摘要:Though online journals provide a convenient way to locate a desired article, they have not yet been firmly established in the scholarly communication system. The major reason is the uncertainty of pricing schemes. We must look beyond the phenomenon of flourishing online journals to recognize the crisis in scholarly communications which has been brought about mainly by highly priced journals and we must understand the entirety of this very complicated situation. “Aggregators” “Consortia” and “SPARC by ARL” are discussed as possible means for achieving a breakthrough in the problem.
关键词:Online Journals;Crisis of Scholarly Publishing;Academic Libraries;Pricing Schemes