Reforming scholarly publishing and knowledge communication: From the advent of the scholarly journal to the challenges of Open Access

Issue title: Electronic Information Management

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Correia, Ana Maria Ramalho^{a; *} | Teixeira, José Carlos^b

Affiliations: [a] Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus de Campolide, 1070-124 Lisboa, Portugal. E-mail: acorreia@isegi.unl.pt | [b] Departamento de Matemática, Universidade de Coimbra, Largo D. Dinis – Apartado 3008, 3001-454 Coimbra, Portugal. E-mail: teixeira@mat.uc.pt

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author.

Abstract: This paper provides an overview of the continuing evolution of scholarly publishing, leveraged in the last decades by the tremendous potential of Internet technology. It introduces “self-archiving”, the broad term often applied to the electronic publishing of author-supplied documents on the World Wide Web without commercial publisher mediation, and examines its impact on scholarly communication along with the Open Access Movement. The intensity of self-archiving and its pivotal role in scholarly communication is put into perspective through reference to some self-archiving initiatives set in motion in several countries. Finally, the paper concludes by outlining the challenges for information managers in developing the full potential of Open Access.

DOI: 10.3233/ISU-2005-25103

Journal: Information Services & Use, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 13-21, 2005