Design of Future Scholarly Communication

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

10-24-2025

Abstract

This experience report documents the evolving practices of scholarly communication in the age of artificial intelligence while publishing an open-access peer-reviewed book. Drawing on experiences from 2023–2025, it explores open-access, print-on-demand publishing, collaborative authorship, and ethical integration of AI tools in academic workflows. Anchored by our work with the WAC Clearinghouse, we highlight how infrastructure, metadata, and peer review shape practices of scholarly production and assessment. We frame literacy not as a fixed competency but as an evolving set of practices shaped by technologies and platforms. Through a mix of analysis, publishing, and reflective design, we argue that scholarly communication is shifting from static to dynamic, from closed to open, from solitary to collaborative. We conclude with a call to senior faculty mentors, administrators, and review committees to recognize and support emerging publication venues—especially digital and community-based outlets. This is a pivot moment for academia: a time when modest advocacy can shape inclusive, sustainable futures for scholarly publishing.

Publication Title

Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Design of Communication SIGDOC 2025

ISBN

[9798400714443]

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