Old WWWine in New Bottles? Developments in electronic information and communication: structural change & and functional inertia Helmut M. Artus Social Science Information Centre Bonn, Germany
Part I: Empirical Findings
Table 1: e-Journals According to Type of Publisher Type of Publisherabs. Commercial 42 Non-commercial. 59 Total:101
Table 2: e-Journals: Free or not free? PublisherInternet Version free of charge abs. % liable to charge abs. % Commercial Non- commercial
Table 3: Print Versions of e-Journals: Free or not free? PublisherPrint Version NO free of charge liable to charge Commercial 1-27 Non-commercial22911
Table 4: Differences Between Internet and Print Version*) No Difference between Internet and Print Difference between Internet and Print Type of Publisher free of charge liable to charge Internet free of charge Print version free of charge Total Commercial Non-commercial Total: Total (aggregated)39 (83%)8 (17%) *) These are again all cases with clear information concerning prices and with different versions.
Part I, continued: Informal Experience from: * database SOLIS (white & grey literature, publication series) * R&D project infoconnex * R&D project vascoda * R&D project SozioNet
Part II: Theoretical Explications
Science & its Sub-Systems
Science & its Sub-Systems Cognitive System: · information and communication (including reduction of information)
Science & its Sub-Systems Cognitive System: · information and communication (including reduction of information) Social System: · social interaction, importance and reputation of scientists, journals, institutes, scientific findings and theories
Science & its Sub-Systems Cognitive System: · information and communication (including reduction of information) Social System: · social interaction, importance and reputation of scientists, journals, institutes, scientific findings and theories Economic System: · commercial publishing, (commercial) market for scientific information, science-as-a-job & scientists-as-employees
Science & its Sub-Systems Cognitive System: · information and communication (including reduction of information) Social System: · social interaction, importance and reputation of scientists, journals, institutes, scientific findings and theories Economic System: · commercial publishing, (commercial) market for scientific information, science-as-a-job & scientists-as-employees Political System: · research funding, support of research institutes
Science Political System Social System Economic System Cognitive System
Science Political System Social System Economic System Cognitive System
Science Political System Social System Economic System Cognitive System
Scientist Political System Social System Economic System Cognitive System
Science Political System Social System Economic System Cognitive System
Science Political System Social System Economic System Cognitive System
Scientist Political System Social System... as researcher Cognitive System
Scientist Political System Social System... as researcher... as author
Scientist... as employee... as reader... as researcher... as author
Science Political System Social System Economic System Cognitive System
The End