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Ardito, Stephanie – Searcher, 2000
Examines whether the time has come for electronic books to have a leading role in book publishing. Highlights the trends and issues, including hardware and software appliances, formatting standards, and legal issues and rights. Gives profiles of the major e-publishing companies and products to watch. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software Development, Copyrights, Electronic Journals
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Vickery, Jim – Against the Grain, 1998
Discusses electronic publication and legal deposit (the requirement that publications produced within a certain jurisdiction be deposited, usually in designated libraries which include the national library). The need for extension of deposit requirements to electronic materials, issues of concern, current legislation worldwide, and the role of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Copyrights, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Publishing
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Mason, Marilyn Gell – Journal of Library Administration, 1998
Describes developments in Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) electronic reference services. Presents a background on networked cataloging and the initial implementation of reference services by OCLC. Discusses the introduction of OCLC FirstSearch service, which today offers access to over 65 databases, future developments in integrated…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Development, Electronic Publishing
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Dalton, Margaret Stieg – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 1995
Refereeing describes the process by which an independent expert assists a journal editor in evaluating materials submitted for publication. Discusses the history, purposes, and criticisms of refereeing, as well as technical aspects that include standards, rejection rates, interrater reliability and bias, the referees, ethics and malpractice,…
Descriptors: Authors, Editors, Electronic Publishing, Evaluation Methods
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Perritt, Henry H., Jr. – Government Information Quarterly, 1996
Discusses how open computer network architecture, along with the browsing capabilities of the World Wide Web, facilitates the dissemination of public information. Competitive markets will be created as those from the private sector package electronic information with value added. Copyright law and information pricing policies are outlined, and…
Descriptors: Competition, Computer Networks, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing
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Hurd, Julie M. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 2000
This Perspectives issue of the "Journal of the American Society for Information Science" brings together a collection of papers that explore the behavioral and organizational aspects of the changing communication system of science. Authors address such issues as the adoption of computer-mediated communication by scientists, the changing…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Publishing, Information Dissemination
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Costello, Diane – Information Technology and Libraries, 1999
Describes CAUL (The Council of Australian University Librarians) which is dedicated to improving access by the staff and students of Australian universities to scholarly information resources. Discusses funding, access to databases, electronic information resources, information infrastructure and network information support, and electronic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Consortia
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Kousha, Kayvan – Online & CD-ROM Review, 1999
Provides an overview of the recent trends towards publishing digital video disc (DVD) multimedia reference sources. Discusses the advantages of DVD-ROMs and the gigabyte storage potential of the technology for publishing multimedia reference sources. (AEF)
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Information Industry, Information Sources, Multimedia Materials
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Caverly, David C.; Broderick, Bill – Journal of Developmental Education, 1996
Discusses five steps in creating a Web page: (1) preparing; (2) "prewriting" the pages; (3) drafting; (4) editing; and (5) publishing. Notes that Web pages entertain and persuade their audiences while providing valuable information on programs. (VWC)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Publishing
Beit-Aire, Oren; Blake, Miriam; Caplan, Priscilla; Flecker, Dale; Ingoldsby, Tim; Lannom, Laurence W.; Mischo, William H.; Pentz, Edward; Rogers, Sally; Van de Sompel, Herbert; Suleman, Hussein; Atkins, Anthony; Goncalves, Marcos A.; France, Robert K.; Fox, Edward A.; Chachra, Vinod; Crowder, Murray; Young, Jeff; Wake, Susannah; Nicholson, Dennis – D-Lib Magazine, 2001
Articles in this collection discuss: reference linking in online scholarly journals; e-journal archiving and difficult issues it is raising; objectives, progress, members, statistics and activities of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD); detailed discussion of NDLTD projects and research efforts; and an overview of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing, Information Dissemination
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Hirshon, Arnold – EDUCAUSE Review, 2005
The challenges we face in the e-content environment are significant, and errors are costly. Our ability to divine the future is limited, but the prognostication diamond can help. We must examine not only those changes at the center of the diamond--that is, within higher education--but also those changes at the four connecting points of the…
Descriptors: Communications, Higher Education, Educational Change, Information Technology
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Coats, Lisa R. – Journal of Archival Organization, 2004
User studies have been conducted for many years in the information and library science fields. In the archival world, this phenomenon has not been as common and less emphasis has been placed on collecting and studying the user's perspective in general. However, there are studies showing the "use" of these types of studies, particularly in the…
Descriptors: Archives, Standards, Coding, Metadata
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Lorenzen, Elizabeth A. – Acquisitions Librarian, 2004
As technology is shaping today's art world, parallel changes are happening in the ways art book collections are identified and acquired. The purpose of this article is to identify the changes transpiring in the worlds of the artist and library acquisitions, and to evaluate the ways in which the changes effected by technological applications in the…
Descriptors: Artists, Art Materials, Academic Libraries, Library Services
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Hynes, Geraldine E.; Stretcher, Robert H. – Journal of Education for Business, 2005
Perhaps the most obvious example of innovation in faculty performance is the adoption of new technologies for research. Both administrators and faculty have expressed concern about the role that electronic publications play in their research evaluation processes, particularly in business schools, where scholarly publication is often emphasized…
Descriptors: Productivity, Faculty Evaluation, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Journals
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DiRamio, David C.; Kops, Gerald C. – Planning for Higher Education, 2004
While many colleges and universities enthusiastically push forward to create new online courses, important campus policies regarding copyright and academic intellectual property in the digital age lag behind. Policy questions regarding ownership and control of online courses and how the new TEACH Act affects the concept of fair use of…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing
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