Is e-publishing affecting science?

Is e-publishing affecting science?
"As the world of publishing continues its relentless march towards the electronic medium, researchers in various fields are trying to understand what this means for science – specifically, how this is affecting citation patterns and reader behavior......."

From Research Trends (a Scopus publication) January 2009

Research Trends is a bi-monthly newsletter providing objective, up-to-the-minute insights into scientific trends based on bibliometric analysis.

Head of British Library Warns of 'a Black Hole' in the Digital Record

Head of British Library Warns of 'a Black Hole'

in the Digital Record

http://chronicle.com/http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/?id=3583&utm_source=at&utm
_medium=en

Exciting development in physics publishing

PHYSICISTS SET PLAN IN MOTION TO CHANGE PUBLISHING SYSTEM: One signature at a time, national research agencies and university libraries have pledged to support a new system of publishing in high-energy physics that would replace expensive subscriptions to journals with membership in a nonprofit group.

In what some are calling a peaceful revolution, researchers have mounted a takeover of high-energy-physics publishing. One signature at a time, national research agencies and university libraries have pledged to support a radical new system that would replace expensive subscriptions to leading journals with membership in a nonprofit group. The new organization would then dole out money to journal publishers, while pushing them to distribute all articles free online and to keep their prices in check.

read more on the Chronicle of HE webpage:
(user name: rulibrary password: ru2007)
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i21/21a00104.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

University Presses report fall in sales

BOOK DROP: UNIVERSITY PRESSES REPORT FALL IN SALES: Net
sales
for books published by university presses fell more than 9
percent in the last half of 2008, compared with the same
period in 2007, a survey found.
http://chronicle.com/daily/2009/01/9765n.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medi
um=en

SOCIAL BOOKMARKING' SITE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION DEBUTS

SOCIAL BOOKMARKING' SITE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION DEBUTS: A new
Web site, its founder hopes, will change how students and
professors learn and teach. Skeptics are not so sure.
http://chronicle.com/free/2009/01/10124n.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medi
um=en

Providing Academic Support Services from a Learning Commons

Connecting 24/5 to Millennials: Providing Academic Support Services from a Learning Commons (from The Journal of Academic Librarianship)

Abstract:

This study investigates user preferences for reference and technical support, services, and facilities featured in an academic library and Learning Commons through a 23-item questionnaire distributed to building entrants during one 24-hour period on March 14, 2006. Results revealed a strong preference for face-to-face assistance (including roving), suggested enhancements, and documented user demographics.