From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/3547 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lengyel, Florian " Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: Elsevier Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:40:33 -0500 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241019371 9220 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 15:36:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:36:11 +0000 (UTC) To: categories Original-X-From: rrosebru@mta.ca Sun Dec 24 15:47:22 2006 -0400 Return-path: Envelope-to: categories-list@mta.ca Delivery-date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:47:22 -0400 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1GyZIQ-0006TP-Ud for categories-list@mta.ca; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:46:10 -0400 Original-Sender: cat-dist@mta.ca Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 48 Original-Lines: 55 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:3547 Archived-At: Alexander Kurz wrote: > > > An alternative way how libraries could support electronic publications > arises from the following thoughts. > > What will or should be the role of libraries in the digital age? > > Certainly, buying and storing hardcopies will play a smaller and smaller > role. So libraries should have an interest in finding something else to > do, just to survive as institutions themselves. What could that be? > > I think university libraries could become publishers of electronic > journals. Universities should have an interest to host these journals, > because they provide prestige for little money. > > As a conclusion, maybe the libraries could be convinced to DO the > `clerical support'. > > Alexander > > > This would seem to involve libraries in the business of system administration. The CUNY Graduate Center hosts a few online academic journals (e.g., http://ojs.gc.cuny.edu/ http://ojs.gc.cuny.edu/index.php/lljournal ) using the Open Journal Systems journal open source management and publishing system ( URL: http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs ). The library here is not involved in either site administration, which the IT department handles; or the management of the journals--the IT department delegates this function to the journal editors. FL -- Florian Lengyel, Ph.D. Assistant Director for Research Computing Department of Information Technology and Adjunct Professor Ph.D. Program in Computer Science Graduate School and University Center The City University of New York 365 Fifth Avenue, Room 4420 New York, NY 10016 email: flengyel@gc.cuny.edu VOX: (212) 817-7374 FAX: (212) 817-1615 WWW: http://research.gc.cuny.edu