Access to Scientific Research : : Challenges Facing Communications in STM / / David J. Brown.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2016 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Brown, David J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Saur, , [2015]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Global Studies in Libraries and Information ,
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (423 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; About IFLA --; Foreword ― Why This Book? --; Acknowledgements --; Contents --; List of Tables --; List of Figures --; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations used in the Text --; Chapter 1. Background --; Chapter 2. Definitions --; Chapter 3. Aims, Objectives, and Methodology --; Chapter 4. Setting the Scene --; Chapter 5. Information Society --; Chapter 6. Drivers for Change --; Chapter 7 A Dysfunctional STM Scene? --; Chapter 8. Comments on the Dysfunctionality of STM Publishing --; Chapter 9. The Main Stakeholders --; Chapter 10. Search and Discovery --; Chapter 11. Impact of Google --; Chapter 12. Psychological Issues --; Chapter 13. Users of Research Output --; Chapter 14. Underlying Sociological Developments --; Chapter 15. Social Media and Social Networking --; Chapter 16. Forms of Article Delivery --; Chapter 17. Future Communication Trends --; Chapter 18. Academic Knowledge Workers --; Chapter 19. Unaffiliated Knowledge Workers --; Chapter 20. The Professions --; Chapter 21. Small and Medium Enterprises --; Chapter 22. Citizen Scientists --; Chapter 23. Learned Societies --; Chapter 24. Business Models --; Chapter 25. Open Access --; Chapter 26. Political Initiatives --; Chapter 27. Summary and Conclusions --; Chapter 28. Research Questions Addressed --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110369991; 9783110762501; 9783110701005; 9783110439687; 9783110438628
• ISSN: 2195-0199
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110369991
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: David J. Brown.

The debate about access to scientific research raises questions about the current effectiveness of scholarly communication processes. This book explores, from an independent point of view, the current state of the STM publishing market, new publishing technologies and business models as well as the information habit of researchers, the politics of research funders, and the demand for scientific research as a public good. The book also investigates the democratisation of science including how the information needs of knowledge workers outside academia can be embraced in future.