title: Symbiosis or alienation: advancing the university press/research library relationship through electronic scholarly communication
abstract: University presses and research libraries have a long tradition of collaboration. The rapidly expanding electronic scholarly communication environment offers important new opportunities for cooperation and for innovative new models of publishing. The economics of libraries and scholarly publishers have strained the working relationship and promoted debates on important information policy issues. This article explores the context for advancing the partnership, cites examples of joint efforts in electronic publishing, and presents an action plan for working together
keyphrases: university press/research library relationship electronic scholarly communication economics information policy electronic publishing