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Ariadne: A print and Web magazine of Internet issues for librarians and information specialists. Aims to describe and evaluate sources and services on the Internet relevant to the LIS profession, and report on progress and developments within the Electronic Libraries Programme. Back issues available online from 1996.
Author: UKOLN and University of Bath
Subjects: digital library research, digital library use, electronic publishing, internet resource evaluation, library and information science news, library internet use
DeweyClass: 025.0
Resource type: magazine
BIBLINK: Collaborative project between the national libraries of Europe and publishers of electronic material to devise authoritative ways of describing electronic publications for catalogues and other listings. Includes a study of metadata and the transmission of data between publishers and libraries. Funded under the European Commission's Telematics Applications Project.
Author: British Library and partners
Subjects: electronic publishing, european publishers, metadata
DeweyClass: 025.344
Resource type: documents
British Library Research and Innovation Centre Reports and Papers: Part of the UKOLN server carrying a selection of British Library Reports. Includes reports on Digital Libraries, the Impact of Electronic Publishing on Library Services, Long-Term Preservation of Electronic Materials and Networked Information in an International Context. Last updated 1998.
Author: British Library and UKOLN
Subjects: digital library archiving, digital library philosophy, electronic publishing, library and information science research, library internet use, library services, technology impact
DeweyClass: 027.5
Resource type: documents
Comparing Electronic Journals to Print Journals: Are There Savings?: Paper comparing the costs of traditional publishing methods with electronic opportunities.
Author: Fisher, Janet H.
Subjects: electronic journal costs, electronic publishing, publishing studies
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: article
Current Cites: Library and information science current awareness newsletter with summaries of articles on developments in electronic information provision and delivery in relation to libraries. Archives available online from 1990 onwards.
Author: Lease Morgan, Eric
Subjects: digital library philosophy, electronic publishing, information technology, library and information science news, library internet use
DeweyClass: 025.525
Resource type: magazine
El.pub: News and resources on electronic publishing research and development projects throughout Europe.
Author: IESERV
Subjects: electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: news
Electronic Books in Libraries: Formerly the Electronic Book Evaluation Project. Investigating services offered to libraries by publishers within the electronic book industry considering licensing issues, applications, practicality, and marketing strategies, with a view to improving the relationship between the two parties. Provides access to patron survey results, a PowerPoint presentation describing the methodology used, and related press releases and articles.
Author: Rochester University
Subjects: book studies, electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: documents
Electronic Publishing: Online version of the magazine for technology buyers in the field of electronic publishing. Includes tables of contents of the current issue and back issues from 1998 onwards, with selected articles available in PDF.
Author: PennWell Publishing
Subjects: electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: magazine
Electronic Publishing and the Future of the Book: Analyses the history of the book and the rise of electronic publishing. Concludes that the book has a future due in part to established social and organisational mechanisms for its creation, archiving, preservation, and conservation.
Author: Wilson, Tom
Subjects: book studies, electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: article
Electronic Publishing in Academia: An Economic Perspective: Essay discussing the process of filtering, labelling, refining, and packaging resources so they can be published electronically to meet the needs of academia.
Author: Getz, Malcolm
Subjects: electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: article
Electronic Sources of Information: Bibliography: Bibliography for all aspects of electronic publishing. Includes journal articles, monographs and individual chapters, some with links to full text online. A subject index to the bibliography provided.
Author: Dworaczek, Marian
Subjects: electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: bibliography
Electronic Textbook Design Guidelines: Set of guidelines for publishing educational works on the Web which reflect the needs of academics and students throughout the UK. The recommendations comprise the findings of the EBONI (Electronic Books ON-screen Interface) project based at the Centre for Digital Library Research at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Available in HTML, PDF, and Word formats. Published 2002.
Author: Wilson, Ruth & Landoni, Monica, University of Strathclyde Computer and Information Science Department
Subjects: book studies, electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: guide
EPIC: Electronic Publishing is Cheaper: Discussion on the costs of electronic publishing, assessing the value of benefits specific to electronic media as opposed to print.
