New iniciatives in biomedical scholarly communication: removing barriers, enhancing progress
| Main Authors: | Sieving, Pamela C., Liesegang, Thomas J. |
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| Format: | Journal PeerReviewed application/pdf |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Associação Portuguesa de Bibliotecários Arquivistas e Documentalistas
, 2005
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.rclis.org/10310/1/CadBAD105_Sieving_e_outros.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/10310/ |
Daftar Isi:
- Objective: To review scholarly communication and publication as they have developed in the biomedical academic and research communities; identify changes and new models being explored and implemented; and explore current challenges and new opportunities. Results: We review traditional scholarly communication and publication, as well as factors driving exploration of new models: unsustainable publication and distribution costs; new technologies which offer solutions to existing problems as well as new opportunities for communication of research results; attention to copyright and intellectual property regulations; demands by legislators, patients and researchers for easier, less costly access to research results; and globalization, which creates both new demands for access to information from developing countries and expands collaborative opportunities between developing and developed. Conclusions: No single new model has yet emerged, nor is a single one likely to be the resolution to all issues confronting us today. Researchers and librarians have new opportunities and obligations to shape and control access to biomedical knowledge and new research findings.