Dear All
With a word of support for Ken in looking for alternative publishing
models, there is an interesting report/discussion paper on the Economics of
Scholarly Communication (147pp) prepared by Prof John Houghton for the
Coalition for innovation in Scholarly Communication (an Australian
initiative to address current and anticipated problems ion accessing and
distributing scholarly and research information). The report is available at:
http://www.caul.edu.au/cisc/EconomicsScholarlyCommunication.pdf
--Sid
Associate Professor of Design
School of Communication, Design & Media
University of Western Sydney
Locked Bag 1797, Penrith DC 1797, Australia
Tel: +61 2 9852 5430 Fax: +61 2 9852 5424
http://www.uws.edu.au/schools/scdm
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