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Wills, Gordon – Internet Research, 1996
Electronic publishing is the grandest revolution in the capture and dissemination of academic and professional knowledge since Caxton developed the printing press. This article examines electronic publishing, describes different electronic publishing scenarios (authors' cooperative, consolidator/retailer/agent oligopsony, publisher oligopoly), and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Electronic Publishing, Program Implementation, Publishing Industry
Burstyn, Joan N., Ed. – 1991
Highlighting changes in the work of people within the university, this book presents nine essays that examine the effects of desktop publishing and electronic publishing on professors and students, librarians, and those who work at university presses and in publication departments. Essays in the book are: (1) "Introduction: The Promise of Desktop…
Descriptors: Desktop Publishing, Electronic Publishing, Faculty Publishing, Higher Education
Mihram, Danielle – 1983
This overview presents a list of topics and questions concerned with the utilization of new methods of information storage and dissemination by libraries and university presses, a list of considerations related to the functions and goals of these institutions, and technological considerations for publishers in the areas of electronic publishing…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Information Science, Information Storage, Library Role

Ekman, Richard H. – Change, 1996
Unique constraints on the publishing practices of university presses, practices in scholarly publishing, and new technological challenges and options combine to create a difficult situation for many academic presses. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is experimenting with uses of technology in scholarly communication, finding that collaboration…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Higher Education, Information Dissemination, Monographs

Peek, Robin P. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Provides an overview of this issue on electronic publishing and its implications for various users. Highlights include the social relationship of publishing and culture; integrity of digital objects; global distribution of electronic publishing products; electronic publishing and people with disabilities; a model for academic publishers; and…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Disabilities, Electronic Publishing, Federal Government
Waller, Robert; Lefrere, Paul – Teaching at a Distance, 1981
The Open University has become one of the biggest publishing houses in Great Britain. Its course units are produced in a system closely modeled on that of commercial publishers. New technologies in publishing have important educational implications. They can produce up-to-date materials for high level, small population courses. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Computers, Economic Factors, Educational Innovation, Educational Technology
Okerson, Ann, Ed.; Mogge, Dru, Ed. – 1994
This volume contains the proceedings of the third joint symposium of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of American University Presses (AAUP). The following papers were presented: "Opening Remarks for the ARL-AAUP Symposium" (Lisa Freeman); the keynote address, "We're All in this Together, Aren't…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Uses in Education, Copyrights