Digital distribution of academic journals and its impact on scholarly communication: Looking back after 20 years
| Published | January 2013 |
| Type of work | Special Issue on Open Access |
| Journal | The Journal of Academic Librarianship Volume 39, Issue 1 (January 2013), Pages 23 - 28 |
| Editors | Kasper, Wendi Arant and vanDuinkerken, Wyoma |
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.| Keywords | OER history · open access · open access journals · serials |
| ISSN | 991333 |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Rights | © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.acalib.2012.10.001 |
| URL | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133312001553 |
| Other information | The Journal of Academic Librarianship |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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