... property, Open Access, the economics of scholarly communication, and emerging trends and formats. I would have liked to have seen included in the topics some overview and discussion of the role of the Academy and related academic processes as factors which have influenced, if not entrenched, traditional...

... to the electronic journals in the first instance. Given that many libraries are struggling to find space to house their collection, this was an extremely useful and relevant paper on how cooperative collection development can be applied successfully to both mediums. The New Dynamics and Economics...

...Stephen O'Connor; J.P. McCarthy Purpose To consider the economic and physical impact of electronic journals on remotely stored print stock. Design/methodology/approach A collection of print journals was used as an object for consideration. Physical and heritage aspects of the collection...

...Tom Whitehall Explains and defends the relevance of economic analysis to library and information management: to supply information useful for justification and in making decisions about the allocation of available funds. Reviews methods of measuring value in the library information services context...