Re: Asking for your input re. scholarly publishing developments

[Joseph Esposito <espositoj@gmail.com>]

I would think that the evolution of the site license for electronic
materials is, after the development of the Internet itself, the single
most important aspect of scholarly communications to come about over tha
last ten years or so.  Although no one is entirely happy with licenses
(which itself may be a good sign), they document the network of
relationships among several constituencies of the scholarly community.  
Apres le contract, le deluge.

Joe Esposito

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:06:54 -0500 (EST), Liblicense-L Listowner

> Dear Liblicense-l readers:  For a talk I'm giving later this spring, I've
> been asking colleagues a pair of questions, which I'd also like to pose to
> readers of this list.  I'd be glad to summarize the answers and would
> appreciate hearing from you this week if possible.
> 
> Question #1:  Over the last ten years, what strategies or developments
> have particularly and visibly influenced the way scholarly publishing and
> library collections development are done?
> 
> [For example, some unsurprising answers so far have been:  Ejournal
> aggregations (such as JSTOR, HighWire, Muse); The Big Deal; Google; Open
> Access; Consortia]
> 
> Question #2:  What has been the high or transforming impact of the
> developments you chose (i.e., why did you name them?)
> 
> Please do answer and please don't feel limited by the list above.
> 
> Thank you, Ann Okerson
> Yale Library