th.06.14

ejournals

To complete before class

Read just the introductory section ("General Issues Surrounding Electronic Journals") of this paper, which briefly presents some of the topics we'll be looking at in ejournals:

Electronic Journal Market Overview, George Machovec, Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, 1997.03.

Read all of:

Online Journal Pricing, Bill Robnett, in E-Serials: Publishers, Libraries, Users, and Standards, 1998.

Access Management for Networked Information Resources, Clifford Lynch, Cause/Effect, 1998.

Preservation of Digital Information: Issues and Current Status, Network Notes, National Library of Canada, 1999.04.22.

and come prepared to discuss.

In class

Today's quiz.

Initial discussion of the top-level issues in the area of ejournals, including pricing, access management, and preservation. This reading and discussion should provide the foundation for your personal input into the ejournals mini-project, due a week from today.