The report is based on the analysis of the case studies illustrating various aspects of innovation in scholarly communication, such as two journals embracing new online publishing methods, a toolkit for knowledge sharing, and a metadata-driven book recommender. The report proposes guidelines pertinent to support for such outputs: Sustainability (transcending the constraints of funding cycles, Networking and visibility (reaching the audience and collaborators), Research assessment (recognition of the innovative outputs). This deliverable is currently under review by the EC.