"Best Practices" in Electronic Scholarly Publishing

International Mathematical Union endorses
"Best Practices" in Electronic Scholarly Publishing

The Executive of the International Mathematical Union has endorsed a broad ranging set of recommendations on Electronic Information Communication.

These recommendations, written by its Committee on Electronic Information and Communication (CEIC, www.ceic.math.ca), suggest ways in which mathematicians, librarians, and publishers can help shape the future of scholarly communication. The common principle used to formulate recommendations is that those who write, disseminate, and store mathematical literature should act in ways that serve the interests of mathematics, first and foremost.

The 15 "best practices" touch on almost every area of scholarly electronic publication, and include such things as:

While the recommendations are aimed at the mathematical community, almost all apply to other scholarly disciplines as well.

The advice is meant to ease the transition in scholarly communication both for present scholars and for future generations.

The 15 specific recommendations will be updated in the future, and more detailed information will be added for each. The full text is available at www.cms.math.ca/bulletins/Best-Practices.pdf

Contacts:
Martin Grotschel, Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum, Takustr. 7, D-14195 Berlin, Germany,
e-mail: math-net@zib.de,
Jonathan Borwein, Centre for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics,
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC V5A1S6, Canada,
e-mail: jborwein@cecm.sfu.ca.

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