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The Myth and Reality of Electronic Publishing
“The Effects of E-Journals on Your Library”

A Bibliography for Electronic Publishing Journal Clubs

Related Bibliographies

Cataloging, Acquisitions, and Management

Digital Libraries

Electronic Books

Electronic Journals

General Issues and Concerns

Legal Issues, Licensing and Copyright

Publishers, Vendors

Additional Resources

Related Bibliographies

Bailey CW, Jr. Scholarly electronic publishing bibliography. Revised 2000 August 1 (version32). Houston: University of Houston Libraries, c1996-2000. Retrieved 15 August 2000 from http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html

D-Lib Forum. Ready reference: clearinghouses for digital library research. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from
http://www.dlib.org/reference.html

IFLA. Digital libraries: cataloging and indexing of electronic resources. Revised 1999 June 21. IFLA; c1995-2000. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.ifla.org/II/catalog.htm

IFLA. Digital libraries: electronic journal and text archives. Revised 2000 May 19. IFLA; c1995-2000. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.ifla.org/II/etext.htm

IFLA. Digital libraries: metadata resources. Revised 29 May 2000. IFLA; c1995-2000. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.ifla.org/II/metadata.htm

IFLA. Digital libraries: projects and resources. Revised 5 July 2000. IFLA; c1995-2000. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.ifla.org/II/diglib.htm

Luther J. Full text journal subscriptions: an evolutionary process. Latest revision 1998 Jan 13. In Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters and Academic Discussion Lists. 7th ed. Association of Research Libraries; 1997. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://db.arl.org/luther.html Also published in: Against the Grain 1997 June; 9(3): 18, 20, 22, 24.

MLA. Bibliography: Dragon by the tail; the myth and reality of electronic journals. MLA Annual Meeting, Electronic Publishing Post-Conference; 2000 May 10; Vancouver, BC. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://library.med.nyu.edu/library/vancouver/biblio.html

Yale University Library. Licensing digital information: bibliography of licensing sources; c1996-2000. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/bibliogr.shtml

Cataloging, Acquisitions, and Management

Brunelle B, Corbett P, Markwell LG, Nagle E. Providing and evaluating electronic full text information delivery. Chicago: Medical Library Association Continuing Education; [1998].

Caplan PL. Controlling e-journals: the Internet Resources Project, cataloging guidelines, and USMARC. (1993 NASIG Conference.) Serials Librarian 1994; 24(3/4):103-11.

Easton C. E-journals and the middleperson (special section). Serials Review 1998; 24(1):97-106.

Ferguson AW. I am beginning to hate commercial e-journals (ten commandments for acquiring electronic journals; based on experiences with the Northeast Research Libraries Consortium). Against the Grain; 1996 Sep; 8:86.

Guedon JC. Why are electronic publications difficult to classify? The orthogonality of print and digital media. In: Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters and Academic Discussion Lists. 4th ed. Association of Research Libraries; 1994. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from ftp://www.arl.org/guedon.94

Johnson JL. Handling e-journals: a report of the ALCTS Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group meeting, American Library Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, June 1997; Technical Services Quarterly 1998;16(2):62-3.

Li Y, Miller DR, Buttner M, Murane PM. Data mining: automatically building bibliographic records for e-journal articles on the Internet. In Abstracts, MLA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, 2000 May 10; Vancouver, BC; 2000. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2000/program/
abstracts/contrib4b.html

Moothart T. Adding to user confusion by adding more e-journals. Serials Review. 1998;24(3/4):136-8.

Sonberg P. Partnering in a changing medium: the challenges of managing and delivering e-journals. Workshop, 1997 NASIG Conference. Serials Librarian 1998;34(3/4):295-9.

Wasylenko LW. Optimizing end-user access to aggregations of full-text e-journals: highlights of the ALCTS CCS Catalog Management Discussion Group program, ALA Midwinter Meeting 1999. Library Acquisitions-Practice & Theory; 1999 Fall;23(3):372-4.

Digital Libraries

Arms WY. Automated digital libraries: how effectively can computers be used for the skilled tasks of professional librarianship? D-Lib Magazine 2000 July/Aug;6(7/8):1-5. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july00/arms/07arms.html

Chesnutt DR. SGML and the digital libraries of tomorrow. Journal of Academic Librarianship 1998 May;24(3):232-36.

