A major revolution is taking place on how knowledge is being held and by whom. In the past, the main guardian of knowledge has been the academic community, with its related institutions of universities, libraries, learned societies, scholarly publishers, etc. That responsibility is rapidly being transferred to others, and yet the voice of academia is hardly being heard in this process. This book will be of interest to all those involved in some aspect of transfer of information including academics in education and research, learned societies, commercial companies, publishers and librarians. The papers emphasise the important differences between disciplines in the benefits and applications of IT and discusses implementation in specific subject areas.
Papers are short and to the point.
As all the participants have an involvement with electronic publishing at some level or the other, their statements have a certain ring of authenticity. Going through this book, one can know almost all the important developments that have taken place in electronic publishing and all the key issues.