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What Librarians want: transplanting yesterday into tomorrow
Author(s) -
Naylor Bernard
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1087/09531519750146905
Subject(s) - yesterday , value (mathematics) , publishing , collection development , phenomenon , public relations , computer science , world wide web , library science , political science , law , physics , quantum mechanics , astronomy , machine learning
The electronic learned journal of tomorrow is likely to be substantially different from today's print‐on‐paper precursor. The emphasis will be on accessibility for the individual user and the objective should be to combine the convenience of the local library collection with the organisation and support services typical of a large general collection. Publishers too will need to adopt access and pricing policies which give priority to the convenience of scholars and which acknowledge value‐for‐money arguments. Extrapolation from some present day trends may be a useful guide to the future. Parallel publishing itself is likely to be a temporary phenomenon, preceding exclusively electronic scholarly publication in many fields.