1. 電子出版品 - Electronic Publishing Lecturer: CIAN-RUEI HUANG, MA, MRes

2. Aim of this course  When the role of electronic publishing becomes more and more important in the world, as a librarian, it would be necessary to catch up the trend in order to face the new challenges brought by new media.

3. Content of this course  This course will introduce students to the basic concepts of electronic publishing and help students to understand the development of e- publishing in publishing industry and its current state; moreover, give students the issues involved in e-publishing in library area.

4. Issues covered in this course  The history of Electronic Publishing and its future  Network and Internet Publishing  File formats and document standards  EP models  E-text Project  E-book issue  E-journal issue  The introduction of e-publishing tools  Quality control and peer review  Economic factors and Pricing of E-publishing Products  Marketing Principles and Practices in Electronic Publishing-1  Legal aspects of Electronic Publishing  Challenges facing by libraries  Future trend and other issues

5. Assessment  1) A 40% of the total marks is to be allocated for the essays and a e- publishing project.  2) Presentation of topic leadership accounts and contribution to the course for 30%  4) Examinations for 30%

6. Definition of Electronic Publishing  What is Electronic Publishing-EP? ---Different definition by different people ---Publishing text, audio, video, image or markup language format in various carriers different from traditional publishing ---Carriers of EP ex. CD. PC. Microfilm. Terminal.

7. Hierarchy of Electronic Publishing-1 -divided into four types- according to making process and output media 1. Optical P. 2. Online P. 3. Desktop P. 4. Tele text.

8. Hierarchy of Electronic Publishing-2  Optical Publishing ( 光學出版 ) ---Technology enhances its development ---from Mircroforms to Multimedia and CD-ROM publishing ---Important creation : 1950 COM(computer output Microfilming) and CIM(Computer Input Microfilming) ---play an important role in the early EP stage A librarian microfilmed the card catalog in library

9. Hierarchy of Electronic Publishing-2.1  Document Microfilming Drawing Microfilming Scanning & Microfilming

10. Hierarchy of Electronic Publishing-3  Online Publishing ( 網路出版 ) =Network P/ Virtual P/ Online P ---incl. online database P +Internet P. ---Online DB: Commercial DB: ex. DIALOG ---Internet P: incl.gopher, newsgroup, WWW P, Home Pages or Web site, Print-style publications on Web, E-texts, E-books, E-journals, Ezine. ---the most common tool and main stream: WWW

11. Hierarchy of Electronic Publishing-4  Desktop Publishing ( 桌上出版 ) Definition- Using computers to lay out text and graphics for printing in magazines, newsletters, brochures, etc. A good DTP system will provide, among other things, facilities to fit text into irregular shapes in a variety of fonts and sizes. three different versions of the same document created by moving around text and graphics and changing fonts in a desktop publishing program

12. Hierarchy of Electronic Publishing-4.1  The five most popular desktop publishing packages 1. Adobe PageMaker, 2. Adobe InDesign, 3. QuarkXPress, 4. Adobe FrameMaker, 5. Corel VENTURA

13. Adobe PageMaker Version 7

14. Adobe InDesign version 2

15. QuarkXPress version 5

16. Adobe FrameMaker version 7

17. Corel VENTURA version 8

18. Hierarchy of Electronic Publishing-4.2  Key features needed for different types of publications 1. Basic Desktop P 2. Special design effects 3. Support for books, multi-chapter publications, and long technical documents. 4. Tabular material 5. Support for electronic distribution

19. Hierarchy of Electronic Publishing-4.3  General publications and graphics Ex. newsletters, magazines, brochures, small booklets, posters, and flyers =>QuarkXPress, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe PageMaker  Long, multi-chapter documents Ex. books, journals, academic publications, and manuals =>Corel Ventura, Adobe InDesign, Adobe FrameMaker, and QuarkXPress.  Publications with tabular material Ex. scientific publications, technical and statistical publications, and data- intensive publications =>Corel Ventura, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe InDesign, and QuarkXPress.

20. Hierarchy of Electronic Publishing-4.4 Q: What difference between Word Processing and Desktop Publishing A: Jacci Howard Bear states in the article “ Word processing vs desktop publishing ” that word processing involved text only, and typesetting and page layout capabilities would belong to DTP. The line is blurring between desktop publishing and word processing, in part, coz of software

21. Hierarchy of Electronic Publishing-5  TeleText( 文本資訊 ) Definition- a one-way, or non-interactive, system for transmission of text and graphics via broadcasting or cable for display on a television set. A decoder or microchip resident in the TV set is needed to extract the teletext information. ---V. Hauden(1983). Joost Kist(1987). Oldrich L. Standera)(1985) ---Ceefax is the mother of teletext systems ---more information see mb21 http://teletext.mb21.co.uk/

22. Hierarchy of Electronic Puxblishing-5.1 Transmission flowchart

23. Hierarchy of Electronic Publishing-5.2

24. Conclusion-Definition of EP  EP is a form of publishing in which information is distributed using electronically encoded signals, stored for processing on computers or other means and displayed for viewing by users either on a screen or as print-out. ---by Office of Arts and Libraries working group, UK Department of Education and Science.

25. Conclusion-Definition of EP  Electronic publishing is the processing and dissemination of content in the form of computer, or machine-readable, language. This language is commonly referred to as a "digitized form" of content or information. ~Publishers weekly

26. Open Discussion Q: Could Traditional P replace EP?

27. Preparation for next week  AS WE MAY THINK http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flash bks/computer/bushf.htm