Sustainability of Scholarly Information

1. The sustainability of information: an outline

• Introduction
• The concept of sustainability
• Sustainable development
• Information about sustainability vs sustainable information
• About this book
• Summary
• References

2. The three dimensions of sustainability

• Introduction
• Economic sustainability
• Social sustainability
• Environmental sustainability
• The three pillars of sustainable development
• An integrated approach to sustainable development
• The sustainability of information
• Summary
• References

3. The economic sustainability of information

• Introduction
• The publishing industry
• The generic business model for scholarly information
• Open access
• Access to digital information
• Access to journals and databases
• The economics of digital information
• Value-added information
• Summary
• References

4. The environmental sustainability of information

• Introduction
• The IPCC report and GHG emissions
• The carbon footprint of IT
• Green IT
• Measuring the environmental impact of information services
• Summary
• References

5. The social sustainability of information

• Introduction
• Related studies
• Users, community and social sustainability
• Indicators for the social sustainability of information
• How to study the social sustainability of information
• Information systems and services for sustainable development
• Legal and policy frameworks
• Technology, infrastructure and social sustainability
• Users, culture and social sustainability
• Summary
• References

6. Printed vs digital content and sustainability issues

• Introduction
• Estimating the carbon footprint of printed content
• Factors responsible for GHG emissions from printed and digital content
• Summary
• References

7. Open access models and the sustainability of information

• Introduction
• Open access policies of institutions and funding bodies
• Open access content and data
• Gold open access and the sustainability of information
• Summary
• References

8. Sustainable management of open access information: a conceptual model

• Introduction
• Managing open access information
• Attributes of a new open access content and data management system
• The conceptual model
• Opportunities and challenges
• The sustainability of the proposed open access content and data management system
• Summary
• References

9. Green information services: a conceptual model

• Introduction
• Cloud computing
• A framework for green information services for the higher education sector
• Summary
• References

10. Information access and sustainability issues

• Introduction
• Cloud computing and information retrieval research
• Measuring the environmental impact of information access: the lifecycle analysis approach
• Measuring the environmental impact of information retrieval: an alternative approach
• Green user behaviour
• Summary
• References

11. The sustainability of information models

• Introduction
• The three pillars of sustainable information services
• Scholarly communication processes
• An integrated approach to research on the sustainability of digital information
• The sustainability of specific information services
• Summary
• References

12. Research on sustainable information

• Introduction
• Open access and a paradigm shift in information management, education and research
• Facilitating content-specific access and use
• Information research directions
• Conclusion
• References