JSTOR : : A History / / Roger C. Schonfeld.

Ten years ago, most scholars and students relied on bulky card catalogs, printed bibliographic indices, and hardcopy books and journals. Today, much content is available electronically or online. This book examines the history of one of the first, and most successful, digital resources for scholarly...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]
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Year of Publication:2012
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (448 p.) :; 25 line illus. 22 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • A Note on Publication
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • A JSTOR Time Line
  • CHAPTER 1. The Idea at Denison, the Project at Mellon
  • CHAPTER 2. In Search of a Partner, but Beginning Alone
  • CHAPTER 3. Securing an Institutional Partner: The University of Michigan
  • CHAPTER 4. The Pilot Project
  • CHAPTER 5. Evolving Organizational Decisions-and Independence
  • CHAPTER 6. Defining a Mission in Partnership with Publishers
  • CHAPTER 7. Operational Changes at Michigan
  • CHAPTER 8. Developing a Business Plan
  • CHAPTER 9. A More Thoroughly Professionalized Operation
  • CHAPTER 10. Public Availability and Library Participation
  • CHAPTER 11. Developing Two New Collections
  • CHAPTER 12. Increasing Availability and Participation
  • CHAPTER 13. Completing Arts & Sciences I and Strategizing for the Future
  • CHAPTER 14. Challenges and Opportunities of Growth
  • CONCLUSION. A Self-Sustaining Organizaiton
  • EPILOGUE. Lessons Learned
  • APPENDIX. All Journals in JSTOR, by Collection
  • Bibliography
  • Index