods of cost-effective production and wide dissemination of scholarly works, both periodicals and monographs; evaluating possible business plans for production and distribution of these works, including the optimal methods of financing (e.g. author costs, pay-per-view, commercial, etc.); ensuring that dissemination methods are optimal and of high quality, and can be used as the basis for peer review and academic advancement; determining faculty interest in initiating new publications if they seem feasible and advisable; assessing the interest of scholarly societies of new methods of publication, and attempting to find ways to mitigate possible adverse effects such methods might have; evaluating possible legal issues of new methods of publication (e.g. fair use, disclosure, collusion, etc.); considering the role of the UC Press and the California Digital Library, if any, in these new ventures; and considering the role of commercial publishers, if any, in these new ventures.

Meeting Dates

2005-06 Meeting Dates