Changing Roles of Players
Authors: Write articles and books
Publishers: Businesses that react to scholarly work
Academic Computing: Provide services to universities
Libraries: Provide information services to the university
Authors: Create new kinds of resources
Publishers: Research centers that create new models
Academic Computing: Leads innovation in web-based research
Libraries: Enable new ventures in scholarly communication
Notes:
Here I propose some possible shifts in the way we think about the roles of the traditional players in this new environment.
Are authors now becoming collaborators in the creation of new kinds of resources for within their discipline?
Are publishers now research centers that create new models and actually lead innovation in a field?
Will academic computing centers lead innovations in web-based resources and chart the course of research in a field because they can demonstrate the potential of information technology?
Will libraries enable new ventures in scholarly communication and serve as incubators for new ventures by providing expertise in content development and organization, indexing, storage, and retrieval mechanisms, and support for users?