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Book The SuperJournal Project

Download or read book The SuperJournal Project written by David J. Pullinger and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1994-06 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a report of a project which ran during 1993. The project's aim was to demonstrate access to and use of journal articles over the new high-speed academic network in the UK, SuperJANET. Subsequently it was not so much a research project as a demonstration of technical feasibility. It is a simple account of what was done and the decisions that shaped the final system, and is submitted as part of the contract with the British Library Research and Development Department. It will inform and move the development of electronic journals along one more step.

Book Managing the Transition from Print to Electronic Journals and Resources

Download or read book Managing the Transition from Print to Electronic Journals and Resources written by Maria Collins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing the Transition from Print to Electronic Journals and Resources: A Guide for Library and Information Professionals is a collection of essays from the leading authorities on print-to-e-resource transition – from library institutions of all sizes and levels of funding. This book will help librarians and information professionals to design, implement, and manage solutions to effectively provide online access to e-journals and e-resources. Special topics discussed include reconfiguring acquisition models, electronic resource management (ERM) systems, skill sets necessary for e-resource management, efficiency enhancement, and current trends and initiatives in licensing. In addition, the wide range of articles included in Managing the Transition from Print to Electronic Journals and Resources: A Guide for Library and Information Professionals, will aid librarians in navigating the problems of changing formats, staffing issues, workflow approaches, and new and interrelated tools used to manage and provide access.

Book ELINOR     Electronic Library Project

Download or read book ELINOR Electronic Library Project written by Anne Ramsden and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ELINOR presents the final report on the ELINOR project, conducted at De Montfort University in the UK between 1992 and 1996. It was the first time a working electronic library was built for use by students across a university and the project proved extremely valuable in generating a large amount of practical experience. This will enable many libraries to understand the implications of the transition phase towards the electronic library.

Book Electronic Resources

Download or read book Electronic Resources written by Mary Beth Fecko and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electronics are changing the methods & mission of the library. On- demand document delivery is altering the concept of "acquisitions". The ability to store & integrate larger amounts of data on the computer has elicited new approaches in classification. Analyzing the electronic library from a professional perspective, each chapter explores specific tasks & topics such as networking, online remote databases, & cataloguing utilities. (TOPICS IN LIBRARY & INFORMATION STUDIES)

Book Academic and Professional Publishing

Download or read book Academic and Professional Publishing written by Robert Campbell and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic and professional publishing represents a diverse communications industry rooted in the scholarly ecosystem, peer review, and added value products and services. Publishers in this field play a critical and trusted role, registering, certifying, disseminating and preserving knowledge across scientific, technical and medical (STM), humanities and social science disciplines. Academic and Professional Publishing draws together expert publishing professionals, to provide comprehensive insight into the key developments in the industry and the innovative and multi-disciplinary approaches being applied to meet novel challenges.This book consists of 20 chapters covering what publishers do, how they work to add value and what the future may bring. Topics include: peer-review; the scholarly ecosystem; the digital revolution; publishing and communication strategies; business models and finances; editorial and production workflows; electronic publishing standards; citation and bibliometrics; user experience; sales, licensing and marketing; the evolving role of libraries; ethics and integrity; legal and copyright aspects; relationship management; the future of journal publishing; the impact of external forces; career development; and trust in academic and professional publishing.This book presents a comprehensive review of the integrated approach publishers take to support and improve communications within academic and professional publishing. - Brings together expert publishing professionals to provide an authoritative insight into industry developments - Details the challenges publishers face and the leading-edge processes and procedures used to meet them - Discusses the range of new communication channels and business models that suit the wide variety of subject areas publishers work in

