E-Journals Building blocks for future Research

By Prof. A.SRIMURUGAN, UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY MADURAI - 625021

E-MAIL: sriwinsall@yahoo.com www.mkulibrary.org

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World Wide Web

World Wide Wisdom

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If you have an apple and I have an apple and if we exchange these apples then you and I will still have an apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange ideas, .George Bernard Shaw

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The worldwide web and electronic journals are deconstructing the traditional serials landscape, changing the role of libraries, scholars, indexers and more.
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Premise: Nonprofit journals are more cost effective than commercial ventures
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Open Access to Information

Libraries and Nonprofit Alliances Scientists and Scholars

Electronic Journals
Authors Readers

Online Access
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Change in Scholarly Communication

Economic and organizational barriers to entry in digital publishing Creation of innovative alternatives

Increased volume and escalating costs

Lack of adequate signals of quality within burgeoning literatures Feasibility problems of dissemination among peers

Opportunities for violation of review and protection of intellectual property

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Electronic publishing
modes vary notably far from standardization in some cases extends the services offered by a scientific (printed) journals: outlinks, navigation, hypertext structure (e-journals) in some cases the unit of publication is an article (article files)
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e-journals
value added services enhance the relative advantage navigability several search options increase the breath of access to new information publication channel (journal) observable offer fewer journals and articles fewer articles printed (in absolute figures) heavy relative use (articles / journal)
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e-journals may provide

hypertext structure and navigation outlinks: links to related material alerts through e-mail possiblity for a personal profile and login special material (audio; video) 496,5 printed articles / journal (2001) 421,1 printed articles / journal (2002)
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How Electronic Publishing is Changing Access to Information

1) Scientists read more in not much more time 2) Scientists read from a greater variety of sources 3) Readers use many ways to locate information 4) More readers, more readings, more citations
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Goals for Librarians

Discuss e-publishing issues with clientele Identify true costs of communication Predict what to expect with electronic journals Share information about realities of e-journals Know how to better negotiate licenses, provide print or e-journals, subscribe or pay-per-use

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Replace :

With:

Hype--------------------->Data Hysteria----------------->History Myths------------------->Realities

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Questions Answered:
Why have journal prices increased so much? Are publishers gouging libraries? Will all print journals be replaced with electronic journals? Will electronic journals cost less (or be free)? When does it make sense to subscribe to a print or electronic journal and when does it make sense to pay-per-use? What are the most important roles for librarians in a digital world?
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Are scientific scholarly journals worth saving?

Scientists rely more on journals than other sources On average, scientists may have increased their reading of journal articles Readings per article appear to have increased Information is found to be important for many purposes of reading Value of information is high Scientists whose work has been recognized tend to read more
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Scholarly Journals Examined from a Systems Perspective

Determine all:
Functions Participants Activities Input Resources Output Quantities

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Why have journal prices spiraled upward?

Size and Inflation56% Drop in personal subscriptions Addition of new, low-circulation journals 17% High profit/net revenue

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What factors affect demand?

Price Journal attributes Availability & relative cost of alternatives Combinations of distribution means and media are finding a niche

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Where Do We Go From Here?

New and specialized journals will be electronic Journal availability in print and electronic Impact of full-text databases Emphasis on accessibility of information Time is valuable
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Article access How has it changed?

Journals not yet in electronic form Still used for Non subscription journals Change Electronic document delivery
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Books

Older journals

Ejournals

National consortium Change

No need for ILL

End users access With the help of Librarians

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Explicit Value of Reading Articles

Readers report improved productivity, quality, and timeliness of work Readers report many purposes of reading Readings influence purposes in a positive way Hardly ever report a reading wasted my time
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Implicit Value of Reading Articles

Users are willing to pay with their time Achievers read more than others Peer review is valued

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Valued Attributes of Journals

Authority (peer review) Quality (editorial) Accessibility (distribution) Longevity (archiving) Priority of discoveries and recognition (from authors perspective)
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Examples of e-journals
ABI Inform Academic Press American Chemical Society EBSCO Emerald Library IEEE / IEE IEL Online IIMPF JSTOR OVID Springer Verlag: LINK
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Articles published on BioMed Central are: Available free without barriers to access of any kind Supported by advertising, sponsorship, author charges Subject to full, high-quality peer review Published rapidly, average 35 days Permanently available online in full text through PubMedCentral, indexed by PubMed
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Digital archive of life sciences journal literature Developed and managed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)/NLM PubMed Central aims to fill the role of a world class library in the digital age. Access to PubMed Central is free and unrestricted.
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BioMed Central Traffic 1 million impressions per month 4000 individual users daily 50,000 registered users 10 research papers submitted daily users originate from 55,000 distinct IP addresses per month
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 Non-profit organization of scientists Committed to making scientific and medical literature Freely accessible to scientists and to the public around the world For the benefit of scientific progress, education and the public good

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Vision for the future

Journals will be used in a variety of ways Electronic or print Printed

Selected collection based on users need

E-journals Journals mode Database mode E-articles by authors

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Weve Only Just Begun . . . 2004

It will take all of us working in partnership to
continually assess our information needs define and redefine the right mix of products and services for Consortium continue to respond to changing realities make the tough choices

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Take advantage of the real opportunities!

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