Reforming scholarly publishing and knowledge communication: From the advent of the scholarly journal to the challenges of Open Access

Authors:
Ana Maria Ramalho Correia;José Carlos Teixeira
Affiliations:
Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus de Campolide, 1070-124 Lisboa, Portugal E-mail: acorreia@isegi.unl.pt;Departamento de Matemática, Universidade de Coimbra, Largo D. Dinis -- Apartado 3008, 3001-454 Coimbra, Portugal E-mail: teixeira@mat.uc.pt
Venue:
Information Services and Use - Electronic Information Management
Year:
2005

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Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the continuing evolution of scholarly publishing, leveraged in the last decades by the tremendous potential of Internet technology. It introduces “self-archiving”, the broad term often applied to the electronic publishing of author-supplied documents on the World Wide Web without commercial publisher mediation, and examines its impact on scholarly communication along with the Open Access Movement. The intensity of self-archiving and its pivotal role in scholarly communication is put into perspective through reference to some self-archiving initiatives set in motion in several countries. Finally, the paper concludes by outlining the challenges for information managers in developing the full potential of Open Access.