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 From Print to Electronic: The
Transformation of Scientific Communication
by Susan Y. Crawford, Julie M. Hurd, and Ann C. Weller
How have technology and socioeconomics impacted the
scientific communications system? Using the baseline model developed by William Garvey and Belver Griffith, that has served as the standard for some thirty
years, the authors examined three fast-moving research areas: the human genome project, space sciences, and high energy physics.
In the age of digital libraries, a network-based information infrastructure, and "Bigger Science," what are the implications for communication among scientists,
publishing, peer review, and vast datasets shared by international groups of investigators? Based on findings in the three specialities, outcome models are
projected on electronic versions of paper-based communication, research results refereed or unrefereed, electronic invisible colleges, and organizational changes for the information professions? Contents
Forward, Belver C. Griffith
Preface
Author Biographies
- Scientific Communication and the Growth of Big Science, Susan Y. Crawford
- Models of Scientific Communication Systems, Julie M. Hurd
- The Human Genome Project, Ann C. Weller
- High Energy Physics, Julie M. Hurd
- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Physics, Susan Y. Crawford
- The Changing Scientific and Technical Communication System, Julie M. Hurd, Ann C. Weller, and Susan Y. Crawford
Index 1996
117 pp/Hardbound • ISBN:1-57387-030-7 |
