The Johns Hopkins Scholarly Communications group is dedicated to fostering open access to quality information in support of learning, scholarship, research and patient care.

The group promotes:

• increasing awareness among scholars, administrators and policy makers of the importance of retaining certain rights over their intellectual property
  
• initiatives and practices that encourage competition in the publishing of scholarly information and supports practices which facilitate free exchange of scholarly information

The group composed of JHU library faculty and staff includes:

Kathleen Burr Oliver, MSLS, MPH, Chair
Associate Director, Information Services Research, Development & Communiation
Welch Medical Library

Margaret Burri, MA, MLS
Curator of Manuscripts
Milton S. Eisenhower Library

Mark Cyzyk, MA, MLS

Scholarly Communication Specialist

Milton S. Eisenhower Library

Barbara M. Koehler, MLS
Special Projects
Welch Medical Library

Lori Rossman, MLS
Health Sciences Librarian
Welch Medical Library

Robin Sinn, MS

Librarian for Science and Engineering
Milton S. Eisenhower Library