1. Scientific Publishing Trends, for Science Librarians
Current Awareness and
Professional Aids
for Science Librarians

2. Websites: Crisis in Scientific Publishing –
Current Awareness & Professional Aids –

3. Scientific publishing cycle

4. Scientific Publishing Trends
Print/electronic packages
“Born digital” journals
Full text within indexes
Open Access articles
Electronic books

5. How do you stay current? Local or national news? General science news?
Specialized subject areas?
New journals/databases?
Future?

6. Try it out! Compare content of a blog and a listserv
“Lurk” on a few listservs
Identify key journals – sign up for alerts
Discovery Channel and newspapers