title: BioOne: a new model for scholarly publishing
abstract: This article describes a unique electronic journal publishing project involving the University of Kansas, the Big 12 Plus Libraries Consortium, the American Institute of Biological Sciences, Allen Press, and SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition. This partnership has created BioOne, a database of 40 full-text society journals in the biological and environmental sciences, which was launched in April, 2001. The genesis and development of the project is described and financial, technical, and intellectual property models for the project are discussed. Collaborative strategies for the project are described
keyphrases: electronic journal publishing project University of Kansas Big 12 Plus Libraries Consortium American Institute of Biological Sciences biological sciences Allen Press SPARC Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition environmental sciences intellectual property models collaborative strategies BioOne full-text society journal database scholarly publishing model technical models financial models