Book Changing Face of Information  Support Services for Scientific Research

Download or read book Changing Face of Information Support Services for Scientific Research written by David J. Brown and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-01-20 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The health of scientific enterprise has become a critical political and social issue as nation states tackle austerity, diversity, global challenges, whilst simultaneously supporting a competitive and innovative national economy. A key asset in achieving such ambitions is for a scholarly information system which enables the fruits of the research effort to be disseminated efficiently. As the information support system struggles with adapting from a print-based to a digital process, the dysfunctionality current within STEM publishing in particular becomes evident. New ways of supporting research are emerging which require a new approach to publishing, an approach which takes on board the many demographic, social, technical and administrative changes taking place in both science itself and society. A radical strategic assessment is required and this book tracks key aspects required for any new future strategy. This book provides a catalogue of issues to which a future STEM information industry will need to adapt. They range from the effects of technology on the neurological processes of research to the growing use of technology to speed up the exchange of information among groups and collaboratories; from considerations about quality control yet maintaining intellectual ownership; from changing from an elitist STEM system favouring academics to a more democratic process with wider appeal. There is the neglected non-academic market and its need to share in the results of the research effort, often through partnership and being part of a ‘hive mind’. This is the large world of the unaffiliated knowledge workers, of which academia is numerically but a small part. The many changes taking place in scholarly information dictate that the future is unlikely to be a smooth and gradual evolution from the past. Radical new approaches are required, a revolution which takes on board the perfect storm of changes listed in this book. Just as such changes have changed the face of industries such as music and retail in recent years, so similar dramatic changes are likely to result in a restructuring of STEM into a more technologically-focused industry within the next decade. The implications for the current STEM stakeholders are profound.

Book ITS News

Download or read book ITS News written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography 2010

Download or read book Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography 2010 written by Charles W Bailey Jr and published by Charles W Bailey Jr. This book was released on 2011-03-02 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography presents over 3,800 selected English-language articles, books, and other textual sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. It covers digital copyright, digital libraries, digital preservation, digital rights management, digital repositories, economic issues, electronic books and texts, electronic serials, license agreements, metadata, publisher issues, open access, and other related topics. Most sources have been published from 1990 through 2010. Many references have links to freely available copies of included works. Peter Jacso said in ONLINE (vol. 27, no. 3 2003, pp. 73-76): "SEP is compiled with utter professionalism. It reminds me of the work of the best artisans who know not only every item that leaves their workshops, but each component used to create them--providing the ideal quality control. . . . The selection of items is impeccable. I have yet to find journal articles irrelevant to the scope of the bibliography. SEP could be used as a benchmark in evaluating abstracting/indexing databases that proudly claim to have coverage of electronic publishing, but do not come close to SEP."

Book Internet Resources for Engineers

Download or read book Internet Resources for Engineers written by Jimin He and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1998 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internet Resources for Engineers will be supported by a website to provide easily accessible and up-to-date information that becomes available after publication. Internet Resources for Engineers is the first in a series of Internet Resources books for specific areas of study. Among the other books planned are Internet Resources for: Business Studies Media Studies and Journalism Architecture Medicine . Comprehensive coverage 2. Ideal for students and teachers 3. Specifically targeted to engineering and technology

Book The Google Generation

Download or read book The Google Generation written by Barrie Gunter and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2009-11-11 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Google Generation examines original and secondary research evidence from international sources to determine whether there is a younger generation of learners who are adopting different styles of information search behaviour from older generations as a function of their patterns of use of online technologies. The book addresses the questions: might the widespread availability and use of search engines, such as Google, give rise to a different type of scholar who seeks out and utilises online information sources and thereby develops a different orientation to learning from older generations whose information seeking practices became established initially in the offline world. - Provides a one of the most comprehensive analyses yet on the evolving nature of information search behaviour - Combines a review of a wide range of international research evidence combined with original, cutting edge research - Directed towards industry end-users and policy makers as well as academics with shared scholarly interests

Book Access to Scientific Research

Download or read book Access to Scientific Research written by David J. Brown and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-11-13 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debate about access to scientific research raises questions about the current effectiveness of scholarly communication processes. This book explores, from an independent point of view, the current state of the STM publishing market, new publishing technologies and business models as well as the information habit of researchers, the politics of research funders, and the demand for scientific research as a public good. The book also investigates the democratisation of science including how the information needs of knowledge workers outside academia can be embraced in future.

