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Cross Country Comparison of Scholarly E-Reading Patterns in Australia, Finland, and the United States
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Tenopir, Carol; Wilson, Concepcion S.; Vakkari, Pertti; Talja, Sanna; King, Donald W. – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2010
Surveys of academic staff in Australia, Finland, and the United States from 2004-2007 reveal reading patterns of e-articles by academics that can be used to measure the purpose and value of e-reading and to demonstrate the value of library-provided electronic journal collections. Results can also be used to compare differences across subject…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Libraries, Electronic Journals, Reading Habits
Electronic Publishing and Its Implications for Libraries.
King, Donald W. – 1979
This paper discusses the future effects of information technology on libraries and library services, emphasizing the roles of online retrieval systems and electronic processes involving published literature. The following aspects are examined: line charges and terminal costs, a comprehensive electronic journal system, interlibrary loans,…
Descriptors: Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing, Information Retrieval, Libraries
Communication in Physics - The Use of Journals.
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King, Donald W.; Roderer, Nancy K. – Physics Today, 1982
Surveys and analysis of physics journal publishing reveal the interests/preferences of readers, authors, publishers, and libraries. Additional areas addressed include journal prices, page charges, separates (photocopies, reprints, and others), and articles on demand. Indicates that, although practical problems exist, the "electronic journal" may…
Descriptors: College Science, Costs, Electronic Journals, Higher Education
Uncovering Information Hidden in Web Archives: Glimpse at Web Analysis Building on Data Warehouses; Towards Continuous Web Archiving: First Results and an Agenda for the Future; The Open Video Digital Library; After Migration to an Electronic Journal Collection: Impact on Faculty and Doctoral Students; Who Is Reading On-Line Education Journals? Why? And What Are They Reading?; Report on eLibrary@UBC4: Research, Collaboration and the Digital Library - Visions for 2010.
Rauber, Andreas; Bruckner, Robert M.; Aschenbrenner, Andreas; Witvoet, Oliver; Kaiser, Max; Masanes, Julien; Marchionini, Gary; Geisler, Gary; King, Donald W.; Montgomery, Carol Hansen; Rudner, Lawrence M.; Gellmann, Jennifer S.; Miller-Whitehead, Marie; Iverson, Lee – D-Lib Magazine, 2002
These six articles discuss Web archives and Web analysis building on data warehouses; international efforts at continuous Web archiving; the Open Video Digital Library; electronic journal collections in academic libraries; online education journals; and an electronic library symposium at the University of British Columbia. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Electronic Journals, Electronic Libraries
The Nonsubscription Side of Periodicals: Changes in Library Operations and Costs between Print and Electronic Formats
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Schonfeld, Roger C.; King, Donald W.; Okerson, Ann; Fenton, Eileen Gifford – Council on Library and Information Resources, 2004
Many academic and research libraries are in the midst of what may ultimately be a major transition for various parts of their collection--a shift from print to electronic format. Libraries that had long subscribed only to print versions of journals are, in increasing numbers, licensing electronic versions to replace the print. What effects will…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Nonprint Media
Economic Issues Concerning Electronic Publishing and Distribution of Scholarly Articles.
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King, Donald W.; Griffiths, Jose-Marie – Library Trends, 1995
Examines economic issues of electronic scholarly journal publishing. Highlights include costs, supply and demand, library article-borrowing versus journal-purchasing, and future perspectives. Publication and distribution information is provided in eight tables and three figures. (AEF)
Descriptors: Costs, Economic Factors, Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing
Comparing Library and User Related Costs of Print and Electronic Journal Collections; Open Citation Linking; Toward a Global Digital Library; Information Retrieval by Semantic Analysis and Visualization of the Concept Space of D-Lib[R] Magazine.
Montgomery, Carol Hansen; King, Donald W.; Hitchcock, Steve; Brody, Tim; Carr, Les; Gutteridge, Christopher; Hall, Wendy; Harnad, Stevan; Bergmark, Donna; Lagoze, Carl; Fox, Edward A.; Moore, Reagan W.; Larsen, Ronald L.; Myaeng, Sung Hyon; Kim, Sung-Hyuk; Zhang, Junliang; Mostafa, Javed; Tripathy, Himansu – D-Lib Magazine, 2002
Includes four articles that discuss the impact of academic libraries' shift to electronic journals on staff and costs; open citation linking for improved access and the Open Archives Initiative; development of global digital libraries, particularly between the United States and Korea; and retrieving documents from a digital library through a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Citations (References), Computer Interfaces
Managing Scientific Journals in the Digital Era.
Tenopir, Carol; King, Donald W. – Information Outlook, 1997
Provides information to help special librarians make decisions concerning scientific electronic journals. Among the topics are trends in traditional scholarly publishing, including changing patterns in information seeking and journal price increases and their consequences; and the complex nature of electronic journals, including archiving, access,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Decision Making, Electronic Journals