Economic implications of alternative scholarly publishing models : exploring the costs and benefits. JISC EI-ASPM Project. A report to the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
posted on 2009-01-29, 11:05authored byJohn Houghton, Bruce Rasmussen, Peter Sheehan, Charles Oppenheim, Anne Morris, Claire Creaser, Helen Greenwood, Mark Summers, Adrian R. Gourlay
A knowledge economy has been defined as: “…one in which the generation and exploitation of
knowledge has come to play the predominant part in the creation of wealth. It is not simply
about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge; it is also about the more effective use and
exploitation of all types of knowledge in all manner of economic activities” (DTI 1998). In a
knowledge economy, innovation and the capacity of the system to create and disseminate the
latest scientific and technical information are important determinants of prosperity (David and
Foray 1995; OECD 1997).
Scholarly publishing plays a key role, as it is central to the efficiency of research and to the
dissemination of research findings and diffusion of scientific and technical knowledge. But,
advances in information and communication technologies are disrupting traditional models of
scholarly publishing, radically changing our capacity to reproduce, distribute, control, and
publish information. The key question is whether there are new opportunities and new models
for scholarly publishing that would better serve researchers and better communicate and
disseminate research findings (OECD 2005, p14).
HOUGHTON, J. ... et al, 2009. Economic implications of alternative scholarly publishing models : exploring the costs and benefits. JISC EI-ASPM Project. A report to the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). London : JISC
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JISC
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Publication date
2009
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This report is also available at: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/economicpublishingmodelsfinalreport.aspx