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Scientific Publishing addresses the issue of business models in scientific publishing and how these relate to the research process (e.g. support or inhibit this process). The researcher is taken as the starting point for the considerations to arrive at a comprehensive description of the publishing process as an integral part of the research process. The properties of different business models are tested against this description, allowing an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of these models in supporting the research process. - Examines business models in scientific publishing and how these relate to the research process i.e. support or inhibit the process - The researcher is taken as the starting point to provide a comprehensive description of the publishing process as an integral part of the research process - The various scenarios for scientific publishing are discussed and the consequences for stakeholders, such as, Higher Education Institutions and Libraries
This book describes the fortunes and activities of one of the few specialist publishing houses still in the hands of the same family that established it over years ago, and with it gives a p- trayal of those members who directed it. In doing so it covers a period of momentous historical events that directly and in- rectly shaped the firm's actions and achievements. But this volume tells not only, in word and picture, the story of Springer- Verlag but also, interwoven with it, the story of scientific p- lishing in Germany over the span of a hundred years. The text, densely packed with carefully researched facts and figures, is illuminated and supplemented by many illustrations whose captions,...
Suggests to librarians how to create a good collection of scientific journals keeping tabs on the industry and finding acceptable alternatives to the expensive European publications. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portla Or.
Government responses to HCP 399-I, session 2003-04 (ISBN 0215018559)
Scientific Publications : Free for all?, tenth report of session 2003-04, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence
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First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.