D'Alessandro MP, Galvin JR, Colbert SI, D'Alessandro DM, Choi TA, Aker BD, Carlson WS, Pelzer GD. Solutions to challenges facing a university digital library and press. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2000 May-Jun; 7(3):246-53.

D'Alessandro MP, Galvin JR, Erkonen WE, Choi TA, Lacey DL, Colbert SI. The Virtual Hospital: experiences in creating and sustaining a digital library. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 1998 Oct;86(4);553-63.

Guedon JC. The digital library: an oxymoron? Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 1999 Jan;87(1):9-19 [and comments], 85-91.

Guernsey L. Digital presses transform librarians into entrepreneurs. Chronicle of Higher Education 1998 May 22;44(37):A27-A28.

Homan JM. Digital libraries initiatives. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 1998 Oct;86(4):615.

Schwartz C. Digital libraries, definitions. Simmons College GSLIS, LIS 530Z; 2000 Mar 30. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from
http://web.simmons.edu/~schwartz/530-defs.html

Tannery NH, Wessel CB. Academic medical center libraries on the Web. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 1998 Oct;86(4):541-4.

Electronic Books

Catenazzi N, Gibb F. The publishing process: the hyper-book approach. Journal of Information Science 1995;21(3):161-72.

Dorman D. The e-book: pipe dream or potential disaster? American Libraries 1999 Feb;30(2):36-39.

Kiernan V. An ambitious plan to sell electronic books. Chronicle of Higher Education 1999 Apr 16;45(32):A29-A30.

Phillips M. The future of the book? Incite 1996 Aug;17(8):10-14,16-18.

Soete GJ. Electronic theses and dissertations. Transforming Libraries 1998 Oct;(7). Association of Research Libraries (SPEC Flyer; 236). Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.arl.org/spec/236fly.html

Summerfield MC, Mandel CA, Kantor P. Online books at Columbia: measurement and early results on use, satisfaction, and effect. Association of Research Libraries; 1997 July. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.arl.org/scomm/scat/summerfield.ind.html

Electronic Journals

Allen BM. The CIC-EJC as a model for management of Internet-accessible e-journals. Library Hi Tech 1997;15(3/4):45-9.

Beier M. E-journals, Kansas style (joint project of the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Hazardous Substance Research Center and Kansas State University to publish an electronic journal) Workshop, 1998 NASIG Conference. Serials Librarian 1999;36(3/4),491-95.

Blixrud J. SPARC and Bio-One: new alternatives for scholarly publishing. Abstracts, MLA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, 2000 May 9; Vancouver, BC, 2000. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2000/
program/abstracts/invite3d.html

Chen FL, Rieke JL, Wrynn P. Are dragons really free? A comparative study of the costs of online journal access. Abstracts, MLA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, 2000 May 10; Vancouver, BC; 2000. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2000/
program/abstracts/contrib4b.html

Chu H. Promises and challenges of electronic journals: academic libraries surveyed. Learned Publishing 2000 July;13(3):169-75. Retrieved 15 August 2000 from http://operatix.catchword.com/vl=
31670061/cl=10/nw=1/rpsv/catchword/
alpsp/09531513/v13n3/contp1-1.htm

Dou L. A survey of scholarly e-journals in 1998 [thesis]. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 1998.

Duranceau EF. Third generation e-journals and beyond: is there an agent in your future? Discussion with Peter B. Boyce, Gerard McKiernan, and David E. Pritchard. Serials Review 1999;25(2):77-82.

Governale K. Library and information science electronic journals; 1998 May. Simmons GSLIS Library; c1996-1999. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.simmons.edu/resources/
libraries/gslis/fulltext.html

Hildyard CJ, Whitaker BJ. Chemical publishing on the Internet: electronic journals--who needs them?; 1996. In: Online Information 96. Proceedings of the International Online Information Meeting (20th, London, England, Dec 3-5, 1996).

Hitchcock S, Carr L, Hall W. A survey of STM online journals 1990-95: the calm before the storm. 1996 Jan 15; updated 1996 Feb 14. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://journals.ecs.soton.ac.uk/survey/survey.html

Hitchcock S, Carr L, Hall W, Harris S, Probets S, Evans D, Brailsford D. Linking electronic journals: lessons from the Open Journal Project. D-Lib Magazine 1998 Dec. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december98/12hitchcock.html

Homan JM. E-biomed. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 1999 Oct;87(4):485-6.

