Library Trends articles from March 1995

Library Trends archives from March 1995

The evolution of electronic publishing.(Networked Scholarly Publishing)
March 22, 1995... Introduction The scope of the term "electronic publishing" can be interpreted in many different ways. For example, it could be considered to include all forms of electronic aids to authors, from simple word processing capabilities to actual...

Present and future capabilities of the online journal.(Networked Scholarly Publishing)
March 22, 1995... Introduction Although it has been popular for some time to claim that the technical problems associated with the electronic delivery of journals have been solved, or are simply those of scale (Lancaster, 1978, p. 141), it is only recently...

Scholarly journals in the Net: a reader's assessment.(Networked Scholarly Publishing)
March 22, 1995... INTRODUCTION As readers, we expect scholarly journals to meet certain standards and to possess certain predictable characteristics. We turn to them as trusted and stable sources of research reports, creative works, and current news. We...

Authors and readers: the keys to success or failure for electronic publishing.(Networked Scholarly Publishing)
March 22, 1995... Introduction The process of electronic publishing on commercial online systems traditionally involves many interrelated, but mostly separate, parts. These parts may be depicted as steps leading to a completed search request or, more...

The electronic journal as the heart of an online scholarly community.(Networked Scholarly Publishing)
March 22, 1995... Introduction Scholarly journals serve many purposes within the academic world, the importance of which vary with the role and perspective of particular participants. For librarians, journals constitute the scholarly archive. They are the...

Virtual transformations: the evolution of publication media.(Networked Scholarly Publishing)
March 22, 1995... Abstract This article examines the developing publication forms in the electronic environment in the light of recent critical perspectives on textuality, historical dimensions of technological change, and practical considerations of economic...

The World Wide Web and emerging Internet resource discovery standards for scholarly literature.(Networked Scholarly Publishing)
March 22, 1995... INTRODUCTION Access is the heart of the library. All other functions - selection, acquisition, cataloging, and preservation - derive from the basic objective of matching the information needs of users to the materials that will satisfy those...

Academic information services: a library management perspective.(Networked Scholarly Publishing)
March 22, 1995... Introduction Technological innovations have the potential to alter the nature of any industry. The information industry seems particularly subject to the effects of technology and currently is adapting to the introduction of a number of...

Resource sharing in the electronic era: potentials and paradoxes.(Networked Scholarly Publishing)
March 22, 1995... Today's libraries face myriad challenges: social, economic, technical, organizational, and functional. One of the biggest challenges, however, is the rapid rate at which all of these factors are changing, their interdependence, and the effects...

Scholarly publication and copyright in networked electronic publishing.(Networked Scholarly Publishing)
March 22, 1995... Introduction By circumventing traditional printed format, the publication of scholarly works only in electronic form presents unique opportunities for scholars and their institutions, but it also raises a number of important copyright law...

Archival issues in network electronic publications.(Networked Scholarly Publishing)
March 22, 1995... Introduction Archives are information systems retained for their long-term value - or, if one is an optimist, their permanent value. Archival theory and practice are based on seven areas of professional responsibility. Archives are...

Economic issues concerning electronic publishing and distribution of scholarly articles.(Networked Scholarly Publishing)
March 22, 1995... Introduction This article deals with the economics of four types of electronic distribution of scholarly articles. The first type of electronic distribution is what Elder (1994) calls "full-text journals online." These are full texts of...

Attitudes in academia toward feasibility and desirability of networked scholarly publishing.(Networked Scholarly Publishing)
March 22, 1995... Abstract This article presents the results of a survey of directors of university libraries and other academic administrators to determine attitudes toward a networked electronic approach to the publishing of research articles. A major...