According to the American Libraries Association, "scholarly communication is the system through which research and other scholarly writings are created, evaluated for quality, disseminated to the scholarly community, and preserved for future use." (1)
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(1) "Principles and Strategies for the Reform of Scholarly Communication 1", American Library Association, September 1, 2006.
http://www.ala.org/acrl/publications/whitepapers/principlesstrategies
(2) "Cycle of Scholarly Communication" Charleston Southern University Library, Fox, J. https://libraryguides.csuniv.edu/ENGL121/ethics