Author: Regier, Willis G.
Subjects: electronic journal costs, electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: article
Europemedia: A free weekly news report covering the main developments in the European online markets. Includes Europe wide and country-specific news.
Author: Europemedia
Subjects: electronic publishing, telecommunications
DeweyClass: 384
Resource type: magazine
Impact of Electronic Publishing on the Academic Community: Proceedings of an international workshop organised by the Academia Europaea and the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Stockholm, 1997. Focuses on electronic publishing from three viewpoints: the preservation of academic material, past, current and future, access to such material in digital form, and quality issues including peer refereeing and authentication.
Author: Butterworth, Ian
Subjects: digital library archiving, electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: proceedings
Information Online and On Disc 99: Strategies for the Next Millennium: Proceedings of the Ninth Australasian Information Online and On Disc Conference and Exhibition, held in Sydney Australia, January 1999. Many of the papers reflect the challenges of managing information. Issues include access and rights, sustaining sites, improving access via gateways, verification and authentication, search engines and directories, integration with existing library information systems, and using the technology of the Internet in tasks such as serving remote library users.
Author: Australian Library and Information Association Information Science Section
Subjects: authentication, digital library management, electronic commerce, electronic publishing, information management in libraries
DeweyClass: 025.0
Resource type: proceedings
Intellectual Property: Who Should Own Scientific Papers?: An article on electronic publishing arguing that the authors of scientific works based on government-supported research should be free to distribute those works as they see fit, via journals, electronic postings, and other new modes that may appear.
Author: Bachrach, Steven et al
Subjects: electronic publishing, intellectual property
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: article
Journal of Electronic Publishing: Journal aimed at electronic publishers. Issues discussed include Web design, server management, pricing and policy questions.
Author: University of Michigan Press
Subjects: electronic journal production, electronic publishing, web page design
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: journal
Librarian's Ebook Newsletter: Bi-monthly electronic publication for librarians, providing topical articles on issues relating to electronic books. Also publishes regular columns entitled 'ebooks and the disabled' and 'upcoming ebook conferences'.
Author: Rochester University
Subjects: electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: magazine
New Age of the Book: Article discussing benefits and drawbacks arising from the electronic publication of scholarly monographs. Addresses recent changes in publishing, within university presses in particular, publishing and tenure, and journal pricing.
Author: Darnton, Robert
Subjects: book studies, electronic publishing, scholarly communication
DeweyClass: 002
Resource type: article
Open Journal Project: UK eLib project to provide a framework for publishing journals in a network environment such that maximum access to (and from) the publications is ensured.
Author: Southampton University
Subjects: electronic journal production, electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: documents
OpenDOAR: Directory of Open Access Repositories: OpenDOAR is an authoritative directory of institutional and subject-based open access repositories. Provides a simple repository list, allows users to search for repositories or content therein, and offers tools and support to both repository administrators and service providers in sharing best practice and improving the quality of the repository infrastructure.
Author: University of Nottingham and Lund University
Subjects: educational technology research, electronic publishing, scholarly communication
DeweyClass: 025.4
Resource type: directory
Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing: Online book with chapters covering Internet entrepreneurs, scalable systems for online communities, static site development, publicising Web resources, running a server, user tracking, database management systems, and e-commerce.
Author: Greenspun, Philip
Subjects: electronic publishing, web site development, web site management
DeweyClass: 004.678
Resource type: non-fiction ebook
Pricing and Paying in the Electronic Information Environment: Conference paper (January 1999) which examines various pricing formulae and charging mechanisms being used by publishers and producers of electronic material, particularly electronic journals, as well as models of pricing being proposed for the future. It also considers the options and implications for the funding of electronic resources within and between organisations.
Author: Kent, Philip
Subjects: electronic journal costs, electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 025.0
Resource type: article
Publishing of Electronic Scholarly Monographs and Text Books: Report of an eLib supporting study, published April 1998, to investigate the incidence and nature of the publishing of electronic scholarly monographs and textbooks in the UK. It suggests that UK electronic monograph publishing is embryonic, and that extensive bibliographical problems remain, especially for Web monographs, with little evidence of collection management activity associated with electronic monographs in university libraries.
