Phoenix rising: new models for the research monograph?
Author: Steele, Colin
Source: Learned Publishing, Volume 16, Number 2, 1 April 2003 , pp. 111-122(12)
Publisher: Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
Abstract:
There is significant evidence that traditional university presses are continuing to face financial crises. Outlets for research monographs are drying up, print runs are being reduced and monograph costs are increasing. The combination of the digital networked environment and openarchive initiatives may, however, provide the opportunity, through institutional repositories, to rethink the role and nature of the distribution of research monographs in a university setting. The adoption of new models, untrammelled by the structures of the past, while still retaining editorial and refereeing standards, could revolutionize the access and distribution patterns of research knowledge within university frameworks. Ultimate success will depend, however, on programmes of scholarly advocacy in scholarly communication with the academic author as both creator and as consumer.Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1087/095315103321505584
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