The Impact of Electronic Publishing : The Future for Publishers and Librarians

The title aims to quantify the future size of the electronic publishing industry, and provides practical data to support investment decisions in information systems for electronic media and serves as an aid to forward planning. The Impact of Electronic Publishing is the new, second edition of the popular 1996 title 'Electronic Publishing and Libraries: Planning for the Impact and Growth to 2003', resulting from the need for accurate, up-to-date information in the face of fast changing technologies. Two improvements in particular make this edition stand out: on the one hand, material is structured according fields significant to electronic publishing, which makes finding the information desired even easier. On the other hand, the larger format of this edition allows it to present the detailed diagrams more clearly. Further, all sources of the original book are revised and updated. Frontmatter 2 Contents 6 Abstract 16 Acknowledgements 20 Chapter 1. Background 22 Chapter 2. Industry Evolution 32 Chapter 3. End User Behaviour 50 Chapter 4. Measuring the Value of Information 68 Chapter 5. Electronic Information Industry Structure 86 Chapter 6. The Key Players 94 Chapter 7. Publication Formats 124 Chapter 8. Legal Developments 148 Chapter 9. Geographical Trends 152 Chapter 10. Research Disciplines 162 Drivers for Change 178 Chapter 11. Business Models as Driver for Change 182 Chapter 12. Funding Research as a Driver for Change 206 Chapter 13. Efficiency Improvements as a Driver for Change 232 Chapter 14. Technology as a Driver for Change 250 Chapter 15. Data and Datasets as a Driver for Change 264 Chapter 16. Mining of Text and Data 276 Chapter 17. E-science and Cyberinfrastructure as Drivers for Change 284 Chapter 18. Workflow Processes and Virtual Research Environments 288 Chapter 19. The Semantic Web as a Driver for Change 292 Chapter 20. Mobile Devices as Driver for Change 296 Chapter 21. Archiving and Preservation as Drivers for Change 300 The Google Generation 308 Chapter 22. Findability as a Driver for change 310 Chapter 23. Web 2.0 and Social Collaboration as Drivers for Change 322 Chapter 24. Trust 340 Chapter 25. Timeline – Emergence of Electronic Publishing 344 Chapter 26. Summary and Recommendations 350 References 362 Figures and Tables 364 Index 366 Background -- Industry Evolution -- End User Behaviour -- Measuring The Value Of Information -- Electronic Information Industry Structure -- The Key Players -- Publication Formats -- Legal Developments -- Geographical Trends -- Research Disciplines -- Business Models As Driver For Change -- Funding Research As A Driver For Change -- Efficiency Improvements As A Driver For Change -- Technology As A Driver For Change -- Data And Datasets As A Driver For Change -- Mining Of Text And Data -- E-science And Cyberinfrastructure As Drivers For Change -- Workflow Processes And Virtual Research Environments -- The Semantic Web As A Driver For Change -- Mobile Devices As Driver For Change -- Archiving And Preservation As Drivers For Change -- Findability As A Driver For Change -- Web 2.0 And Social Collaboration As Drivers For Change -- Trust -- Timeline : Emergence Of Electronic Publishing -- Summary And Recommendations. David J. Brown, Richard Boulderstone. Follow-up To: Electronic Publishing And Libraries / Compiled By David J. Brown. London ; New Jersey : Bowker-sauer, C1996. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [341]-342) And Index. The title aims to quantify the future size of the electronic publishing industry and provides practical data to support investment decisions in information systems for electronic media and serves as an aid to forward planning. The Impact of Electronic Publishing is the new, second edition of the popular 1996 title 'Electronic Publishing and Libraries: Planning for the Impact and Growth to 2003', resulting from the need for accurate, up-to-date information in the face of fast changing technologies. Two improvements make this edition stand out: material is structured according fields significant to electronic publishing, which makes finding the information desired even easier. Second, the larger format of this edition allows it to present the detailed diagrams more clearly. Further, all sources of the original book are revised and updated

Dieses Werk stellt den künftigen Umfang des elektronischen Publizierens dar und bietet praktische Hilfe bei der Planung und Entscheidungsfindung hinsichtlich der Investitionen in Informationssysteme für elektronische Medien. Als Resultat aus dem Bedarf an fundierter Information angesichts sich rasant ändernder Technologien entstand dieser Titel als zweite Ausgabe des erfolgreichen "Electronic Publishing and Libraries: Planning for the Impact and Growth to 2003".

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• hohe Fachkompetenz beider Autoren
• praktische Hilfestellung für Bibliothekare und Verleger z.B. bei Investitionen

The second edition of Electronic Publishing and Libraries. It aims to quantify the future size of the electronic publishing industry, and provides practical data to support investment decisions as an aid to forward planning. All sources of the original book are revised and updated.