Dear Colleagues,

Those interested in scholarly communication
will appreciate this new book from the
American Acadmy of Arts and Sciences,

The Transition from Paper:
Where Are We Going and How Will We Get There?
Edited by R. Stephen Berry and Anne Simon Moffat

It is available on-line at URL:

http://www.amacad.org/publications/trans.htm

Best regards,

Ken Friedman


Summary

The world of communication is going through a transition unlike any
that humans have ever experienced, with far-reaching consequences
possibly greater than any prior advance since the invention of
written language. Now communications are faster, cheaper, and
potentially more accessible than we could have imagined even just a
decade ago. Information of traditional and very nontraditional kinds
is available, in principle, for anyone with a link to the internet.
The scientific community has been at the vanguard in developing and
using the new modes and in experiencing the consequences, both
positive and negative, of the transition. We are still in the early
stages of that transition, trying to feel our way ahead. The project
that produced this set of essays has been an attempt to anticipate
changes and to feel our way ahead in the process.


Table of Contents

Introduction

R. Stephen Berry, University of Chicago, and Anne Simon Moffat,
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Midwest Center

The Transformation of Teaching and Research

1. Electronics and the Future of Education
Andrew Odlyzko, AT&T Bell Laboratories

2. The Changing Landscape of Academics as Affected by New
Communications Technology
Neil Kestner, Louisiana State University

3. The Future of Science Textbooks
Neil Kestner

4. Scientific Journals of the Future
Steven Bachrach, Trinity College, San Antonio (formerly with Northern
Illinois University)

5. The Future(?) of Peer Review
Thomas von Foerster, Springer-Verlag, New York City

6. Management of the New Infrastructure for Electronic Publications
Stephen R. Heller, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD (formerly with USDA)

7. Electronic Clones vs. the Global Research Archive
Paul Ginsparg, Los Alamos National Laboratory

8. Science and Science Online;
Wired and HotWired
Alexander Fowler, [Interviews], The Electronic Frontier Foundation
(formerly with the policy division, American Association for the
Advancement of Science)

9. Electronic Conferences
Steven Bachrach

Redirecting Science, Commerce, and Society

10. Advancing the Electronic Information Marketplace
Through Library Licensing
Ann Okerson, Yale University

11. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil? Academic Publishing,
Copyright and other Miasmas
Ann Okerson

12. The Legal Foundation for Electronic Information: How Will It
Affect Scientists?
Ronald Wigington, American Chemical Society (retired)

13. Competition and Cooperation: Libraries and Publishers in the
Transition to Electronic Scholarly Journals
Andrew Odlyzko

14. On 'Who Should Own Scientific Papers'*
Martin Blume, American Physical Society

Global Impacts of the Transition

15. The Rationale for 'Full and Open Access' of Scientific Information
R. Stephen Berry

16. Social Impacts of the Transition
R. Stephen Berry