Evolution of Scientific and Technical Information Distribution (1998)
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| Venue: | Journal of the American Society of Information Science |
| Citations: | 15 - 9 self |
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@ARTICLE{Esler98evolutionof,
author = {Sandra Esler and Ra L. Esler and Michael Nelson},
title = {Evolution of Scientific and Technical Information Distribution},
journal = {Journal of the American Society of Information Science},
year = {1998},
volume = {49},
pages = {82--91}
}
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Abstract
World Wide Web (WWW) and related information technologies are transforming the distribution of scientific and technical information (STI). We examine 11 recent, functioning digital libraries focusing on the distribution of STI publications, including journal articles, conference papers, and technical reports. We introduce 4 main categories of digital library projects: based on the architecture (distributed vs. centralized) and the contributor (traditional publisher vs. authoring individual/organization). Many digital library prototypes merely automate existing publishing practices or focus solely on the digitization of the publishing cycle output, not sampling and capturing elements of the input. Still others do not consider for distribution the large body of gray literature. We address these deficiencies in the current model of STI exchange by suggesting methods for expanding the scope and target of digital libraries by focusing on a greater source of technical publications and using buckets, an object-oriented construct for grouping logically related information objects, to include holdings other than technical publications.
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