Book Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography

Download or read book Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography written by Charles W Bailey Jr and published by Charles W Bailey Jr. This book was released on 2009-07-10 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography presents selected English-language articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. Most sources have been published between 1990 and 2008; however, a limited number of key sources published prior to 1990 are also included. Peter Jacso said in ONLINE (vol. 27, no. 3 2003, pp. 73-76): "SEP is compiled with utter professionalism. It reminds me of the work of the best artisans who know not only every item that leaves their workshops, but each component used to create them--providing the ideal quality control. . . . The selection of items is impeccable. I have yet to find journal articles irrelevant to the scope of the bibliography. SEP could be used as a benchmark in evaluating abstracting/indexing databases that proudly claim to have coverage of electronic publishing, but do not come close to SEP."

Book Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries

Download or read book Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries written by Christos Nikolaou and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-07-31 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital Libraries are complex and advanced forms of information systems which extend and augment their physical counterparts by amplifying existing resources and services and enabling development of new kinds of human problem solving and expression. Their complexity arises from the data-rich domain of discourse as well as from extended demands for multi-disciplinary input, involving distributed systems architectures, structured digital documents, collaboration support, human-computer interaction, information filtering, etc. In addition to the broad range of technical issues, ethics and intellectual property rights add to the complication that is normally associated with the development, maintenance, and use of Digital Libraries. The Second European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL’98) builds upon the success of the first of this series of European Conferences on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, held last year in Pisa, Italy, September 1-3, 1997. This series of conferences is partially funded by the TMR Programme of the European Commission and is actively supported and promoted by the European Research Consortium on Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM). The aim is to bring together the different communities involved in the development of Digital Libraries, to review progress and to discuss strategies, research and technological development (RTD) issues, as well as specific topics related to the European context. These communities include professionals from universities, research centres, industry, government agencies, public libraries, etc.

Book The Handbook of Journal Publishing

Download or read book The Handbook of Journal Publishing written by Sally Morris and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Journal Publishing is a comprehensive reference work written by experienced professionals, covering all aspects of journal publishing, both online and in print. Journals are crucial to scholarly communication, but changes in recent years in the way journals are produced, financed, and used make this an especially turbulent and challenging time for journal publishers - and for authors, readers, and librarians. The Handbook offers a thorough guide to the journal publishing process, from editing and production through marketing, sales, and fulfilment, with chapters on management, finances, metrics, copyright, and ethical issues. It provides a wealth of practical tools, including checklists, sample documents, worked examples, alternative scenarios, and extensive lists of resources, which readers can use in their day-to-day work. Between them, the authors have been involved in every aspect of journal publishing over several decades and bring to the text their experience working for a wide range of publishers in both the not-for-profit and commercial sectors.

Book British Librarianship and Information Work 1991   2000

Download or read book British Librarianship and Information Work 1991 2000 written by J.H. Bowman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important reference volume covers developments in almost every aspect of British library and information work during the ten-year period 1991-2000. Some forty contributors, all of whom are experts in their subject, provide a robust overview of their specialities along with extensive further references which act as a starting point for further research. The book provides a comprehensive record of what took place in library and information management during a decade of considerable change and challenges. It is an essential reference resource for librarians and information professionals.

Book SuperJournal Project

Download or read book SuperJournal Project written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the SuperJournal Project, a research project funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the Higher Education Funding Councils in England as part of its Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib). The project studies factors that make electronic journals successful.

Book Psychology at Work

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peter Warr
  • Publisher : Penguin UK
  • Release : 2002-03-28
  • ISBN : 0141932465
  • Pages : 480 pages

Download or read book Psychology at Work written by Peter Warr and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2002-03-28 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applied psychology in work settings has made considerable progress in the 30 years since the original version of this book was published. This new collection of essays aims to illustrate both the empirical and practical richness of the field as wellas its theoretical development. The chapters cover psychological processes, the study of groups and workteams, and the nature of complex organizations as a whole. Reflecting recent developments in psychology as well as society generally, topics range from skill and workload, shiftwork, personnel selection, training and careers, and the effects of new technology, leadership and management, to job stress and well-being, women in employment, corporate culture and processes of organizational change.