Author: Lonsdale, Ray and Armstrong, C. J.
Subjects: academic library research, book studies, electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: document
Report on Fair Dealing in an Electronic Environment: The main aim of the Working Party at this stage was to identify any possible areas of agreement between representatives of JISC and the PA, on a practical definition of fair dealing of materials in electronic form, and, if possible, the necessary mechanisms that might be used to provide a workable monitoring system.
Author: JISC and the Publishers Association Working Party
Subjects: copyright, electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 346.04
Resource type: article
ROAR: Registry of Open Access Repositories: ROAR promotes open access to research literature pre- and post-peer-review through author self-archiving in institutional eprint archives. The registry monitors growth in the number of eprint archives and maintains a list of GNU e-print repositories. XML files relevant to data harvesting are provided (OAI-status, metadata formats, list sets) as are graphs and tables illustrating cumulative deposits.
Author: Brody, Tim
Subjects: electronic journal use, electronic publishing, scholarly communication
DeweyClass: 025.04
Resource type: directory
SAPIENS: Scottish Academic Periodicals: Implementing an Effective Networked Service: Research project charged with developing a Scotland wide electronic journal service. The methodology involves targeting smaller Scottish publishers, not yet online, and assisting them by providing server space, technical support, a high-profile gateway and various value-added services. Funded by SHEFC and SCURL.
Author: Centre for Digital Library Research
Subjects: electronic journal collections, electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 025.0
Resource type: documents
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: Presents selected articles, books, electronic documents, and other sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet and other networks.
Author: Bailey, Charles
Subjects: electronic publishing, scholarly communication
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: bibliography
SGML and PDF - Why We Need Both: Article which argues that book and journal publishers need make use of both SGML (Standard Generalised Markup Language) and Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) in making print and electronic products.
Author: Kasdorf, Bill
Subjects: electronic publishing, sgml
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: article
Stevan Harnad E-Prints on Interactive Publication: Set of articles about electronic publishing by the Director of the Cognitive Sciences Centre at the University of Southampton.
Author: Harnad, Stevan
Subjects: electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: articles
Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information: Alphabetical listing of literature relating to all aspects of electronic publishing, including both print and electronic materials. Direct links to sources are provided where available.
Author: Dworaczek, Marian
Subjects: electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: bibliography
ticTOCs: Journal Table of Contents Service: TicTOCs is a Table of Contents current awareness service, allowing free access to the latest research articles from over 12,700 journal titles, spanning the major academic disciplines. A search function enables searching by journal title, subject area and publisher, and the results list provides direct access to articles with brief summaries. For a large number of publications, the full-text can also be viewed. The personalised 'MyTOCs' service enables search results to be saved and RSS Feeds for alerts of selected titles.
Author: tictocs.ac.uk
Subjects: electronic journal collections, electronic publishing, scholarly communication
DeweyClass: 001.4
Resource type: journal index, service
Web Publishing Paradigm: Article considering various competing and complementary approaches to Web publishing.
Author: Guay, Tim
Subjects: electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: article
Welsh Repository Network: The WRN is a collaborative venture between the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Wales to establish, develop and populate a network of interoperable institutional repositories, in order to facilitate and encourage the sharing of resources. The search function enables the searching of scholarly content accross the range of institutional repositories simultaneously.
Author: Welsh Repository Network (WRN) Enhancement Project
Subjects: electronic publishing, scholarly communication
DeweyClass: 025.04
Resource type: directory, documents
Work of the Encyclopedia in the Age of Electronic Reproduction: Article which examines how the digitisation of literature affects the craft of editing, and the everyday work of content producers. It focuses on the Encyclopaedia Britannica, which has been profoundly affected by CDs and the Web, showing how digitization of the encyclopedia has affected the structure of articles and has begun to affect the character of editorial work, the responsibilities of editors, and relations with authors, animators and others.
Author: Soojung-Kim Pang, Alex
Subjects: digitisation, electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: article