@article { title = {Digital distribution of academic journals and its impact on scholarly communication: Looking back after 20 years}, year = {2013}, month = {01/2013}, author = {Solomon, David J.}, editor = {Kasper, Wendi Arant and vanDuinkerken, Wyoma}, keywords = {serials, open access journals, open access, OER history}, journal = {The Journal of Academic Librarianship}, volume = {39}, issue = {1 (January 2013)}, pages = {23-28}, issn = {991333}, abstract = {It has been approximately 20 years since distributing scholarly journals digitally became feasible. This article discusses the broad implications of the transition to digital distributed scholarship from a historical perspective and focuses on the development of open access (OA) and the various models for funding OA in the context of the roles scholarly journals play in scientific communities.}, refereed = {yes}, doi = {10.1016/j.acalib.2012.10.001}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133312001553}, }