I think the debate is too focussed on the fiuture of the journal and am
pleased to see that it now addresses the monograph. a colleague abd i have
just made a mongraph by working directly with a printer and making
simulataneouspaper and electronic forms opf the book with no need for
bookshops or warehouses. the printing revolution isas important as the
pagemaking revolution
muir gray
www.resourcefulpatient.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Oldroyd, Bill" <Bill.Oldroyd_at_BL.UK>
To: <AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG>
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: Book on future of STM publishers
> Just for the record, Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Brody [mailto:tdb01r_at_ecs.soton.ac.uk]
> Sent: 19 July 2002 13:02
> To: AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG
> Subject: Re: Book on future of STM publishers
>
> >It would seem, therefore, that research dissertations may be a
potentially
> >valuable resource after all - one that for too long has been accessible
> >only from library archives.
>
> Approximately 140,000 UK theses are available from the British Library as
> non-digital copies or exceptionally as loans to registered institutions.
>
> See http://www.bl.uk/services/document/btsindex.html
>
>
> Bill
>
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