Just as the cost to libraries of print STM (scientific, technical and medical) journals skyrocketed, Web technology offered to the scholarly community the means to create superior alterntives to existing high-priced journals. Nontraditional publishers such as societies and associations are taking advantage of the Web medium by collaborating to provide seamless access to scholarly information. Their innovations are pushing the established publishers to respond with products that are better, if not cheaper. Two of the presenters in this session represent scholarly societies that now have several years of experience producing successful, dynamic peer-reviewed electronic publishing ventures. A third speaker represents the Dept. of Energy's broad-base,d noncommercial service "to facilitate searching and accessing peer reviewed journal literature in the physical sciences and other energy-related disciplines." the fourth speaker represents a powerful initiative of the Association of Research Libraries to support increased competition in publishing scientific journals.
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