Scholarly Communications

Informationen zum Autor John J. Regazzi has spent over 40 years in the electronic information services and scholarly publishing industries, being called a pioneer and true innovator of the information industry. He has designed, launched, and managed some of the most innovative and well known information services in the professional communities including the Engineering Village, Science Direct, Scopus, and many other electronic information services dating back to the early days of the online and CD-ROM industries. Regazzi currently serves as Chairman of the board of directors of the Law Logix Group, a SaaS company serving law firms and corporations, and as a Managing Director of Akoya Capital Partners, an executive-led investment bank partnering with leading CEOs around the world. Klappentext 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 examines the changing nature of scholarly communication throughout its history, including its research importance as well as its business value. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Scholarly Communications - The Intersection of Research and CommerceChapter 2. The Scientific Journal - An Historical Perspective to Modern TimesChapter 3. The Scholarly Book - Its Hard Times and Rise AgainChapter 4. Secondary Publishing From Abstracting and Indexing to Access and InformationChapter 5. The Rise and Fall of the CD-ROM TechnologyChapter 6. The Birth of Online - the Internet and the Web Change Scholarly CommunicationChapter 7. Traditional Economics of Academic PublishingChapter 8. Institutional Buyers, Scholars, and Open Access: A Continuing StoryChapter 9. Big Data, Big Science, and Social Academic NetworksChapter 10. The Rise of Workflow SystemsIndexAbout the Author...

Klappentext

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 examines the changing nature of scholarly communication throughout its history, including its research importance as well as its business value. 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.

Inhalt

Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Scholarly Communications - The Intersection of Research and Commerce Chapter 2. The Scientific Journal - An Historical Perspective to Modern Times Chapter 3. The Scholarly Book - Its Hard Times and Rise Again Chapter 4. Secondary Publishing From Abstracting and Indexing to Access and Information Chapter 5. The Rise and Fall of the CD-ROM Technology Chapter 6. The Birth of Online - the Internet and the Web Change Scholarly Communication Chapter 7. Traditional Economics of Academic Publishing Chapter 8. Institutional Buyers, Scholars, and Open Access: A Continuing Story Chapter 9. Big Data, Big Science, and Social Academic Networks Chapter 10. The Rise of Workflow Systems Index About the Author