The purpose of this study of the interaction between the scholar and scholarly literature is to identify for electronic journal systems designers, those aspects of that interaction which are fundamental to scholarship. Interviews were conducted with 46 scholars in the social sciences, physical sciences, and humanities in two major universities. The interviews explore the scholars' use of journal literature, their styles of reading it, their perceptions of the advantages of reading journal literature in printed form, and their speculations on using it in electronic form. The results indicate spceific functions and principles of design for a system of electronic journals.
The purpose of this study of the interaction between the scholar and scholarly literature is to identify for electronic journal systems designers, those aspects of that interaction which are fundamental to scholarship. Interviews were conducted with 46 scholars in the social sciences, physical sciences, and humanities in two major universities. The interviews explore the scholars' use of journal literature, their styles of reading it, their perceptions of the advantages of reading journal literature in printed form, and their speculations on using it in electronic form. The results indicate spceific functions and principles of design for a system of electronic journals.
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978-0-88736-925-4 (9780887369254)
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The nature of the study; journal literature in the academic work of scholars; the scholars' requirements of an electronic journal system.
