INLS
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Day 11
3/27/2002
Big Points
Economic
models for e-publishing and DLs are evolving
Time,
convenience, format influence willingness to pay
Questions
Will
models become solidified (and access cheaper) is more people demand/use?
How do
economic models affect scholarship (and tenure process)? (e.g., if something is ‘scholarly’ but
nobody uses it)
How long
are email and library access maintained after graduation? [6 mo]
Do large
companies subscribe to most of these dbs?
How do
agents fit into DL reference services?
Is not
the peer to peer model a different economic model than those we discussed?
Are not
publishers (e.g., Elsevier) are creating DLs and controlling the economics?
Can we ‘design’ DLs? What are the distinguishing factors in a ‘new’ DL and a DL that
emerges from physical libraries?
Corporate records systems?
Publishers? Educational
institutions? The research
community? Community services? Government?
Must DL development be organic and iterative?
5. One-minute paper
What was
the main point you learned in class today?
What is the main, unanswered
question you leave class with today?