Improving the Quality of Technical Publications Increases Employee Productivity and Customer Satisfaction
The following paper discusses how you can improve the quality of your publications. Also, it looks at why a product development system that incorporates publishing in your product development processes is essential to solving your information quality problems. Read More
What open source webpublishing software has the scientific community for e-journals?
Nowadays a scientific community can use different electronic publishing systems for the e-journals (journal management systems). Open-source ones were developed solely for e-publications' management and now, in 2007, we can say three of them are of general use for e-journals: Digital Publishing System (DPubs), ePublishing toolkit (ePubTk), Open Journal System… Read More
The Changing Research and Publication Environment in American
Scientists and engineers generally publish their research results in peer-reviewed journal articles. This report summarises the views of experienced observers and practitioners in research universities about how the worlds of academic S&E research and publication changed between 1988 and 2003. It is part of a larger study by the National… Read More
Free Web Search vs. Paid Search Tools
This white paper is based on a research project sponsored by STM publisher Elsevier. Independently conducted by Martin Akel & Associates (Chester, NJ), the study reflects the opinions and activities of 415 engineers and scientists in the US corporate (industrial) market. Scientists and Engineers have woven Internet search into the… Read More
Refreshing Your Magazine’s Brand Through Digital Editions
This white paper explains how today's digital magazines offer a wealth of opportunities in the way of branding benefits. It outlines specific strategies for launching the Digital Edition; going mobile; integrating the print brand online; building circulation with cost-effective digital samples; leveraging multimedia; harnessing the power of social media; and… Read More
Journal Backfiles in Scientific Publishing
The British Library has been working with a number of STM publishers, to help them begin or complete programmes of backfile digitisation. The Library wanted to further explore the market place for digitisation and assess the impacts and benefits on publishers, customers, end users and authors. This marketing white paper… Read More
The E-only Tipping Point for Journals: What’s Ahead in the Print-to-Electronic Transition Zone
Publishers and libraries today find themselves in an extended transition zone between print-only and e-only journals. This report, published by the Association of Research Libraries, examines the issues associated with the migration from dual-format publishing toward electronic-only publication of journals. Read More
Taking EPrints to the next level
Repository software developers need to engage more with those who run the repositories, that is, those who choose and use the software. For open source software this would appear to be a natural process, but can it help make the software more sustainable? And can the community that evolves to… Read More
Time for a change: the Italian CRUI-Open Access Working Group’s action for a national e-theses provision service
The paper seeks to present the status of e-theses collections in Italy, focusing on the major drivers for change that can contribute to create the basis of a national e-theses provision service able to collaborate with other international services. It illustrates the e-theses project of Bologna University as a case… Read More
Open Access & Science Publishing: Results of a Study on Researchers’ Acceptance and Use of Open Access Publishing
This report summarises the main descriptive results of a study on researcher’s acceptance of Open Access publishing. The study was conducted in 2006 by the Ludwig-Maximilans-University Munich, Germany, in cooperation with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The main focus is centered on the question if and why scientists… Read More