Hunter, K. Electronic journal publishing: observations from inside. D-Lib Magazine 1998 Jul/Aug. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july98/07hunter.html

Machovec G. Electronic journal market overview-1997; 1997 Mar. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from
http://www.coalliance.org/reports/ejournal.htm

Moothart T. Electronic journal forum: providing access to e-journals through library home pages. Serials Review 1996 Summer; 22(2):71-77.

Neal JG. The use of electronic scholarly journals: models of analysis and data drawn from the Project Muse experience at Johns Hopkins University. Scholarly Communication and Technology Conference; 1997 Apr 24-25; Emory University. Association of Research Libraries; 1997 Aug 29. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.arl.org/scomm/scat/neal.html

Publicker S, Stoklosa K. Reaching the researcher: how the National Institutes of Health Library selects and provides e-journals via the World Wide Web. Serials Review 1999;25(3):13-23.

Tenopir C, King DW. Setting the record straight on journal publishing: myth vs. reality. Library Journal 1996 Mar 15;121(5):32-35.

Tenopir C, King DW. Managing scientific journals in the digital era. Information Outlook 1997 Feb;1(2):14-17.

Wakeling W, Moving with the times: e-journals in British academic libraries (special section). Serials Review 1998;24(1):1-33.

General Issues and Concerns

Blansit BD, Connor E. Making sense of the electronic resource marketplace: trends in health-related electronic resources. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 1999 Jul;87(3):243-50.

Cronin B, Overfelt K. E-journals and tenure; consideration of publication medium by tenure-granting committees; Journal of the American Society for Information Science 1995 Oct;46:700-03.

Getz M. Electronic publishing in academia: an economic perspective. Scholarly Communication and Technology Conference; 1997 Apr 24-25; Emory University. Association of Research Libraries; 1997 May 21. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.arl.org/scomm/scat/getz.html

Helal AH, Weiss JW, editors. Electronic documents and information: from preservation to access. Proceedings of the 18th International Essen Symposium; 1995 Oct 23-26; Essen, Germany. Publications of Essen University Library, No. 20.

Hersh WR, Rindfleisch TC. Electronic publishing of scholarly communication in the biomedical sciences. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2000;7:324-25.

Langston L. Scholarly communication and electronic publication: implications for research, advancement, and promotion; c1996. Proceedings, Untangling the Web Conference; 1996 Apr 26. Santa Barbara (CA): University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.library.ucsb.edu/untangle/langston.html

Lynch C. Medical libraries, bioinformatics, and networked information: a coming convergence? Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 1999 Oct;87(40:408-14.

Okerson A, Copyright or contract? Library Journal 1997 Sep 1;122(4):136-39.

Regier WG. EPIC: Electronic publishing is cheaper. Scholarly Communication and Technology Conference; 1997 Apr 24-25; Emory University. Association of Research Libraries; 1997. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.arl.org/scomm/scat/regier.html

Soete GJ. Electronic scholarly publishing. Transforming Libraries 1998 Apr 6;(3). Association of Research Libraries (SPEC Flyer; 223). Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.arl.org/spec/223fly.html

Legal Issues, Licensing, and Copyright

American Association of Law Libraries, American Library Association, Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries, Association of Research Libraries, Medical Library Association, and Special Libraries Association, Principles for licensing electronic resources; 1997 July 15. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from https://www.mlanet.org/government/
licensing/index.html

Brennan P, Hersey K, Harper G. Licensing electronic resources: strategic and practical considerations for signing electronic information delivery agreements. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries; 1997 Jan 13. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from
http://arl.cni.org/scomm/licensing/licbooklet.html

Ginsburg JC, Janklow ML. Mellon Conference: Licensing, copyright and fair use. The HYPATIA Project; toward an ASCAP for academics. Scholarly Communication and Technology Conference; 1997 Apr 24-25; Emory University. Association of Research Libraries; 1997. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.arl.org/scomm/scat/ginsburg.html

Herd A. Bits and pieces--copyright law and Australian libraries in 1997. Australian Special Libraries 1997 Sep; 30(3):71-77.

IFLA. Copyright: information policy: copyright & intellectual property. Revised 1999 July 15. IFLA; c1995-2000. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.ifla.org/II/cpyright.htm

Oppendahl & Larson LLP. General information about copyrights; c1993-1998. Last revised 1998 Apr 27. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.patents.com/copyrigh.htm

Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources. Copyright & fair use. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

University of Texas System. Software and database license agreement checklist; 1997 Mar 4. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/
intellectualproperty/dbckfrm1.htm

University of Texas System. Crash course in copyright; 2000 May 22. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/
intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm

Vickery J. The legal deposit of electronic publications. Against the Grain 1998 Feb;10(1):36,38-40.

