The Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE), with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, has been conducting research since 2005 to understand the needs and practices of faculty for in-progress scholarly communication as well as archival publication. The final report of this study analyzes responses of 160 interviewees across 45, mostly elite, research institutions in seven selected academic fields: archaeology, astrophysics, biology, economics, history, music, and political science. Using a grounded theory approach, the researchers identify common patterns and themes. The results support their research premise that disciplinary conventions matter and that social influences and individual personalities affect how new practices are adopted by scholars. This has implications for how scholarly communication systems will or can be changed.
Diane Harley, Principal Investigator and Director, Higher Education in the Digital Age Project, has presented previous research results at ARL meetings and is scheduled to give a briefing session on this report on April 28 at the ARL Membership Meeting in Seattle.
The full report, Assessing the Future Landscape of Scholarly Communication: An Exploration of Faculty Values and Needs in Seven Disciplines, is available online @: http://escholarship.org/uc/cshe_fsc
Center for Studies in Higher Ed Publishes Report on Faculty Values & Needs
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