This book, first published in 1999, analyses the convergence of financial, technical, and public policy considerations that turned what seemed like science fiction twenty years ago into a library fact of life today. It shows that while electronic publication greatly speeds issuance of important scientific results of enduring value, it also has the potential to lower the economic threshold at which crank papers and marginal publications can gain a wide, if sadly misled audience, in the short run. It demonstrates that while scientists invented the web, they no longer control it, and that even the very largest research organizations, libraries, publishers, and journal aggregators, will, to a substantial degree, be at the technological and economic mercy of commercial users of the web.
Edited by:
Tony Stankus Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Volume: 29 Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 439g ISBN:9780367422363 ISBN 10: 0367422360 Series:Routledge Library Editions: Library and Information Science Pages: 212 Publication Date:12 December 2019 Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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ELT Advanced
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Primary
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active