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The Internet and Electronic Publishing - A Disruptive Technology
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Introduction/Outline
DISCLAIMER The opinions presented on these slides are those of the slides and not necessarily of the speaker. No animals were harmed in the preparation of this lecture; however, a few WWW sites were
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Three E-Publishing Models
The Players
There are three ways to ruin yourself: gambling, women, and technology. Gambling is the fastest; women are the most pleasurable; technology is the most certain. George Pompidou
It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.
Disruptive Technologies
Disruptive Technologies - Examples
Disruptive Technologies - Characteristics
It’s de’j’a vu all over again.
Disruptive Technologies are not new : letters
Nineteen centuries later, the actors have changed but the old roles remain.
Disruptive Technologies are not new : print
Five centuries later, the actors have changed again but the old roles remain - but change is coming at a faster pace.
Disruptive Technologies - The Future
The Establishment’s Policy/Logic
Contrary to what some might claim, publishers do have a great respect for logic. They use it so sparingly. or Minds are like parachutes, they only work when open.
The Establishments’ Policy
It’s not good enough that you are running; you need to be running fast enough (and in the right direction). Will Rogers
The Establishment’s Future? Where there is no vision, the people perish. Proverbs 24:18
There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. Ken Olson, President, Chairman, and Founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.
Control Data Cray Wang TRS-80 Osborne Commodore
..publishers have grown fat by charging libraries hundreds or thousands of dollars a year for subscriptions to printed artifacts that might not contain information of real importance. Harry Collier, Digital Publ
ishing Strategies, 11/97, page 16
Print Publishing - Economic Problems
E-Publishing - Pros for the Author
E-Publishing - Pros for the Reader/Library
E-Publishing - Cons
Archiving
Archiving
Archiving
Archiving
Archiving
Archiving/Access to e-journals
Pure Electronic Journals
Chemical Educator
Molecular Modeling
Molecules/Molecules Online
Phy Chem Comm
Internet Journal of Chemistry (IJC)
Internet Journal of Chemistry (IJC)
Internet Journal of Chemistry (IJC)
Internet Journal of Vibrational Spectroscopy
JPCRD
JPCRD
Electronic JPCRD
Electronic JPCRD
LANL XXX Preprint Server
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LANL XXX Preprint Server Statistics
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LANL XXX Preprint Server
Chemical Physics Preprint Database
NIH E-Biomed
NIH E-Biomed
High Wire Press
High Wire Press
High Wire Press
The Future
The Future
Summary
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Acknowledgements - People
Acknowledgements - Books/Articles
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