Published by rwatstein November 15th, 2008
in digital, publishing and ARL.
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released the final report of “Current Models of Digital Scholarly Communication”, a study that ARL commissioned Ithaka to conduct. The study, conducted by Nancy L. Maron and K. Kirby Smith, comes with the database of exemplars that it produced. The study’s focus was on those projects that are pushing beyond the boundaries of traditional formats and are considered innovative by the faculty who use them. Ithaka’s findings are based on a collection of resources identified by a volunteer field team of over 300 librarians at 46 academic institutions in the US and Canada.
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Published by rwatstein October 12th, 2008
in books, copyright and ARL.
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) this week posted a thought-provoking paper by lawyer Jonathan Band lauding the recent decision in the high-profile “Harry Potter” case. Although J. K. Rowling prevailed in the litigation, Band writes, “the big winner actually was fair use.”
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Published by rwatstein December 16th, 2007
in digital, ARL and journals.
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published “The E-only Tipping Point for Journals: What’s Ahead in the Print-to-Electronic Transition Zone,” by Richard K. Johnson and Judy Luther. The report examines the issues associated with the migration from dual-format publishing toward electronic-only publication of journals. Publishers and libraries today find themselves in an extended transition zone between print-only and e-only journals. Both parties are struggling with the demands of dual-format publishing as well as the opportunity costs of keeping electronic journals operating within the bounds of the print publishing process, which are increasingly taxing the status quo for publishers, libraries, authors, and readers. There are suggestions that this transitional phase is especially challenging to small publishers of high-quality titles and places them at a disadvantage in relation to large, resource-rich publishers as they compete for subscribers, authors, and readers. The question of when dual-format journals will complete the transition to single-format (electronic) publishing is taking on increasing urgency.
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