Reports Columbia University Press' creation of Columbia International Affairs Online. Publication of journal articles and electronic monographs, conference proceedings, working papers from 40 institutions and books in full text; Use of the technology to help solve the crisis in scholarly publishing; Comments from editor Kate Wittenberg.
The article reports that the Association of Research Libraries believes that within five years, many journals will be available in electronic format only. A report written by Richard K. Johnson and Judy Luther cites economic reasons, and observes that at some point it will no longer be economically feasible for publishers to produce paper journals.
The article announces that Rice University Publishers in Houston, Texas, which closed in 1996, will resume operations as a digital publisher. The systems of manuscript solicitation and peer review will remain the same. Dissemination of papers via the Internet is a growing trend in scholarly publishing.
Published
2006
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