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This guide defines Scholarly Communication, and its role in raising visibility of Researcher output and web presence. Scholarly Communication is defined as "the system through which research and other scholarly writings are created, evaluated for quality,

Scholarly Communication: defined...

Scholarly Communication is defined as “the system through which research and other scholarly writings are created, evaluated for quality, disseminated to the scholarly community, and preserved for future use.

The system includes both formal means of communication, such as publication in peer-reviewed journals, and informal channels”

(Association of College & Research Libraries)

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Mike Furlough: Defining Scholarly Communication

Mike Furlough

Associate Dean for Research & Scholarly Communication

Penn State University Libraries

Kevin Smith, J.D.

Director of Scholarly Communications

Duke University.