Technology and Scholarly Communication

A collection of essays analyzing the results of several experimental projects in electronic publishing, all funded at least in part by the Mellon Foundation.

Preface

ix

William G. Bowen

Introduction: Electronic Publishing, Digital Libraries, and the Scholarly Environment

1

(14)

Richard E. Quandt

Richard Ekman

PART ONE TECHNOLOGICAL FUNDAMENTALS

15

(56)

Making Technology Work for Scholarship: Investing in the Data

17

(20)

Susan Hockey

Digital Image Quality: From Conversion to Presentation and Beyond

37

(16)

Anne R. Kenney

The Transition to Electronic Content Licensing: The Institutional Context in 1997

53

(18)

Ann S. Okerson

PART TWO ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING: EMPIRICAL STUDIES

71

(104)

Information-Based Productivity

73

(22)

Scott Bennett

Comparing Electronic Journals to Print Journals: Are There Savings?

95

(7)

Janet H. Fisher

Electronic Publishing in Academia: An Economic Perspective

102

(31)

Malcolm Getz

JSTOR: The Development of a Cost-Driven, Value-Based Pricing Model

133

(12)

Kevin M. Guthrie

The Effect of Price: Early Observations

145

(13)

Karen Hunter

Electronic Publishing Is Cheaper

158

(10)

Willis G. Regier

Economics of Electronic Publishing---Cost Issues: Comments on Part Two

168

(7)

Robert Shirrell

PART THREE USE OF ELECTRONIC JOURNALS AND BOOKS: EMPIRICAL STUDIES

175

(160)

Analysis of JSTOR: The Impact on Scholarly Practice of Access to On-line Journal Archives

177

(18)

Thomas A. Finholt

JoAnn Brooks

Patterns of Use for the Bryn Mawr Reviews

195

(10)

Richard Hamilton

The Crosscurrents of Technology Transfer: The Czech and Slovak Library Information Network

205

(18)

Andrew Lass

Consortial Access versus Ownership

223

(27)

Richard W. Meyer

The Use of Electronic Scholarly Journals: Models of Analysis and Data Drawn from the Project MUSE Experience at Johns Hopkins University

250

(8)

James G. Neal

A New Consortial Model for Building Digital Libraries

258

(24)

Raymond K. Neff

On-line Books at Columbia: Early Findings on Use, Satisfaction, and Effect

282

(27)

Mary Summerfield

Carol A. Mandel

The Library and the University Press: Two Views of Costs and Problems in Scholarly Publishing

309

(26)

Susan Rosenblatt

Sandra Whisler

PART FOUR VISIONS OF THE FUTURE

335

(82)

Licensing, Copyright, and Fair Use: The Thesauron Project (Toward an ASCAP for Academics)

337

(10)

Jane Ginsburg

Technical Standards and Medieval Manuscripts

347

(7)

Eric Hollas

Digital Libraries: A Unifying or Distributing Force?

354

(12)

Michael Lesk

Digital Documents and the Future of the Academic Community

366

(14)

Peter Lyman

The Economics of Electronic Journals

380

(14)

Andrew Odlyzko

Cost and Value in Electronic Publishing

394

(9)

James J. O'Donnell

The Future of Electronic Journals

403

(14)

Hal R. Varian

Summary Comments

417

(4)

Deanna B. Marcum

Selected Bibliography

421

(8)

Contributors

429

(2)

Index

431

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