A year or so back, I undertook some market research to find out what
sort of computer services would be of most interest to archaeologists.
One of the areas I wanted to explore was what kind of information they
published/would consider publishing on their websites. Although I only
looked at a small sample (so my impressions may not be representative of
British Archaeology as a whole), I was interested to note that there
seemed to be a good deal more enthusiasm for the idea of publishing
report summaries on the internet than for publishing full reports via
this medium.
Two questions:
(i) Is this reluctance cost-related? (I have very little idea of the
costs involved in the conventional publication of a substantial
archaeological report, who pays the up-front costs, typical number of
copies sold, who receives the income from sales etc. If anyone could
enlighten me - off-list if preferred - I'd be very grateful.)
(ii) If not, what *are* the objections?
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Karen J Walford Tel. 0121 688 8897
Azuli IT http://www.azuli.co.uk
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