Re: Mellon Foundation Annual Report

["Elizabeth Kirk" <Elizabeth.E.Kirk@Dartmouth.EDU>]

I'd like to second Ann's excellent suggestion--definitely worth 
the time.

Also worth the time is the President's report at the beginning of 
the full annual report at 
<http://www.mellon.org/news_publications/annual-reports-essays/annual-reports/>, 
which is about 20 pages of presbyopic-accessible type. In 
addition to a 40,000 ft. view of a number of interesting 
initiatives, there's a glimpse into the cost centers in higher 
education that one rarely gets. As this issue has all of the 
clarity of pea soup to most people, it's worth the read for this 
alone.

Best regards,
Eliz

Elizabeth E. Kirk
Associate Librarian for Information Resources
Dartmouth College Library
Hanover, NH 03755

----- Original Message -----
From: "Okerson, Ann" <ann.okerson@yale.edu>
To: <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 11:20 PM
Subject: Mellon Foundation Annual Report (Scholarly Communications &
University Presses)

> The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's annual report this year 
> features a lengthy essay on the Foundation's initiatives in the 
> area of scholarly communications, by Donald J. Waters and 
> Joseph S. Meisel.  The purpose of the essay is to report on the 
> Foundation's activities, but the essay is in fact a broader 
> survey of how the Foundation sees the total landscape of 
> scholarly communications.  Waters has been with Mellon for 
> about a decade and has sponsored many innovative projects in 
> that time, so his range of expertise is considerable.  Their 
> chosen focus is the apparent crisis in university press 
> publishing and the state and prospects of university presses in 
> a digital age.
>
> There is a concise report about the essay in the "Today's News" 
> section of the Chronicle of Higher Education for Monday 28 July 
> 2008, while the full essay can be read online at 
> http://www.mellon.org/news_publications/annual-reports-essays/presidents-essays/scholarly-publishing-initiatives/
>
> Worth your time, or as the Chronicle says, if you are 
> interested in scholarly communications, this is a page-turner.
>
> Ann Okerson/Yale Library