A PUBLISHER'S VIEW ON AUTHORS TO READERS: WHOM ARE WE SERVING? HOW? HOW WELL? THE FIESOLE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT RETREAT SERIES, NUMBER 5 - 24-26 JULY 2003

摘要

Evolution not revolution is my summing up of the presentations and discussions at the 2003 Fiesole Retreat. The relaxed atmosphere of the Retreat provided an excellent opportunity to step back from the day-to-day micro challenges and take time to view the macro industry issues. The discussion primarily focused on STM journal publishing. However, there were some very useful general insights that apply equally to humanities and social science publishing. What follows are some of the conclusions I reached after listening to the excellent presentations and the interesting and generally very constructive discussions that followed.