Technology and Scholarly CommunicationRichard Ekman, Richard E. Quandt Electronic publishing has been gaining ground in recent years and is now a recognized part of the digital world. In the most comprehensive assessment of electronic publishing to date, thirty-one scholars, librarians, and publishers focus specifically on scholarly publishing. They analyze a number of case studies and offer original insights on a range of topics, including the financial costs involved, market forces, appropriate technological standards, licensing issues, intellectual property, copyright and associated user rights, and the changing roles of researchers, publishers, and librarians. The editors begin with an overview of scholarly communication and develop a novel interpretation of the important role that technology now plays. Many of the following chapters are based on actual electronic publishing projects in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, so the evidence and data are drawn from real-life experiences. Of special value are the attempts to measure costs and patterns of usage of electronic publishing and digital libraries. Electronic publishing has moved well past the experimental stage, and with numerous projects under way this seems an appropriate time to assess its impact on the academic world, from teaching to research to administration. |
Contents
ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING DIGITAL LIBRARIES | 1 |
Investing in the Data | 17 |
Anne R Kenney | 37 |
InformationBased Productivity | 73 |
Are There Savings? | 95 |
Malcolm Getz | 102 |
The Development of a CostDriven ValueBased Pricing Model | 133 |
Karen Hunter | 145 |
A New Consortial Model for Building Digital Libraries | 258 |
Early Findings on Use Satisfaction and Effect | 282 |
The Thesauron Project | 337 |
Eric Hollas | 347 |
Michael Lesk | 354 |
Digital Documents and the Future of the Academic Community | 366 |
The Economics of Electronic Journals | 380 |
Cost and Value in Electronic Publishing | 394 |
Electronic Publishing Is Cheaper | 158 |
The Impact on Scholarly Practice of Access | 177 |
Richard Hamilton | 195 |
Consortial Access versus Ownership | 223 |
Models of Analysis and Data Drawn | 250 |
The Future of Electronic Journals | 403 |
SUMMARY COMMENTS | 417 |
CONTRIBUTORS | 429 |
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