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Scholarly and Research Communication is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, Open Access, online journal that publishes original contributions to the understanding of production, dissemination, and usage of knowledge. It emphasizes the dynamics of representation andchanging organizational elements, including technologically mediated workflows, ownership, and legal structures. Contributions are welcomed in all media and span formal research and analysis; technical reports and demonstrations; commentary, and review.Please feel free to contact Veronica Bonifacio (veronica_bonifacio@sfu.ca) or Rowland Lorimer (lorimer@sfu.ca) if you would like further guidelines in relation to the required content orstyle of any of the sections detailed below.Sections for which we are seeking submissionsArticlesSRC seeks well-researched articles which provide original insight and which promote discussion in relation to the understanding of production, dissemination, and usage of knowledge.Technical ReportsSRC looks for technical reports that have a wide implication for scholarly communication, outlining a technical approach conceptually to a workable technical solution related to online journal publication. The article should provide the foundations, limitations, and recommendations of research, with a call for public comment and scrutiny.CommentaryCommentaries are informed analyses of critical issues, encompassing a broad set of initiatives in scholarly and research communication.Book and Media ReviewsSRC is interested in book and media reviews from a wide variety of scholars and students.Field NotesSRC is interested in publishing practical accounts of challenges faced by individuals performing the work of scholarly publishing to facilitate their sharing of experience and knowledge that they think would be helpful to others.While it is not our intent to set definitive boundaries, Field Notes could encompass the following:    accounts of journal foundings    financial management    encouraging timely peer reviews    strategic planning with relationship to secondary aggregators    legal issues    the development of performance measures    adapting to multiple formats    relationships with commercial publishers.Articles may be 1,000 to 5,000 words.