Texas Library Association April 1, 1998 San Antonio, TX Jacqueline H. Trolley Institute for Scientific Information
Electronic Journal Initiatives and Some Unresolved Issues: A Snapshot
Electronic Journal Initiatives Economic Models - commercial primary publishers - university presses - professional societies - “new” aggregators/virtual community - database publishers
Some Issues - archiving - access in perpetuity - storage - legislative & legal - standards
Commercial Primary Publisher Academic Press - IDEAL journal titles - consortia sale - maintain print collection
Commercial Primary Publishers Elsevier Science - EES - 1,100 journal titles - electronic data only - Science Direct - Web-based
University Presses John Hopkins University Press The Milton S. Eisenhower Library Harwood Academic Computing Center - Project Muse - humanities
Professional Society Publisher American Chemical Society - Web-based editions - Flexible pricing structure
Professional Society Publisher Optical Society of America - Optics Express - different economic model
Aggregators EBSCO Ebscohost - Bibliographic & full-text - Integrated with other library services
Aggregators ChemWeb - Gateway BioMedNet - Virtual Community
Database Publisher Institute for Scientific Information - Resource Provider - Library - End-user - Linkages - Bidirectional access
Drawbacks Lack of standards - Format - Functionality - Identification - DOI, PII, SICI Remote access - Authorized users
Outstanding Issues Archiving Access in perpetuity Storage Legislative and legal Standards
Vendors Require Time Feedback