@article {Kubota:1 April 2001:0953-1513:139, author = "Kubota, Teruzo", title = "How are electronic journals and CD-ROMs being accepted in Japan?", journal = "Learned Publishing", volume = "14", year = "1 April 2001", abstract = "The market for electronic journals and CD-ROMs in Japan is analysed. The electronic journal is changing the roles of the main players: publishers, libraries, and agents. Publishers go directly to libraries, while agents are trying to survive as coordinators for libraries to finalize licence agreements. CD-ROMs are selling as an alternative to books although not all the advantages of their digital format are yet being fully exploited. The time, however, is close when CD-ROMs will generate revenue by usage through a campus local area network.", pages = "139-143(5)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/alpsp/lp/2001/00000014/00000002/art00009" doi = "doi:10.1087/095315101300059558" }