Scholarly Publishing: Books, Journals, Publishers, and Libraries in the Twentieth Century - Hardcover

Strauch, Katina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471219290 ISBN 13: 9780471219293

Publisher: Wiley, 2001

Synopsis

This book offers readers a well-rounded and accurate account of the amazing and unpredictable sequence of inter-related events experienced by the field of scholarly publishing in the 20th century. Examining the related worlds of book, journal, and electronic publishing; information technology; and library advances, this is the first work to record the trends of the modern history of the information/knowledge transfer process. Using an analysis of the past 100 years, it also makes predications regarding future trends and the roles of the publishing and library communities in tomorrow's information marketplace

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Review:

"contains 15 essays that summarize the strange sequence of interrelated events through which the information/knowledge transfer process passed.... The editors...sought out the foremost living players in the worlds of books, journals, electronic media, and libraries...the list of contributors reads like an all-star...roster." (Reference & Research Book News, August 2002)

"...provides a unique view into the world of scholarly publishing...there are no works that treat so thoroughly the history, current situation, and future prospects of scholarly publishing..." (College & Research Libraries, Vol. 64, No. 1, January 2003)

About the Author:

Richard E. Abel and Lyman W. Newlin are the authors of Scholarly Publishing: Books, Journals, Publishers, and Libraries in the Twentieth Century, published by Wiley.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0471219290
• ISBN 13: 9780471219293
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Abel Richard E., Newlin Lyman W.