Technology and scholarly communication / edited by Richard Ekman and Richard E. Quandt

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Subjects: Scholarly electronic publishing--United States--Congresses
Libraries--United States--Special collections--Electronic information resources--Congresses
Research libraries--United States--Congresses
Formats: Print
Material Type: Books
Language: English
Audience: Unspecified
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press ; [Pittsburgh?] : Published in association with the Andrew K. Mellon Foundation, c1999
LC Classification: Z
Table of Contents: Preface / William G. Bowen
Introduction: Electronic Publishing, Digital Libraries, and the Scholarly Environment / Richard E. Quandt, Richard Ekman 1
1. Making Technology Work for Scholarship: Investing in the Data / Susan Hockey 17
2. Digital Image Quality: From Conversion to Presentation and Beyond / Anne R. Kenney 37
3. The Transition to Electronic Content Licensing: The Institutional Context in 1997 / Ann S. Okerson 53
4. Information-Based Productivity / Scott Bennett 73
5. Comparing Electronic Journals to Print Journals: Are There Savings? / Janet H. Fisher 95
6. Electronic Publishing in Academia: An Economic Perspective / Malcolm Getz 102
7. JSTOR: The Development of a Cost-Driven, Value-Based Pricing Model / Kevin M. Guthrie 133
8. The Effect of Price: Early Observations / Karen Hunter 145
9. Electronic Publishing Is Cheaper / Willis G. Regier 158
10. Economics of Electronic Publishing - Cost Issues: Comments on Part Two / Robert Shirrell 168
11. Analysis of JSTOR: The Impact on Scholarly Practice of Access to On-line Journal Archives / Thomas A. Finholt, JoAnn Brooks 177
12. Patterns of Use for the Bryn Mawr Reviews / Richard Hamilton 195
13. The Crosscurrents of Technology Transfer: The Crech and Slovak Library Information Network / Andrew Lass 205
14. Consortial Access versus Ownership / Richard W. Meyer 223
15. The Use of Electronic Scholarly Journals: Models of Analysis and Data Drawn from the Project MUSE Experience at Johns Hopkins University / James G. Neal 250
16. A New Consortial Model for Building Digital Libraries / Reymond K. Neff 258
17. On-line Books at Columbia: Early Findings on Use, Satisfaction, and Effect / Mary Summerfield, Carol A. Mandel 282
18. The Library and the University Press: Two Views of Costs and Problems in Scholarly Publishing / Susan Rosenblatt, Sandra Whisler 309
19. Licensing, Copyright and Fair Use: The Thesauron Project (Toward an ASCAP for Academics) / Jane Ginsburg 337
20. Technical Standards and Medieval Manuscripts / Eric Hollas 347
21. Digital Libraries: A Unifying or Distributing Force? / Micheal Lesk 354
22. Digital Documents and the Future of the Academic Community / Peter Lyman 366
23. The Economics of Electronic Journals / Andrew Odlyzko 380
24. Cost and Value in Electronic Publishing / James J. O'Donnell 394
25. The Future of Electronic Journals / Hal R. Varian 403
Summary Comments / Deanna B. Marcum 417
Selected Bibliography 421
Contributors 429
Index 431
Additional Authors: Ekman, Richard
Quandt, Richard E
Notes: LCCN: 98030679
ISBN: 0520217624 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0520217632 (alk. paper)
Papers presented at a conference held April 1997 at Emory University, Atlanta, Ga
Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-427) and index
Physical Description: xi, 442 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
OCLC Number: 39659738
ISBN/ISSN: 0520217624
0520217632

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