Research Catalog

Title

• Electronic scientific, technical, and medical journal publishing and its implications : report of a symposium / Committee on Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, Policy and Global Affairs Division, the National Academies.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, c2004.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Committee on Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications.
• Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.)
• National Academies (U.S.)
• Symposium on Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications (2003 : Washington, D.C.)

Description

xiii, 108 p.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Electronic journals
• Electronic publishing
• Internet
• Periodicals as Topic
• Publishing

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• "The Symposium on Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications...was held May 19-20, 2003, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C."--Preface (p. viii)
• "This report is based on excerpts from the symposium Proceedings that the committee found particularly useful to highlight...The report does not cover all the issues that a more comprehensive study might consider, since it is limited only to the topics discussed during the symposium"--Preface (p. viii-ix)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Costs of publication -- Publication business models and revenue -- Legal issues in the production, dissemination, and use of the journal literature -- What is publishing in the future? -- What constitutes a publication in the digital environment? -- Symposium wrap-up.

ISBN

0309091616

OCLC

55059141

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library