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In attendance:
SCHOLARLY JOURNALS STAKEHOLDER MEETING
24 March 2010, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Room 1451 – 350 Albert Street, Ottawa
Wendy Corcoran (Policy Analyst, Policy, Planning and International Affairs Division, SSHRC); Anne Marie
Corrigan (VP, Journals, University of Toronto Press); Deb deBruijn (Executive Director, Canadian Research
Knowledge Network); Michèle Dupuis (Program Officer, Knowledge Mobilization and Program Integration,
SSHRC); Michael Eberle-Sinatra (President, Synergies Project); Patricia Emery (Program Officer, Research
and Dissemination Grants Division, SSHRC); Alison Faulknor (Director of Programs, Canadian Federation
for the Humanities and Social Sciences); Ernie Ingles (President, Canadian Association of Research Libraries);
Suzanne Kettley (Deputy Director, NRC Research Press); Kathy Killoh (Journals and Digital Coordinator,
Athabasca University Press); Rowland Lorimer (Director, Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing);
Cameron Macdonad (Director, NRC Research Press); Craig McNaughton (Director, Knowledge Mobilization
and Program Integration, SSHRC); Jean-Marc Mangin (Executive Director, Canadian Federation for the
Humanities and Social Sciences); David Moorman (Senior Programs Planning Officer, Canadian Foundation
for Innovation); Tanja Niemann (Digital Publishing Coordinator, Érudit); Johanne Provençal (Executive
Director, Canadian Association of Learned Journals); Brent Roe (Executive Director, Canadian Association of
Research Libraries); Christian Vandendorpe (VP Research Dissemination, Canadian Federation for the
Humanities and Social Sciences); Leslie Weir (University Librarian, University of Ottawa); Mary Westell
(Associate University Librarian, University of Calgary Library).
The following summary presents the key points raised at the meeting, organized according to the concerns
raised by the various stakeholder groups in attendance, followed by a list of shared concerns as identified over
the course of the meeting by the various attendees.
The following summary of the meeting/discussion is meant to facilitate:
(1) each stakeholder group in making understood their own concerns to other stakeholder groups;
(2) each stakeholder group in better understanding the concerns of the other stakeholder groups;
(3) the stakeholder groups in situating their own concerns within the context of the larger ecology of scholarly
communication; and
(4) the stakeholder groups in together identifying shared interests and concerns in order to inform coordinated steps
forward.
Opening context
From recent survey, we know this about journals:
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• 37% of their revenue is from SSHRC
• 26% of their revenue is from the domestic market
• 24% of their revenue is from the international market
• 13% of their revenue is from other sales (many cases, from permissions)
Sixty-three percent of revenue comes from the market. Progress towards open access requires replacement of
most, if not all, of those funds.
Rowland Lorimer and Johanne Provençal, Canadian Association of Learned Journals
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