Rethinking the library’s role in publishing

Author: Treloar A.

Source: Learned Publishing, Volume 12, Number 1, 1 January 1999 , pp. 25-31(7)

Publisher: Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers

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Abstract:

Print has been the most significant scholarly communication technology for over three hundred years. In the last decades of the twentieth century, technological developments have revolutionized our attitutes towards communication as well as our ability to communicate ideas and research results electronically, to a global audience. As a result university libraries have begun to redefine their traditional role as guardians and gatekeepers of our repositories of knowledge, and have entered an arena that was previously the domain of commercial and university presses. This paper surveys five library projects (Highwire Press, Internet Library of Early Journals, Project EDUCATE, Project Muse and the Scholarly Communications Project) which demonstrate different organizational models, funding sources and types of content.

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Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Deakin University, Australia.

Publication date: 1999-01-01

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Editor in Chief: Alan Singleton
North American Editor: Diane Scott-Lichter
Reviews Editor: Pippa Smart

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