The scholarly publishing sector is undergoing its second digital transformation. Recognising the vast array of standards, systems and tools in many of the categories of shared infrastructure, this paper examines four critical categories of shared infrastructure in some depth - looking for successes, unmet needs, and opportunities in each.

What happens to print sales when an Open Access (OA) edition of a scholarly monograph is also available on publication? This is the central focus of this report, which is authored by members and representatives from the Association of University Presses and Ithaka S+R.

Scholarly communication is the process through which research products and outputs are created, assessed, improved, shared, disseminated and preserved in a variety of modes, including through formal and informal publications, conferences and other academic networking methods. In this report, the authors seek to provide a high-level overview of the shared infrastructure that supports scholarly communication.

The main goal of this project is to examine and assess how digital preservation and curation systems are developed, deployed and sustained. The authors compare the business approaches of not-for-profit and commercial initiatives, including their long-term strategic planning, governance models, usability studies, market research, risk assessment and mitigation, system renewal and agility.

The Association of Research Libraries and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries commissioned Ithaka S+R to consult with university leaders in Canada and the United States to identify their strategic priorities, to gauge their expectations of research libraries in achieving them, and to determine what more research libraries can do to advance them. This report...