Collections of Record and Scholarly Communications: The Responsibilities of the Research Library in a Rapidly Evolving Digital World

Due to the rapidly rising costs of scholarly publications, the relationships between research libraries and commercial publishers are changing. Alternatives to the traditional methods of information exchange must be found and, although an emergent paradigm which has not yet demonstrated sustainability, open access publishing has become a viable option now more than ever. (C) 2005 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.