JSTOR: a case study in the recent history of scholarly communications
Program: electronic library and information systems
ISSN: 0033-0337
Article publication date: 1 December 2005
Abstract
Purpose
To argue for the consideration from an historical perspective of technology‐enabled changes in higher education.
Design/methodology/approach
Uses examples from the author's history of JSTOR as a case study.
Findings
That the case of JSTOR offers evidence that technology‐enabled changes in higher education will have historical interest.
Research limitations/implications
Although the author presents only examples from JSTOR, historians should begin to give attention to the overall changes taking place in scholarly communications and higher education.
Practical implications
Suggests further areas of research for historians, information scientists, and graduate students.
Originality/value
This work should be of interest to library and information professionals, business historians, and perhaps economic historians interested in the information industries.
Keywords
Citation
Schonfeld, R.C. (2005), "JSTOR: a case study in the recent history of scholarly communications", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 39 No. 4, pp. 337-344. https://doi.org/10.1108/00330330510627953
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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