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    Lessons from Two Academic Contexts for Sustaining the Scholarly Book

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    Many academic libraries have embraced an active publishing role in recent years, an important component in libraries’ efforts to address mounting pressures throughout the scholarly communications cycle. Libraries in the United States and Germany have been especially assertive in this arena. This article focuses on one particular aspect of libraries’ publishing efforts in Germany and the U.S.: interventions to make the production and dissemination of the scholarly book (in print and electronic formats) more economically sustainable and its content more open. This article discusses the role of the scholarly book for early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences and reflects on intercontinental differences. The article considers the library efforts in the context of broader, university-based publishing activities in both national contexts, particularly the relationship of library publishing and university presses. The authors discuss how differences and commonalities between the academic and economic contexts in the U.S. and Germany have led to institutional responses that diverge and converge in significant ways and they suggest that such a comparison can usefully inform scholarly communications strategies in both countries. The article considers broad national trends and also draws on examples from the authors’ home institutions: the State and University Library at Göttingen and Cornell University Library in Ithaca, New York.In den letzten Jahren haben zahlreiche wissenschaftliche Bibliotheken mit ihren Publikationsdiensten verlegerische Verantwortung übernommen und reagieren damit auf zunehmende Probleme des wissenschaftlichen Kommunikationssystems. Bibliotheken in den USA und Deutschland sind dabei besonders aktiv. Dieser Artikel geht dabei einem besonderen Aspekt der bibliothekarischen Publikationsdienste nach, wie nämlich wissenschaftliche Infrastrukturen Produktion und Verbreitung des wissenschaftlichen Buches (in Print und elektronischen Formaten) ökonomisch nachhaltig gestalten können und deren Inhalte möglichst frei verfügbar machen. Außerdem diskutieren wir die Rolle des wissenschaftlichen Buches für die wissenschaftliche Karriere in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften im interkontinentalen Vergleich. Der Artikel stellt diese bibliothekarischen Publikationsaktivitäten in ihren nationalen Kontexten dar und geht besonders auf Universitätsverlage ein. Dabei arbeiten wir heraus, wie Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten der akademischen und ökonomischen Rahmenbedingungen in den USA und Deutschland sich in den jeweiligen Infrastrukturen abgebildet haben, um über diesen Vergleich sinnvoll voneinander lernen zu können. Der Artikel geht auf übergreifende nationale Trends ein und verdeutlicht diese mit Fallbeispielen aus den Institutionen der Autoren: der Niedersächsischen Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek in Göttingen und der Universitätsbibliothek Cornell in Ithaca, New York

    Robert Sparks Walker diary, 1941

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    Diary authored by Chattanooga author and naturalist, Robert Sparks Walker

    Robert Sparks Walker diary, 1941

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    Diary authored by Chattanooga author and naturalist, Robert Sparks Walker

    Robert Sparks Walker diary, 1945

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    Diary authored by Chattanooga author and naturalist, Robert Sparks Walker

    Collaboration and Automation Support Cornell University Library’s Collection

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    At Cornell, the use of a shared, web-based tool, has offered workflow improvements that have reduced the time required to provide library users with new books. Kizer Walker from Collection Development and Scott Wicks from Technical Services share their experiences surrounding the development and use of this technology that facilitates the acquisitions of new books

    Robert Sparks Walker diary, 1945

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    Diary authored by Chattanooga author and naturalist, Robert Sparks Walker

    Robert Sparks Walker diary, 1953

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    Diary authored by Chattanooga author and naturalist, Robert Sparks Walker

    Robert Sparks Walker diary, 1951

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    Diary authored by Chattanooga author and naturalist, Robert Sparks Walker

    Robert Sparks Walker diary, 1950

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    Diary authored by Chattanooga author and naturalist, Robert Sparks Walker

    Robert Sparks Walker diary, 1952

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    Diary authored by Chattanooga author and naturalist, Robert Sparks Walker
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