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Redrafted Action for Challenge 6: Alternative Channels of Scholarly
Communication
December 8th, 2005
Research libraries will identify existing scholarly communication
efforts that model basic characteristics of a good disciplinary
repository. Working with key players in a chosen field, each library
will use these models to develop a repository that ensures access and
preservation to existing resources and jump starts new models […]

JANUS ACTION: Archiving
5A. Print Archiving.
The objective of print archiving is the assurance of persistent and predictable access to information resources over time. Issues that need to be addressed in developing sustainable print archives include:
1. physical condition of materials
2. varying degrees of access to materials (i.e., dark/dim/bright archives)
3. environmental and security controls at archive […]

PROCON. Ensuring future publications are in digital form. Research libraries are committed to moving to an environment in the medium term future (e.g., by the end of the decade), in which most newly published materials are acquired in digital form. Research libraries will work with scholars, publishers, and each other in order to […]

RECON (Converting the scholarly record).
Collection development and other interested librarians from academic and research libraries will create a working group to develop and begin implementing a plan for a national mass digitization project to convert holdings in North American research libraries.
The rationale for this effort is elaborated in the statement […]

The powerpoint presentations of Mark Sandler, “Collection Development in the Day of Google” and Ross Atkinson, “Key Challenges for Collection Development” are available from the Cornell Open Access Repository Janus Collection .

Streaming Video of the Janus Conference Presentations  is now available at:
http://ifup.cit.cornell.edu/janus
Part 1- Sunday (Henk Edelman’s talk)
Part 2 - Monday (Mark Dimunation’s Talk)
Part 3- Monday (Mark Sandler’s talk)
Part 4- Monday (Jean-Claude Guedon’s talk)
Part 5 - Monday (Ross Atkinson’s talk)
Thanks to Cornell Professor J. Robert Cooke for providing the funding and producing this.
Videos of the individual […]