Subject: Re: Library Link discussion (fwd)
Jennifer Sweeney (jksweeney@ucdavis.edu)
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 08:58:53 -0800 (PST)
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 08:58:53 -0800 (PST) From: Jennifer Sweeney <jksweeney@ucdavis.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <arl-ejournal@arl.org> Subject: Re: Library Link discussion (fwd) In-Reply-To: <v02110103b2d096897a6f@[203.37.43.24]> Message-Id: <Pine.OSF.3.95.990125084052.32440C-100000@neuheim.ucdavis.edu>
Another consideration for this discussion:
I think we're going to see a big shift in the way scholarly publishing
happens as well in the coming years. Electronic publication is going
to change the way we use print sources (it has already). The printed
journals that survive this evolution are going to serve a different
purpose than the electronic versions of today. I don't quite know how
they will be different, only that they have to change to remain
competitive.
I'm not sure the scholars quite understand how this affects libraries
or even their own research activities! This shift in publishing trends,
along with antitrust pressure on the publishers, will ultimately drive
pricing policies of the future.
We need to continue to educate our scholarly consumers and the rest of
our communities to the hard facts of stagnant budgets v. rising prices.
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Jennifer Sweeney
Library Analyst
Shields Library
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-5819
FAX: (530) 752-6899
jksweeney@ucdavis.edu
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