Scholarly publishing : books, journals, publishers, and libraries in the twentieth century / edited by Richard E. Abel, Lyman W. Newlin ; editors-in-chief, Katina Strauch, Bruce Strauch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abel, Richard, 1925-

Newlin, Lyman W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scholarly publishing--History--20th century.

Scholarly publishing.

Libraries and publishing--History--20th century.

Libraries and publishing.

Communication in learning and scholarship--History--20th century.

Communication in learning and scholarship.

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Wiley, [2002]

Summary:

This book offers readers a well-rounded and accurate account of the amazing and unpredictable sequence of inter-related events experienced by the field of scholarly publishing in the 20th century. Examining the related worlds of book, journal, and electronic publishing; information technology; and library advances, this is the first work to record the trends of the modern history of the information/knowledge transfer process. Using an analysis of the past 100 years, it also makes predications regarding future trends and the roles of the publishing and library communities in tomorrow's information marketplace

Contents:

1 The Growth of Printed Literature in the Twentieth Century / Albert Henderson 1

2 Introduction: The Change of Book and Journal Infrastructure: Two Publishers, Consolidation, and Niche Publishers / Richard E. Abel 25

Part 1 Technology in Publishing: A Century of Progress / Peter Adams 29

Part 2 Differentiation of Publishing by Class of Publication / Richard Zeldin 41

3 Growth and Change in Trade Publishing: What I Learned at the Library / Sam Vaughan 47

4 Growth and Change in Trade Book Publishing: What I Learned from the Numbers / Stephanie Oda 63

5 Textbook Publishing / Robert J. R. Follett 95

6 University Press Publishing in the United States / Peter Givler 107

7 The Creative Role of the Professional or STM Publisher / John Francis Dill 121

8 Diversity and the Growth of Serious/Scholarly/Scientific Journals / Albert Henderson 133

9 From Bibliotheque to Omnitheque / Allen B. Veaner 163

10 Development of Public Libraries / Barbara Carol Dean 179

11 The Growth of Scholarly and Scientific Libraries / Hendrik Edelman 193

12 Appearance and Growth of Computer and Electronic Products in Libraries / Ralph M. Shoffner 209

13 The Economic Crisis in Libraries: Causes and Effects / Michael Gorman 257

14 The Impact of the Library Budget Crisis on Scholarly Publishing / Jack G. Goellner 273

15 The Place of Scholarly and Scientific Libraries in an Increasingly and More Widespread Competitive Information Knowledge Marketplace / Charles Hamaker 277.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0471219290

OCLC:

48249081