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The Transition from Paper: Where Are We Going and How Will We Get There? Edited by R. Stephen Berry and Anne Simon Moffat, Published online, 2001

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; Anne Simon Moffat, American Academy of Arts & 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

    *Click here for a related article in Science Magazine

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

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