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The Use And Value Of Scholarly Journals, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King
The Use And Value Of Scholarly Journals, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
This paper summarized results of 13,591 readership survey responses of scientists and reviews of hundreds of other readership studies reported in a recent book: Towards Electronic Journals: Realities for Scientists, Librarians, and Publishers (Tenopir & King, 2000). In particular, survey results reveal amounts and trends of reading and information-seeking patterns, such as how readers identify articles that are read and where they obtain them. The survey results also demonstrate the usefulness and value of scientific scholarly journals. Past results suggest that electronic journals and digital full-text databases will play a major role in the future of scientific scholarly journals …
Online Journals & Developing Nations, Carol Tenopir
Online Journals & Developing Nations, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
WE ALL KNOW HOW the escalating price of journal subscriptions takes a bite every year from our libraries' budgets. Still, if you are reading this in a library in the United States, the U.K., or any other developed nation, you may not realize the devastating effect the high costs of journals have on libraries in less developed nations. Barbara Kirsop, secretary of the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development and director of Bioline Publications, says when she asked a librarian in a sub-Saharan African nation what journals that library would order this year, the answer was, "None."
The Cost And Price Dilemma Of Scholarly Journals, Donald W. King, Carol Tenopir
The Cost And Price Dilemma Of Scholarly Journals, Donald W. King, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
This paper examines the overall cost of the scientific scholarly journal system and find that the relative system costs have not increased since the late 1970s. Why then have journal prices skyrocketed over this same period? We first describe typical scholarly publishing costs, because to understand journal prices one must understand the factors that affect these costs. We then describe some factors that have likely contributed to spiraling price increases and changes in journal subscription demand. Finally we discuss some alternative pricing policies that might help in the future. This paper summarizes results reported in a recent book: Towards Electronic …
Moving Toward Electronic Journals, Carol Tenopir
Moving Toward Electronic Journals, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
PRINT STILL PREDOMINATES in journal publishing, but that role may soon fade. Too slowly or too quickly, steadily or in fits and starts (depending on your perspective and patience level), scholarly journals are moving toward reliance on digital forms. This is happening in part because librarians, scholars, and even some publishers are unhappy about the current state of print journals.