The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has released a Scholarly Communications Roadmap that presents clear activities it aims to undertake to stimulate positive change towards an open, sustainable, effective and innovative scholarly communication system.
The key activities identified by CARL for action in the next few years are increase awareness and engage stakeholders about the benefits of open access and the need for change; promote and accelerate the adoption of open science policies; lower the economic barriers to the creation and dissemination of academic publications; promote the responsible application of impact and productivity measures for research; and expand the types of research outputs that contribute to the formal scholarly communication system.
CARL recognises that these activities will likely intersect with other local, regional and international efforts, and is committed to working with other organisations and stakeholders to achieve their objectives. As the scholarly communication system evolves CARL will update this Roadmap to reflect any new characteristics and circumstances.
The full text of the document is available in English and in French.
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