Weiner RS. Copyright in a digital age: practical guidance for information professionals in the midst of legal uncertainty. Online 1997 May-Jun;97-102.

Publishers, Vendors

Anderson KR. From paper to electron: how an STM journal can survive the disruptive technology of the Internet. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2000 May-Jun;7(3):234-45.

Fortney L. Medical journals on the Web. Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues 1997 Aug 16;190.1. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.lib.unc.edu/prices/1997/PRIC189.HTML#189.1

Frazier K. Liberating scholarship. Library Journal 1998 Oct 15;123(17):40-41.

Garson LR. Can e-journals save us? A publisher’s view. Conference on Challenging Marketplace Solutions to Problems in the Economics of Information; 1995 Sep; Washington, DC; Journal of Library Administration 1998;26(1/2):171-79.

Griffith JC. Millennium services for e-journals: the Harrassowitz approach to electronic serials. Serials Librarian 1999;37(1):43-53.

Jacobson MW. Biomedical publishing and the Internet: evolution or revolution? Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2000 May-Jun;7(3):230-3.

McKay SC. Partnering in a changing medium: the challenges of managing and delivering e-journals: the subscription agents’ point of view. Workshop 1997 NASIG Conference. Library Acquisitions - Practice & Theory 1998 Spring; 22(1):23-7.

National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. Report on the assessment of electronic government information products; 1999. Westat; Rockville (MD). [ERIC ED433851].

Rogers SJ, Hurt CS. New electronic scholarship and libraries; or the medium became the message. Journal of Library Administration 1998; 25(4):239-49.

Tucker A. Evolving electronic journals at Institute of Physics Publishing. Physics Education 1998 May;33(3):164-69.

Wallas P. Electronic publishing and collection development, a subscription agent's view; 1996. In: Online Information 96. Proceedings of the International Online Information Meeting (20th, London, England, Dec 3-5, 1996).

Whisler S, Rosenblatt SF. The library and the university press: two views of the costs and problems of the current system of scholarly publishing. Scholarly Communication and Technology Conference; 1997 Apr 24-25; Emory University. Association of Research Libraries; 1997 Aug 29. Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.arl.org/scomm/scat/rosenblatt.html

Wilkinson FC, Rosen B, Dennis NK. Back to the future: at last librarians chart a new course in scholarly electronic publishing. Against the Grain 1997 Nov; 9(5):80-85,93.

Additional Resources

CNI Copyright Forum; electronic discussion on copyright and intellectual property issues). Send an e-mail message to listproc@cni.org saying SUBSCRIBE CNI-COPYRIGHT [YOURNAME]. Forum is archived at http://www.cni.org/
Hforums/cni-copyright/ Retrieved 20 July 2000.

Corporation for National Research Initiatives. D-Lib Forum and D-Lib Magazine. D-Lib Magazine, v.1, 1995-- (ISSN 1082-9873). Journal archived at http://www.dlib.org/back.html Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.dlib.org/dlib.html

DIGLIB; electronic discussion for digital librarians. Send an e-mail message to LISTSERV@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA saying SUBSCRIBE DIGLIB [YOURNAME]. Listserv is archived at http://infoserv.nlc-bnc.ca/
cgi-bin/ifla-lwgate.pl/DIGLIB/archives/ . Retrieved 20 July 20000.

International Journal on Digital Libraries, v.1, 1998--. Published by Springer Publishing (ISSN 1432-1300). Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00799/

Journal of Electronic Publishing, v.1, 1995--. Published by the University of Michigan Press (ISSN 1080-2711). Retrieved 20 July 2000 from http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/

Liblicense-1; electronic discussion board on electronic content licensing for academic and research librarians. To subscribe, point your browser to http://www.library.yale.edu/
%7Ellicense/mailing-list.shtml and follow directions there. Listserv is archived at http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/ListArchives/ Retrieved 20 July 2000.

Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues. (online newsletter) To subscribe to the newsletter send a message to listproc@unc.edu saying SUBSCRIBE PRICES [YOUR NAME]. Newsletter is archived at http://www.lib.unc.edu/prices/ Retrieved 20 July 2000.

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