T2i (Liege University) Electronic publishing in languages other than English A project for a portal of French-language scientific journals Free Access to Truth? Scientific publication in the internet era Carolyn DOUGHERY (Ingenta) - Georges HOYOS (De Boeck) Marc MINON (T2i - Ulg) Brussels - University Foundation

T2i (Liege University) Print vs electronic time print only

T2i (Liege University) Print vs electronic time print only electronic only

T2i (Liege University) Print vs electronic time print only print and electronic electronic only

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Concentration : Concentration : The major catalogs  Elsevier >  Kluwer Academic Publ.766  Springern.a.  Blackwell Publishing631  Sage293  Taylor & Francis 292  Oxford University Press163  Emerald155  Routledge107

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Average (institutional) subscription fees for a scientific journal in French 116 € (Source : M.E.N.)

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Atomization : Atomization : The major catalogs (social sciences)  Presses Univ. de France45  L’Harmattan40  De Boeck & Larcier27  O.C.D.E.10  C.N.R.S. Editions10  Presses de l’Univ. de Montréal 10  A. Colin - Sedes9  Dalloz9  PFNSP7

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What can be done ? What must be done ?

T2i (Liege University) What can be done ? What must be done ?  Create specific portals for every European language

T2i (Liege University) What can be done ? What must be done ?  Create specific portals for every European language  Link these portals with a major English aggregator

T2i (Liege University) What can be done ? What must be done ?  Create specific portals for every European language  Link these portals with a major English aggregator  Conceive portal(s) adapted both to publications/articles in free access and to publications/articles whose access is conditional

T2i (Liege University) Free access ?  Underdeveloped countries  Journals entirely financed by public funds  Archives

T2i (Liege University) What can be done ? What must be done ?  Create specific portals for every European language  Link these portals with a major English aggregator  Conceive portal(s) adapted both to publications/articles in free access and to publications/articles whose access is conditional  Facilitate the negotiation of global licenses with (consortia of) libraries

T2i (Liege University) What can be done ? What must be done ?  Create specific portals for every European language  Link these portals with a major English aggregator  Conceive portal(s) adapted both to publications/articles in free access and to publications/articles whose access is conditional  Facilitate the negotiation of global licenses with (consortia of) libraries  Associate in this “infomediary” structure both independent publishing houses and universities

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Marc MINON T2i c/o LENTIC 19, bd. du Rectorat B-51 B-4000 Liège (Sart-Tilman) BELGIUM Tel : Fax : Mail :