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The question of electronic journals

Jennifer Rowley (Jennifer Rowley is Head, at the School of Management and Social Sciences, Edge Hill University College, Ormskirk, UK. rowley@staff.ehche.ac.uk)

Library Hi Tech

ISSN: 0737-8831

Article publication date: 1 March 2000

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Abstract

Electronic journals are an important alternative form of document delivery. Document delivery is performed by library networks and consortia, CD‐ROM suppliers, document delivery services, library suppliers and subscription agents, and electronic journal suppliers. This article reviews the general issues associated with electronic journals, and illustrates these with reference to the products and projects that are available in the UK. Subsequent to the early projects such as BLEND and Project Quartet, projects on electronic journals have been led by either publishers or consortia whose members include both major libraries and publishers. Among these projects are Ariel, EDDIS, EDIL, ADONIS, APPEAL and the UK Pilot Site Initiative. In order that electronic journals become an established option for document and information delivery, there are a number of questions that need to be answered from the perspectives both of libraries, and of the information industry. This article summarises some of these questions, and identifies some of the broader issues that will determine progress towards wide acceptance of electronic journals.

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Rowley, J. (2000), "The question of electronic journals", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 18 No. 1, pp. 46-54. https://doi.org/10.1108/07378830010314465

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