1. Texas Library Association April 1, 1998 San Antonio, TX Jacqueline H. Trolley Institute for Scientific Information jtrolley@isinet.com

2. Electronic Journal Initiatives and Some Unresolved Issues: A Snapshot

3. Electronic Journal Initiatives  Economic Models - commercial primary publishers - university presses - professional societies - “new” aggregators/virtual community - database publishers

4. Some Issues - archiving - access in perpetuity - storage - legislative & legal - standards

5. Commercial Primary Publisher  Academic Press - IDEAL - 175 journal titles - consortia sale - maintain print collection

6. Commercial Primary Publishers  Elsevier Science - EES - 1,100 journal titles - electronic data only - Science Direct - Web-based

7. University Presses  John Hopkins University Press  The Milton S. Eisenhower Library  Harwood Academic Computing Center - Project Muse - humanities

8. Professional Society Publisher  American Chemical Society - Web-based editions - Flexible pricing structure

9. Professional Society Publisher  Optical Society of America - Optics Express - different economic model

10. Aggregators  EBSCO Ebscohost - Bibliographic & full-text - Integrated with other library services

11. Aggregators  ChemWeb - Gateway  BioMedNet - Virtual Community

12. Database Publisher  Institute for Scientific Information - Resource Provider - Library - End-user - Linkages - Bidirectional access

13. Drawbacks  Lack of standards - Format - Functionality - Identification - DOI, PII, SICI  Remote access - Authorized users

14. Outstanding Issues  Archiving  Access in perpetuity  Storage  Legislative and legal  Standards

15. Vendors Require  Time  Feedback