Scholarly communications : a history from content as king to content as kingmaker / John J. Regazzi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Regazzi, John J., 1948- author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in learning and scholarship.

Communication in learning and scholarship--Technological innovations.

Communication in science.

Information services industry.

Open access publishing.

Scholarly electronic publishing.

Scholarly periodicals--Publishing.

Scholarly periodicals.

Scholarly publishing.

Scholarly publishing--Economic aspects.

Science publishing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Scholarly Communications: A History from Content as King to Content as Kingmaker traces the development of scholarly communications from the creation of the first scientific journal through the wide diversity of professional information services today. Unlike any other book, this work is an authoritative history by the past President of Elsevier and current Professor at Long Island University, which examines the changing nature of scholarly communication throughout its history, including its research importance as well as its business value. It specifically covers four key themes: the value of scholarly content and information at various stages of it development and use;the role that technology has played on the use, importance, and value of scholarly information and research communications; the changing business models affecting the system of scholarly communication from the way it is produced to how it is distributed and consumed; andsome of the implications of mobile, cloud, and social computing technologies on the future of scholarly communications.Attention is paid to analyzing the structural changes that the professional publishing community now faces. Regazzi examines research content as an economic good; how technology and business models have greatly affected the value of scholarly publishing; and the drivers of the future sustainability of our system of scholarly communication.

Contents:

Scholarly communications : the intersection of research and commerce

The scientific journal : an historical perspective to modern times

The scholarly book : its hard times and rise again

Secondary publishing : from abstracting and indexing to access and information

The rise and fall of the CD-ROM technology

The birth of online : the Internet and the Web change scholarly communication

Traditional economics of academic publishing

Institutional buyers, scholars, and open access : a continuing story

Big data, big science, and social academic networks

The rise of workflow systems.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-262) and index.

ISBN:

979-88-8181-573-8

0-8108-9088-7

OCLC:

903645997