Charge

Joint AAHSL/Publisher Liaison Task Force
(Draft 10/11/07; revised)

Established: August 2007 by President Elaine Martin

Charge: Establish an AAHSL Board strategy to promote direct ongoing dialog and examination of issues of joint concern and importance to AAHSL and scientific-technical-medical (STM) publishers, and to develop and promote a presence for AAHSL among STM publishers.

Background Statement: AAHSL Scholarly Communications Committee will continue to provide important communication, education, liaison, and tracking services for activities and issues in scholarly communication. The Committee will continue to be the AAHSL “go to” committee for recommendations to the Board regarding scholarly communication issues,
development of education opportunities, and AAHSL liaison to the Open Access Working Group (OAWG, SPARC), Joint Legislative Task Force, etc.

Deliverables:

• Recommend an effective and sustainable monitoring strategy which a) identifies issues and trends of joint concern for AAHSL and STM publishers; and, b) prioritizes issues for further research through an ongoing AAHSL/publisher dialog.
• Recommend an implementation plan to establish a forum for direct ongoing dialog with STM publishers focused on issues of joint concern.
• Plan and evaluate a pilot project to test feasibility of AAHSL/Publisher forum for ongoing and direct dialog.

Timeline:

• Committee established: August 2007
• Members appointed: October 2007
• Business Meeting Overview of new Task Force: November 2007
• Recommendations for monitoring strategy and implementation plan: January 2008 Board meeting
• Recommendation for pilot project plan, venue, and participants: March 2008