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December 06, 2007
Conventionalism and Scholarly Communication
What part do conventional acedemic values play when considering the advantages and disadvantages of online journals versus print? I came across this article entitled, "The Influence of Academic Values on Scholarly Publication and Communication Practices."
According to this article peer review still figures in highly with regards to the values of acedemic institutions. Some faculty may equate the lower cost of online journals with lower quality. Quality is still very important and quality control has become questionable. Some question if there is a compromise in quality when peer review moves outside of the institution. High profile print journals continue to have an important role in the acedemic community. Online only journals are in some cases not accepted simply because they are new and have not yet established a highly regarded reputation as in the case of print.
A study of the University of California-Berkeley faculty on this subject was conducted in the 2005-2006 acedemic year.
I highly recommend this article to anybody in the Library Sciences. The study was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Link to the full article at http://http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=jep;view=text;rgn=main;idno=3336451.0010.204
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Posted by colldev at December 6, 2007 11:22 PM