The Symposium on Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical (STM) Journals and Its Implications addressed five key areas. The first two areas addressed—costs of publication and publication business models and revenue—focused on the STM publishing enterprise as it exists today and, in particular, how it has evolved since the advent of electronic publishing. The following section reviewed copyright and licensing issues of concern to the authors and to universities. The final two sessions looked toward the future, specifically, at what publishing may be in the future and what constitutes a publication in the digital environment.

Table of Contents


Front Matter
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
2 Costs of Publications
3 Publication Business Models and Revenue
4 Legal Issues in the Production, Dissemination, and Use of the Journal Literature
5 What Is Publishing in the Future?
6 What Constitutes a Publication in the Digital Environmental?
7 Symposium Wrap-Up
Appendix A: Symposium Agenda
Appendix B: Biographical Information for Speakers and Steering
Appendix C: Symposium Participants