%0 Journal Article %A Solomon, David J. %D 2013 %E Kasper, Wendi Arant %E vanDuinkerken, Wyoma %J The Journal of Academic Librarianship %K serials %K open access journals %K open access %K OER history %P 23 - 28 %R 10.1016/j.acalib.2012.10.001 %T Digital distribution of academic journals and its impact on scholarly communication: Looking back after 20 years %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133312001553 %V 39 %X 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. %Z The Journal of Academic Librarianship %8 01/2013 %9 Special Issue on Open Access %@ 991333 %* yes